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NAME

erect2qtvr - Assemble a Quicktime QTVR file from an equirectangular image

Synopsis

erect2qtvr --erect=mypanorama.tif

DESCRIPTION

This tool generates a cubic QTVR from a single equirectangular image, see http://wiki.panotools.org/Equirectangular_Projection for more details of the input file format.

A QTVR file is created with the same path as the input image except with a .mov extension.

Calling syntax

erect2qtvr [options] --erect=mypanorama.tif

Options:

--erect Filename of equirectangular input (required)
--pitch pre-rotates the entire panorama. eg. if your panorama
has the nadir in the centre set this to -90
--yaw pre-rotates the entire panorama.
--quality JPEG quality for QTVR tiles, defaults to 70
--cleanup set to '0' to keep temporary files, defaults to '1'

A subset of jpeg2qtvr options are also accepted:

--date date in seconds since January 1st 1970, defaults to current time
--name title of the panorama
--outfile output filename, defaults to input filename with mov extension
--width preferred window width, defaults to 1024
--height preferred window height, defaults to 768
--pan initial pan (yaw), defaults to 0.0 degrees
--tilt initial tilt (pitch), defaults to 0.0 degrees
--fov initial vertical angle of view, defaults to 60 degrees
--min-fov minimum vertical angle of view, defaults to 10 degrees
--max-fov maximum vertical angle of view, defaults to 120 degrees";

License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

See Also

perl, Panotools::Script

Author

March 2007, Bruno Postle <bruno AT postle.net>