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360° Photo Editing Workflow - Affinity Photo Tutorial for Virtual Tour Pros

Hugh Hou via YouTube

Overview

Learn a comprehensive 360° photo editing workflow using Affinity Photo as an alternative to Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom for creating virtual tours. Master techniques for RAW development, tripod and mirror removal, content-aware fill, sky replacement, and seamless 360° editing. Discover how to use the Ricoh Theta Stitcher as a standalone application, integrate third-party Photoshop plugins, and optimize exports for Facebook 360. Gain skills applicable to various 360 cameras, including Insta360, Qoocam, Xphase, and Ricoh Theta, as well as DSLR and mirrorless setups for professional 360 virtual tour capture.

Syllabus

- What you will learn today
- Why Affinity Photo?
- Ricoh Theta Stitcher Standalone on PC & MAC tutorial
- RAW photo development in Affinity Photo
- Highlights & shadows recovery
- IMPORTANT: remove Chromatic Abberation
- Noise reduction & sharpening
- Stitch in Ricoh Theta Stitcher standalone
- Level 360° Photo in Affinity Photo
- Remove tripod and shadows in Affinity Photo
- Clone & Healing Brush Tool for pattern cloning
- Remove mirror reflection
- Fill the hole in 360 drone photo / sky replacement
- PTGui 12 fill hole feature
- Gigapixel 360 workflow
- Content-Aware Fill workflow
- ⚠️HACK! Use 3rd party Photoshop plugins like Topaz AI Bundle in Affinity Photo
- SEAMLESS 360° Photo Editing in Affinity Photo
- ⚠️Export for the LATEST Facebook 360 interface
- Professional 360 Virtual Tour capture with DSLR / Mirrorless camera

Taught by

Hugh Hou

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