Breaking the Gigapixel Barrier

[coleslaw]

http://www.tawbaware.com/maxlyons/gigapixel.htm

Technical Details. Here are some facts and figures about this image:

* Final image dimensions: 40,784 x 26,800 pixels
* Number of pixels in final image: 1,093,011,200 (1.09 gigapixel)
* Final image file format: RGB Tiff using deflate compression
* Final image file size: 2,068,654,055 bytes
* Number of source images: 196
* Number of pixels in source images: 1,233,125,376 (196 images * 3072*2048)
* Lens focal length: 280mm (equivalent to 450mm on a 35mm camera)
* Aperture: F9. Shutter speed: 1/400
* Number of control points in PTAssembler project: 779
* Number of seams that were manually blended after stitching: 364
* Horizontal field of view of final image: 63 degrees
* Time required to capture component images: 13 minutes
* Time required to set control points: 2 hours
* Time required to optimize project: 2 days
* Time required to stitch project: 4 days
* Time required to blend seams / correct misalignments / finalize image: 3 days


Wow. Impressive stuff. :cool:

[revil]

do you realize the impact this has on the pornography industry?! :drool:

[eSDee]

I wanna see the original!

[PrObLy]

Originally posted by revil
do you realize the impact this has on the pornography industry?! :drool:

since the images were stiched together....the object(s) would have to be pretty much motionless....so the porn stars would have to sit very very very still :P

[coleslaw]

Originally posted by eSDeeLoco
I wanna see the original!

It's a 2 GB TIFF file. You really want to mess with that? :P

[Memo]

Originally posted by coleslaw


It's a 2 GB TIFF file. You really want to mess with that? :P
I do ! :)

[CynJon]

If you liked that picture--take a look at this. (http://panoramas.dk/fullscreen2/full22.html)

Ripped from FW, it's a 360 degree view from atop Mt. Everest--absolutely amazing. :)

Takes awhile to load, but worth the wait. Unless you're on dialup, in which case, carry on...;)