| supported operation systems |
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Notes |
| program name |
PanoCube for Windows |
"plus"
for Windows |
"plus"
for Linux |
"plus"
for FreeBSD |
"plus"
for Mac OS X * |
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| convert equirectangular (JPEG, TIFF, BMP,
iMoves's PAN) panoramas to the QuickTime cubic movies |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
due to the PanoTools bug BMP2QT mode on Linux
doesn't works |
| customize parameters for movie's window
size/pan/pitch/zoom/compression |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
auto min zoom for 1X, 2X, 3X and 4X calculating |
| generate valid html code for embedding of your
movie. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| embed to the movie custom user's data like movie
name, author, copyrights, date, comments, source |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| create fast start preview (scaled down panorama)
track |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
smooth scale down to min 8x8 pixels |
| add any one sprite into your movie |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
small library of most useful sprites is included
into distribution pack |
| output high quality enabled movies |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
50% of Internet users with 16bit screens also
want to preview your movies with good quality |
| output protected movies - no one will be able to
change your movies in QuickTime environment. |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
may be disabled if you're planning further
editing of your movie |
| convert equirectangular panoramas into six TIFF
cube faces for editing |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
useful for intermediate editing like zenith or
nadir patching |
| convert six TIFF cube faces to the QuickTime
cubic movie |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| convert six JPEG cube faces to the QuickTime
cubic movie |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
useful for fine tunning of individual tiles in
external application |
| convert six JPEG2000 cube faces to the QuickTime
cubic movie |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
smallest possible file size with decent quality |
| convert BMP strip (1x6) of cube faces (output
from PhotoVista or Panoweaver for example) to a QuickTime cubic movie |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
see about BMP handling above |
| convert QuickTime cubic movies (JPEG compressed
only) back to the equirectangular TIFF panoramas |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
not tilled, not with compressed header |
| processing of two lines PTStitcher's script -
(input>output) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
ideal solution for batch remapping, removing of
lens distortions and much more |
| create scaled down (or up) cubes from the same
source panorama |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
you can define ratio or exact size in pixels for
cube faces |
| optimized tiles placement provide maximum
possible download feedback |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
generates also tiles order data to easier
PTViewer integration |
| variable tiles compression |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
to get smallest possible movie |
| batch mode for all conversions above |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
just show a folder to process all files in |
| current version |
0.0292 |
0.054 |
0.054 |
0.054 |
0.054 |
see changes |
| get it |
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PanoCube plus costs $10.00 (+ $3.00 processing
fee, + $2.08-$2.60 VAT for EU citizens) |
