13.6. Kleiner Planet

13.6. Kleiner Planet
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13.6.1. Wirkungsweise

This filter converts a panorama into a small planet. All images don't fit this filter. The ideal image is a 360° x 180° image, also known as equirectangular image. We will see that it is possible to use normal images also.

13.6.2. Activating the Filter

This filter is found in the main menu under Filters → Map → Little Planet….

13.6.3. Eigenschaften

Abbildung 17.297. „Little Planet“ filter options

Eigenschaften

Presets, „Input Type“, Clipping, Blending Options, Vorschau, Merge filter, Split view

	Anmerkung
	These options are described in Abschnitt 2, „Gemeinsame Funktionsmerkmale“.

Schwenken

Horizontal camera panning. If „Inverse transform“ option is checked, the „pan“ option moves line of sight horizontally. Else, it works as „Spin“ option.

Tilt

Vertical camera panning. Moves line of sight upwards/downwards.

Spin

Spin angle around camera axis. Rotates planet around line of sight.

Zoom

Zoom level. Zooms planet in/out.

Inverse transform

Do the inverse mapping; useful for touching up zenith, nadir or other parts of panorama.

Resampling method

Interpolation methods are described in Interpolation

„Cubic“ may give better result.

13.6.4. Using Little Planet filter with an equirectangular image

	Tipp
	You can find free equirectangular images at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:360°_panoramas_with_equirectangular_projection.

_{Ettling_Isar_panorama.jpg by © Simon Waldherr under
CC by-sa 4.0}

GIMP opened this 16000×8000 pixels original image in a 1000×500 px frame at zoom 6.25. This is a screenshot scaled to 600×300 px. Note the empty sky, the horizon perfectly horizontal, the vanishing perspective.

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13.6.5. Using Little Planet filter with a normal image

Your panorama rarely satisfies conditions necessary for this filter, especially if you cut it off a larger image. The Little Planet filter brings left and right image sides together, and creates an unwanted sharp limit if sides are different. An uneven horizon gives an irregular circle. A blue empty sky occupying the upper half of the image and a horizontal horizon are perfect. Usually, you will have to prepare your panorama before using filter.

Abbildung 17.298. Originalbilder

Original panorama

Filter applied directly with default options

Wipe sky: with Color Picker, darker blue to toolbox foreground and lighter blue to toolbox background. Rectangular selection of sky including a small part of horizon. In the selection, draw a Gradient from top to bottom.
Wählen Sie den linken Rand des Bildes.
Kopieren Sie die Auswahl und fügen Sie sie als neue Ebene ein.
Q shortcut to open the Align tool.
Click on new layer (superimposed on selection area): new layer limits appear. Align new layer to image right side.
Select>None.
Spiegeln Sie die neue Ebene horizontal.

New layer aligned to image right side and flipped: left and right image sides are now the same. Sky wiped out. Horizon horizontalized.
Fügen Sie eine schwarze Ebenenmaske zu der neuen Ebene hinzu.
Apply a black-to-white gradient to layer mask.
Wenden Sie das Filter »Kleiner Planet« an.

Abbildung 17.299. Ergebnisse

Prepared image

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