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I'm working on a multimedia project and wonder if anyone out there has used spherical pans in a motion picture editing application like Final Cut Pro.  I would like to move around within the sphere and possibly zoom in to a special feature of interest and save this as a high def video clip for use in a DVD production. Is this possible? If so, I would be grateful for advice on how to achieve professional results. Any pitfalls I should be aware of?

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are you on pc or mac?

on mac you can use qtvr2mov which lets you specify the panning/zooming, play it back, and save to MOV file. this is very methodical.

on the other side you can install Fraps (PC only) which allows screen capture using hardware acceleration - it's extremely smooth.

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I'm using a Mac, Jeffrey. Have you tried working with spherical pans in Final Cut Pro? – Thomas Wiewandt May 3 at 8:57
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I don't think you can use final cut pro directly - first you have to convert the panorama into a movie!

so you can either script it (using qtvr2mov) or capture yourself navigating the panorama (fraps or other screen capture software)

Jeffrey

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Thank you, Jeffrey. I can't seem to find a primary website for QTVR2MOV -- many are offering this download, and some say free, others say $25 -- any reason why? One shortcoming mentioned on the Internet: a small watermark over the resulting movie . . . what's "small" and would it be distracting in a professional multimedia release? I also discovered another program, Pano2Movie. They both seem similar. How do they compare? I'm looking for ease of use and best quality in the end. – Thomas Wiewandt May 4 at 7:10
www.pano2vr.com – Jeffrey Martin May 10 at 6:34
oops sorry, that's something totally different :) HERE it is - pano2movie.com – Jeffrey Martin May 10 at 6:35
krpano also lets you script movements and zooms in panoramas, which you then can capture via a screen capture application (mac and pc) – Joergen Geerds Aug 10 at 14:05

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