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Image Resolution of Panoramic Photos
Christian Mehlführer
posted this on November 07, 2011 11:29
Hi all,
I understand from the quality guidlines that images should have a resolution of at least 1400x1080 (1.5MP). How is this rule applied to panoramic photos, which have a large aspect ratio of sometimes more than 2:1? If we strictly apply the rule that the minimum resolution in one direction is 1400 AND in the other direction is 1080, it would mean that we cannot add photos with an aspect ratio larger than 16:9 (because the maximum resolution of fotopedia in one direction is 1920, leading to a picture of size 1920x1080).
In my opinion, the rule should be applied to the total number of pixels (1400x1080 = 1.5MP), which would allow to add photos up to 1920x788 (aspect ratio 2.4:1). Alternatively, the 1920 pixel bound could be increased.
The reason I am asking this is because several of my photos were removed from the panoramic photography article, which I think is best illustrated by examples of panoramic photos. As Wikipedia states, a panoramic photo generally has an aspect ratio of 2:1 or larger, which, as it seems to me, is at the moment not possible with the fotopedia quality guidelines.
Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
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Hi Christian,
I think you are using the client to upload your photos. Are you on a Mac?
Hi Damien,
no I am using a Windows PC.
Hello Christian,
We updated the client on Windows, so you should update your version and you will then be able to set the settings in the app to upload photos at original resolution (in Preferences > Advanced settings).
Hi Damien,
thanks this works! From now on I will upload my photos at higher resolution.
When viewing a photo with high resolution in Fotopedia, I am wondering if there will be a feature to scroll around within the picture (when being the "zoomed" mode after double-clicking on the photo)?
Take for example this panorama:
http://www.fotopedia.com/wiki/Panoramic_photography#!/items/chmehl-...
If you double-click it you only see a small area of the picture, it would be great to move to the left/right parts of the picture, or even to automatically pan through the picture...