Comments on: Stitching Photos http://www.ldscio.org/2008/08/23/stitching-photos/ Chief Information Officer for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:33:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jerry Aulenbach, REALTOR®, BEd http://www.ldscio.org/2008/08/23/stitching-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-2167 Jerry Aulenbach, REALTOR®, BEd Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:59:45 +0000 http://www.ldscio.org/?p=131#comment-2167 @Toobit It's Micro$oft, what do you expect? Don't assume that they're doing anything about it, at all, ever. @Toobit
It’s Micro$oft, what do you expect? Don’t assume that they’re doing anything about it, at all, ever.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.ldscio.org/2008/08/23/stitching-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-2153 Jeremy Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:59:31 +0000 http://www.ldscio.org/?p=131#comment-2153 Here's another attempt to get the Salt Lake Temple into a PhotoSynth with 223 photos - 75% synthy. http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=948CDAAD-4FEA-4352-9AD0-5FC0D5C50E85 I had the same trouble that Aaron mentioned in his synth - getting the photos of the east side to connect with those of the west didn't go so well because of the large trees that obscure your view. Nevertheless, the stitcher did a pretty good job putting it all together. One observation about the viewer - clicking and zooming around doesn't seem to get you to all the photos, at least in my synth. I've noticed that advancing through the slideshow and/or toggling back and forth from 3D to 2D view, helps you see more of the angles that are available. Here’s another attempt to get the Salt Lake Temple into a PhotoSynth with 223 photos – 75% synthy.
http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=948CDAAD-4FEA-4352-9AD0-5FC0D5C50E85

I had the same trouble that Aaron mentioned in his synth – getting the photos of the east side to connect with those of the west didn’t go so well because of the large trees that obscure your view. Nevertheless, the stitcher did a pretty good job putting it all together.

One observation about the viewer – clicking and zooming around doesn’t seem to get you to all the photos, at least in my synth. I’ve noticed that advancing through the slideshow and/or toggling back and forth from 3D to 2D view, helps you see more of the angles that are available.

]]> By: Bryan Hansen http://www.ldscio.org/2008/08/23/stitching-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-2148 Bryan Hansen Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:33:37 +0000 http://www.ldscio.org/?p=131#comment-2148 Combine Photosynth with the tools that the University of Washington is producing and you could do some interesting things. http://grail.cs.washington.edu/projects/videoenhancement/videoEnhancement.htm Combine Photosynth with the tools that the University of Washington is producing and you could do some interesting things.

http://grail.cs.washington.edu/projects/videoenhancement/videoEnhancement.htm

]]> By: Aaron Barker http://www.ldscio.org/2008/08/23/stitching-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-2145 Aaron Barker Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:34:46 +0000 http://www.ldscio.org/?p=131#comment-2145 SLC Temple with lots of detail http://tinyurl.com/slctemplephotosynth1 SLC Temple with lots of detail http://tinyurl.com/slctemplephotosynth1

]]> By: Aaron Barker http://www.ldscio.org/2008/08/23/stitching-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-2144 Aaron Barker Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:24:07 +0000 http://www.ldscio.org/?p=131#comment-2144 Took a ton of pics of SLC Temple this morning. Will put up a link when I get the synth up. Took a ton of pics of SLC Temple this morning. Will put up a link when I get the synth up.

]]> By: Nathan Zaugg http://www.ldscio.org/2008/08/23/stitching-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-2142 Nathan Zaugg Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:01:48 +0000 http://www.ldscio.org/?p=131#comment-2142 Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 has a very similar feature called Deep Zoom which will run on a Mac. There is also a program to stitch the files together to be used with the Deep Zoom Silverlight engine. http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/ Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 has a very similar feature called Deep Zoom which will run on a Mac. There is also a program to stitch the files together to be used with the Deep Zoom Silverlight engine.

http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/

]]> By: Kim Siever http://www.ldscio.org/2008/08/23/stitching-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-2141 Kim Siever Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:03:14 +0000 http://www.ldscio.org/?p=131#comment-2141 Wish I could see them, but it doesn't run on a Mac. Wish I could see them, but it doesn’t run on a Mac.

]]> By: timheuer http://www.ldscio.org/2008/08/23/stitching-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-2138 timheuer Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:52:49 +0000 http://www.ldscio.org/?p=131#comment-2138 Joel -- great idea. How about convincing Gilbert over in North Temple to take a lunch break and take some snapshots of SLC? or the conf center as well (and shots from above). The key to a great synth is to ensure that similar elements are represented in at least 3 shots...basically overlap the crud out of the photos. Joel — great idea. How about convincing Gilbert over in North Temple to take a lunch break and take some snapshots of SLC? or the conf center as well (and shots from above). The key to a great synth is to ensure that similar elements are represented in at least 3 shots…basically overlap the crud out of the photos.

]]> By: Aaron Barker http://www.ldscio.org/2008/08/23/stitching-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-2137 Aaron Barker Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:59:59 +0000 http://www.ldscio.org/?p=131#comment-2137 Tried posting this once, apologies if this comes through twice. A Temple synth is the first thing that popped into my mind. I have made some attempts using some pics I have taken over the years. But will definitely be going to some local temples with a fluid 360 degree view and detail zooms in mind. Manti: http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=62fd5375-4aec-42b0-a722-ac9488ad7cc9 Timpanogos: http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=ad992a04-600a-4fdb-a0ad-9df1c845d5be I think a number of temples will be difficult as timpanogos, bountiful, ogden, provo, etc. all look very similar from different sides. It may have issues finding unique features to match on. But it will be fun to watch the progression of features such as community addition of photos that Joel mentioned. Tried posting this once, apologies if this comes through twice.

A Temple synth is the first thing that popped into my mind. I have made some attempts using some pics I have taken over the years. But will definitely be going to some local temples with a fluid 360 degree view and detail zooms in mind.

Manti: http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=62fd5375-4aec-42b0-a722-ac9488ad7cc9
Timpanogos: http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=ad992a04-600a-4fdb-a0ad-9df1c845d5be

I think a number of temples will be difficult as timpanogos, bountiful, ogden, provo, etc. all look very similar from different sides. It may have issues finding unique features to match on.

But it will be fun to watch the progression of features such as community addition of photos that Joel mentioned.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.ldscio.org/2008/08/23/stitching-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-2136 Jeremy Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:49:40 +0000 http://www.ldscio.org/?p=131#comment-2136 I remember when Microsoft first released their demo of this product and have been looking forward to its release ever since. They put out a few similar products in the interim, like PhotoZoom and some integration with Virtual Earth. Its been a long time coming, but they've done a great job with it. I've been thinking of walking around Temple Square and creating a PhotoSynth, but haven't had a chance to do so yet. I'm excited to see what people come up once we start shooting pictures specifically for the purpose of creating one of these. I happened to have a handful of old photos of the St. George Temple - not all the way around it, but from enough different angles to give this a try. I downloaded a bunch of shots I liked from Flickr and tried to throw them in as well, but it didn't turn out as well. If it can't figure out how the pictures go together in a 3d space, it just puts them each in their own 3d space, or lets you view them all together in a 2d space. Anyhow, here's my attempt at a PhotoSynth - St. George Temple: http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=35680249-BC7C-4749-A64A-443D9E1632B4 I remember when Microsoft first released their demo of this product and have been looking forward to its release ever since. They put out a few similar products in the interim, like PhotoZoom and some integration with Virtual Earth. Its been a long time coming, but they’ve done a great job with it.

I’ve been thinking of walking around Temple Square and creating a PhotoSynth, but haven’t had a chance to do so yet. I’m excited to see what people come up once we start shooting pictures specifically for the purpose of creating one of these.

I happened to have a handful of old photos of the St. George Temple – not all the way around it, but from enough different angles to give this a try. I downloaded a bunch of shots I liked from Flickr and tried to throw them in as well, but it didn’t turn out as well. If it can’t figure out how the pictures go together in a 3d space, it just puts them each in their own 3d space, or lets you view them all together in a 2d space.

Anyhow, here’s my attempt at a PhotoSynth – St. George Temple:
http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=35680249-BC7C-4749-A64A-443D9E1632B4

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