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by Andrew Williams Published 01/04/2009

can see this facility being really useful once I have done some more tests, particularly with interior images where you may want to retain detail in the view out of the windows. The only downside is you cannot render the HDR file as a QuickTime movie.

The QuickTime Control Panel is shown above.

3. There is a new authoring control menu which lets you set up panorama constraints for QuickTime movies directly in the 3D viewport.

For example if your panorama doesn't extend to a full 360° you can constrain how far the viewer can rotate your movie, otherwise they would see black space at the extremities of rotation. This has always been available within the Rendering dialogue box but with the new controls you can set the limits visually by moving the view in the main window and ticking the appropriate item to record your setting. This really speeds up the process as you can judge the settings on screen rather than by typing in angles.

OVERALL

My overall impression is that this is not a major upgrade. It does seem to be more stable that previous versions, although I did have a few crashes, and the new features can be useful but you will have to decide whether they justify the upgrade from version 5.7.

For new users Stitcher is very easy to use and produces high quality results with little effort, which for the busy professional is a winning combination. It works well with fisheye lenses, removing distortion and producing good results. I even found time to produce a panorama outside the Novotel during the SWPP Convention and stitch it on my laptop up in the room!

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