360 panos automatically shoot in JPEG?

[wco81]

Shot a bunch of panos and the free form ones are DNGs in their own folder.

But the 360 panos are JPG.

Is there some separate setting for file type for 360 panos or the Air 3S only shoots 360 panos in JPG?

I think I shot one free form pano with the 3X camera which ended up being 28 shots and those were all DNGs.

 

[GadgetGuy]

The settings for each are determined separately and only configurable when the drone is in the air and set to whichever Pano you are shooting. If you choose DNG, it won't stitch them.

 

[Dale D]

Shot a bunch of panos and the free form ones are DNGs in their own folder.

But the 360 panos are JPG.

Is there some separate setting for file type for 360 panos or the Air 3S only shoots 360 panos in JPG?

I think I shot one free form pano with the 3X camera which ended up being 28 shots and those were all DNGs.

I never shoot panos with the automated setting. I shoot a series of DNG files (RAW) with 30% overlapping on my RC screen. You can go right to left or left to right, shooting individual DNG images with 30% overlap. Then process in software easily with either Photoshop or Lightroom. Highlight 1st, then shift click-last image, open all. (CTRL+A). Right click on any image and see drop down menu, click " merge to panorama". Follow the prompts. You can edit the final image .dng). This image was shot in such a similar manner. (actually- two separate panos blended together).

Dale

 

[wco81]

I shot some manually because the Air 3S thought the wide angle lens was attached and wouldn’t do any of the built in pano modes.

Then I landed it and re-fit the polarizer and went backup to shoot automated, since it groups the shots together.

Otherwise, single DNGs end up in the media folder with the videos with these long file names.

 

[EricJT]

I never shoot panos with the automated setting. I shoot a series of DNG files (RAW) with 30% overlapping on my RC screen. You can go right to left or left to right, shooting individual DNG images with 30% overlap. Then process in software easily with either Photoshop or Lightroom. Highlight 1st, then shift click-last image, open all. (CTRL+A). Right click on any image and see drop down menu, click " merge to panorama". Follow the prompts. You can edit the final image .dng). This image was shot in such a similar manner. (actually- two separate panos blended together).

Dale

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I never shoot panos with the automated setting. I shoot a series of DNG files (RAW) with 30% overlapping on my RC screen. You can go right to left or left to right, shooting individual DNG images with 30% overlap....

Dale

Dale,he was asking about 360 degree panos....

 

[GadgetGuy]

Otherwise, single DNGs end up in the media folder with the videos with these long file names.

Aren't those really long file names annoying? DJI inserts the already embedded meta data of the exact date and time of the photo into each file name. However, DJI does thoughtfully allow customizing the file name, except any customization can only be appended to the end of the already too long file name!

 

[GadgetGuy]

But the 360 panos are JPG.

Is there some separate setting for file type for 360 panos or the Air 3S only shoots 360 panos in JPG?

Select 360 pano when in flight, and choose DNG instead of JPG for the individual shots saved file type, if you want the original images saved. However, that will preclude an in camera created stitch from being generated, which requires shooting in JPG only. There is no JPG + DNG option when shooting an automated 360 panos.

 

[NZBob]

There is no JPG + DNG option when shooting an automated 360 panos.

I don't think that this is true. I often shoot 360 panos with my Air3s and using the 24mm main camera (33 photos for the 360 pano), I have a folder in the 'Panorama' folder that contains both the DNG and JPG images. The drone auto stitches the JPG images and I stitch the DNG using Panovolo so that I can compare afterwards. The drone generally does a reasonable job, but Panovolo is much better. If you use the 70mm telephoto camera, it takes 127 photos and can't stitch them for you, but Panovolo or similar can.

 

[wco81]

I don't think that this is true. I often shoot 360 panos with my Air3s and using the 24mm main camera (33 photos for the 360 pano), I have a folder in the 'Panorama' folder that contains both the DNG and JPG images. The drone auto stitches the JPG images and I stitch the DNG using Panovolo so that I can compare afterwards. The drone generally does a reasonable job, but Panovolo is much better. If you use the 70mm telephoto camera, it takes 127 photos and can't stitch them for you, but Panovolo or similar can.

Hmm, never heard of Panovolo.

Have you tried Lightroom Classic? How would you compare them?

Does Panvovolo produce a DNG pano or just JPG?

 

[NZBob]

I do have Lightroom classic (and Photoshop), and I use them to convert the DNG photos. Panovolo is very good, super easy. You just point it towards the folder holding your images (you tell it to use the JPGs OR the DNGs), and it stitches the images together in seconds. With JPGs it produces the panorama as a JPG, with DNGs it makes them as a huge hi-res TIFF.
I have compared the panoramas produced by the drone with Panovolo, and Panovolo makes a much better job. I have never used Lightroom to do 360 panos, but it would have to be harder than Panovolo.

There are a few programs that make panoramas (do the stitching), but Panovolo is made for drones primarily, and can use the metadata captured to make a better job. (and it is very well priced).

 

[GadgetGuy]

I don't think that this is true. I often shoot 360 panos with my Air3s and using the 24mm main camera (33 photos for the 360 pano), I have a folder in the 'Panorama' folder that contains both the DNG and JPG images. The drone auto stitches the JPG images and I stitch the DNG using Panovolo so that I can compare afterwards. The drone generally does a reasonable job, but Panovolo is much better. If you use the 70mm telephoto camera, it takes 127 photos and can't stitch them for you, but Panovolo or similar can.

Glad to hear that! On all prior drones of the Mavic 3 series and earlier, it was one or the other, but not both, if you wanted an in camera stitch! Thanks for the Panovolo reminder. I bought a license but a while ago, but haven't yet installed it!
If the Air 3S supports both DNG and JPEG with a stitched 360 on the primary camera, I am sure the Mavic 4 Pro does, too! I just assumed not!

I wonder if the same is true of the Mini 4 Pro, too! More options for the saved images is always better!

 

[motocatfish]

I have found stitching errors in the pano-mode panos. :-(

If interested in stitching photos together ...

AutoPano Pro was considered the reference standard since ~2005. $100 back then &
worth every penny. Just point it to a directory & it will find all
panos available to stitch together. Many perspective & rendering
options. Good GPU support for large & faster renderings.

The latest Giga version for HDR (2018) is available for free.
<AutoPano Giga is Now Free • HDRMAPS™>
Read the blog comments for the easy fix (rename a file) to work in Win11.

Good luck with your panos!

Catfish ...

 

[wco81]

I use Lightroom. It sometimes fails to stitch together 360 panos so I save the individual shots, thinking I could get something like PTGui and try re-stitching some day.

So far I haven't though, I have so much media to post-process and edit, a huge backlog.

I've uploaded a couple of 360 panos to some hosting sites. Kind of interesting but generally don't do as much with 360 panos, even though I keep shooting them.

Does anyone submit 360 drone panos to Google Earth or Street View? I often see drone 360 panos in Street View to get ideas for where to do drone flights, especially in overseas locations, as well as to get an idea of what the landscape or terrain looks like in some places before deciding whether to visit certain places.

What do folks here do with their 360 panos?

 

[GadgetGuy]

What do folks here do with their 360 panos?

Convert them to interactive web versions to be viewed on your own computer through your browser, or hosting the web versions on your own website for sharing. I use Panorama Studio Pro 4 for the conversion.

The public sites downscale your results into marginal quality, and essentially own your pano after uploading, to do with as they please, unless you pay for a professional account.