From the course: Shooting and Processing Panoramas

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Shooting with overlap

Shooting with overlap

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Shooting with overlap

- You likely noticed there, as I turn the camera, I was going a small increment. The goal is, is that you get some overlap from one image to the other. So, for example, with this mountain range. Let's say I framed up part of the mountain. Well, as I pan the camera's field of view, I need to make sure that the next photo is partially in the previous one. Tools like Photoshop like about a 25% overlap between the two images. This means that the images will stitch together cleanly. Additionally, you might find that you need more overlap to minimize distortion further. It's really up to you. Typically, I'll rotate the camera between 15 and 20 degrees. And on the camera itself, I actually have a little mark. This makes it easy for me to line that up. So, I'm going to go with the major marks here, which are 15 degree marks. And I could be using a remote trigger if I wanted to minimize vibration more, but it's not too bad here. So I'll just fire that. (camera clicks) Then turn the camera to…

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