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| How to Make QTVR Object Movies | |||
| QuickTime VR object movies are made from a number of stills. It's easier if you use a digital camera because if you try to scan photos you have the additional problem of registration. You also need some sort of turntable to rotate the objects. |
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| The above device was sold as a tank sighting mechanism. I didn't have a tank, so I added the drill chuck with the intention of using it as a way to drill lots of holes accurately in a circle (for making pin wheels). I never used it for that. My device is far more accurate than necessary but nice and solid which helps to avoid any wobbling of the object. Something homemade (do a search on 'lazy susan') would need suitable angles marked on it. I tried 12 stills (30degrees) but these were a little too jerky so settled on 18 (20 degrees). More would be nice but maybe too big for web use. The crude example below has only 8 shots. (There's actually a position missing because it's nice to be lazy sometimes) and I accidently disturbed the background which makes it easier to see the separate frames. |
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| Crude example Click in the frame and drag with your mouse Click here for a better example I made for CMT |
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| The process is relatively simple but quite time consuming. I used software called 'Widgetizer' which no longer exists (see bottom of page for alternatives) Centre the object on the turntable, align the camera so that the object is central and is always in frame as it rotates. Step the turntable around and take a picture at each step. Next comes a lot of Photoshop work. Nearly everything you do to one picture you have to do to all of them so I use 'Actions' a lot. I normally shoot the objects against a black velvet background but I still have to do a lot of cleaning up - removing the turntable, etc. This is the most time consuming part. Once you have18 pictures cleaned up, sized, sharpened, etc., importing into Widgetizer (or equivalent) only takes a few minutes. I've also made Flash versions of object movies. QTVR Panoramas are similar except that you rotate the camera on a tripod and the stills get stitched together. You can see some panoramas I've made here. |
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| A QuickTime VR Tips site |
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