Kannonbal in the house

otb designworks · 12 Feb 2008, 16:25

Hi dan, thanks for the kind words.

I have really gotten into using panoramas and QTVR for displaying my models on the web. You really can't beat the amount of information you can provide without compressing a full motion animation to within an inch of it's life. Plus, having something on the site that surfers can manipulate keeps them there longer, which is a good thing.

As far as hotspots and the map go, I would highly suggest you check out Cubic Converter (to make each node from a pano) and Cubic Connector (to make the multinode movie, with hotspots and the map overlay). You can find them both here: http://www.clickheredesign.com.au/software/ I absolutely love these two pieces of software and use them exclusively for making my QTVR's.

The hard part of the whole thing is getting a SketchUp model into a photographed background while maintaining a level of believability when users zoom in super close. Hours of Photoshop and SketchUp exporting await you if you decide to start experimenting with this.

Good luck, and thanks again for taking the time to peruse my site!

not registered yet · 12 Feb 2008, 16:25

Thanks a lot for the tips!

I'll post something when I finish my first attempts at this.

Dan

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otb designworks · 12 Feb 2008, 16:26

I'd love to see what you come up with.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

DzineTech · 12 Feb 2008, 16:27

Nice website Chuck. The QTVR's are a very good idea.

otb designworks · 12 Feb 2008, 16:27

Thanks!

It is definitely getting to be time to update some of my still imagery, though. I have been spending so much time working with panos and QTVR that I really have let some things go for the moment.

When I bought the most recent Photoshop (CS3), I received a month of free access to a video tutorial site (Lynda.com , which is awesome) so I have been going to school on advanced PS techniques for the last month, too.

One of these days....... and I really need to work on my watercolor technique, too........

todd burch · 12 Feb 2008, 16:27

Chuck.... Chuck.... Chuck!!! Good to see you around!

Toddd

Will03 · 12 Feb 2008, 16:28

Hey Chuck,

Didn't realize that you were in Whitefish?! That is by far my favourite town south of the border! (although I haven't visited many lol) My Uncle has a cabin just in between Kalisbel and Whitefish that I frequent for golf during the summer and the amazing snowboarding on big mountain during the winter! great place to be! If you're on your way to Edmonton, may I suggest a stopover in good ol' Calgary (The hockey is better here anyways! lol jk)

otb designworks · 12 Feb 2008, 16:29

Hi Todd, good to see you here, too. By the way, your scene rename script is an excellent addition to my plugin arsenal; thanks for that!

Hi will!

My wife and I have been in Whitefish for almost three years now and we really like it here. We actually moved here for the skiing, as Whitefish gets a lot more snow, usually, than Crested Butte, Colorado, where we lived for 9 years. We also love to ski Fernie, and I have been meaning to get up to Castle mountain one of these days (I hear it is really fantastic). We have just suffered through a vicious heat wave and now there are forest fires all around us. Town has been so choked with smoke that you can't even see Big Mountain sometimes. It is really quite miserable. I have been up to Calgary a few times and we always have a great time up there. We have a couple of good friends who live there so it is nice to have a place to stay. We should grab a beer, or two, next time we are in each other's neck of the woods.