Skyfill: software for filling in the sky in spherical panoramas

[Dr. Sybren]

Hey all!

I'm sure that I'm not alone in my love for the spherical panoramas that the Mavic 2 (and maybe others as well) can shoot. For the best image quality I stitch the photos myself, but then I'm left with this black sky. If you have suffered this too, suffer no more, as I've just released my own bit of software to fill the skies, called Skyfill.

It takes your photo from this:


To this:


It's Open Source, and pre-built binaries are available for Windows, Linux, and MacOS. Check it out at Sybren A. Stüvel / Skyfill · GitLab where there is some documentation and the software itself.

Have fun with it!

 

[TBeach3141]

In the DJI go app is there a panorama quickshot or something? I don't know how to get the pictures to use this software but really want to try it

 

[Dr. Sybren]

In the DJI Go app you can set the photo mode to Panorama and then choose Sphere. It's in the normal mode, not in Quickshot. The drone will stitch them together, but also store the individual photos so that you can stitch them at a higher resolution (and with different colours, because RAW).

 

[brett8883]

In the DJI Go app you can set the photo mode to Panorama and then choose Sphere. It's in the normal mode, not in Quickshot. The drone will stitch them together, but also store the individual photos so that you can stitch them at a higher resolution (and with different colours, because RAW).

I believe this is just the Mavic Air. Not sure about the Mavic 2 but on the Mavic Pro you have to use a third party app like Litchi or autopilot in which case you have to stitch them in post.

 

[Dr. Sybren]

I believe this is just the Mavic Air. Not sure about the Mavic 2 but on the Mavic Pro you have to use a third party app like Litchi or autopilot in which case you have to stitch them in post.

This also works on the Mavic 2 Pro (which is the one that I have). And Skyfill will work on anything that lets you stitch the photos yourself.

 

[barun]

Hi, Came over to this yearly old post, but the GitLab link does not allow downloading the .exe file anymore?

 

[djp1]

same problem, download link doesn't work

 

[Dr. Sybren]

Thanks for your interest! It should work now. If it doesn't, please point me to the page that contains the broken link and I'll go around and fix things.

 

[barun]

Hi,

The link you have provided here in this thread (rightly)takes to the GitLab project page: Sybren A. Stüvel / Skyfill

The project page has a download section:

Download Skyfill

Skyfill releases can be downloaded from Gitlab.

The link (Sign in) in that page links "404" to file section which does not exists or have been removed?

 

[Dr. Sybren]

Gocha, will fix that soon it's fixed. You can find the files at Releases · Sybren A. Stüvel / Skyfill

 

[Dr. Sybren]

Update: I've written a little article about my entire workflow, from shooting with the drone to publishing the panorama on my website: Drone Panoramas | dr. Sybren

 

[sprill22]

Just a thank you.

 

[Dr. Sybren]

Just a thank you.

Appreciate it

 

[call-151]

Thank you for this software, it works great!

 

[Dr. Sybren]

My pleasure!

 

[Vladis]

i cant found version for Mac OS and any tutorial how is works with Mac OS

 

[Dr. Sybren]

The skyfill-v1.5-darwin.zip is for macOS, just follow the download link on Skyfill | dr. Sybren

There is no tutorial because I don’t own a mac or know how to use one, so I can’t write a tutorial for it.

 

[Vladis]

THX !

 

[EyesWideShut]

Can anyone who has used it give their review on SKYFILL?

I'm interested in a way to fill the sky in my older drone panos. The current Fly app with my Mini 3 Pro now does the job by taking the zenith photos but I also like the mirrorball option.

I have downloaded skyfill-v1.5-windows.zip which includes skyfill.exe and README.md but don't have a reader or converter for a .md file (and don't understand why it isn't a .txt file). I'm a little nervous about executing an unknown .exe file without being able to at least read the readme file. Would appreciate it someone could post what it says and their experience with the software. Thanks

 

[waynorth]

which includes skyfill.exe and README.md but don't have a reader or converter for a .md file (and don't understand why it isn't a .txt file).

Files with extension .md (markdown) are in plain text, and can be opened in any text editor.