Fisheye Hemi description
Provide a more normal view of people by not distorting their faces and bodies, and straightens vertical lines.
Fisheye-Hemi is a set of Photoshop plug-in filters which provides correction for hemispheric fisheye lens distortion.
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This set comprises of:
· Fisheye-Hemi 1 (Circle) works best with a lens and camera combination that covers 180 degrees horizontally across the field, so the captured image appears with black edges in the corners like a globe in space.
· Fisheye-Hemi 2 (Full Frame) works best with a lens and camera combination that covers 180 degrees diagonally, but the captured image has no black edges in the corners. This combination is commonly called a "full frame fisheye image".
· Fisheye-Hemi 3 (Cropped) works best with a lens and camera combination that covers less than 180 degrees, where the captured image appears almost normal with mild fisheye distortion.
Fisheye Hemispheric lenses in the hands of a photographer provide an expanded view of the world across approximately a 180 degree diagonal field. Until now, the primary option available to the photographer was to render these fisheye images using rectilinear mapping techniques.
These methods have many drawbacks, such as distortion of people near the perimeter and loss of resolution and data. Although the image is similar to what is seen by the eye, printed, the images appear distorted.
Fisheye-Hemi offers an aesthetically pleasing and natural view of the image using a unique mapping technology! Fisheye-Hemi provides a more normal view of people by not distorting their faces and bodies, and straightens vertical lines.
It has improved resolution of the image plus it displays the intended composition and framing better than other un-warping programs.
The most important requirement for Fisheye-Hemi is to not distort people, no matter where they are in the image. The faces and bodies must appear as normal as possible; given it is a fisheye lens! The Fisheye-Hemi Plug-In preserves the people.
Another important feature of Fisheye-Hemi is the clarity of the mapping. A rectilinear mapping will discard approximately one third of the pixels and crop to the center along the horizontal axis. Photographers purchase a lens to capture up to 180 degrees.
Much of the data is discarded in a rectilinear view. Fisheye-Hemi uses almost all of the pixel data in that view. A rectilinear view will shrink the center of the image which has the most detail. Fisheye-Hemi preserves this detail by using advanced mathematics to preserve all of the content of the original fisheye image.
Last, but not least, this product also straightens vertical lines.
Requirements:
· Photoshop 7.0 or higher
· Elements 2.0 or higher
· Paint Shop Pro or higher
The new Fisheye-Hemi 1.1.0 now includes three plug-ins that support a wider range of camera and fish-eye lens combinations, including fish-eye zoom and fish-eye converters.
Fisheye-Hemi 1 (Circle) works best with a lens and camera combination that covers 180 degrees horizontally across the field, so the captured image appears with black edges in the corners like a globe in space.
Fisheye-Hemi 2 (Full Frame) works best with a lens and camera combination that covers 180 degrees diagonally, but the captured image has no black edges in the corners. This combination is commonly called a "full frame fish-eye image". This is the original Fisheye-Hemi Plug-In.
Fisheye-Hemi 3 (Cropped) works best with a lens and camera combination that covers less than 180 degrees, where the captured image appears almost normal with mild fish-eye distortion.
You can choose the appropriate Fisheye-Hemi number (1, 2 or 3) according to a web-based selection chart and it will render an aesthetically pleasing and natural view of people — their faces and bodies not distorted. Fisheye-Hemi also preserves the resolution of the image by including more of the original pixels, and displays the intended composition and framing, as compared to the common rectilinear correction methods. Additionally Fisheye-Hemi straightens vertical lines.
The Fisheye-Hemi Plug-In is available for immediate purchase on-line for $29.95 USD. Individuals that have purchased version 1.0.0 can update to version 1.1.0 at no charge. The current version is Windows only, the Mac version is expected in the first half of 2007. You can also download a free trial version.
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