Converting jpeg to Quicktime VR

[K6-III]

What app do you suggest for converting jpegs to quicktime vr files???

[K6-III]

Anyone have any ideas???

I need to do this to convert panoramic jpegs into MOV files for 360 lookarounds...

[LvR]

Why is it that it has to be in a mov file in particular? - how do you see the conversion process from Jpeg (still image ) to movie (any format) happening

Are you interested in simply viewing the panorama you have created in a continues dynamic way, or do you actually want to assemble still images in a movie format.

If you want a nice panorama viewer for your pc you can try Panoviewer from Pixtra.

Camstudio allows one to capture the contents of a predefined section of the PC screen in a continuous fashion (as in creating an xxx.avi file) - if you were to set it up so that it captures the display windows of Panoview, I guess you could create a movie of the viewing of the panorama in that way. What its going to look like, you can tell us .

Converting to xxx.mov............. I suspect you need a quicktime license for that - but I could be wrong.

[VJ]

Originally posted by LvR
Why is it that it has to be in a mov file in particular? - how do you see the conversion process from Jpeg (still image ) to movie (any format) happening

Are you interested in simply viewing the panorama you have created in a continues dynamic way, or do you actually want to assemble still images in a movie format.

He is referring to the Quicktime VR format. This allows one to view a 360° panoramic photo more or less realistically. You just see a picture, and scroll it left/right for as much as you like (all the way round ).

(I edited the thread subject, as to indicate Quicktime VR in stead of merely Quicktime)


Jörg

[LvR]

Ok thanks for clearing that up - always something to learn I suppose. Panoviewer can do 360 too - or is the "Quicktime VR" the real issue?

Quicktime VR tools lists some tools to get the job done ............... guess needs to play with the problem a bit too see what it is I am missing.

Jpeg to PICT perhaps?

[GNEP]

Here's a site where I used what I think you're talking about:

http://www.mansfield.ox.ac.uk/about/tour.htm

The guy that put the panoramas together for us runs this:

http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtour/

He might have some info on how he did it. A word of warning though - the pics he took, when in JPEG format were from a camera spinning round automatically on a tripod, and look rather odd!

[GNEP]

http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtour/news.html

News item for the 10th April 2003: 10th April 2003 - I have bought a new camera a Canon 10D. This is a DSLR camera and I now use a Sigma 8mm fisheye lens with it. I have got RealViz's Stitcher, to work with this to produce very high quality panoramas.

So I guess "RealViz's Stitcher" might be what you're looking for? Or that might just be to produce the single JPEG that you start with before converting to QT-VR. Not sure.

[LvR]

K6-III

Do you own a copy of Quicktime VR authoring studio? - this thing looks like it has all the doodas built-in to do exactly what you need/want to do. At around $400 a pop you better be damn sure you gonna be using this thing to create seriously impressive and money earning work.

Here is another authoring tool - VRToolbox - MUCH cheaper!

[K6-III]

Thanks a bunch for your suggestions.
Let me check them out.

This is actually for my dad who currently does panoramic photography of real estate for a living and was looking to move to quicktime vr for ease of use on the customer end.