Viewer for Panoramic Images

nisus · August 29th, 2006

Hi all,

What viewer do you use for panoramic images?

I'm looking for an easy workflow to render and use panoramic images so our clients can pan/zoom.
What do you recommend?

rgds,

nisus

nisus · August 29th, 2006

How can these images/viewers be shown on a webpage?

nisus

notamondayfan · August 29th, 2006

i dont know what you mean exactly. do you mean like 360 quick time movies, where you click and drag so it appears like you are rotating on the spot?

if so check this out http://plugins.marclorenz.com

its a plugin for max, and is the easiest thing ive ever used, and has pretty good results.

or do you mean like you have a single image, but really wide panoramic shot? almost too wide to view on screen?
if so, you'll prob need some interactive web application, such as flash. try looking through www.flashkit.com.

hope that helps,

deano!

nisus · August 29th, 2006

Hi Dean,

Tnx for your quick reply. I meant the 360 degrees images. I'll check out the link you gave me.

In the mean time I've found that max has a renderer and exporter. Pitty is, it doesn't seem to work with network rendering. Any one got a clue on how to surpass this? Tnx

nisus

Ky Lane · August 29th, 2006

Network rendering (as far as I know (which isnt much)) is for multi frame renders, not single image renders.

nisus · August 29th, 2006

Well, yeah... but I would prefer to render out the files in the network, so my workstation can be used for other stuff... Also, the panoramas render 6 images (every face of a box), which is faster with 6 machines ,-)
So any tips are welcome ,-)

nisus

kippu · August 29th, 2006

you need quicktime and if u save them as *.mov ... which is what everyone does more or less
if you have jpgs then you need to convert them to .mov which can be done by pano2qtvr...
some stuff here

http://www.renderviz.com/panorama

Ky Lane · August 29th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by kippu

http://www.renderviz.com/panorama

Thats awfully 'effin sexy!

Chad Warner · August 29th, 2006

If you have Vray, you can render a spherical camera to the network, then use the resulting image as your environment map. Otherwise, maybe there's a plugin out there that will allow you to create a spherical camera?

nisus · August 29th, 2006

MR can render spherical camera, but Max can do the panorama's itself too ;-)

August 29th, 2006	#1 (permalink)
nisus Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gent Flanders Belgium Europe Age: 33 Posts: 3,277 Name: Evert Vandenberghe	Viewer for Panoramic Images Hi all, What viewer do you use for panoramic images? I'm looking for an easy workflow to render and use panoramic images so our clients can pan/zoom. What do you recommend? rgds, nisus __________________ www.ams.be / www.nisusarts.com http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=nisusCGA&p=r

August 29th, 2006	#2 (permalink)
nisus Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gent Flanders Belgium Europe Age: 33 Posts: 3,277 Name: Evert Vandenberghe	Re: Viewer for Panoramic Images How can these images/viewers be shown on a webpage? nisus __________________ www.ams.be / www.nisusarts.com http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=nisusCGA&p=r

August 29th, 2006	#3 (permalink)
notamondayfan Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Yorkshire Age: 23 Posts: 447 Name: Dean Punchard	Re: Viewer for Panoramic Images i dont know what you mean exactly. do you mean like 360 quick time movies, where you click and drag so it appears like you are rotating on the spot? if so check this out http://plugins.marclorenz.com its a plugin for max, and is the easiest thing ive ever used, and has pretty good results. or do you mean like you have a single image, but really wide panoramic shot? almost too wide to view on screen? if so, you'll prob need some interactive web application, such as flash. try looking through www.flashkit.com. hope that helps, deano! __________________ Pikcells Animator, Modelling & Environment Designer

August 29th, 2006	#4 (permalink)
nisus Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gent Flanders Belgium Europe Age: 33 Posts: 3,277 Name: Evert Vandenberghe	Re: Viewer for Panoramic Images Hi Dean, Tnx for your quick reply. I meant the 360 degrees images. I'll check out the link you gave me. In the mean time I've found that max has a renderer and exporter. Pitty is, it doesn't seem to work with network rendering. Any one got a clue on how to surpass this? Tnx nisus __________________ www.ams.be / www.nisusarts.com http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=nisusCGA&p=r

August 29th, 2006	#5 (permalink)
Ky Lane Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Age: 32 Posts: 946 Name: Ky Lane	Re: Viewer for Panoramic Images Network rendering (as far as I know (which isnt much)) is for multi frame renders, not single image renders.

August 29th, 2006	#6 (permalink)
nisus Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gent Flanders Belgium Europe Age: 33 Posts: 3,277 Name: Evert Vandenberghe	Re: Viewer for Panoramic Images Well, yeah... but I would prefer to render out the files in the network, so my workstation can be used for other stuff... Also, the panoramas render 6 images (every face of a box), which is faster with 6 machines ,-) So any tips are welcome ,-) nisus __________________ www.ams.be / www.nisusarts.com http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=nisusCGA&p=r

August 29th, 2006	#7 (permalink)
kippu Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: india Age: 32 Posts: 1,408 Name: maria prem	Re: Viewer for Panoramic Images you need quicktime and if u save them as *.mov ... which is what everyone does more or less if you have jpgs then you need to convert them to .mov which can be done by pano2qtvr... some stuff here http://www.renderviz.com/panorama __________________ architecture visualization services www.renderviz.com

August 29th, 2006	#9 (permalink)
Chad Warner Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Savannah, GA Posts: 1,469 Name: Chad Warner	Re: Viewer for Panoramic Images If you have Vray, you can render a spherical camera to the network, then use the resulting image as your environment map. Otherwise, maybe there's a plugin out there that will allow you to create a spherical camera?

August 29th, 2006	#10 (permalink)
nisus Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gent Flanders Belgium Europe Age: 33 Posts: 3,277 Name: Evert Vandenberghe	Re: Viewer for Panoramic Images MR can render spherical camera, but Max can do the panorama's itself too ;-) __________________ www.ams.be / www.nisusarts.com http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=nisusCGA&p=r

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