The most underrated feature of Apple Vision Pro is the panorama photos. It drops you into
an immersive environment instantly by tapping this button. We now even have
social media VisionOS apps for you to share your Panorama to other Vision Pro owners.
But, your iPhone is not the best panorama camera, giving it small sensors and, sometime,
unstitchable problems. Using a 360 camera like the Insta360 One RS 1-inch here or better,
a professional mirrorless camera with a Pano head like the Arca
Swiss CORE 75 LEVELER CP right here.
The problem is that there is no easy way to show fully immersive 360 photos inside the Apple Vision
Pro. If you are a professional 360 photographer, don't get frustrated. Follow this tutorial,
you will be able to get your 360 photos into Apple Vision Pro and even start
selling them like what I did on my Patreon. We will first show you TWO methods to see 360
photos natively inside Vision Pro. Then I will teach you how to easily convert any 360 photos
into Apple Panorama Format so Vision Pro users can see them easily. We will cover both Photoshop
2024 and PTGui professional workflow to maximize your image quality. Let's go!
Hey, what's up, everybody? Welcome back to another
Vision Pro tutorial for Filmmakers and Photographers. If you are new here,
it will help me and Kimchi a lot by subscribing and hit the notification bell.
First, let me show you how to view 360 photos directly inside Apple
Vision Pro. It was not possible in the initial release. But now,
several VisionOS apps allow you to do so. The easiest one is "A 360
Viewer" - which is a FREE visionOS App. My 14K high-quality 360 photos totally work on there.
so right now it's just a regular photo and then I start failing look at that start dialing digital Crown
my cameras disappear now I'm in iceland and fly on top the eyes on the volcano on the volcano of tree
of life volcano explosion just happening in iceland 2024 right now actually look at that like it's
Iceland volcano inside Apple Vision Pro fully immersive and you can dial in and out from your
environment like out your environment in for the imersive environment this is crazy
oh my God this is the best app on Vision Pro and it's free it's a free app guys is crazy
Oh, btw, if you don't know already, I am a pretty well-known 360 photographer on Facebook under the
account 360Creator. My recent 360 photo of the Dominican Republic and Haiti got over half a
million views and over 2.2 thousand likes and still keeps growing. And I will provide this
360 photo and several others in my Caribbean Island collection FREE for download. If you
do not have any 14K 360 photos to test on Vision Pro, these free photos will make you really happy.
You will discover jaw-dropping image quality that you don't even know your Vision Pro is capable of.
The link is in the description; don't forget to drop this video a like.
Even the FREE "A 360 Viewer" app is great, but if you want 3D 360 or VR180, photos capture with the
Canon R5C with the Dual Fisheye lens here, then you will need a paid app like Reality Player or
Moon Player. Reality Player will support all the 3D formats, as you see here, a 3D photo inside
the Vatican City St Peter's Basilica. BTW, you can also build your own 3D
180 or 3D 360 photo viewers using WebXR and Vision Pro Safari browser for an immersive
Virtual Tour. You can follow this in-depth tutorial here.
What if you want to just easily convert all your 360 photos in Apple Panorama
Format so your viewers do not need to download anything to enjoy them? Keep
watching. The second part is dedicated to our community of 360 photographers.
You don't need a Vision Pro to start creating Vision Pro content. Especially with new Vision
Pro social media apps like ImmersiShare - where you can post your epic Panorama
photo using your iPhone without the need of a Vision Pro. And other Vision Pro users can
see them inside AVP. Pretty Cool. Get on it now before it becomes the next Instagram or TikTok.
So if you are a professional 360 photographer, you might already know or have the PTGui software.
If you are using a camera system like this, you will need PTGui to stitch your Panorama.
So open up your stitched 360 photo inside PTGui. Directly open up Panorama Editor.
Switch from Spherical to Cylindrical Panorama. You should see this. Now
go back to your project window and click Create Panorama. Go back to Panorama Editor,
make sure you can see the Width and Height of your output image.
An Apple Panorama Photo from an iPhone 15 Pro Max is roughly 16000K in 5 by 1 raito, so we're going
to match this. By dragging the left slider up you are cropping the top and bottom but keeping
the width untouched to keep max resolution. Set the height roughly to 3200. Now you can
export this into jpg. Set the quality to 100% and save it by clicking Create Panorama Button.
Send this photo using AirDrop into your Vision Pro photo album or upload it onto immersiShare.
Now you can see it inside your Vision Pro without any third-party app. How cool is that?
Okay, what if you use a 360 camera like the Insta360 One RS 1" or Insta360 X3
here? Most of you casual photographers will not have PTGui. But you can still do it in
Photoshop. Photoshop is kinda requirement nowadays with GenAI. You really missing out
if you are only using Affinity Photo.
Besides Photoshop, you also need a plugin called FLEXIFY 2. I put the download link down below.
Open up any 360 Photo. If you don't have one to follow along, I provide some for free. Download
link in description. After installed FLEXIFY 2, it will show up under Top menu bar - Filters -
Flaming Pear - Flexify 2. First make sure Sharpen is 100% and Edges, De-halo are all checked so the
conversion give you the best quality output. Photography business is competitive. So make
sure your workflow gives you the best quality output to stay ahead of your competition.
If you are not taking notes, you should now. Input is equirectangular, which is the scientific
name of 360 photos. Output is Cylindrical, just like PTGui. This project has minimal
to no distortion in the center. It simulates the capture method of the iPhone 15 Pro but without
doing the hard work. Hit Ok.
Now crop the top and bottom to create a 1 by 5 ratio pano image. Go to your Marquee Tool,
set the style to Fixed Ratio and Width to 5 and Height to 1. Drag a box in the center of
the image. Hit Layer Mask right here to crop out the top and bottom. Go to Image - Trim
and Trim the transparent pixels. Now put in your logo so people won't steal your
beautiful work. And you are ready to export this masterpiece. Go to file,
export, eport As, and make sure your width is still 160000 and export as JPG.
Now upload this onto your Vision Pro and enjoy. You can also email this to any of
your friends who have Vision Pro. They can see it without any third-party app. Pretty amazing.
My 360 panorama is radicular high-quality compared to the iPhone 15 Pro Max capture. My secret camera
rig is right here. It is small and portable, but I can use it to capture gigapixel panorama with
precise degree control and painless stitching in post. If you want to learn more how to capture
stunning 360 photos for Apple Vision Pro, check out this video next. If you are new
here and you like Photography, and want to make money with your art, don't forget to subscribe
and hit the notification bell. I will see you in the next tutorial. Have a wonderful day.