Panorama

bkushner · Oct 17, 2023

Can't get a decent Panorama out of the Mini 4 Pro in camera. Broken lines all the time.

Meta4 · Oct 17, 2023

bkushner said:
Can't get a decent Panorama out of the Mini 4 Pro in camera. Broken lines all the time.

It it the camera or is it your subject choice?

PAW · Oct 17, 2023

Here are the first 9-shot panos I shot on different days. Stitched in drone, auto Tone/Sharp/Noise in On1 and then resized for placing here. There are a number of issues witht he photos, but I don't see a line issue.

bkushner · Oct 18, 2023

Here is what I'm getting....

Meta4 · Oct 18, 2023

bkushner said:
Here is what I'm getting....

The in-camera stitching is very basic and has let you down.
Having a broken horizon like that is particularly common when the scene has a water foreground and blue sky, giving no identifiable points for the software to match.
But that image looks like it should have stitched easily.
If you have the individual images they should stitch properly with dedicated stitching software.
If you have them upload to Dropbox or similar and I'll have a go at stitching for you.

bkushner · Oct 18, 2023

Meta4 said:
The in-camera stitching is very basic and has let you down.
Having a broken horizon like that is particularly common when the scene has a water foreground and blue sky, giving no identifiable points for the software to match.
But that image looks like it should have stitched easily.
If you have the individual images they should stitch properly with dedicated stitching software.
If you have them upload to Dropbox or similar and I'll have a go at stitching for you.

I stitched the pano in stand along programs, two of them and same thing.

bkushner · Oct 18, 2023

Dropbox

www.dropbox.com

Aerophile · Oct 18, 2023

How windy was it? IME, if it's fairly windy, panos from my Mini 3 Pro are hit or miss.

bkushner · Oct 18, 2023

Aerophile said:
How windy was it? IME, if it's fairly windy, panos from my Mini 3 Pro are hit or miss.

Not real bad but not calm. Maybe that’s the issue. I will try it on a calm day. My air 3 is rock solid

Meta4 · Oct 18, 2023

bkushner said:
Dropbox

www.dropbox.com

How's this?

1-28 pano.jpg

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drive.google.com

I used some dedicated stitching software and it had no trouble stitching.
Nice image and the lighting looks beautiful.

Meta4 · Oct 18, 2023

Aerophile said:
How windy was it? IME, if it's fairly windy, panos from my Mini 3 Pro are hit or miss.

bkushner said:
Not real bad but not calm. Maybe that’s the issue. I will try it on a calm day. My air 3 is rock solid

People commonly blame wind but it's not really an issue when the drone is far from the subject (as in most drone shots).
See post #7 and #12 in this thread:

Mini 3 - Why did my mini 3 pro do this?

Why did it not stich my photo right? This is how it came out.

mavicpilots.com

Meta4 · Oct 18, 2023

bkushner said:
Dropbox

www.dropbox.com

That looks like Spirit of Melbourne.
I see you've photographed it quite a lot.
I ran into the vessel once and shot it too:

bkushner · Oct 18, 2023

Meta4 said:
That looks like Spirit of Melbourne.
I see you've photographed it quite a lot.
I ran into the vessel once and shot it too:

Yes it's always in Philly.. Great shots.

bkushner · Oct 18, 2023

Meta4 said:
How's this?

1-28 pano.jpg

default

drive.google.com

I used some dedicated stitching software and it had no trouble stitching.
Nice image and the lighting looks beautiful.

What software? I tried Image Composite Editor and Luminar NEO and had the breaks. Thanks!!!

Meta4 · Oct 18, 2023

bkushner said:
What software? I tried Image Composite Editor and Luminar NEO and had the breaks. Thanks!!!

That was Kolor Autopano Giga

Prototype_uk · Oct 18, 2023

Have you tried calibrating the gimbal, compass and IMU? I haven't seen this happen on mine.

Meta4 · Oct 18, 2023

Prototype_uk said:
Have you tried calibrating the gimbal, compass and IMU? I haven't seen this happen on mine.

There is nothing wrong with his drone.
Nothing needs recalibrating, particularly the compass and IMU.

The images stitch perfectly with proper stitching software.
The issue was that DJI's in-camera stitching is not very good.

Dronecation · Oct 19, 2023

Meta4 said:
That was Kolor Autopano Giga

I notice it has become freely available:

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

Octisurfer · Oct 19, 2023

Meta4 said:
That was Kolor Autopano Giga

Works this stitcher also with the RAW files from the DJI mini 4 pro?

jeff Voigt · Oct 21, 2023

bkushner said:
Can't get a decent Panorama out of the Mini 4 Pro in camera. Broken lines all the time.

This happens on occasion when I fly the Mini 4 Pro and my Mavic 3 Pro over water and in windy conditions. My work around? Take more than one pano over the subjects. The second pano is usually fine.