Spherical and Cylindrical images in the player

[yahadi]

Hi,

I am using 3DS Max to export panormaic images (through the built in panorama utility) and I am able to export two types of images:

1- cylndrical
2- spherical

now keep in mind that I get only one image in the end that contains my entire scene. How do I use it in panorama player?

I tried the "panostripe" but its not working properly.

regards,

[Denis]

1. Spherical. Then convert it using any converter (PanoTools, for example).
2. 3D Max can generate QTVR mov file, use Helmut Dersh's tool to extract cube images from QTVR.

[yahadi]

Hi Denis,

I found a link to pano tools here http://photocreations.ca/panotools/PanoTools12_2007Apr25.zip

I think its the latest version, but I dont know how to use it. It says it has a tool called PTStitcher but I guess that is for stitching several images together. How do I do the extraction from QTVR like you told me?

regards,

[watsona]

Yahadi, have you managed to do this using Max's panoramic output yet?
I want to be able to do the same thing.
Regards,
Alan

[Denis]

I used this one: http://webuser.hs-furtwangen.de/~dersch/ExtractJpeg.zip

[watsona]

Thanks for that Denis. I've not yet purchased the Panorama Player but need to know if I can work easily with panoramic images produced from 3dsMax.
I downloaded the Extractjpg.exe and also installed the Panotools, as posted by yahadi.

My workflow is as follows;

Create a scene in Max.
Export as a Panorama.
Load the image into the Max Panorama Viewer and export as a Spherical Image.
I then dragged the newly exported file onto the Extractjpg.exe, which exported a single image, exactly the same as the input file...where I was expecting six images for cubic mapping.
Where am I going wrong, or is there a better way to work around this?

Many thanks for your assistance. This will be an invaluable tool for us if we can get everything working together.

(Like yahadi, I couldn't make head nor tail of the Panotools, though they are installed as plugins within Photoshop correctly).

Alan

[watsona]

I've managed to get around this by using a panoramic rendering script which will output to seperate images. Available here http://plugins.angstraum.at/cubicvr/index.htm
Written for Max 5, but still happily working in Max9, with Mental Ray.

Alan

[sanalvideo]

I have panoweaver 4.0 to make it from spherical to cubic but it is only one jpg file . to make it 6 faces I recorded a photoshop action and using it as easier ;)