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[LewisSellers]

I think the 360 degree image things can be a good idea. Though I suppose it depends on what your selling. Its not always appropriate.

What program do you use for that just out of interest? I used a panorama program when I did, I can't remember was it was, but I had to use wide angled lens cameras at certain invertals where it stitched them together and made a .swf file.

Would be very good if you owned a Car garage! Would look impressive on a website

[lighthousedirec]

I think the 360 degree image things can be a good idea. Though I suppose it depends on what your selling. Its not always appropriate.

I know a guy who specialises in this, fires off approx 50 cameras at 1/500th second time intervals in large casinos, nighclubs etc to upload and allows people to spin all around the place, due to the slight time difference the pictures seem to move fractionally.

Setting up is a pain, he uses lasers to line each lens up precisely on the target, then there is lighting etc, set up can take several days. He's one of only two or three specialising in this in the UK.

He also does lots of fashion shoots with near naked models around for days on end, you have to feel sorry for him

[buyitonlinehere]

Hi lighthousedirec,

Sounds like he has a very hard. But I bet that is a professtion that you you not just walk into?

From
Doug

[Tango34uk]

Again, I do my own, take picture in bath (its white) use photoshop to cut out background, then im left with a 3D photo. Or I just take my suppliers pictures, give them the photoshop touch, and use them.

[buyitonlinehere]

In the bath, I have never thought about that one. Will have to give it a go.


From
Doug

[geosamm]

Problem with the bath is you are looking down on the item all the time and it gives too much flashback, any item with light colouring gets edge blended. Simplest way Ive found is use something like a bookcase or shelves, drop a cloth from the top with extra length, put a box in front of the shelves and run the cloth over it but allow the excess cloth to drop behind the box. Place the product on the box and pull the box forward so there is no shadow on the backdrop. Take the photo. Use a coloured cloth that contrasts with the product, black is not a good idea it leaves an edge when you take out the background, pale green, pale blue or gray work well for me. Slow or no flash with cam on tripod, take two pics. Stick the resulting snap in photoshop and bobs ya uncle. Takes about 10mins to remove the background, feather and smooth the edges and add a background layer [so you can change the colour at any time with 2 clicks]. With a little practice you could take product shots from different angles and merge them into one pic or a collage.