fredred10 Posted January 5, 2020 Posted January 5, 2020 Hi all, Hopefully I have posted this in the correct place, although I'm not convinced I have, apologies if so. I have a problem with a panorama I have made. I didn't think to take a second row of photos for the sky, but didn't like the balance of the picture once I had blended the pano. As such I extended the sky vertically in affinity, however this has created an odd looking sky. The real solution would be to get it right first time; I will make sure to take more than one row next time, even if it is just blank sky. Out of interest though, is there anything I can do to homogenise the sky so it's not separated into the vertical zones as below? I believe the zones have been created by the colour/intensity of the lights from the buildings. Origional pano, screenshot from capture one: Pano with sky extended, screenshot from Affinity: Workflow: the pano is comprised of 17 images, all shot in RAW (3.2 secs ISO 100, F5.6) and WB corrected to same value in capture one 20, then files exported as 16 bit TIFFs to PTGui where the pano was stitched, then opened in Affinity to use Mesh Warp to adjust perspective and in-painting to accommodate the warp. The sky was then extended, as described above. Thanks in advance, Freddie Quote
John Rostron Posted January 5, 2020 Posted January 5, 2020 I would not recommend taking a row of images for the sky. There are not usually any edges that the pano software can latch onto. What I would recommend is that you take your images in portrait mode to include the sky, but still have the foreground for the pano software to utilize. John Quote Windows 11, Affinity Photo 2.4.2 Designer 2.4.2 and Publisher 2.4.2 (mainly Photo). CPU: Intel Core i5 8500 @ 3.00GHz. RAM: 32.0GB DDR4 @ 1063MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
fredred10 Posted January 5, 2020 Author Posted January 5, 2020 They were shot in portrait, but that is a good point. I have ended up using capture one to smooth the sky out, it was somewhat tedious; I wonder if affinity has a function that might have automated the process, like intelligent fill kind of thing. Not sure if I've got away with the edit or not, will have a look tomorrow once I get some time away from the screen. Quote
firstdefence Posted January 5, 2020 Posted January 5, 2020 The image needs rotating approx 1º clockwise. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions
John Rostron Posted January 5, 2020 Posted January 5, 2020 7 hours ago, fredred10 said: is there anything I can do to homogenise the sky so it's not separated into the vertical zones as below? It would help if you posted the original image rather than a screenshot. If you post a tiff, it will appear as a link that we could download. John Quote Windows 11, Affinity Photo 2.4.2 Designer 2.4.2 and Publisher 2.4.2 (mainly Photo). CPU: Intel Core i5 8500 @ 3.00GHz. RAM: 32.0GB DDR4 @ 1063MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
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