Stitcher can output different kinds of panoramas from the same project. Once you have built your panorama, you can go to the render dialog and select from different kinds of output, such as:
- Cubic Projection - Six square-sized images are generated, each designed to be mapped on a specific face of a virtual cube (top, bottom, left, right, front, back). When looking at this cube outwards from the exact center, it creates the impression of a complete environment covering the entire field of view with very little noticeable distortion. You get 6 images in any of the supported file formats.
- Cylindrical Projection- A single rectangular image is generated that can be applied to a cylinder as a single texture. This is the most appropriate format to get a single image containing a 360-degree view of a cylindrical panorama. You get a single image in any of the supported formats. For cylindrical projections, the vertical field of view (FOV), or how much of the image you see, is determined by what is visible in your current viewport. If you want to see more of the image vertically, you simply zoom out more in the Stitcher window.
-Spherical Projection- A single rectangular image is generated that can be applied to a sphere as a single texture. This is the most appropriate format to get a single image containing a 360 degree view of a spherical panorama. You get a single image in any of the supported formats.
- Snapshot Projection- A single image is generated, where anything that you fit inside your Build Window or viewport is rendered as a planar image, making it possible to generate impossibly wide-angle shots out of your panorama. Remember, the output from a planar projection depends directly on your current viewport and will only render out what is visible there. You get a single image in any of the supported formats.
- QuickTime VR- Generates a single file that can be interactively viewed on any computer that has Apple QuickTime 5.0 installed, either as an embedded document in web pages, multimedia presentations, or inside Apple’s QuickTime Viewer. QuickTime panoramas can be cylindrical or cubic in projection as explained above. More information on QTVR can be found in another FAQ.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/player/faq.html
- Shockwave 3D - Creates an interactive 3D panorama viewable as a Shockwave 3D asset for Macromedia Director authoring.
- VRML- Similar to Shockwave 3D export, but instead it is a VRML format viewable in applications supporting this format.
- PURE Player – Used for Internet publishing. It allows your panoramas to be integrated in HTML pages and read by the latest versions of JAVA and Flash.
For more detailed information, please refer to your Online Help document.
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