

It is not possible to shoot from a single camera (like HERO mode on the Max). Unlike the MAX, all modes use the front and back camera. I’ve merged the files into one, above, to demonstrate what the images actually look like. The Fusion shoots in three modes images, timelapse, and video.ĭepending on the setting, the camera outputs two files for each capture (front and back). This is an important consideration because not only do we need to stitch the images, we will also need to blend the images together (and probably have to account for different exposures in each lens too). Once the image warping has been corrected with D.WARP, the Blending Algorithm is applied to merge several source pixels together creating a more equalized image. Our proprietary D.WARP algorithm transforms these fish-eye images into the spherical space This will be essential to work out later. The lenses are offset on each side to ensure that, together, all 360 degrees are captured in any given scene.Įach lens on Fusion captures >180 degrees in field of view GoPro themselves have written a nice article on the subject: The Art of Stitching Spherical Content.

#GOPRO FUSION 360 SOFTWARE#
With the release of Explorer on the horizon, I decided to take a look at how easy it would be to bypass GoPro Fusion Studio software to stitch the images. Since then new operating systems versions have been released, causing breaking changes in the GoPro Fusion Studio software. The Fusion was officially discontinued in 2019, with the release of the Max. Many of these emails also ask for recommended alternatives to GoPro Fusion Studio, the GoPro software required to stitch the images and videos created by the Fusion camera. I receive many emails from people capturing 360 imagery of their adventures each week, many of whom still use the Fusion. In the summer of 2019 I bought a GoPro Fusion, and Trek View was born.Ģ.5 years later the cameras we used have changed ( our Trek Pack now uses the GoPro Max), but the mission to create 360-degree imagery of the natural world remains the same. A deeper look into GoPro Fusion fish-eye images (with the aim of reducing our reliance on GoPro’s software).
