360° photo editing involves making adjustments to a spherical image (360° photo), which can be viewed in all directions. This process allows you to improve the visual quality, correct distortions, and enhance specific parts of the image. Here are some common techniques and tools for 360° photo editing:

Tools for Editing 360° Photos:

1. Adobe Photoshop (with plugins)
   Photoshop can be used for 360° photo editing with the help of plugins or specific workspaces designed for spherical images. You can make edits like color correction, cropping, adding text, and removing unwanted objects.

2. Adobe Lightroom
   Adobe Lightroom now supports editing 360° photos. You can adjust exposure, contrast, color grading, and sharpness for spherical images.

3. PTGui
   PTGui is a professional panoramic stitching software that can help with both stitching multiple photos into a 360° panorama and editing the resulting spherical image.

4. Hugin
   Hugin is an open-source tool for stitching panoramic and 360° photos. It also has various editing options for adjusting colors, sharpness, and lens distortion.

5. 360° Editors (for VR or mobile apps)

   • Insta360 Studio
     This free desktop application allows for editing 360° videos and photos captured using Insta360 cameras. It includes features like object removal, color grading, and perspective adjustments.
   • Fotor
     Fotor provides an online 360° editor that allows users to enhance spherical images, offering tools like cropping, brightness adjustment, and applying filters.

6. Final Cut Pro X
   Final Cut Pro X can be used to edit 360° video, and while it’s primarily for video, it has specific tools for adjusting photos within a 360° project, including stitching, stabilization, and color correction.

Basic Steps for Editing 360° Photos:

1. Stitching:
   If you’re starting with multiple images, you’ll first need to stitch them together into a single 360° panoramic image. This process is automatic with most 360° cameras, but you can also use software like PTGui to stitch the images manually for higher accuracy.

2. Adjust Exposure and Contrast:
   Like any regular photo editing, you’ll want to adjust the exposure, contrast, and highlights for the best visual result.

3. Lens Correction:
   360° photos may exhibit distortion from the camera lens. Correcting this distortion ensures that straight lines in the real world look straight in the 360° image.

4. Color Grading and Enhancements:
   Fine-tune the colors, add filters, and adjust the saturation or vibrancy to make your image pop.

5. Object Removal:
   If you’ve captured unwanted objects (e.g., a camera or people), you can use the clone stamp or content-aware tools to remove or replace them seamlessly.

6. Sharpening:
   Apply sharpness to bring out the details of your 360° image. This is especially useful for wide-angle shots.

7. Exporting and Viewing:
   After editing, ensure that your final 360° image is saved in the correct format (.jpg, .png, or a special 360° file type). You can use apps or software to view the edited image in full 360°.

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