Hugin is free, but can take a bit of fiddling.
hugin.sourceforge.io
PTGUI is excellent and quite easy to use, but costly.
ptgui.com
Panovolo seems to be fast and easy, but I have no idea what its quality is like because I can't use it on my old computer.
www.panovolo.com
Photoshop and other image editing software can stitch panoramas, but not necessarily 360° spherical panoramas.
I would suggest starting with a trial version of Panovolo to see if it meets your needs. If not check out PTGUI and Hugin.
Hugin - Panorama photo stitcher
hugin.sourceforge.io
PTGUI is excellent and quite easy to use, but costly.
Photo stitching software 360 degree Panorama image software - PTGui Stitching Software
PTGui is image stitching software for stitching photographs into a seamless 360-degree spherical or gigapixel panoramic image
ptgui.com
Panovolo seems to be fast and easy, but I have no idea what its quality is like because I can't use it on my old computer.
PANOVOLO : Panorama Stitching Tool for Drone Photography
PANOVOLO is a panorama stitching tool designed specifically for drone photography. Use it to create beautiful panoramas in seconds.
www.panovolo.com
Photoshop and other image editing software can stitch panoramas, but not necessarily 360° spherical panoramas.
I would suggest starting with a trial version of Panovolo to see if it meets your needs. If not check out PTGUI and Hugin.
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I vote for PTGUI. Even though it's a little pricey, I've never regretted getting it. Have produced many panos from both the Mavic 2 Pro and the Mavic 3 Cine. Of course then DJI in-drone processing is good too, but not as flexible or correctable as PTGUI.
I use Adobe DNG Converter to convert the DNG files for use. (or use RawTherapee and colorg rade on the way)
I then stitch the converted DNG files with Microsoft Image Composie Editor (ICE),. Be sure to save the pano file using Superb for the output or Tiff format. But of course the file size is not in the correct ratio 2:1.
I use GIMP to resize the canvas to 2:1 and save with the highest Quality jpeg.
Now view in FSViewer.
All free software and I have not seen better results from any other.
The detail is as above but I have had to shrink the pano file by a factor of ten as attached
I then stitch the converted DNG files with Microsoft Image Composie Editor (ICE),. Be sure to save the pano file using Superb for the output or Tiff format. But of course the file size is not in the correct ratio 2:1.
I use GIMP to resize the canvas to 2:1 and save with the highest Quality jpeg.
Now view in FSViewer.
All free software and I have not seen better results from any other.
The detail is as above but I have had to shrink the pano file by a factor of ten as attached
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assassin23
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could u suggest which app u area suing for the Zenith fill. is there any free version fo mac
I let PTGUI generate file with the zenith left blank, then in Affinity Photo I flood-fill it with a colours of sky adjacent to it, use the Equirectangular projection to look straight up and use the inpainting tool to smooth out the area.
If you're looking for free stitching software, try Hugin. It can handle equirectangular projections.
DARKSeifer
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Lightroom and Photoshop have problems with the drone 360 panoramas because they come with a hole in the panorama.
PTGui Pro is the best by far, super easy to use, and fast. It fills the holes automatically and the union between pics become seamless. It can work with TIFF 16b without any problem.
PTGui Pro is the best by far, super easy to use, and fast. It fills the holes automatically and the union between pics become seamless. It can work with TIFF 16b without any problem.
PTGui Pro, as noted by DARKSeifer, can fill the zenith automatically. In the Panorama Editor's drop-down menu (see the left-pointing triangle in the upper right corner), there is an option to Fill Holes. Check it and it does a wonderful job of filling-in the zenith by matching all sky portions and blending perfectly.
That must be a newer feature. I can't find it in my copy (which is version 10, because when version 11 came out my computer was too old for it).
A useful feature. Not worth upgrading (for me) as I already have workarounds with other software I have, but certainly one I'd use if it was there.
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when you say in-drone processing, what do you mean by that? is there any option in the RC controller software to stitch the images together?
mmec24 "In drone processing"
I think TigersFan means the panorama image that is produced by the drone and saved in the Media Folder just after the multiple images are created.
You dont need an option, this is done automatically if you have asked to take a panorama shot.
It will be in the DCIM/100MEDIA folder and have a similar name as the PANORAMA Folder holding the multiple images. See DJI_0538.JPG below whoes base images are strored in DCIM/PANORAMA/100_538.
I dont know exactly how the drone creates the pano image but the process is so fast that I am guessing its a special stictchup created on the fly.
This is just a guess:-
I guess it takes specific lines and parts of lines from each image as taken on the fly and stores the lines directly into a blank image space where they would be required to complete the pano image.
The panorama image is thus created as a mosaic on the fly and then the full images are then stored seperately.
I have a very fast i9 PC with lots of memory and the stitching process still takes a matter of minutes to stitch 26 images. Thats much slower than the drone took to create the Panorama image. (because the computer is doing far more work)
I should of added that I use several programs (All free to use) to produce pano files by stitching multiply images (of varying file types .tif; .dng; .jpg .png) but Hugin is the main core of the workflow.
These include (In no particular order):-
- DJI Go4App
- Adobe DNG Converter
- RawTherapee
- DarkTable
- skyfill
- Microsoft ICE
- Hugin
- GIMP
- FSPViewer
- RICOH THETA
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Back in the day, I used AutoPano Giga from Kolor and it was great at stitching 1,000 images into a pano. Kolor since went under, and they've made the software free. I don't know if it does 360, but it's free!
hdrmaps.com
For work I now use PTGui and it's also great.
All these softwares have a defintie learning curve though. But capturing solid source images from teh start minimizes the need to tweak settings.
AutoPano Giga is Now Free • HDRMAPS™
AutoPano Giga is a powerful tool that can automatically stitch multiple photos into a seamless panorama. Download your free copy from here.
hdrmaps.com
For work I now use PTGui and it's also great.
All these softwares have a defintie learning curve though. But capturing solid source images from teh start minimizes the need to tweak settings.
Quite by coincidence, I shot my first 180-degree panorama yesterday with the Air 3. I was expecting to have to stitch the separate exposures together using the same software (Affinity Photo) I use for DSLR panoramas, but much to my delight, when I pulled the micro SD card and viewed results, I discovered that the Air 3 had already done the stitching and produced a final composite image. Even better, sky-exposure was balanced across the entire image. There was also a file on the card listing all of the separate images which contributed to the composite.
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I use PTGui. I develop from the DNG, always have it underexposed. I use Mini 3.
Here's my latest : Contributions by Philip Chong
Here's my latest : Contributions by Philip Chong
AMann
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PTIgui is good and it used to be free 
but Hugin and Meshroom are still free and both can do 360 VR panos.
but Hugin and Meshroom are still free and both can do 360 VR panos.
