GETTING STARTED

Your First 360° Edit in Photoshop.

Learn the essential PanoView Editor workflow and complete your first panoramic edit using the Photoshop tools you already know.

Beginner•About 5 minutes•PanoView Editor
Workflow Summary
01Open Panorama
03Navigate
04Edit This View
05Edit in Photoshop
06Apply View Edits
07Preview
STEP 01 / 07

Open Your Panorama

Open the 360° panorama you want to edit in Adobe Photoshop.

PanoView Editor expects an approximately 2:1 equirectangular panorama. When a valid panorama is active, the plugin can load it into the interactive 360° viewer.

Panorama formatApproximately 2:1 equirectangular
PRIMARY SCREENSHOT
PanoView Editor source 2:1 equirectangular panorama open in Adobe Photoshop.
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Adobe Photoshop with source 2:1 equirectangular panorama (Panorama-Demo.png) open in the workspace.PanoView Documentation
STEP 02 / 07

Open 360 Photo Editor

Open the 360 Photo Editor panel inside Photoshop. The active panorama is loaded into the interactive viewer, allowing you to explore the image naturally before choosing the view you want to edit.

No panorama open?PanoView Editor displays its welcome view until a valid panorama becomes active.
PRIMARY SCREENSHOT
360 Photo Editor panel open beside the source panorama in Adobe Photoshop.
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360 Photo Editor panel active alongside the panorama document in Adobe Photoshop.PanoView Documentation
PANEL ACTION AREA
Action controls in PanoView Editor: Refresh View, Reset Default View, Edit This View, and Apply View Edits.
PanoView Editor action controls: status readout, view controls, and main workflow buttons.PanoView Documentation
STEP 03 / 07

Navigate Your Panorama

Drag inside the 360° viewer to look around the panorama. Use the mouse wheel to adjust the field of view, or use the Heading, Pitch, and Zoom controls for precise positioning.

PRIMARY SCREENSHOT
PanoView Editor showing an interactive perspective view and panorama navigation controls.
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Interactive 360 Photo Editor panel showing live perspective view and camera orientation.PanoView Documentation
Viewer Controls
Drag
Look around
Mouse Wheel
Zoom / adjust FOV
Heading
Left / Right(-180° to +180°)
Pitch
Up / Down(-89° to +89°)
Zoom
30° to 100° FOV
CONTROL DETAIL
Heading, Pitch and FOV navigation controls in PanoView Editor.
Precise Heading, Pitch, and FOV numeric readouts with manual slider positioning.PanoView Documentation
STEP 04 / 07

Edit This View

When you find the view you want to work on, click “Edit This View”.

PanoView Editor creates a perspective editing view from the current camera position and prepares it for editing inside Photoshop.

ACTION DETAIL
PanoView Editor action controls with Edit This View available.
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Click “Edit This View” to extract the current perspective camera view for editing in Photoshop.PanoView Documentation
FULL-RESOLUTION WORKFLOW

Production editing operations use the source panorama at full resolution. The interactive preview may use an optimized representation for responsive navigation, but your source panorama is not silently downscaled.

Large Panorama

For large operations, PanoView Editor may display a memory preflight before continuing. You can cancel the operation or choose “Continue at Full Resolution”.

STEP 05 / 07

Edit in Photoshop

The selected view opens automatically as an editable Photoshop PSB document.

The document contains a locked “Background/Reference” layer and an editable “360 Edit” layer.

Make your creative changes on the 360 Edit layer using the Photoshop tools and workflows you already know.

Document Layers Hierarchy
360 EditWorking Layer

Your working layer for creative edits.

Background/ReferenceLocked

Locked reference for the original perspective view.

TIPKeep the Background/Reference layer intact. Create your edits on the 360 Edit layer or within the editable workflow above it.
STAGE 01Perspective document created
EDITING STAGE 01
Perspective edit document in Photoshop showing the editable 360 Edit layer and locked Background Reference layer.
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Generated perspective PSB document in Photoshop with the editable 360 Edit layer and locked Background/Reference layer.PanoView Documentation
STAGE 02Edit using Photoshop
EDITING STAGE 02
Editing the perspective view using Photoshop tools.
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Making creative additions and edits on the perspective canvas using Photoshop tools.PanoView Documentation
STAGE 03Edit ready to apply
EDITING STAGE 03
Completed Photoshop edit in the perspective document before applying it to the panorama.
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Completed perspective edit in Photoshop, prepared to be applied back into the 360° panorama.PanoView Documentation
STEP 06 / 07

Apply View Edits

When your edit is ready, return to PanoView Editor and click “Apply View Edits”.

PanoView Editor detects the changes made to the perspective view and projects the edited pixels back into the original 360° panorama.

Your result is added to the panorama workflow without replacing the original panorama image.

Three-Stage Pipeline
STAGE 01Perspective Edit
STAGE 02Detect Changes
STAGE 03Project Back to 360°
NON-DESTRUCTIVE WORKFLOW

Applied edits are written into a dedicated projection layer in the original panorama document.

Apply Workflow Progression
APPLY ACTION
Apply View Edits action in PanoView Editor.
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Clicking “Apply View 1 Edits” triggers change detection and projection.PanoView Documentation
PROCESSING STATE
PanoView Editor applying the edited perspective view back to the panorama.
Transient progress status: PanoView Editor calculating projection geometry.PanoView Documentation
SUCCESS CONFIRMATION
PanoView Editor confirmation after the view edit has been applied.
Confirmation notice: “View 1 applied. Edit document saved and closed.”PanoView Documentation
FINAL RESULTFull Round-Trip Projection in Photoshop
PRIMARY RESULT SCREENSHOT
Edited perspective projected back into the original 360 panorama in Photoshop.
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Edited artwork seamlessly projected back into the 360° panorama document on its dedicated projection layer.PanoView Documentation
STEP 07 / 07

Preview Your Result

Open “360 Preview” to inspect the updated panorama interactively.

Navigate around the result and verify that your edit integrates naturally into the surrounding 360° scene.

360 Preview also provides composition tools including aspect-ratio framing and guidelines when you want to create a new perspective document from your panorama.

PRIMARY SCREENSHOT
PanoView Editor previewing the applied edit from another perspective.
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360 Photo Editor previewing the completed artwork in 360° perspective space.PanoView Documentation

Your first 360° edit is complete.

You now know the essential PanoView Editor workflow. Explore the full manual to learn more about Edit Sessions, 360 Preview, full-resolution editing, and advanced workflows.