Quicktime VR software for OS10
I realize that Apple started this whole line of photographic tech, but do they or anyone else offer a program which creates panoramic, stitched images in OS10?
I would especially like to find something like PhotoSuite (windowsick) which allows you to build photo montages of items captured with a 360-degree unit (three rotating axis instead of just two) I want the printable images more than the movable ones in this case. (But creating the movable ones in OS10 would be nice as well)
I would especially like to find something like PhotoSuite (windowsick) which allows you to build photo montages of items captured with a 360-degree unit (three rotating axis instead of just two) I want the printable images more than the movable ones in this case. (But creating the movable ones in OS10 would be nice as well)
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Adobe's Photoshop Elements also includes a panorama stitching function. At $100 ($50 educational), it's probably the most affordable panorama-making tool.
Escher
Most of the stuff mentioned on the Kaidan site (Thanks BuonRotto) hasn't been upgraded for OS10.
But that there VRWorx2.1... Now that is something to try. And I shall check on Photoshop Elements. I wonder if whatever Elements has is available in Photoshop 7?
Hmmm...
<strong>But that there VRWorx2.1... Now that is something to try. And I shall check on Photoshop Elements. I wonder if whatever Elements has is available in Photoshop 7?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Hey nosey. VRWorx is definitely a great solution. I talked to the guys at MWNY last year. They've always shown great commitment to the Mac.
As for the panorama function in Elements, Photoshop doesn't have it, AFAIK. I remember reading a review of Elements wondering out loud why the $100 consumer package included such great functionality while the $500 pro-level Photoshop didn't. I guess the real VR pros simply use VRWorx.
I guess your choice will depend on whether you plan on using QTVR for personal fun or to make a living.
Escher
In case you are wondering why this is important, I saw a magazine once which had a slew of photos from a location, all the edges haphazardly lying around, but the photo fitted perfectly to gether (well, almost. I think there was a bit of problems the closer the photos were to the ground and the camera)
I would like to be able to offer this effect to clients, especially for convention spaces and the outside of presentation folders. You see, I have found more of a market for the printed panoramic than for the Quicktime movie. Where I work there are some big oil refineries (with BIG marketing budgets)
I know there was a plugin for Photoshop which made adjustments for the barrel effect from a lens while allowing you to put the pictures in place. Almost seamless, and the blending was at you r discretion, but that filter would be useful to try. Cheaper than buying yet another program, too since I have to get a decent rig for holding the camera at the nodal point.
But hey, thanks for the replies. I am downloading the Stitcher trial to see how it works.
<strong>Cheaper than buying yet another program, too since I have to get a decent rig for holding the camera at the nodal point.</strong><hr></blockquote>
You've obviously done your research. IMO, a good pano head will do more for a good panorama than high-end pano software. It's a shame good pano heads are so expensive.
Escher
A friend has this Manfrotto
<a href="http://www.manfrotto.com/products/index.html?doc_from=home"; target="_blank">http://www.manfrotto.com/products/index.html?doc_from=home</a>;
and I have a Kiwi plus, which I bought because I was going to get a big fancy Nikon D1 (yeah, right...) <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> It was meant to last through two or three camera purchases, so it couldn't just handle one camera.
When I was first playing, um... working with all this stuff the two-turny (?) ones were almost $2500. The Manfrotto my friend has was over $800 and the piddly little Kiwi I have was $450. Prices in Canadian dollars... move the decimal to the left to get American dollars... <img src="graemlins/embarrassed.gif" border="0" alt="[Embarrassed]" />
I would love to build my own so I could vary the horizontal pitch of the camera, while adjusting the front plane... All while keeping the nodal point perfect...
But then it would probably look like a cludged together bicycle tire balancing precariously on a tripod... Not the best thing for a client to see you using...
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<strong>I would love to build my own so I could vary the horizontal pitch of the camera, while adjusting the front plane... All while keeping the nodal point perfect...</strong><hr></blockquote>
Do you mean like the <a href="http://www.kaidan.com/Detail.bok?no=43"; target="_blank">QuickPan Spherical</a>, so that you could to "cubic" QTVR panoramas? I went to an Apple-sponsored QTVR seminar last year at Apple's Offices in Northern Virginia. The pro photographer who taught the seminar had on of those, along with a neoprene-coated handle to make switching from click-stop to click-stop even easier. I'd love to be able to afford one of those. Of course it would be total overkill for my current entry-level PowerShot A20.
Escher
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