Here's my recommendations and "Top Tips" on how to get the best possible quality images from your iris360:
- For maximum workflow, shoot in RAW only on the unit and post process using Immersive Studio
- Turn OFF contrast/sharpening in Immersive Studio
- Turn OFF Compress Output Image in Immersive Studio
- Import the stitched pano into Lightroom or Photoshop
- Apply sharpening (unsharp mask) via these applications and use your normal vibrancy/shadow/highlight adjustments
- Export back out using whatever JPEG export settings you want
- Try experimenting with manual exposure. You can still capture using HDR On but if you set a manual shutter speed then iris360 will use that as the locked value and shift the HDR brackets around it. This will let you for example drop the exposure by 1-2 ev and this will help increase contrast a little.
For #7, if ISO and Shutter Speed are locked what is the camera using to shift the HDR brackets?
Hello,thanks for the tips. Is it best in Advance options to select Output Resolution at 16 MP and Process HDR on for best quality?
No. Leave output resolution to Auto
In the next firmware update, work on the quality of the images in the 'corners'. Those spaces between the cameras. They have the highest loss of quality.
Pierre - Do you mean the "edges" of the lenses i.e. the overlap areas between lens pairs?
(Since the lenses are round, they don't have "corners"... ;-)
Yes
Most of the iris360 videos show it to have been mounted on tripods and placed on static surface. If the camera is mounted on a moving object/vehicle how is the quality and stitching get affected?
We do not know as we've never tested iris360 to do this and it wasn't in fact developed for that purpose.
If it could help, as stated above, sharpening images after stitching it with the Contrast & Sharp and Compress options turned off, I got a far better result using wavelet sharpen filter using GIMP2. With LightRoom and the NikCollection tools, it worked great as well using Sharpener Pro 3.