Stitcher Unlimited is now completely « HDR compatible ». The process developed with Autodesk® Stitcher™ Unlimited is associated with an external software to permit the creation of HDR images. The different solutions available on the market are Adobe® Photoshop®, Photomatix® or HDR Shop.
The process, which enable the creation of HDR panoramas is as follows:
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Shoot with several exposures. Each image should be taken with a different exposure, and you should also have enough images (with an overlap of at least 30%) to be able to create a panorama.
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Creation of HDR images using an external software (such as Photoshop or PhotomatixPro). Export images in Open EXR (.exr) format, or Radiance RGBe (.hdr).
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Import images in Open EXR (exr) or Radiance RGBe (.hdr) format into Stitcher Unlimited and create your panorama within Stitcher.
You can export your panorama in a standard format (jpeg, for example) by using the automatic tone mapping in Stitcher or chose to export your panorama in Open EXR (exr) or Radiance RGBe (.hdr) format and « tone map » in in an external software.
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If your final aim is to create a virtual visit, you need to re-import your « tone-mapped » image into Stitcher Unlimited in order to export it to one of the different formats for virtual visits (Quick Time, Flash, Java).
