Apple QuickTime VR User Manual download pdf (Page 9)

Some of the techniques and equipment used to photograph or capture images for a QTVR

scene are different from the techniques used for standard photography. Chapter 8 contains

guidelines for creating high-quality source material and describes some of the special setups

you can use to photograph objects and panoramas.

Using a QuickTime VR Authoring Studio tool

You can use the Scene Maker or Project Manager to create a QTVR scene. You can drag

panoramas and objects created with the Object Maker, Panorama Stitcher, or Panorama

Maker directly into the Scene Maker window.

Checking the final product

Once you’ve created the scene, you should check the hot spots to be sure each hot spot

links to the appropriate destination and to the correct view for that destination. You should

also test the scene on the system your audience is likely to use. If you plan to make the QTVR

scene viewable on the Internet, be sure to test the scene using a World Wide Web browser

with the QuickTime plug-in version 2.0 or later.

How to get started on your first QTVR project

1 Install the software.

For instructions, see Chapter 1, “Setting Up Your Software.”

2 Learn to use QuickTime VR Authoring Studio’s five authoring tools.

“Fundamentals of the QuickTime VR Authoring Studio Interface” and “Setting QuickTime VR

Authoring Studio Preferences,” later in this chapter, provide a general orientation to

QuickTime VR Authoring Studio’s user interface and show how you can customize

QuickTime VR Authoring Studio for your use.

Chapters 3 through 7 contain step-by-step guides to using each of QuickTime VR Authoring

Studio’s five tools. As you work through each chapter, use the source material provided on

the QuickTime VR Authoring Studio CD so you can focus on learning how to use the tools.

3 Read Chapter 8, “Creating Source Material.”

Once you know how to use the QuickTime VR Authoring Studio tools, read Chapter 8

for tips on creating your own QTVR source material. These tips focus on the differences

between conventional photographic techniques and techniques for QTVR photography

(or videography). You’ll also find information about QTVR equipment rigs.

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