Quicktime VR, 3D, and Revolution

[Ian Wood]

You do NOT need a 600 Euro program such as Stitcher to make QTVR  
files via 3D apps.

1. Generate six 90 degree square images - n,s,w,e plus straight up  
and down. Think cube faces.
2. Stick these cube faces together as a QTVR file, using free or  
cheap software.

Windows - use Thomas Rauscher's Pano2QTVR <http://www.pano2qtvr.com/ 
 >, free or 'pro' version.
Mac - either Apple's free MakeCubic (you'll need to experiment with  
the order of the filenames) from <http://developer.apple.com/ 
quicktime/quicktimeintro/tools/> or for more control the $49  
CubicConverter from <http://www.clickheredesign.com.au/cubicconverter/>.

Ian

On 12 Jul 2006, at 12:00, Stgoldberg at aol.com wrote:

> I've used both Bryce and Vue to create quicktime VR 3D scenes.    
> They create
> the QTVR instantly, but at the expense of having significant  
> distortion when
> the   scene is rotated while viewing.   Another way is to  
> photograph the scene
> within Bryce or Vue taking still pictures at 60 degree rotations  
> and stitching
> them together in a stitching program.   I've used Apple's Quicktime VR
> Authoring Studio to do this, but am planning to   switch to  
> Stitcher, which I
> understand can make spherical QTVR 3D scenes.   Trevore Devore is  
> the real expert in
> this media though.   By the way, it would be well worth a look at  
> Chipp
> Walters 3D work on http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/vuelab/ 
> FutureLab.htm, showing
> modeling that he did just with the Vue program. It's pretty amazing  
> being
> able to do that just with the simple primitives that the Vue  
> program provides
> (the man is talented). Such scenes, whether as still images or  
> QTVRs, can easily
> be imported into Revolution.
> Steve Goldberg
> www.medmaster.net
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