Panorama rendering

Convincing project presentations with panorama rendering

Use the new panorama rendering to create spherical images from defined camera positions.

You can render not only full 360° views or panorama views but also spherical panoramas that can be controlled interactively. Unlike a horizontal panorama view of 360°, a spherical panorama can have a viewing angle of -180° to +180° to the horizontal, which produces the effect of a full 360° view in all directions.

Panorama rendering is available for both the RTRender view type and the Render tool.

With all other tools that use CineRender ( Record Movie -> From camera path / Sun study / Rotate camera by 360° / Orbit camera by 360°), you can even create a virtual project inspection in the form of a movie for your client, which can be played back on many end devices without additional investment

From the RTRender view type:

• Select the position of the eye point, the viewing angle, and the focal length.
• Open the View type palette for the RTRender view type. Go to the General settings area and switch the Projection type to Spherical.
• Render the scene and save the result in JPG format or TIF format by selecting Save Contents of the Viewport as a Bitmap on the shortcut menu in navigation mode.
• Edit the spherical panorama with appropriate tools and load it into an appropriate viewer.

By using Render:

• Select the central perspective (Perspective view option in the 3D View palette) and select the position of the eye point, the viewing angle, and the focal length.
• Open the Render tool, go to the Camera settings area and select the Spherical option. For the Mode, select Latitude, longitude to obtain spherical panoramas or Cuboid (cross) to obtain 360° views or panorama views.
• Render the scene and save the result in JPG format or TIF format by selecting the Save as a bitmap button.
• Edit the (spherical) panorama with appropriate tools and load it into an appropriate viewer.

  

Spherical panorama of a perspective view of an interior rendered by the Render tool (image resolution: 850 x 425 pixels = ratio of 2:1; mapping mode: latitude, longitude)