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Avoiding mirror reflections

Submitted by marcraft on Tue, 2007-11-20 04:21.

Good day,

I am very new to VR panos but as further I search, I discover that the power of some of these images is awesome!
Although I still don't have my own VR equipment, I am keen to buy some in the near future :)
I have this question about the mirror reflections in rooms. Even if the camera clearly stands in front of a large mirror, there is no camera reflected in the mirror! How do they do that? I don't think it's possible to mask so many details in photoshop to remove the tripod and the camera. Any thoughts on this please? I would greatly appreciate your help!

Regards,
Mark

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Re: Avoiding mirror reflections

Submitted by Aldo Hoeben on Tue, 2007-11-20 08:39.

> I don't think it's possible to mask so many details in photoshop

It is. It always is. There is no such thing is 'impossible to do in Photoshop' given enough time and skills.

However, there are other methods conceivable. One is to take an additional shot of the mirror from such a location that there is no camera reflection, and 'patching' it in. The nadir-patching technique in PTGui 7.3 would come in handy, but ofcourse you should not use controlpoints in the reflection, and only on the wall the mirror is on.

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Re: Avoiding mirror reflections

Submitted by Tim Graham on Mon, 2007-12-17 17:26.

Any chance that the panorama was shot with a "one shot" panoramic lens? I purchased one for my own real estate virtual tour business, but was not happy with the result at all. After spending over $600 for the One-Shot lens, I am back to stitching my panoramas. It does take more time, but the end result is MUCH better.

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Re: Avoiding mirror reflections

Submitted by DMCdigitalmedia on Tue, 2007-12-18 02:41.

I shoot the pano normally then off to the side of the mirror I take a shot and patch it in using Photoshop' perspective correction tools, easy once you get the hang of it !

Dennis M. Carbo

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Re: Avoiding mirror reflections

Submitted by dcoplin on Tue, 2007-12-18 05:47.

If I can not move the camera in a spot to hide, I use flowers ... check it out

http://www.seeingissold.com/Stanpac/Liberty/harvard/Harvard_liberty.html

go to the master bath

I used the same flowers and moved them to the other counter for the opposite shot
Hope this helps

Dana

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Re: Avoiding mirror reflections

Submitted by rave2420 on Fri, 2008-03-07 01:40.

Hi Dana,

great looking tour - would you mind sharing the system / software (especially) you use for that type of
presentation,

thanks
regards
David

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