Hi, @codetricity, Have you enjoyed RICOH THETA V Plug-in Microconference? I wish I could be there.
GIMP is great tool to make perfect Street View images. I use the latest stable version “GIMP 2.10.6”. (Windows 10 64bit)
Here are some of my workflows with using GIMP and Pano2VR Patch mode.
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Equirectangular stitched Ich Hirota’s original Dual-Fisheye plugin images by PTGui pro ver.11.6. You can see some errors and objects to be touched.
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Start using patch mode of Pano2VR Ver.6 beta3. 1) Select the area and set aspect ratio. 2)Type; image, Format; .psd 3) Click Extract to cut off
**GIMP can edit .psd file(Photoshop).
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Open the patched file with GIMP and edit it!
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Overwrite it and Pano2VR will automatically load the patched file. It is OK!
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I used Smart delete(スマート消去) plugin(resynthesizer) to remove the
tripod shadow.
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Removing Red Ball(紅玉) is very easy. Just select it with a little bit larger circle. We call such kind of lens flare “Red Ball(or 紅玉)” ,instead of “Red dots”.
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It’s better to use clone tool after doing smart delete to avoid incompatibility.
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In this case, clone tool is more useful and easier to repair.
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I can’t completely avoid all the stitching errors during the workflow of PTGui and Dual-Fisheye images. I’ve tried “Cage Transform” tool with GIMP 2.10.6. It successfully worked well for me.
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Lift up! Errors have disappered.
You can enjoy my Google Street View again.
Hope this helps,
Toyo