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This is an involved tutorial that shows full use of VRtools suite of software
Print this document and follow the steps exactly.
** IMPORTANT Copy this folder to your hard drive first**
The aim is produce a web ready, small QTVR multinode.
We start by extracting some half resolution panoramic pictures from an
ancient 20 node QTVR 1.0 multinode with conVRter(using AppleScript).
Then PanoMAGIC is used to quickly create a new linked 3 node QTVR 2.0
movie, adding some extra hotspots for later assignment with conVRter.
Then conVRter is used to add streaming preview pictures, assign some
urls and do default node setup, again with a single AppleScript.
Next a video overlay is added with MoviePlayer (QuickTime 3.0 Pro).
Finally deliVRator is used to optimize the file media for streaming.
===> You may want to start right at the beginning
1 Open the large 20 node "Greenwoodv1.mov" in conVRter
2 Set the Reverse... dialog to extract 1:2 sized panoramic pictures
Run "extract node pictures" script
[Optional: Use PanoTouch to add some burn-in prewarped text]
3 Make a new Project in PanoMAGIC "PM Project"
Create 3 nodes in Node Tab
Add the extracted pictures to each node
[check that pesky Show All PICTS box]
Link the 3 nodes together
Add 2 'undf' hotspots for the TVs in node 2:
create hotspot on left TV with color #134
create hotspot on right TV with color #109
(or change the conVRter script(s) to the new hotspot ids)
Set project tiling 1x12 [so PanoMAGIC doesnt resize the images]
Set compression to Photo-JPEG 75%
Set Project Preference to create a QTVR 2.0 movie
Create the QTVR 2.0 movie as "MiniGreenwoodPM.mov"
==> Or you can start here for a tutorial of conVRter Applescripting
4 Open "MiniGreenwoodPM.mov" in conVRter to web prep the movie
Run "the whole shebang" script [depends on particular hotspot ids set in PanoMAGIC]
This outputs new movie "minibarplus.mov"
==> Now the really cool stuff: MoviePlayer plus deliVRator
5 Open the resulting streaming previewed QTVR in MoviePlayer (QT 3.0 Pro)
and add a video overlay track "greenwood.over1.mov" as follows
Open "minibarplus.mov" in MoviePlayer
Get Info:Movie:Controller: change from QTVR to Movie Controller (needs Pro)
Import an overlay picture "greenwood.over1.pict" as a movie
Select all and copy to clipboard.
Bring "minibarplus.mov" window to front.
Select All then SHIFT-OPTION plus menu Edit:Paste = Edit:Add Scaled
Get Info: Select the last video track
Get Info:General:Rename "Video Track 10 - Overlay"
Get Info:Size: Adjust: to move the track 20 pixels up
Get Info:Movie:Controller: change back to QTVR
Save As [Make Self Contained] as "minibarplusplus.mov"
6 Open "minibarplusplus.mov" with deliVRator
Test streaming at say 56K and notice how poorly it streams
since it was flattened by MoviePlayer: The video overlay is very late
and the hotspots are not stream early enough for good interactivity.
Execute the Arrange QTVR Media command and test the streaming
[You may want to move that pesky overlay just a bit early in file
Use the Media Tracks window to select the last track media block
switch to the Media Map and its the selected block]
Save as "minibar.mov"
and ftp it to your site :-)