Panorama Nodal Point Pan + Tile Using Maya

Make a panning background using your 3D software (I used Maya, but you could probably even use After Effects).

No cylinders, spheres, or complex mapping needed. This effect may remind you of Google Street View, Quicktime VR, or the Black Eyed Peas video for 'Lets Get it Started.'

The photos are available in my flickr set, if you'd like to experiment.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalartform/sets/72157616882569227/

For best results, color correct the images properly - especially along the edges where they meet ech other, which is NOT at the extreme edge of the photographs. Also, take a look at Photoshop's lens correction software and see if they need a little tweak in the pincushion-barrel distortion department. They could probably benefit from such an adjustment.

For a better understanding of why flat planes work, and why curved surfaces like cylinders or spheres are not necessary, read these links; especially the first one below.

http://www.digitalartform.com/archives/2004/11/nodal_point_pan_2.html ***

http://www.digitalartform.com/archives/2006/04/nodal_point_pan_3.html

http://www.digitalartform.com/archives/2004/10/nodal_point_pan.html

http://www.digitalartform.com/archives/2004/10/nodal_point_pan_1.html

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Quicktime VR
• Panoramic Photography
• Panorama
• Panoramic
• Panorama photography
• Spherical panorama
• Cylindrical panorama
• Photoshop
• Maya
• Immersive
• Immersive Panorama
• After Effects