wwp@yahoogroups.com:
Re: help! my file is too large
Carl von Einem 2005-Sep-26 09:55:00
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.