Hi Dale, Dale Beams wrote: > Currently Hugin lays the photo out flat.
correct. > I assume that FreePV and others "chop" the photo up so that the viewer can see it. partially correct. you can chop the photo up in Hugin as well, if that's what you need. and the viewers "chop" in real time, setting yaw / pitch / fov and sometimes also projection type and roll based on user input. > I also assume this is what happens with Philospheres. Indeed, a philosphere is a series of chops at specific yaw/pitch/roll/fov/projection type, like a cube (for QTVR) too. Bruno already answered what I was going to continue to write. http://www.photopla.net/070514quebec/spiv1536/070514quebec44.jpg could be the result of six numeric transforms in Hugin, the first four just moving 90° sideways and the last two 90° up and 90° down (I produce them directly with a panotools script). Just set your stitcher to rectilinear output, 90°HFOV, 90°VFOV. When you print the six resulting squares and put them on the inside of a cube, you get your immersive experience. But chopping is not a nice process - it leaves visible seams. Hence cylindric projection is the optimal, as it covers the whole 360° without need to cut. You can build a structure of two circles (one on top and one on the bottom) and stretch it on it. The human eye is quite forgiving even if it is not perfectly cylindrical (e.g. two octagons). Yuv --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
