QTVR rendered from 3D Software

[trist]

Hi,
I'm working with some QTVRs that have been outpout from a 3D app. Even thoughthey are the same size as QTVRs which contain 'real' panoramas the quality when viewed through Flash Panorama software is pretty poor.

I'm not doing the render myself but is there any info/setting I can pass on that would improve how they look.

Cheers
Trist

[Elliot]

Trist

I do 3D Virtual Reality for architecture and mechanical devices. I used several softwares to do these 3D Models.

The software I use the most is 3D Max. You can do a xxx.mov file with 3D Max. The problem is that you have to put a lot of time applying textures - materials to the surfaces. Then you have to do a nice rendering. Some guys want to do one shot every 5 degrees. The best way is to almost do 1 shot every degree. The more resolution wanted, then the rendering time along with the file size is going to be incredibly slow and big. You can bring the xxx.mov file to Premier or Vegas or After Effects and tweak it to produce a light file that could be used with FPP.

I have done a couple of experiments and only achieve primitives results because I don't want to spend a lot of time waiting for rendering. If you don't have a nice workstation or a rendering farm, the rendering will take a lot of time.

We have a project we did.... before and after the construction was finished and it looks good. There are people that make a living just of doing renderings. Renderings are 50% science and 50% artistic. Your settings for the program follow the same path... 50% technical knowledge and 50% the artistic goals you have for the model. It is like being a movie producer and director at the same time. In a certain way it is more artistic than the panoramas.

Good Luck
Elliot

[trist]

Thanks Elliot,
Have passed that on

[Bruce Hemming]

By far the easiest way to make a QT file is to set the FOV of the virtual camera to 90 degrees and output six cube faces - N,S,E,W and Z and N and then feed them to Cubic Convertor. You have a QT .mov file in moments. You can also convert to an equirect for further retouching if you want - very simple - or am I missing something from your query?

Regards

Bruce