Apple QuickTime VR User Manual download pdf (Page 79)

CHAPTER

Creating Source Material

This chapter provides basic guidelines and tips for creating high-quality source material using

analog or digital photography or videography. The guidelines are provided to help you get

started, and should not be considered absolute do’s and don’ts. Depending on the effect you

want for your project, you can get excellent results by not following these guidelines.

You can create QuickTime VR panoramas, objects, and scenes either from real-world spaces

and objects that you photograph, or from computer-rendered images. The quality of your

final product depends on the quality of the source material that you use.

If you plan to capture your material with photographic film, you should already be familiar

with basic photographic techniques, including the use of lighting. You must also be able to

convert your film or slides to digital format using a scanner.

If you plan to use a digital or video camera, you should be familiar with techniques for digital

photography or videography, as well as lighting techniques applicable to these media.

Capturing panoramas

A panoramic photograph represents the view that you see when you stand in a single spot

and turn full circle. With QuickTime VR Authoring Studio, you can create a panoramic view

by taking a series of overlapping shots using a camera and a tripod with a pan/tilt head.

To shoot a panorama, position the tripod at a single spot, called the node marker. After

taking the first shot, rotate the camera a calculated number of degrees to the next position

and take the next shot. Repeat these steps until you have rotated full circle.

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Apple QuickTime VR User Manual Page 79