Since I started with DJI drones, I have been trying to improve the quality of 360 panos / tiny planets. I noticed that the drone using the lower res JPGs to generate the image, and leaving the high res DNGs.
I decided to try and make my own, and tried several applications, but all fell short. I have had no issues creating 180 panos or the Wide Angle panos manually, it is just the 360s.
I have tried Microsoft ICE, DJI Media Maker, Photoshop and Lightroom. PTGui is meant to be great, but so is the price, so haven’t tried that. Then I happened upon a post by @milkmanchris which recommended Autopano Giga. It is discontinued, but if you know where to look, you’ll find it.
Finally, an app that does it well. I can now use my DNGs for my 360s … and what a difference in quality …
Auto-stitched by the drone using JPGs:
Manually stitched by Autopano Giga using the DNGs:
If the Mini2 , then I have tried to avoid 360s with this due to it being far harder to create the 360.
So I have tended to always fly the Air 2 - which has its limitations especially over houses - unless I find a park in between.
@clinkadink what were your settings in the first one - up to now I have always used auto, which is probably fine during the day, but not so much at night.