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LukeH

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How to "Un-Ding" a Horizon??
« on: July 03, 2011, 06:44:05 pm »

Took this panoramic and am wondering how to get the ding from the horizon? Looking at it there isn't a consistent straight line and to me it stands out hugely. Any help would be amazing.
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Re: How to "Un-Ding" a Horizon??
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2011, 07:48:52 pm »

Using Photoshop the warp tool is a pretty good option here, use the select tool to select the right side of the image and going just past to the left of the sun. CMND+J will take this selection onto a new layer then CMND+T to enter transform mode, right click and select "Warp". Drag a guide down so you have a level line to work off and start with the top two warp points on the right, move these down a bit and you'll also want to move the left side top warp point up a bit.

After a bit of tweaking around with this you should be able to get a straight horizon, but the right side of your image would will have shrunken somewhat due to the warp transform. Create a mask for this layer and paint it out just above the old horizon then choose a way to paint it out through the foreground, use a softer brush for the horizon and a slightly harder and smaller brush for the foreground.

You'll also want to blend the layer in from the left hand side to the original using the mask, so keep this in mind when you're doing the warp so your original and new horizon line have a meeting point that leaves you with a straight line.
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Re: How to "Un-Ding" a Horizon??
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2011, 08:08:08 pm »

could also use the Liquify tool w/ a large radius and run it along the sky at the interface.

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Re: How to "Un-Ding" a Horizon??
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2011, 09:04:03 pm »

Thanks for the info guys. Absolutely spot on!!
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Re: How to "Un-Ding" a Horizon??
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2011, 09:24:10 am »

Took this panoramic and am wondering how to get the ding from the horizon? Looking at it there isn't a consistent straight line and to me it stands out hugely. Any help would be amazing.

Hi Luke,

Since the ding (suppose that's the wavy horizon structure?) is caused by the choice of your pitch parameter for the stitching, can you adjust that parameter?  You didn't mention how (with which application) you made the pano, so I don't know if you can address the root cause by re-stitching.

Cheers,
Bart
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