Please post any problems you have with the installation here. As the plug-in is not in the store, the process is fairly tough. Once the plug-in is installed, it functions the same as a plug-in the store. Just put it into plug-in mode and press the shutter button.
Again, the developer has generously put this out as open source and we can all enjoy it. Thank you to @Kasper.
I’m just speculating on a future commercial version in the store because I think there is a market for it. I also think that selling it and getting small amounts of money is a good way to keep motivated to add features to the plug-in.
It’s a really great plug-in app and I think that people will use it. I’m sure they will want features. It’s a massive improvement to the workflow as you don’t need to bring out the mobile phone for each HDR scene.
Putting the app in the plugin store is a great idea. Definitly something we need to do. I don’t want any money or anything for it. Just want people to use it!
Only thing that is for now holding me back is that I am not 100% happy with the quality of the outputted merged HDR exr file. I’ve done a couple of test shots in bright daylight and the pixel values go way through the roof (2500 and even higher). Values above 1 are allowed but this is to much also considring that many of the pixels are this high. So I’ve been testing some solutions, mainly divinding all the pixels bij the mean value of the whole image. This works pretty well so far but I want to do a bit more testing. Also I have some indoor night shots with weird red values which I want to look at.
In the mean time I fixed the problem with doing a second pass without turning the camera off. That should be fixed and I merged that on github with the master branch.
Also I think adding a webinterface can be a great addition but maybe we should save that for version 2.
private int shutterSpeedValue = 0; // can be 0 to 62. 0 is 1/25000
private static final int numberOfPictures = 11;
private static final int shutterSpeedSpacing = 6;
private static final Double stop_jumps = 2.0;
Hi!
yeah, stop_jumps refers to number of lighting stops by which is increased (or decreased) with each exposure of the bracket.
A stop is a unit for talking about the amount of light you capture. Increasing by one stop means you double the amount of light you record. (And decreasing takes half of it.)
Does this make sense?
Thank you for the explanation regarding stop_jumps. As I’m a novice photographer, this terminology was confusing to me at first. I read the article below and think I have a better idea now.
Hi everyone !
planning to buy a theta V fort he creation of HDR image to use in 3D software. This plugin looks awesome !
Can someone share an HDR image in EXR file format done with the camera using this plugin ?
Thanks guys !
Alex
@Kasper This is a really nice upgrade, in multiple areas. I made two simple mistakes in my testing, which slowed me down. I’m sharing here, even though they are simple, embarrassing mistakes, just in case it helps someone else avoid small issues.
– I didn’t set permissions in Vysor first time through, so I thought the plug-in was failing. I’ve installed lots of plug-ins and have seen the behavior many times but it still seems to confuse me regularly.
– And I didn’t read the updated instructions closely and didn’t see that it takes 3 sets of bracketed images, 34 total.
Anyway, after I got past those things…
Created files look good:
Includes the directory with all the bracketed images:
Outputted EXR file exists, and it’s the size you suggested it would be. I viewed it in GIMP and converted to jpg. Normal use would be different, but for testing, this confirmed output.
Suuuuper small detail: Sometimes you refer to the name as HDR4EXR - The repo and the directory for the apk are all HDR2EXR. Not critical, but I noticed it.
So… you submitting this version to the store? It’s ready, and I think more VFX people will try it out that way.
@jcasman thanx for all the testing good to know that it works on your side. Yeah the permissions, I also spend a couple of times thinking whats wrong when it was just that.
Yes let’s start the submitting to the store! Can you help?
One thing I was thinking about. You have to use the the theta file copier on mac to get the files of the device. I saw that there is not something like that for windows, is there an alternative?
@AlexandreDizeux yes the store should make it easier to install!
@Kasper, right now I depend on using the adb pull command from the Command Prompt on Windows. It works fine. I use this on the Mac, too, quite often.
Windows File Manager shows the 1 photo for measuring lighting and the folder which includes the 33 bracketed pictures, but it does not show the .exr file nor the two .txt files.
@codetricity yes that is exactly what i mean. Version 2 will solve this problem because I intent to make it possible to download through the web interface. But in the mean time we should think of an alternative.
Does adb not work when not being a developer?
Alternatively I could probably write a python script to download the files i guess but i should look into that.
Unfortunately, I do not think adb will work if the person is not a developer. For adb to work, the camera needs to be in developer mode, which requires the person to join the partner plugin program. Joining the program is free, but realistically too much of a hassle for most people.
Jesse and I will continue to help you look for a solution.