The following features list is not necessarily exhaustive - it is intended to help you compare products
| Software (general) |  |
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| OS / Platform |
Mac OS 7.5 or later
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| Image stitching | |
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| Stitching types |
Cylinder
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| No. stitchable rows |
1
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| Supported lens types |
rectilinear lenses
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| Minimum focal length |
14mm (however there's a utility to increase this to lenses with up to 160 degree FOV.)
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| Source file formats |
depends on system (e.g. if Adobe Photoshop is installed QTVR AS will be able to handle PSD files)
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| Supported source image orientations |
camera must remain level
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| Correct linear distortion |
No / not supported
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| Stitch greyscale images |
No / not supported
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| Lens selection |
Auto-detect/optimize lens, and you can specify the lens focal length
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| Source Image adjustment |
No / not supported
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| Alignment process |
automatic and manual (click-and-drag) alignment
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| Automatable |
No / not supported
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| Stitched image adjustment |
No / not supported
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| Output options |
QuickTime VR Cylindrical
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| Output file formats |
PICT, QTVR
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| Object movie | |
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| Object rig support |
No / not supported
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| Source file formats |
depends on system (e.g. if Adobe Photoshop is installed QTVR AS will be able to handle PSD files)
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| Source Image adjustment |
No / not supported
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| Multi-row Object |
yes
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| Image "wobble" adjustment |
No, but see the free utlity de-Jitter
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| Set start frame |
yes
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| Masking |
No / not supported
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| Object movie adjustment |
Resize and re-compress finished object movie
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| Output options |
QuickTime VR
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| Output file formats |
QTVR
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| Virtual tour | |
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| Source file formats |
depends on system (e.g. if Adobe Photoshop is installed QTVR AS will be able to handle PSD files)
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| Specify entry points |
No / not supported
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| Auto spin |
No / not supported
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| Create hotspots |
panorama hotspots
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| Hotspot actions |
Link within the tour, or to a web page
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| Multi action hotspots |
No / not supported
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| Hotspot appearance |
Any shape hotspots
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| Hotspot: no click required |
No / not supported
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| Hotspot: specify entry/exit |
No / not supported
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| Multimedia inside a panorama |
No / not supported
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| Multimedia inside an object movie |
No / not supported
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| Animate embedded multimedia |
No / not supported
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| Position embedded multimedia in 3D |
No / not supported
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| Scripting |
No / not supported
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| Output file formats |
QuickTime VR
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| Create web pages (HTML) |
No / not supported
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