3d panoramic video file

[Max Lloyd]

Morning all.

I know how to and enjoy creating 3d panoramic files. However, I would like to do a 3d panoramic video file, ie: remain in one spot and simply rotate the view around that spot as a 'walkthrough'. Any bright ideas on how to do this? I figure it is actually a walkthrough but with no walking?

The other alternative would be to 'capture' the movement of a panoramic file on screen. I would however prefer the walkthrough method as the background relationship would appear better (ie: the way objects in the distance move differently to those in the foreground)

Thanks,

Max.

[Max Lloyd]

ok I've done one that seems to work well and attached the file for it.

I have a path that travels about 4mm, with 8 keyframes at 50 frame intervals (so as to assure a smooth revolution) over 400 frames. I have the started the first keyframe looking south, the second south-west, the third west and so on all the way back round to south (so the video can be looped).

The nice thing is that you can copy this walkthrough and just place it in any room or area you may have. Open the file, right click on the 'panoramic walkthrough', (under walkthrough on the project browser) select 'show camera'. Then you can simply select the camera and copy and paste it wherever you need.

Hope this is of some use.

if anyone has any better ideas for this, please let me know.

Max.

[SCShell]

Hey there,
What a great idea!
Steve

[bclarch]

The nice thing is that you can copy this walkthrough and just place it in any room or area you may have. Open the file, right click on the 'panoramic walkthrough', (under walkthrough on the project browser) select 'show camera'. Then you can simply select the camera and copy and paste it wherever you need.
Great tip. I never would of thought of copying and pasting a camera.

[Scott D Davis]

You can render a single camera as a PAN file which will be stationary, and when the file is opened in viewer, you stand in one spot and can look in any direction.

[Max Lloyd]

Hi guys.

Scott, I'm after doing a presentation video where I can leave a revolving camera panning round a room, looped on screen. So a pan file is no good to me as it requires interaction to keep it moving round and round. Hence this slightly complex solution. I'm not aware of a way of capturing the movement of a pan file from screen that would work and not show up the curser?

Any ideas?

[cosmickingpin]

I am a little confused. Are you rendering out mulitple spherical images which you can then pan in realtime as you move through the space? I remember the "I-PAN" plugin for max let you do this.


ok I've done one that seems to work well and attached the file for it.


I have a path that travels about 4mm, with 8 keyframes at 50 frame intervals (so as to assure a smooth revolution) over 400 frames. I have the started the first keyframe looking south, the second south-west, the third west and so on all the way back round to south (so the video can be looped).

The nice thing is that you can copy this walkthrough and just place it in any room or area you may have. Open the file, right click on the 'panoramic walkthrough', (under walkthrough on the project browser) select 'show camera'. Then you can simply select the camera and copy and paste it wherever you need.

Hope this is of some use.

if anyone has any better ideas for this, please let me know.

Max.

[cipa11]

try this:
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http://www.arcsoft.com/products/panoramamaker/
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-save panoramic .jpg in Revit
-use the .jpg in panoramamaker with some options...src. in his help...
-save-it as .exe file
-share-it ...with the client...

bye

[Scott D Davis]

Hi guys.

Scott, I'm after doing a presentation video where I can leave a revolving camera panning round a room, looped on screen. So a pan file is no good to me as it requires interaction to keep it moving round and round. Hence this slightly complex solution. I'm not aware of a way of capturing the movement of a pan file from screen that would work and not show up the curser?

Any ideas?
Oops, sorry, should have read the first line of your post more carefully (or remeber that you have posted PAN files for us before, I believe?).

Not sure how to make a PAN file that Rotates around constantly. Maybe make a PAN file, and use a video capture to 'make' a video file of you spinning the PAN one rotation. Then loop the video file?