Re: FLASH: OT - IPIX alternative please?

[Rob Adams]

Jason,


If I were you, I'd use QTVR.  The current implementation of QTVR 

doesn't allow spherical 360 view, but it's close enough.  (Do you 

really need to look straight up and straight down?  Why?)  If you do, 

you're in luck.  The next release of QT is supposed to support that 

functionality.  However, I'm not sure when that will be released.  

Supposedly sometime this summer.


Are you using the Nikon Coolpix rig for IPIX with the 180(+) lens?  

Again, you're in luck.  While most QTVR enthusiasts go for multiple 

shots for better quality panos, they CAN be done with your same 

setup, with only two images.  There is a program for the Mac called 

DeFish that will unwrap your fish-eye images.  There is a link to it at 

www.iqtvra.org.  I used it to unwrap, stitched in Photoshop, and 

used the Panorama Maker (not stitcher) in Apple's QTVR studio to 

make my QTVR's.  This process is fast and reliable.  


A killer site for your non-IPIX solutions other than the process I've 

described is: http://www.fh-furtwangen.de/~dersch  This guy is 

incredible.  I didn't find his software particularly user friendly, but you 

might be smarter than I am.


Whatever you choose, good luck.


Rob Adams

theshowiei [dot] net

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