Thursday, July 20, 2023

Now We're Just Showin' Off! Three-Hundred-Sixty Degrees.

Earlier today I installed the most recent version (1.12.0) of Luminar Neo, which included the "official" version of the Panorama Stitch extension.  If you haven't made the plunge just yet, here's good news. The promotional pricing for owners of a lifetime license has been extended a week to July 24. That's $39 for the extension.  If you don't have Luminar Neo in any form, you get to choose if and how you receive the extensions HERE. (Hint: the annual subscription is the best deal) And don't forget to use the code PHOTODAN at checkout to save an extra 10%

Business out of the way, here's how I decided to test out the official version of the extension. I found a video I shot 10 years ago at White Sand National Monument (now a National Park). I was traveling light, so shot it with my little Canon S100 point and shoot camera, and I turned a complete circle, meaning the video covered 360°!

I was not prepared for the decrease in processing and saving speed over the beta versions I had been using. From loading to saved image took less than 2 minutes. A few more minutes of editing and I had the final image you see below. 

White Sands (in the round) 2013 ©Daniel Gauss/Shot On Site

You'll have to wait a little longer for the demo of the really cool trick you can do with video clips. I either have to shoot it myself, or find a sample at the Skylum Software site, but trust me, it will be worth the wait!

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