This Lightroom tutorial shows you how to use Guided Upright to fix vertical and horizontal lines that are bent. The images were shot with a DJI Inspire 1 Pro drone. You can get rid of barreling and keystoning in your aerial panoramas. This Lightroom tutorial also works in Photoshop Camera the same way, using the latest guided upright feature. This image was shot using … [Read more...] about How to straighten bent buildings in aerial panoramas
Photo Editing
Make a miniature model effect, with drone photos and Photoshop tilt shift effect
When photos look like tiny models, this is the tilt shift effect, to take it further, use a drone to capture the images and then drop in other objects to make tiny worlds, this is really fun and this tutorial shows you exactly how to do it! Step1 Using your drone, find a scene that will work well for this effect. Look for areas that you can add in items of … [Read more...] about Make a miniature model effect, with drone photos and Photoshop tilt shift effect
How to make a 360 Facebook VR pano with a drone and Photoshop
The hottest trend right now is creating interactive 360 panoramas on Facebook. You might have seen them. On a mobile phone, you rotate you can spin around, look up, look down and see all around. Your smartphone becomes like a portal where you are looking into another world with a fully immersive view. It’s really cool and fun. The good news is, it’s really easy to make these! I … [Read more...] about How to make a 360 Facebook VR pano with a drone and Photoshop
How to make a tiny planet effect in Photoshop from a drone
I have been asked by a number of people how I create my small planet / tiny planet effect. I didn’t invent the tiny planet, it’s been around a while. I am however, the first to use this with aerial footage and I have come up with some unique and original techniques to get the best quality tiny planet. Using aerial panorama photos shot from a drone. The DJI Phantom quadcopter … [Read more...] about How to make a tiny planet effect in Photoshop from a drone
How to make a panorama photograph from a video clip
Ever since I posted this photograph on Social Media, I have had a ton of people ask me how I did it. This is a 7 image panoramic Photograph, made from a video shot on a GoPro Hero 3+ Black Edition, mounted on a DJI Phantom 2 Quadcopter Drone. We have plenty of free content here at DroneHowTo that shows you how to fly drones and work with video and photographs. … [Read more...] about How to make a panorama photograph from a video clip