The Gardens of Bangalore
Random Tip 3/3
I’m gonna start a new tradition on 3/3 where I give you three random tips. This tradition will go swimmingly until NEXT 3/3 when I will forget all about it. First up…
How do you insert 360 metadata into a Photo
I’ve been using my Panono to make 360 photos. It works great, and when I download from the Panono site, it’s ready to upload to FB and it will recognize it as a 360 file. However, you may see in this Photo of the Baths that I went into Photoshop and erased myself. That deleted all the 360 data. So how to get it back in? My man Stu and I looked into it and here’s how you do it.
There are a few ways to inject 360 information into an image which has lost it during post processing. More technical people can use ExifTool, a command line tool. There is also http://thexifer.net/ an online service which allows you to upload an image and edit the data. By far the easiest though is a local application such as Exif Pilot ( http://www.colorpilot.com/exif.html ). Simply open Exif Pilot, navigate to/select your image and then click “Edit EXIF/ITPC.”
Click the PhotoSphere tab and set the “panorama projection type” to “Equirectangular”. Click “ok”.
Tip 3 is in Passport Section
I added a video for Passport Members but I can give you the skinny here… Tip 3 is all about Google Fi my new Mobile Phone service! Note it’s not a paid placement and I pay full price for everything… but I love it!
Google Fi Tip
And here’s Tip #3! Like I said above, this is not a paid thing from Google or anything… I just love Google Fi! What is it? It’s a new sim card/mobile service that automagically connects to the fastest mobile service in any country around the world. You only pay Google, then they turn around and pay the other services… and any “extra” data you buy that is not used through Google is refunded to you at the end of the month. What mobile phone company does that? NONE! It was not around when I went here to India (today’s photo), but I know it works now… I’ll use it when I go back!
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Daily Photo – The Gardens of Bangalore
This was my first time in Bangalore, India. What a cool city… I took my family to their first Bollywood movie and then we walked through the gardens and danced around a grapefruit tree just like in the movie! Not long after this, we boarded a train for a week to explore the countryside. What an adventure!
My 2nd hot tip is if you’re in a Crazy Big City with chaos all around and you find it photographically overwhelming, find some parks. All the green and nature will calm you down… and give you a chance for some more relaxed photography.
