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Step 2 – Manually zoom in/out camera if required (by twisting lens
left/right).
Step 3 – Adjust Camera Settings to Optimize for Lighting:
Users have the ability to adjust camera settings through mouse clicks in the ‘Camera Settings
Taskbar’. Simply left click the drop down to select a new value or setting. Feature Video
Suggested settings for beginners:
ISO: 100
White Balance: Auto
Aperture: 14
Shutter: Start at 1/40
th
- and change accordingly – this will be your one variable setting that you
will be responsible for changing. The Live View Window will simulate the exposure of the image
in real time as settings are made so adjust until the product in the Live View Window looks
color accurate. ‘Shutter Speed’ is the length of time a camera’s shutter is open (defined in
seconds) when capturing an image. The slower the Shutter Speed, the brighter the resulting
image. For ex. a Shutter Speed of 1/15 (that is 1/15
th
of a second) is slower than 1/30 – as in the
Shutter is open for longer - therefore the resulting image at 1/15 would be brighter than an
image shot at 1/30.
Step 4 – Adjust and Set Focal Point:
Shooting a 360 using Auto Focus will cause the camera to re-adjust the focal point at every
frame. This can cause some strange effects when users compose and view the 360 output. It is
suggested to Adjust the focal point manually through the software – and after this has been set
– it will be fixed so every shot in the 360 imaging sequence will have the exact same focal point.
To do so, users simply click the AF button in the top right corner of the Camera Settings
Window. This will toggle the program into ‘Manual Focus mode’ where users can adjust focal
point through mouse clicks by clicking the near and far arrows. To view 1:1 on the view finder –
to see up close when adjusting focal point, click the ‘Magnifier Glass +’ icon. The 1:1 viewing
area can be moved left, right, up and down using respective buttons. After Focal Point has been
set, be sure to revert the Live View back to full screen viewing by clicking the ‘Magnifier Glass –‘
icon.
