QTVR .MOV Panoramic photos

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QTVR .MOV Panoramic photos

I have QuickTime Pro and have been trying to make make panoramic .mov files loop back & forth. I tried going under "View" and choosing "Loop back and forth" but this does not work with a panoramic photo. Does anyone have a solution?

PC, Windows XP

Posted on Oct 31, 2007 3:04 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 1, 2007 4:58 AM in response to cowboy43

You can't "loop" WTVR files as they are designed for the user to pan and zoom them via the keyboard or the QTVR controller.
I have seen some QTVR files that have been set to "autoplay" but those settings are usually done in the authoring software used to create them.

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Kyn Drake

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Nov 1, 2007 6:05 AM in response to cowboy43

Since you've got QuickTime Pro, if you're looking to make the VR's autorotate, check out autorotate5Sec.mov and autorotate1Min.mov from this page.

http://homepage.mac.com/qt4web/sprites/items.html

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Nov 1, 2007 6:19 AM in response to Kyn Drake

Thanks, Kyn.
I new I saw these sprite tracks somewhere but never bookmarked the Site.
Adding them to existing QTVR .mov files is copy/add scaled simple.

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cowboy43 Author

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Nov 1, 2007 5:12 PM in response to Kyn Drake

Kyn: Thanks for the suggestion. However, what I'm looking for is a sprite that allows the panorama image to loop back and forth for use in virtual tours. I am currently using software provided by PHOTOWARP which does the job but has some drawbacks. For example, it tends to load slowly and sometimes distorts the image while loading. I am also trying to find software that allows a vertical image, such as a tall building, to pan up and down.

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Kyn Drake

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Nov 1, 2007 8:07 PM in response to cowboy43

Ah! No, then that's not what you're looking for as it only works on QTVR movies. There may be some other software that does it, I don't think QuickTime will do that for you.

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