Pano2VR - Output - QTVR
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[edit] Outputting QuickTime VR Movies
With Pano2VR you can convert your panoramic image into a QuickTime VR movie. To see how it is done, check out the tutorial.
[edit] Settings Tab
[edit] Tile Settings
Cube Face Size: The size of the cube face, measured in pixels. Pano2VR will calculate the best output cube face size based on the original image. However, you can always change this value to what you like.
- If, for example, you have an image that is 6000 pixels wide, each cube face will have a value of 1500 pixels (6000/4). To help output a smaller file size, however, you can lower the cube face size. For instance, a 6000 pixel wide image could be reduced to a 750 cube face size (6000/8).
Image Quality: The overall quality of the image. 90 is the default value, lowering to a value below 90 will lower the quality of the outputted image.
Sub Tiles: Sub Tiles allows you to choose how many tiles per cube face.
[edit] Display
Window Size: Adjust the size of the display window of the quick time movie
Motion Quality: Motion quality refers to the quality of the movie during movement. Its setting is always a trade-off between image quality and motion speed.
- Low: low quality during movement, possibility of visible of aliasing, but fast movement
- Medium: better quality during movement
- High: even better quality during movement
- Lossless: Same as High
Static Quality: The quality of the movie when it is not in motion.
- Low: low quality when static
- Medium: better quality when static
- High: even better quality
- Lossless: Same as High
[edit] Download/Preview
The Download/Preview parameters box lets you choose the type of image that is seen when the movie is downloading.
Type: Choose how you want your movie to look like as it is downloading.
- None: no change
- Grayscale: the movie will appear black and white during downloading
- Sepia: the movie will tinted with sepia
- Color: will keep original color if a color image
Resolution: How clear or unclear the movie will appear during downloading.
- When the resolution is set to 1:1, there will be no change in the image - it will be as clear as the original movie. A setting of 1:4, the default, will lower the resolution enough to make it obvious that this is a preview-only of the movie due to the blurriness.
Download Order: You can choose in which order the movie will begin to download and therefore be visible during the preview.
- Default View: Will download the part of movie that is set under the viewing parameters.
- Random: Random sections will be viewable during download
Protection: Check this box to disable the ability for the user to save the movie to disk.
[edit] Auto Rotate
Enable Auto-rotation: New to QuckTimeVR, is the ability to enable auto-rotation. When this option is checked, the movie will begin to auto rotate once fully downloaded.
Pan Speed: Pan refers to the left and right movement of a camera motion. Here is it used to express how fast a movie will rotate, and in which direction it will rotate. A negative value will cause the movie to rotate from right to left, while a positive value will cause the movie to rotate from left to right.
Delay: Delay is how long the movie will stay static before rotating again after it has been manually moved with the mouse or keyboard.
[edit] Output
Output file: _out.mov is the default name for the output file. To change the default, go to Pano2VR > Preferences.
[edit] The HTML Tab
Use this tab to make a customizable HTML page to add to your website that includes not only your panoramic movie but also audio.
Watch a tutorial on creating an HTML page.
Information on the coding language used to create the HTML template can be found here.
To be able to edit the HTML template parameters, you must check Enable Html File.
Template: Here you can choose a pre-loaded template (fullscreen.ggt or normal.ggt). The normal template will give you the ability to add table that shows the user data; whereas the fullscreen template will not.
[edit] Template Parameters
Text, Background Colors: Choose the color of your text and your page background.
Table Bordoer, Table Text, Table Background Colors: Use these color pickers to customize how your table.
Embed Sound File: Choose Open to locate and choose your MP3 of choice.
Sound Title: The title of your audio (MP3) goes here.
[edit] Template Output
Format: Choose between extensions, .html and .htm.
File: Create the output file name.
