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Re: help! my file is too large
northwest_omnipresence 2005-Sep-26 12:56:00
Carl,
I think I came across a resources page before on WWP
(http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/wwp/Practical/Resources.html ) is
this it?
mailing lists and forums, a few elementary intros to VR photography
and a link to panoguide (which I have visited before out of
curiosity).
I will keep looking, I still have 11 days or so left before the
editing window on my submission closes right?
sean.
--- In #removed#, Carl von Einem <#removed#> wrote:
> Sean,
>
> there is a page "resources" on the wwp site, I think it is a bit
tricky
> to find yet, I think you have to follow the "How to participate"
link.
> Those pages should also be translated in the future. A link to
> panotools.info should be there in the near future, I just guess
Don and
> Markus have a pretty high workload this time...
>
> You say you want to switch to Debian Linux, then hugin (search for
it on
> sourceforge.net) may be interesting for you. It might already be
in your
> distribution.
>
> There are several Windows (and other platforms) shareware programs
based
> on the Panotools functionality yet without that steep learning
curve of
> the command line version. Have a look at panotools.info -> wiki
>
> I'd say try to export your Panorama Maker output file not as MOV
but in
> a flat tiff with either cylindrical or equirectangular projection,
> whatever the software allows.
>
> The free pano2qtvr is right what you need then for the wwp. I'm on
a Mac
> so others can definitely be of more help here. Peter Nyfeler made
a
> tutorial for pano2qtvr, have a look at that.
>
> best,
> Carl
>
> From: "northwest_omnipresence"
> >
> > I use the stitch software tool which came with my nikon coolpix
> > camera. It is called Panorama Maker and it is made by ArcSoft. I
> > have been printing some of my favorite panos in a 36"x9" format
and
> > I found a fantastic VR-Tour package which uses Java - what I
mean to
> > say is I have not familiarized myself with QTVR tools since my
hobby
> > didnt demand it of me until I saw this event. The ArcSoft
package
> > has an export function that creates a quicktime MOV file, but I
have
> > no control over the dimensions of the conversion in the process.
> [...]
> >
> > In my brief searches for other pano tools (software/hardware) I
> > usually found that anything dealing with QTVR was a little cost
> > prohibitive.
> >
> > I see that pano2qtvr has a free demo version but I dont know if
this
> > qualifies as a professional use or an amature use - in terms of
> > their licensing fee.
> >
> > I like that PanoCube features a drag and drop utility, however
it
> > requires Helmut Dersch's Panorama tools
> > http://www.path.unimelb.edu.au/~dersch/ which I had encountered
> > before but dismissed it since it looked a little too demanding
to
> > get involved with.