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Tuesday, April 29th 2014, 12:09pm

Autorotation on "flat" (2D) panoramas

I'm sure this is a very basic question so apologies in advance but I've only just started trying out this software

I have a lot of cylindrical 360 degree panoramas (one or two also with spherical versions of the same view) which are currently flat jpg files but which I would like to become flash / HTML enabled

They convert by far the best (to my liking anyway) when using the krpano converter and setting the panorama type to "flat" - (2D - type 1) on the screen with a HFOV=360

This stops the horizon bending which the other types tend to do especially if the camera was tilted during the image photography

However, I note that the autorotation is not circular in this case in that it treats the panorama as if it was < 360 degrees and just moves left then right across the image. Am I doing something wrong here or is that what is meant to happen for this 2D viewing option

If this is built into the product, is the full autorotation ever going to be implemented or is there a reason whey it is not achievable

best
Marty

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Tuesday, April 29th 2014, 1:08pm

Hi,
This stops the horizon bending which the other types tend to do especially if the camera was tilted during the image photography
In this case the horizon in the image is not in the middle of the image. You can adjust the horizon later in the xml via the voffset setting (but such panos are Flash only).

However, I note that the autorotation is not circular in this case in that it treats the panorama as if it was < 360 degrees and just moves left then right across the image. Am I doing something wrong here or is that what is meant to happen for this 2D viewing option

If this is built into the product, is the full autorotation ever going to be implemented or is there a reason whey it is not achievable
Flat 2D panos can't loop around, that's basic limitation of the way how the krpano rendering engine is designed.

Best regards,
Klaus

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Tuesday, April 29th 2014, 5:13pm

Thanks Klaus

your voffset reply worked fine

Marty