<p><strong>Summary</strong>: How do I get VideoStitch Studio, AutoPano Video, or any other video stitcher to properly crop an equirectangular or cylindrical projection?</p>

<p><strong>Details</strong>: I am creating a wide-angle video from two GoPro (120° HFoV each) overlapped by about 50%. The desired end result is about 190° horizontal, 45° vertical. When I bring two (synchronized) video frames into <a href="http://hugin.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Hugin</a> as pictures, I can set up a stitch and projection and crop…</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/JTWtY.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/JTWtY.jpg" alt="Two warped images with crop markers"></a><br>
<sup><em>(Ignore the phantom hand and unblended screenshot)</em></sup></p>

<p>…and Hugin produces the result I want:<br>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/k0jbY.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/k0jbY.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>However, when I bring the two videos into either <a href="http://www.video-stitch.com/studio/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">VideoStitch Studio</a> or <a href="http://www.kolor.com/autopano-video/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">AutoPano Video</a> I can get the two videos synchronized and calibrated, but I cannot figure out how to crop the projection to include the region of interest. (With VideoStitch Studio I even load the Hugin <code>.pto</code> file; I thought this should include the crop.) The videos they produce are always a small region of the video inside a sea of black:<br>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/9AoNU.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/9AoNU.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>Using either of these two video-stitchers—or any other process—how can I get Hugin-like cropping of my videos?</p>

<p>(The final video dimensions will be very high resolution, on the order of 6k horizontal pixels, so I'd strongly prefer not to say <em>"Just render it extra extra big and then use After Effects to crop out the center."</em>)</p>

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2017-02-20T17:34:44.057Z
I do know that there are several stitching artifacts, both in the "result I want" image and the screenshot of the video. At this point I'm trying to figure out the proper production pipeline—which software to buy—and so I'm not yet spending a lot of time getting really good control points set up in any package.
Phrogz
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2017-02-21T14:01:46.517Z
Getting closer: in AutoPano Video I can open the Preview pane, click on the tiny "Authoring" tab in the Timeline pane, and then the projection mode can be changed and I can drag and zoom the view. I still can't set an arbitrary aspect ratio, nor crop asymmetrically around the 'horizon'.
Phrogz
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2017-02-21T18:09:32.813Z
Support from VideoStitch Studio wrote: _"Right you will only be able to create a full sphere is Studio in an equirectangular projection (no zoom, no crop) but it will enable you to bypass the template options.
In my opinion, stitching 2 videos might not be the best option for what you are trying to do as they will be stitched in a full sphere (using a wider lens on your camera might be better)."_ So: VideoStitch Studio cannot produce the output.
Phrogz
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Cropping a Video Panorama
Phrogz
# Cropping a Video Panorama

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-02-20)

**Summary**: How do I get VideoStitch Studio, AutoPano Video, or any other video stitcher to properly crop an equirectangular or cylindrical projection?

**Details**: I am creating a wide-angle video from two GoPro (120° HFoV each) overlapped by about 50%. The desired end result is about 190° horizontal, 45° vertical. When I bring two (synchronized) video frames into [Hugin](http://hugin.sourceforge.net/) as pictures, I can set up a stitch and projection and crop…

[![Two warped images with crop markers](https://i.sstatic.net/JTWtY.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/JTWtY.jpg)  
*(Ignore the phantom hand and unblended screenshot)*

…and Hugin produces the result I want:  
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/k0jbY.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/k0jbY.jpg)

However, when I bring the two videos into either [VideoStitch Studio](http://www.video-stitch.com/studio/) or [AutoPano Video](http://www.kolor.com/autopano-video/) I can get the two videos synchronized and calibrated, but I cannot figure out how to crop the projection to include the region of interest. (With VideoStitch Studio I even load the Hugin `.pto` file; I thought this should include the crop.) The videos they produce are always a small region of the video inside a sea of black:  
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/9AoNU.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/9AoNU.png)

Using either of these two video-stitchers—or any other process—how can I get Hugin-like cropping of my videos?

(The final video dimensions will be very high resolution, on the order of 6k horizontal pixels, so I'd strongly prefer not to say *"Just render it extra extra big and then use After Effects to crop out the center."*)

**Tags:** video, 360video

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I do know that there are several stitching artifacts, both in the "result I want" image and the screenshot of the video. At this point I'm trying to figure out the proper production pipeline—which software to buy—and so I'm not yet spending a lot of time getting really good control points set up in any package.  
> **username_0**: Getting closer: in AutoPano Video I can open the Preview pane, click on the tiny "Authoring" tab in the Timeline pane, and then the projection mode can be changed and I can drag and zoom the view. I still can't set an arbitrary aspect ratio, nor crop asymmetrically around the 'horizon'.  
> **username_0**: Support from VideoStitch Studio wrote: _"Right you will only be able to create a full sphere is Studio in an equirectangular projection (no zoom, no crop) but it will enable you to bypass the template options. In my opinion, stitching 2 videos might not be the best option for what you are trying to do as they will be stitched in a full sphere (using a wider lens on your camera might be better)."_ So: VideoStitch Studio cannot produce the output.  

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