Blurry QTVR movie

jonrempel · December 15th, 2006

I am working on a scene for a QTVR movie but I can't seem to improve the quality of the movie. The rendered image looks fine but the movie is blurry. How would I resolve this problem? I am using 3DS Max 9 and mental ray as the renderer.
Thanks

chuck · December 15th, 2006

Jon, I think it's just how the image gets stiched together. You have to export a really large image...sometimes 5000px etc. If you look at the raw image you can see how the shape changes...the smallest area gets blown up and blurred.

A quick test with a simple scene should confirm this.

It's too bad you have to export such a large image...and 6 of them at that. Maybe someone else can chime in here too because my file size gets too big to be effective over the internet.

Chuck

jonrempel · December 15th, 2006

Thanks Chuck,
I will give this a try...hopefully it works because I have a potential client that might just go for this instead of the animation I quoted.

Jeff Mottle · December 15th, 2006

I made this same mistake the first time I was asked to make a QTVR for a client. I can't recall the apps I used (was quite a few) and I quoted the client the same price as a normal rendering thinking I'd just render a spherical camera and I'd be set. As Chuck eluded to, you need to render a really high res image. I think mine was around the 5-7K mark in the end as well.

Sindala · December 16th, 2006

I made a few qtvr's and used http://www.pano2qtvr.com/ to put it together, it gives great control over the output.
I think i found the program here actually.

jonrempel · December 17th, 2006

If I render the image at between 7-10K, it works great. Thanks for the help.
Jon Rempel

December 15th, 2006	#1 (permalink)
jonrempel Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 32 Name: Jon Rempel	Blurry QTVR movie I am working on a scene for a QTVR movie but I can't seem to improve the quality of the movie. The rendered image looks fine but the movie is blurry. How would I resolve this problem? I am using 3DS Max 9 and mental ray as the renderer. Thanks

December 15th, 2006	#2 (permalink)
chuck Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Detroit, MI Age: 29 Posts: 360 Name: Chuck Morgan	Re: Blurry QTVR movie Jon, I think it's just how the image gets stiched together. You have to export a really large image...sometimes 5000px etc. If you look at the raw image you can see how the shape changes...the smallest area gets blown up and blurred. A quick test with a simple scene should confirm this. It's too bad you have to export such a large image...and 6 of them at that. Maybe someone else can chime in here too because my file size gets too big to be effective over the internet. Chuck

December 15th, 2006	#3 (permalink)
jonrempel Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 32 Name: Jon Rempel	Re: Blurry QTVR movie Thanks Chuck, I will give this a try...hopefully it works because I have a potential client that might just go for this instead of the animation I quoted.

December 15th, 2006	#4 (permalink)
Jeff Mottle President/Founder Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Age: 33 Posts: 5,170 Name: Jeff Mottle	Re: Blurry QTVR movie I made this same mistake the first time I was asked to make a QTVR for a client. I can't recall the apps I used (was quite a few) and I quoted the client the same price as a normal rendering thinking I'd just render a spherical camera and I'd be set. As Chuck eluded to, you need to render a really high res image. I think mine was around the 5-7K mark in the end as well. __________________ Jeff Mottle CGarchitect.com

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Sindala Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Amsterdam Netherlands Age: 32 Posts: 241 Name: Dick Floris	Re: Blurry QTVR movie I made a few qtvr's and used http://www.pano2qtvr.com/ to put it together, it gives great control over the output. I think i found the program here actually.

December 17th, 2006	#6 (permalink)
jonrempel Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 32 Name: Jon Rempel	Re: Blurry QTVR movie If I render the image at between 7-10K, it works great. Thanks for the help. Jon Rempel

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