Hardware and Software for Panoramic Photography
Benzar, Julia (2012)
Benzar, Julia
Rovaniemen ammattikorkeakoulu Lapin ammattikorkeakoulu
2012
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 1.0 Finland
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2012060611914
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2012060611914
Tiivistelmä
In this thesis, panoramic photography was chosen as the topic of study. The primary goal of the investigation was to understand the phenomenon of pa-noramic photography and the secondary goal was to establish guidelines for its workflow. The aim was to reveal what hardware and what software is re-quired for panoramic photographs.
The methodology was to explore the existing material on the topics of hard-ware and software that is implemented for producing panoramic images. La-ter, the best available hardware and different software was chosen to take the images and to test the process of stitching the images together. The ex-periment material was the result of the practical work, such the overall pro-cess and experience, gained from the process, the practical usage of hard-ware and software, as well as the images taken for stitching panorama. The main research material was the final result of stitching panoramas.
The main results of the practical project work were conclusion statements of what is the best hardware and software among the options tested. The re-sults of the work can also suggest a workflow for creating panoramic images using the described hardware and software. The choice of hardware and software was limited, so there is place for further experiments.
This Bachelor's thesis is not concerned with the mathematics of making pa-noramic images and the software for exporting and viewing panoramic ima-ges. These topics are good research questions for other researchers. The limitations of this study included the limited theoretical sources, limited hard-ware to test, as well as limited software. There was only one hardware setup and only three options for testing software. The final result, however, was good quality panoramas, and the experiment gave answers to the research questions.
The methodology was to explore the existing material on the topics of hard-ware and software that is implemented for producing panoramic images. La-ter, the best available hardware and different software was chosen to take the images and to test the process of stitching the images together. The ex-periment material was the result of the practical work, such the overall pro-cess and experience, gained from the process, the practical usage of hard-ware and software, as well as the images taken for stitching panorama. The main research material was the final result of stitching panoramas.
The main results of the practical project work were conclusion statements of what is the best hardware and software among the options tested. The re-sults of the work can also suggest a workflow for creating panoramic images using the described hardware and software. The choice of hardware and software was limited, so there is place for further experiments.
This Bachelor's thesis is not concerned with the mathematics of making pa-noramic images and the software for exporting and viewing panoramic ima-ges. These topics are good research questions for other researchers. The limitations of this study included the limited theoretical sources, limited hard-ware to test, as well as limited software. There was only one hardware setup and only three options for testing software. The final result, however, was good quality panoramas, and the experiment gave answers to the research questions.