Castle Stewart

[Polslad]

Can it be done?
Have I the patience?
Am I exited?

Worth a try.
Maybe.
Yes

[Polslad]

Anyone fancy making me a pano for this, or tell me how you do it?


http://www.castlestuartgolf.com/index

[LinksLegend]

Yes it can.
Think ur track record of real course renditions speaks for itself...
Course you are

Happy to help on the pano mate. Getting high res images may be tough, and patching it together so it matches up one you've got the holes laid out will also be tricky but happy to help nail it.

Cheers,
Duncan

[Polslad]

Hi Links,
Still at the gathering photo's stage.
Was thinking about which direction to lay the holes out. Obviously this has a bearing on the pano?

Dave

[ADC]

Do it. I would love to see this course.

[bryce]

Beautiful looking links course! I hope you will do this one.

[Indy Anna Jones]

Whatever the hole # is that's heading toward the castle should be laid out facing the castle on your pano. With that as your guide, your directions are laid out for the other holes. It still might take a little T&E but, 'twer I, that would be my starting point.

[Stan Nehilla]

Quite an ambitious undertaking, Pols.
But we know you can pull it off.

[Pyecraft]

Hello David, great to see you're going to tackle this one, I'm always inspired and in awe of our designers who build the 'real' courses, it requires so much talent and discipline to pull off. I've been contemplating your pano deliberations, hoping I've something to offer you from my own experience past.
Creating a pano always seemed to me to be a daunting prospect, and frankly I found the existing tutorials of no use. Eventually I got the hang of it, and like all things in the architect, once under control it appeared uncomplicated, and very worthwhile if not essential to achieving the perfect compliment to a design. Eventually I settled upon creating one long pano to the size suggested by the help guide, and simply cut it in two before adding both to the 'lib creator'. I found this useful in that it left only one iffy seam needing disguise when laying out tee shots etc. Using the creator slider allows you to orientate the pano in any direction which could suit your hole layout, but for sun/shadow purposes I completed the pano first before designing the holes.
Working with photoshop, I found high-res photographs to create accurate terrain backgrounds then continued on to layer or paste objects relevant to the course into the pano. This proved so much more satisfactory than trying to force them 2Dstyle into the design where preventing a sudden odd view causes so many design headaches. For example, instead of settling for say an awkward or inappropriate shot of the Castle Stewart clubhouse, it would be far easier to cut and paste it into a generic links-type pano precisely where you want it to sit. This would be true also for any iconic identifying Castle Stewart object. It is more time consuming initially of course, but I found that preparation soon compensated by a much freer routing/plotting experience.
Can't see if this is much help to you Pols, or anyone else for that matter, but still its nice to be back on the boards again and saying hi to everyone!

[Polslad]

Hello Pye,
Good to hear from you again. Which part of the world have you washd up in now?

Can anyone suggest a suitable library with the two tone fairways evident in the photos?