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haynbrian
06-03-2003, 03:41 PM
Hello all,

I'm interested in knowing how to create a 360 degree panoramic shot that I may use for a prospective client. Is anyone aware of how this may be done? I know iPIX is a company that does it, and I see a lot of QuickTime VR shots as well, but I'm not sure where to start with this.

Any help would be great.

Thanks,

Brian

PeOfEo
06-03-2003, 08:00 PM
I think you could just do it with flash too. i like quick time I think I should look into that as well.

khaki
06-03-2003, 11:17 PM
hi Brian...

I've seen some wicked-cool image scripts from Vladdy...
so maybe he might offer something (or you could politely ask him if he has any ideas about your specific request)

I've seen some real estate sites that use 360 views... but I'm sorry that I can't tell you how it's done.

If Vladdy can't help (or doesn't respond)...
try posting your question in the Graphics forum.

good luck...
;) k

PeOfEo
06-04-2003, 01:16 AM
I have seen a town... I mean someone programmed with quicktime this little town deal and you walk around it to navigate its wicked cool it uses that 360 stuff and oh man it takes 20 min to load on 56k but its worth it. If I could remember the url I would give it to you.

Vladdy
06-19-2003, 03:59 PM
Just came across this thread and since my name was mentioned I figured... it's better late than never......

The most difficult part is creating panoramic image itself. I'm no photographer, but I would assume taking a good camera on the tripod and carefully spinning it around making sure you have enough overlap between pictures. Then use some graphics software to cut and splice those pictures to create an image file that represents the 360 view of whatever you are trying to do.

If you can do that, the rest is a walk in a park: break your image in two pieces each representing ~180 degrees.

Then see this page for the code:
http://www.vladdy.net/Demos/panview.html

PeOfEo
06-20-2003, 01:38 AM
neato. But wouldnt it look a bit blocky having 6 images so you can do the whole thing the whole spectrum?

Vladdy
06-20-2003, 06:17 AM
Where did 6 come from???
First, take enough images to splice them together in photoshop or similar graphics software to create ONE picture representing the whole 360.
Then split it in two for the script to work.

haynbrian
06-20-2003, 11:34 AM
Vladdy,

Thanks a bunch! That example rules. I think it has an advantage over the a lot of other panoramics I see, seeing that there is no applet needed. If you or anyone else tries it, I'd definitely like to see it.

Brian

PeOfEo
06-20-2003, 03:54 PM
Originally posted by Vladdy
Where did 6 come from???
First, take enough images to splice them together in photoshop or similar graphics software to create ONE picture representing the whole 360.
Then split it in two for the script to work. I am talking about a full cube so you can go all around it up and down too. Like some of those neato quick time things. Woudn't splictting images make it blocky?

Vladdy
06-20-2003, 04:00 PM
The original question was about 360 panoramic, which is simply a full circle. "Spherical view" would require much more involvement.

PeOfEo
06-20-2003, 04:08 PM
oh I thought you would make the sperical view the same way though.

Vladdy
06-20-2003, 04:15 PM
You can achieve some up and down using similar method, but not complete sphere. The distortion at the zenith and the nadir would be too big (thing how globe is mapped on the flat map).
You would need some real time image procesing to create the effect (or store too much data to account for every possible angle)...

PeOfEo
06-20-2003, 04:21 PM
this is getting complicated lol. So in other words use quick time :)

weekyd
08-06-2004, 08:41 PM
I come across the same problem for a real estate client. I had no clue how to go about it apart from the fact that I'll need an iPix camera.

So I "goggled" it...turns out there's plenty of softwares out there that lets you do all that stuff all you need is some images..theonly drawback is you cant get full 360 spherical view unless u have special camera..however some of the softwares do let you stitch ordinary images but you still cant full spherical view.

Go to google and try virtual tour softwares or some other key words..
here's a software (http://www.easypano.com)i really like but cant find the crack for it..if anyone finds it PLEASE post the link...thanks

rhsunderground
08-07-2004, 12:27 AM
i've done it. at school we had this software that would take pictures and glue them into a 360 degree shot. for indoor, it was 12 shots, 30 degrees apart, and outdoor it was 16 shots, 22.5 degrees apart (a full circle). here's what it came up with (http://www.esu3.k12.ne.us/districts/ralston/hs/rhsweb/tour.htm), and if i can get the name of the software i'll post back.

EDIT:i just realized this thread was a year old:rolleyes:. and sorry dude, we don't do cracks.

PeOfEo
08-07-2004, 01:27 AM
Gosh, way to kick this one up, lol.

R.I.P.

jdavia
08-07-2004, 04:15 AM
You need a special camera that takes full demensional pictures. They are inserted in a program that stitches each image together. The program then generates the scroll to how you move the mouse, up, down, left, right, any direction, and fast or slow scroll.

For left and right only, or up and down only, you can take these with a regular digital camera. The camera must sit on a steady tri-pod, carefully adjusted so the 360 degree rotation is level all around, and be rotated the in right amount for each shot. About 12 shots might be right.

All images are inserted in a program like PhotoVista.
http://www.iseemedia.com/panorama/productinfo.html
The program sistches all the images up perfectly and creates a panoramic view

PeOfEo
08-07-2004, 11:37 AM
jdavia... its dead :(

weekyd
08-08-2004, 03:13 AM
rhsunderground..you a used prog called Quick time VTR or something. I use Window dude so no point getting that software.
I know this site dont do cracks but i never paid a penny for any softwares :P i doubt i'll ever will.

jdavia..thanks for the photovista link. Now need a good crack for it. Problem is if i find the crack i cant find the right version of the software...damn it!

You can achieve the same 360 effect using javascript/applet and flash but not spherical view. Here's what i found and it's pretty cool..also try finding panaromic java applets in google.


<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en-gb">
<head>
<title>Panoramic Image Viewer</title>
<style>
body
{ font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;
padding-top: 10em;
}

#nav
{ margin: 0px auto;
width: 760px;
text-align: center;
cursor: pointer;
cursor: hand;
}

#panim
{ position: relative;
margin: 1em auto;
display: block;
width: 400px;
height: 266px;
border: solid black 1px;
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: hidden;
}

#panim img
{ position:relative;
}
</style>
<script>
var slideStep = 0;
var slideTimer = null;


function startSlide(step)
{ slideStep = step;
slideTimer = setInterval("slide()",30);
}

function stopSlide()
{ clearInterval(slideTimer);
}

function slide()
{ var panim=document.getElementById('panim');
panim.firstChild.style.left = (panim.firstChild.offsetLeft + slideStep) + 'px';
if(slideStep>0 && panim.firstChild.offsetLeft>0)
{ nodeWidth = panim.lastChild.offsetWidth;
imNode = panim.removeChild(panim.lastChild);
imNode.style.left = (panim.firstChild.offsetLeft - nodeWidth) + 'px';
panim.insertBefore(imNode,panim.firstChild);
}
panim.lastChild.style.left = (panim.firstChild.offsetLeft) + 'px';
if(slideStep<0 && panim.lastChild.offsetWidth + panim.lastChild.offsetLeft<panim.offsetWidth)
{ nodeWidth = panim.lastChild.offsetWidth;
imNode = panim.removeChild(panim.firstChild);
panim.firstChild.style.left = (panim.firstChild.offsetLeft + nodeWidth) + 'px';
imNode.style.left = (panim.firstChild.offsetLeft) + 'px';
panim.appendChild(imNode);
}

}

</script>
</head>
<body>

<div id="panim"><img src="panim1.gif" alt="First half of the panoramic image" width="400" height="266" /><img src="panim2.gif" alt="Second half of the panoramic image" width="400" height="266" /></div>
<div id="nav"><span onmouseover="startSlide(20);" onmouseout="stopSlide();"> << </span> <span onmouseover="startSlide(4);" onmouseout="stopSlide();"> < </span> <span onmouseover="return startSlide(-4);" onmouseout="stopSlide()"> > </span> <span onmouseover="return startSlide(-20);" onmouseout="stopSlide()"> >> </span></div>
<button onclick="document.getElementById('panim').style.overflow='visible';">See How</button>

</body>
</html>

doppio
02-15-2006, 03:36 PM
Just came across this thread and since my name was mentioned I figured... it's better late than never......

The most difficult part is creating panoramic image itself. I'm no photographer, but I would assume taking a good camera on the tripod and carefully spinning it around making sure you have enough overlap between pictures. Then use some graphics software to cut and splice those pictures to create an image file that represents the 360 view of whatever you are trying to do.

If you can do that, the rest is a walk in a park: break your image in two pieces each representing ~180 degrees.

Then see this page for the code:
http://www.vladdy.net/Demos/panview.html



is possible move up and down the image in this script:
http://www.vladdy.net/Demos/panview.html

thanks.

jdavia
02-16-2006, 02:26 PM
The most difficult part is creating panoramic image itself. I'm no photographer, but I would assume taking a good camera on the tripod and carefully spinning it around making sure you have enough overlap between pictures. Then use some graphics software to cut and splice those pictures to create an image file that represents the 360 view of whatever you are trying to do.
You are exactly right on how it is done, but that is the hard way. There is a program that will do that for you and it is very simple. It is "PhotoVista, Panomara 202". It cuts the images and sizes them to fit exactly and stitches them together to form a 360 degree view that you can control how to view it. You can download it for a free 30 day trial.

ronalfy
02-16-2006, 02:35 PM
If you're looking for a commercial solution, try Panoweaver (http://easypano.com/panoweaver400.html). I've used it for a past job and it's pretty nifty. There's another product called Tourweaver that will allow you to create virtual tours. I believe you need a JAVA viewer to see the tours. A lot of the travel sites use Tourweaver or something equivalent so you can see what your hotel looks like before you purchase.