Litchi Panoramas

Jonathnsmith · Dec 15, 2016

I just used the Litchi app for the first time tonight on a project I'm helping a friend out with. While I was impressed with the automated panorama the bottom of the photo (arguably the most important part we're doing for our project) is pretty squished together. Do anyone have any tips for how to make it better? I shot at 3 rows with 26 photos. Don't mind taking more than that, I just need to no what to do to fix the nastiness.

https://www.facebook.com/jeremycowart/posts/10153952091506260:0

halley · Dec 15, 2016

I am assuming you had at least one shot that was directly downward (called a nadir shot). Can you put up a Dropbox folder with all the original photos? If you don't want to share widely, just PM me the URL and I will peek at it.

Bernard Partridge · Jan 19, 2017

I'm having an issue with the Litchi app doing panorama.
Nexus 5x running android 7.1.1 and Litchi v3.10.1 with pano settings of 3 rows, 30 degrees, 8 photos per row, 360 width, 2 nadirs, row by row, no wait times.
After clicking start, the gimbal tilts up and takes the first photo then after about 5 seconds i get an error. The voice alert says panorama ended. The text alert says "Error 11: panorama ended because the capture timed out."

halley · Jan 19, 2017

Add a tiny wait time, see if it helps. Seems Litchi likes to ask the camera to do things while it's still busy.

Bernard Partridge · Jan 19, 2017

I'll give it a try. Let you know in a few minutes.

Bernard Partridge · Jan 19, 2017

halley said:
Add a tiny wait time, see if it helps. Seems Litchi likes to ask the camera to do things while it's still busy.

I tried adding wait times 1.5 seconds each. Still getting error.

rajun50 · Jan 19, 2017

Bernard Partridge said:
I tried adding wait times 1.5 seconds each. Still getting error.

Shooting RAW or JPEG?

Bernard Partridge · Jan 19, 2017

rajun50 said:
Shooting RAW or JPEG?

RAW

Mako79 · Jan 19, 2017

Bernard Partridge said:
I tried adding wait times 1.5 seconds each. Still getting error.

Do JPG

Mako79 · Jan 19, 2017

Jonathnsmith said:
I just used the Litchi app for the first time tonight on a project I'm helping a friend out with. While I was impressed with the automated panorama the bottom of the photo (arguably the most important part we're doing for our project) is pretty squished together. Do anyone have any tips for how to make it better? I shot at 3 rows with 26 photos. Don't mind taking more than that, I just need to no what to do to fix the nastiness.

https://www.facebook.com/jeremycowart/posts/10153952091506260:0

What program you using for stitching?
I use autopana giga. Looks like the software you are using isn't taking into consideration the last 2 nadir shots.
And try to add a fake sky. I normally just use paint and fill the black with a sky blue.

Bernard Partridge · Jan 19, 2017

Mako79 said:
Do JPG

I hope that isn't the problem. I hate shooting JPG.

rajun50 · Jan 19, 2017

Bernard Partridge said:
I hope that isn't the problem. I hate shooting JPG.

That's likely it. RAW takes more time as it is a much larger file.

Mako79 · Jan 19, 2017

Bernard Partridge said:
I hope that isn't the problem. I hate shooting JPG.

RAW may not work because the writing time may exceed the next pano shot. 1.5 seconds is not enough writing time for a Pano. The only around for RAW 360 is do it manually. Use the RADAR and start from north with the camera tilted up and take 8 pics until you finish at north. Tilt the camera down a little and repeat. Tilt it down a little more and repeat. The finally add 2 Nadir shots as a guarantee.

Nathan Hoover · Jan 19, 2017

You can manually shoot if you need raw. I've shot dozens of panos with Litchi P3P, P4, Mavic but before did them manually. The latest version has eliminated timeouts and missed shots for me with the Mavic on jpg although sometimes it double or even triple shoots a shot or two. Was more reliable with P3P and P4 than Mavic.

Logger · Jan 19, 2017

Strikes me as odd. I have no problems at all having Litchi take a 34 shot JPG+Raw pano, 4 rows x 8 + 2 nadirs, No Wait time. My Mavic has no problem writing both JPG + RAW within the same pano.

Check your camera settings and maybe set it to fully auto for testing. Could have been inadvertently set on some silly long exposure time.

rajun50 · Jan 19, 2017

Logger said:
Strikes me as odd. I have no problems at all having Litchi take a 34 shot JPG+Raw pano, 4 rows x 8 + 2 nadirs, No Wait time. My Mavic has no problem writing both JPG + RAW within the same pano.

What card are you using?

Logger · Jan 19, 2017

Samsung 64GB Pro+

rajun50 · Jan 19, 2017

Logger said:
Samsung 64GB Pro+

Nice. I have a Sandisk Extreme Pro 64 so it should be similar. I know the Lexar 633 that comes with the Mavic has a much slower write speed. I haven't done any Litchi panos yet, but I'm going to try it out tomorrow and see how everything works.

stratos · Jan 20, 2017

I was trying some software to stich the pictures together but they were quite expensive and even when I captured some good 360 panoramas I dont know which free Mac OS app can do the trick for me.

halley · Jan 20, 2017

Jonathnsmith said:
I just used the Litchi app for the first time tonight on a project I'm helping a friend out with. While I was impressed with the automated panorama the bottom of the photo (arguably the most important part we're doing for our project) is pretty squished together. Do anyone have any tips for how to make it better? I shot at 3 rows with 26 photos. Don't mind taking more than that, I just need to no what to do to fix the nastiness.

https://www.facebook.com/jeremycowart/posts/10153952091506260:0

Not sure if you are still around. I responded to you that week with my results from your files. Didn't hear back from the PMs. Forgot about it until this thread came up again.