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<title><![CDATA[Panoramen ...]]></title>
<link>http://rottenrails.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/panoramen/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rottenrails</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In der letzten Zeit habe ich einige Panoramen probiert. Mit der Ixus, die ich als Interimslösung bis]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>In der letzten Zeit habe ich einige Panoramen probiert. Mit der Ixus, die ich als Interimslösung bis zur D90 im Dezember gerade benutze, kann man schön flink eben mal mit einer ganzen oder halben Umdrehung Bilder mit einem Winkelversatz von ca. 20° machen, wenn man im Hochformat fotografiert. Im Querformat benötigt man weniger Bilder für 360°</p>
<p>Okay, jetzt liegen die Bilder auf der Festplatte und was kommt dann?</p>
<p>Früher, also, vor der Jahrtausendwende sozusagen, gab es dafür nur eine Möglichkeit. Die Apple QTVR Authorings Suite 1.0. Das war noch echte Arbeit. Auf der MPW-Shell (Apples Entwicklungsumgebung für Programmierer) wurden die Bilder gestitcht (dafür mußte der Dongle in die Quadra), bei Angabe der Parameter mußte man einen endlos langen String eingeben, Eingabe-Paramter, Ausgabegrösse, Ausgabeort, Brennweite des Objektivs und dergleichen mehr. Wenn man sich vertan hatte, fing man von vorne an. Das Feintuning beim Bildübergang machte man nicht etwa mit der Maus, sondern mit den Pfeiltasten auf der Tastatur. Heraus kamen Bilder im Apple-eigenen Bildformat PIC, die man dann in Photoshop (damals Version 5) anpassen und korrigieren konnte, um sie dann mit einem finalen Befehlssatz auf der MPW-Shell in ein QTVR-Panorama zu verwandeln. Aber wehe, wenn das zu verarbeitende Bild nicht exakt vorgegebene Grössen hatte. Ein Bild mit ungerader Pixelanzahl in Breite oder Höhe konnte genausowenig verarbeitet werden, wie ein Bild, dessen Breiten-/Längenverhältnis nicht ganzzahlig war. Die Fehlermeldung kam dann natürlich nicht am Anfang des Prozesses, sondern am Ende.</p>
<p>Auf diese Art und Weise habe ich für meinen damaligen Brötchengeber alle Innenstadthaltestellen der üstra in Hannover als Panorama in zwei Auflösungen berechnet. Die Panoramen habe ich, nebenbei bemerkt, gerade in der <a title="Waybackmachine" href="http://web.archive.org" target="_blank">waybackmachine</a> <a title="EFA — annover Panoramen" href="http://web.archive.org/web/19980630074427/www.efa.de/panorama.htm" target="_blank">wiedergefunden</a> (<a title="Apple Quicktime Download" href="http://www.apple.com/de/quicktime/download/" target="_blank">Quicktime-PlugIn</a> erforderlich)</p>
<div id="attachment_607" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/19980630082445/www.efa.de/qtvr/10_1_m.mov"><img class="size-full wp-image-607 " title="QTVR-Hannover-Uni-1996" src="http://rottenrails.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/qtvr-hannover-uni-1996.jpg" alt="QTVR-Hannover-Uni-1996" width="600" height="400" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">QTVR Panorama Uni Hannover 1996 — nebenbei meine alte Uni ...</p></div>
<p>Dann gab es etwas später die Authoring Suite 2.0, die schon auf komplett visuell gesteuerte Bedienung setzte, aber immer noch Photoshop als Helfer benötigte. Wenn man für Verlinkungen für Webseiten beispielsweise Hot-Spots benötigte, also Zonen im Panorama, bei denen auf Mausklick etwas passierte (anderes Panorama öffnet sich, URL wird geladen), mußte man diese in Photoshop mit genau definierten Farben (Hex-Werte) anlegen und danach die Panoramen erneut durch die Suite jagen.</p>
<p>Irgendwann hat Apple die Produktion und den Support für QTVR eingestellt und das Feld anderen überlassen. Inzwischen gibt es Lösungen auf Java-Basis und gut zwei Dutzend Authoring-Werkzeuge. Professionell und weniger brauchbar.</p>
<p>Ich will im Moment aber gar keine QTVR-Panos haben, sondern nur gestitchte Bilder. Bei der Ixus war Software mit dabei, die sich allerdings schon beim dritten Versuch aufhängte und bei allen weiteren Versuchen schmierige Übergänge, Farbsprünge und Unregelmässigkeiten produzierte. Die Resultate sind durchweg unbrauchbar.</p>
<p>Seit CS3 ist bei Photoshop der Stitcher mit an Bord. Auch etwas gewöhnungsbedürftig, aber von den Resultaten her schon sehr akzeptabel. Die Panos in diesem Blog, vornehmlich die <a title="rottenrails/Ostkreuz" href="http://rottenrails.wordpress.com/ostkreuz/" target="_blank">Ostkreuz-Bilder</a>, sind damit gemacht worden. Ich habe die Erfahrung gemacht, dass PS besser mit einer Vielzahl von Bilder zurechtkommt, wenn man eine Panorama nicht gleich mit allen 16 Bildern rechnen läßt, sondern den Job aufteilt in 5/5/6 und die drei Teilpanoramen dann zusammenfügt.</p>
<p>Hier mal ein Panorama vom vergangenen Wochenende. Die Glienicker Brücke vom Anleger an der Nordostseite aufgenommen. Die Originaldatei ist 35.000 x 3.200 Pixel groß, hat auch in den Übergängen noch die Schärfe, die man von einer 150 €-Kamera erwarten darf und wird von mir zu Weihnachten an gute Freunde als A3-Print verschenkt.</p>
<div id="attachment_611" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/28432233.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-611" title="Pano-Glienicker-Brücke-klein" src="http://rottenrails.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/pano-glienicker-brucke-klein.jpg" alt="Pano-Glienicker-Brücke-klein" width="600" height="156" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Panorama Glienicker Brücke, 1. November 2009 — Klicken macht groß (7MB, panoramio.com)</p></div>
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<title><![CDATA[The World is Shrinking...]]></title>
<link>http://kkuukka.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/the-world-is-shrinking/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kkuukka</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kkuukka.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/the-world-is-shrinking/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[My two last posts have had pretty serious content, so maybe I&#8217;m allowed something which is jus]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:left;">My two last posts have had pretty serious content, so maybe I&#8217;m allowed something which is just trivial fun&#8230;  These are actually called &#8220;Stereoscopic 300 degree projections&#8221;, a sort of sub-category of panoramic photography.</p>
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<div id="attachment_318" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://pa.photoshelter.com/c/karikuukka/gallery/Princess-Sophie-Equirectangulars/G0000dJBMhRD1EDs/" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-318  " title="Princess Sophie and Stenkorpholmen" src="http://kkuukka.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/mokki1softlittleplanetb-copy2.jpg" alt="Princess Sophie and Stenkorpholmen" width="600" height="372" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Princess Sophie next to our summercottage (click image for more)</p></div>
<p style="text-align:left;">Took me a while to figure out how these are done &#8211; I mean directly out of raw images it was straight forward, but out of existing content, either QTVR or an equirectangular?  But I figured out the solution eventually.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Some more examples I did yesterday can be found in the <a href="http://pa.photoshelter.com/c/karikuukka/gallery/Princess-Sophie-Equirectangulars/G0000dJBMhRD1EDs/" target="_blank">Princess Sophie Equirectangulars</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Not that you could really use them for anything more than an  odd curiosity item occasionally&#8230;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[What have I done lately...]]></title>
<link>http://kkuukka.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/what-did-i-do-lately/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kkuukka</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kkuukka.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/what-did-i-do-lately/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Well, not very much&#8230; I mentioned the Berlin blog earlier;  the slideshow I did with four simul]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Well, not very much&#8230; I mentioned the <a href="http://www.karikuukka.com/blogs/berlin2009/">Berlin blog</a> earlier;  <a href="http://www.karikuukka.com/blogs/berlin2009/keihas.html" target="_blank">the slideshow I did with four simultaneus images</a> over there did generate some discussion&#8230; What I would have liked to do, was having four simultaneus slideshows, with one ambient audio looping. Then each of these four slideshows would have acted  as a hotspot linking to a &#8220;proper&#8221; slideshow of  that particular athlete.</p>
<p>But, this would have meant several I-frames overlapping &#8211; and frame-within-a-frame &#8211; and this several times &#8211; is always a bit scary to do. And within a time-frame of couple of minutes, I just couldn&#8217;t pull that one off.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mtv3.fi/ralli/nesteoilralli.shtml?panoraama" target="_blank">Mikko Hirvonen&#8217;s WRC-racecar </a>in Jyväskylä got quite an audience on the MTV3 website, and I am actually pretty proud of it. Considering that it is a simple jpeg image, check the lensflare on the sidemirror. Talk about adding an illusion of reality&#8230;</p>
<p>Flying with a helicopter &#8211; also in Jyväskylä &#8211;  and trying to align a racecar and another helicopter shooting live video of the race below us was pretty challenging, as you can see in <a href="http://www.karikuukka.com/mtv3/ralli/rallikopteri/" target="_blank">this audioslideshow</a>. Visually this is &#8211; in my opinion &#8211; rather boring, but it is very informative (if you understand Finnish, that is&#8230;)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.karikuukka.com/iltalehti/madonna/" target="_blank">Madonna Concert in Helsinki</a> earlier in August got over 50 000 hits on my server. I did iPod versions of both  Hirvonen&#8217;s car (in PangeaVR)  and Madonna (in Quicktime) and especially the Madonna one is pretty cool,  but unfortunately for copyright reasons, they cannot be published here, sorry.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Junta de Freguesia de Melres - Visita Virtual]]></title>
<link>http://fabiojrocha.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/junta-de-freguesia-de-melres-visita-virtual/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fabiojgrocha</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fabiojrocha.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/junta-de-freguesia-de-melres-visita-virtual/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Visita Virtual Evidenciou-se a necessidade de demonstrar a enorme beleza e riqueza cultural das inst]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_6" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-6" href="http://fabiojrocha.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/junta-de-freguesia-de-melres-visita-virtual/jfmelres/"><img class="size-full wp-image-6" title="jfmelres" src="http://fabiojrocha.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/jfmelres.jpg" alt="Imagem da aplicação." width="500" height="123" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Visita Virtual</p></div>
<p>Evidenciou-se a necessidade de demonstrar a enorme beleza e riqueza cultural das instalações da Junta de Freguesia de Melres, assim sendo, em conjunto com um fotografo e com tecnologias como <strong>QTVR</strong> foi possível criar uma visita virtual, totalmente controlada pelo utilizador, navegável pelo clique nos pontos de entrada.</p>
<p>Vistas de grande interesse, acessíveis a todos os cidadãos, principalmente os descendentes de Melres.</p>
<p><strong>Links</strong></p>
<p><a title="Página JF Melres" href="http://www.jf-melres.com/" target="_blank">http://www.jf-melres.com/</a><br />
<a title="Visita virtual" href="http://www.jf-melres.com/artigo/visita-virtual/" target="_blank">http://www.jf-melres.com/artigo/visita-virtual/</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft sintetiza el mundo en imágenes. Qué miedito]]></title>
<link>http://santiper.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/microsoft-sintetiza-el-mundo-en-imagenes/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>santiperez</dc:creator>
<guid>http://santiper.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/microsoft-sintetiza-el-mundo-en-imagenes/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[La verdad es que nunca pensé que estas palabras iban a salir de mi boca y menos de mis dedos. Pero l]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>La verdad es que nunca pensé que estas palabras iban a salir de mi boca y menos de mis dedos. Pero lo cierto es que el proyecto más revolucionario y prometedor que he visto en Internet desde Google Earth, que incluso podría superarlo, es un proyecto de Microsoft. Sí, se llama Photosynth y la idea es relativamente sencilla:  A partir de una gran cantidad de imágenes tomadas de un sólo objeto/ edificio, reconstruir un modelo en 3D de dicho objeto. Y no me protesten antes de seguir leyendo, que, efectivamente, la idea no es nueva del todo, pero lo bueno viene después.</p>
<p><strong><!--more-->ANTECEDENTES:</strong></p>
<p>Ya a finales de los 90, <a href="http://apple.com/es">Apple</a> inventó los Modelos QTVR que, a partir de una serie de fotos hecha con una plataforma giratoria y un trípode, sin variar el punto de vista, creaba modelos en 3D, que podían girar en una sola dirección  y que mostraban a través de una película QTVR, es decir , visualizables desde cualquier navegador web, el objeto girando para poderlo ver desde todos los ángulos. La cosa tenía sus limitaciones pero servía para mostrar de una manera excelente cualquier objeto, destinado a demos, tiendas online, ingeniería , etc&#8230;  El asunto no tuvo todo el éxito merecido, porque existía la barrera de instalarse el plugin de Quicktime (eran tiempos anteriores al iPod/iPhone; casi nadie tenía instalado este plugin- aplicación), y además las empresas casi siempre han sido perezosas o conservadoras a la hora de implementar todas las herramientas online a su disposición para vender o hacer marketing. Hasta que le ven las orejas al lobo o se lo ven hacer al vecino&#8230;</p>
<p>Después vino el Gran Prof. Helmut Dersch con sus applets de Java y sus tecnologías de photo-stitching (sí, foto-cosido, es que sonaba muy castizo).</p>
<p>Más tarde, otras empresas, principalmente de Arquitectura, crearon tecnologías similares basadas en la (re)creación de edificios en 3D basándose en fotografías. Pero eran técnicas mixtas que requerían la construcción primero de un modelo en 3D que más tarde &#8220;vestían&#8221; o &#8220;empapelaban&#8221; con fotografías reales o con texturas formadas con la repetición de patrones basados en fotos de las fachadas o materiales.  Además requerían también un plugin de visualización 3D, esta vez específico y más dificil todavía de encontrar , basado  en VRML / applets de Java.</p>
<p>La cosa ha evolucionado desde entonces y con unos parámetros determinados, era posible, mediante sólo una serie de fotos tomadas desde ciertos puntos determinados, formar automáticamente el modelo 3D con apariencia real, aunque perdía toda la calidad de resolución cuando te acercabas.</p>
<p>Sin ir más lejos, empresas como QDQ tienen aplicaciones similares, todavía en estado embrionario, que reproducen en 3D  los edificios de algunas ciudades españolas, en un servicio que llaman <a href="http://http://es.qdq.com/scripts/QDQCiudad3D.aspx">ciudades 3D</a>.</p>
<p><strong>EL PRESENTE:</strong> Photosynth</p>
<p>Con estos antecedentes, los ingenieros de Microsoft (o los de las empresas que hayan comprado amablemente), han ido un paso más allá, pero no sólo en el frente de la tecnología visual, sino en la visualización y en el uso de las redes sociales. Y resumo:</p>
<p>· Han mejorado la tecnología de reconocimiento de puntos comunes entre distintas  imágenes, de modo que se podrían usar fotos tomadas desde distintos angulos, distancias y hasta cámaras y días distintos.</p>
<p>· Por tanto pueden analizar y &#8220;unir&#8221; dos fotos cualesquiera del mismo edificio/ persona/ lugar simpre que haya áreas en común entre ambas.</p>
<p>· Al igual que <a href="http://google.es">Google</a>, <a href="http://bing.com">MSN-Live-Bing</a> o como la llamen pasado mañana, tiene indexadas o pretende indexar todas las fotografías de Internet, incluidas las de Flickr, Facebook y todas las redes sociales. Y con todas estas fotos , lo que pretenden es reconstruir con modelos 3D, cualquier edificio lugar del mundo.</p>
<p>· Con sus miles de servidores, PC&#8217;s y estaciones de trabajo, Microsoft tiene capacidad computacional para, usando sencillas tecnicas de visión artifical , reconocer y establecer patrones de similitud entre todos esos billones de fotos.</p>
<p>· Su Silverlight, ese entorno de aplicaciones web que pretende competir con Macromedia-Adode Flash, ya posee funciones matemáticas complejas internas que le permiten proyectar modelos en 3D  (Flash también tiene capacidades muy similares en su última versión en cuanto a tratamiento de imágenes con proyección cilíndrica o esférica y 3D, funcionalidades antes exclusivas de Director/Shockwave).</p>
<p>· Por poner un ejemplo. ¿Cuántas imágenes profesionales y amateurs, aportadas por los usuarios, puede haber perdidas por la red de la Catedral de Notre Dame? pues con todas ellas, probablemente decenas de miles, han formado un modelo virtual que se puede consultar en su web. Y todo ello desde cualquier navegador web, y con un nivel de detalle increíble. Aunque de momento sólo se puede ver foto a foto.</p>
<p><strong>EL FUTURO:</strong></p>
<p>Y ahora es cuando me pongo a pensar o imaginar en posibles aplicaciones futuras, y no me he leído ni por encima la información de Photoshynth, así que me dejaré muchas en el tintero o repetiré muchas de las que hayan pensado ellos:</p>
<p>· Imagino una especie de Google Maps en el que en lugar de fotos satélite, tengamos capturados <span style="text-decoration:underline;">casi todos los lugares de la Tierra</span>, los muy famosos y los desconocidos. Y con fotos reales, con todo nivel de detalle y con interactividad para poder verlos desde distintos ángulos, no sólo cenitales.</p>
<p>· Incorporando además la información de la fecha y hora de cada foto, se podría formar una animación o evolución temporal de un suceso, de una construcción o incluso la reconstrucción de un asesinato en un lugar público. (La CNN ya lo ha usado de modo similar con la toma de posesión de Obama)</p>
<p>· Imagino que, al buscar a una persona, el buscador Bing te muestre además de los resultados de texto, una imagen virtual en 3D completa de esta persona y su evolución física a lo largo del tiempo.</p>
<p>· Imagino que, al buscar un artículo para su compra, el buscador te muestre una imagen en 3D para examinarlo de cerca y desde todos los ángulos, y con fotos reales, no con esas fotos publicitarias tan bonitas y metafóricas.</p>
<p>· Imagino similares aplicaciones en Ciencia, Tecnología, Medicina, Biología, Botánica, Zoología, Deporte, Cartografía&#8230;</p>
<p>· Imagino las posibilidades reales e inmediatas que esto puede aportar a la web semántica de la que tanto se habla hace tiempo y que tan lentamente avanza. Un buscador sería capaz de relacionar muchas web aunque tengan poca relación en sus textos, gracias a que tienen imágenes del mismo sujeto. Y esto sería más efectivo que un data mining de millones de palabras, y computacionalmente más sencillo. Imagino lo que podrían mejorar con ello nuestras búsquedas.</p>
<p>· Imagino todo esto y mucho más, y no sé si me fascina, o <strong>me da mucho miedito</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>LOS FALLOS:</strong></p>
<p>· A mejorar todavía: un interfaz más intuitivo y manejable, compatibilidad con Flash (Ahora hay que instalar el plugin Silverlight, aunque díficil lo veo por motivos comerciales), una mejora en la presentación de las fotos aplicando tecnología existente desde hace muchos años, para fundir e igualar las fotografías presentándolas como una sola foto o un modelo 3D único. De tal modo que la visualización sea una sola foto y no ese doloroso colage de imagenes.</p>
<p>Si alguien lee alguna vez este pequeño blog recién nacido, me gustaría conocer vuestras ideas sobre posibles aplicaciones y vuestras opiniones. Y eso.</p>
<p><a href="http://photosynth.net">Web de Photosynth</a></p>
<p><a href="http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=e9277933-7b2a-4ef0-9ec3-9799f8f2912f">Ejemplo de Notre Dame</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/blaise_aguera_y_arcas_demos_photosynth.html">Video Demo con cohetes y fuegos de artificio</a></p>
<p><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2009/44.president/inauguration/themoment/">Ejemplo de evento: Toma de posesión de B. Obama</a> (hecha por la CNN con fotos de sus usuarios)</p>
<p><a href="http://http://nv0.panoramio.com/navigate.php?id=86272">Tecnología similar usada posteriormente por la semi española Panoramio</a> (Ej. Alhambra de Granada)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Panoramiche cubiste]]></title>
<link>http://erling.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/panoramiche-cubiste/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>erling</dc:creator>
<guid>http://erling.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/panoramiche-cubiste/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ho pubblicato qui il primo tentativo di panoramica, lo considero un esperimento e nulla più, ma mi h]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Ho pubblicato <a href="http://web.me.com/kebne/Kebne/Panoramica.html">qui</a> il primo tentativo di panoramica, lo considero un esperimento e nulla più, ma mi ha insegnato che a mano libera è impossibile evitare gli errori di parallasse, nonostante quanto uno si industri per correggere poi il risultato.</p>
<p>Bisogna avere un cavalletto, ed una testa panoramica; a parte il prezzo, sono strumenti pesanti e voluminosi, quindi poco compatibili con le foto in mobilità; dovrò riflettere sul da farsi.</p>
<p>Non volete vedere il quicktime? E io vi propino qui sotto la foto equirettangolare (quanti bei termini si imparano).</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47247806@N00/3465886739" title="View 'la piazza di Pranzo' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3622/3465886739_1007f63b9a.jpg" alt="la piazza di Pranzo" border="0" width="500" height="250" /></a><br />
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<p>Un attimo ancora, c&#8217;è di più!, ho appena scoperto questo sito che crea sul momento le foto 3d!: <a href="http://www.fieldofview.com/flickr/?page=photos/erling/3465886739">provare</a> per credere.</p>
<p>E naturalmente su flickr non poteva mancare il <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/equirectangular/">gruppo</a> dedicato.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Il principiante panoramico]]></title>
<link>http://erling.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/il-principiante-panoramico/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>erling</dc:creator>
<guid>http://erling.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/il-principiante-panoramico/</guid>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Ho deciso già da qualche tempo di tentare la strada delle foto panoramiche, quelle belle immagini, ma immagini è forse un termine riduttivo, dove uno si immerge e ruota il punto di vista a 360°, in modo da sentirsi all&#8217;interno di una sfera.</p>
<p>Ci sono dei bellissimi esempi in giro per la rete, come <a href="http://www.panoramas.dk/">qui</a>, oppure <a href="http://www.360cities.net/">qui</a>, ma il sito che mi ha ispirato a tentare è stato <a href="http://sweden.se/eng/Home/Tourism/Visuals/Panoramic-Sweden/">questo</a>, un resoconto di un viaggio lungo tutta la Svezia con magnifiche foto panoramiche nei luoghi più suggestivi, tutte ben georeferenziate e descritte.</p>
<p>Così mi sono procurato un super grandangolare (un tokina 11-16 mm) che funziona molto bene già da solo, ma con l&#8217;idea di metterlo al lavoro per produrre panoramiche, per il momento senza usare treppiedi e teste <a href="http://www.panoguide.com/howto/panoramas/panohead.jsp">panoramiche</a>.</p>
<p>L&#8217;idea del principiante era quella di tentare dapprima a mano, nonostante sapessi dei problemi di <a href="http://www.panomundo.com/panos/howto/workflow_rig.html">parallasse</a> che nascono se le foto non sono ben allineate, tuttavia non volevo oberarmi subito del peso e della spesa del treppiedi con relativa testa.</p>
<p>I tentativi fatti hanno dato qualche risultato, assemblato con <a href="http://hugin.sourceforge.net/">hugin</a> (di cui racconterò magari un&#8217;altra volta), ma i quicktime che ne sono risultati avevano qualche aspetto che definirei <em>cubista</em>, nel senso picassiano di giunzioni tra le varie foto non molto coerenti.</p>
<p>Peccato che non si possano allegare qui su wordpress, magari proverò con iweb, fatto sta che se si vuole tentare seriamente la strada della panoramica occorre attrezzarsi a dovere. </p>
<p>Studierò ancora e vedremo. Mai arrendersi</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47247806@N00/3450140065" title="View 'Ombra' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3656/3450140065_b32384d557.jpg" alt="Ombra" border="0" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>Come fotografarsi senza guardare (il <em>nadir</em> nel gergo dei panoramici)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Immersive Flash Panoramas]]></title>
<link>http://caindoherty.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/immersive-flash-panoramas/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Cain Doherty</dc:creator>
<guid>http://caindoherty.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/immersive-flash-panoramas/</guid>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">I have just discovered my first dislike for this WordPress.com blog &#8211; <a href="http://support.wordpress.com/code/" target="_blank">Flash embeds are not permitted</a> in posts, pages, or text widgets. For security reasons the tags needed for these to work have been removed.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">This is frustrating because I&#8217;ve spent quite some time on learning how to create immersive spherical panoramas. After the Supanova cosplay event I discovered another Melbourne photographer&#8217;s website, <a href="http://www.neilcreek.com/" target="_blank">Neil Creek</a>, who has some really neat examples of these type of projections. <a href="http://www.360cities.net/" target="_blank">360 Cities</a> also has some extraordinary dynamic scenes which boggle the mind.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">As for available resources on the web explaining how to compose, execute and stitch the required photographs and then convert the projected composite to view as a QuickTime VR or Flash object, here are some that I found:</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.lightspacewater.net/Tutorials/PhotoPano2/paper/" target="_blank">Peter Gawthrop&#8217;s Creating Spherical Panoramas with the Canon 5D and 15mm Fisheye Lens</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.outsidethelines.com/EZQTVR.html" target="_blank">Outside the Lines&#8217; QTVR for the Rest of Us</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.panoramas.dk/panorama/software.html" target="_blank">panoramas.dk STITCHING AND AUTHORING PANORAMAS</a></li>
<li><span class="PanoMundo_Title"><a href="http://www.panomundo.com/panos/howto/index.html" target="_blank">Panomundo&#8217;s How to Make QTVR Panoramas</a></span></li>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://immersiveflashpanoramas.blogspot.com/2009/04/alfred-nicholas-gardens-lake.html"><img title="Alfred Nicholas Gardens Lake - Click for Immersive Flash" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3369/3411511160_069071cb28.jpg" alt="Alfred Nicholas Gardens Lake Equirectangular Projection" width="500" height="213" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Alfred Nicholas Gardens Lake - Equirectangular Projection</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;">After taking a set of images from a standard tripod at the Alfred Nicholas Gardens on Mt. Dandenong I set about trying to develop my own budget method for creating and displaying immersive spherical panoramas. The summary is as follows:</p>
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<li>Panoramic stitcher: <a href="http://hugin.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">Hugin 0.7.0</a></li>
<li>Flash and QTVR panorama converter: <a href="http://gardengnomesoftware.com/pano2vr.php">Pano2VR</a></li>
<li>Free Flash object hosting: <a href="http://sites.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Sites</a></li>
<li>Permitted blog embedding: <a href="http://www.blogger.com" target="_blank">Blogger</a></li>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">The immersive Flash panorama of the above projection can be viewed on a <a href="http://immersiveflashpanoramas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Blogger account</a> I created. Noting the Flash object&#8217;s width, height and hosting URL: <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/ccdoh1flash/Home/Boathouse_out.swf" target="_blank">http://sites.google.com/site/ccdoh1flash/Home/Boathouse_out.swf</a>, the HTML code I used to embed it within Blogger is:</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-454" title="html_flash_embed" src="http://caindoherty.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/html_flash_embed.jpg" alt="html_flash_embed" width="500" height="50" /></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Obviously I have a long way to go in refining the method (particularly in exposure control) but I believe this to be an excellent beginning.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Holler office panorama]]></title>
<link>http://between0and1.org/2009/02/27/holler-office/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tbuesing</dc:creator>
<guid>http://between0and1.org/2009/02/27/holler-office/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[There is no deep thought behind this post: I simply want to show our, the Holler office. Holler offi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>There is no deep thought behind this post: I simply want to show our, the Holler office.</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3209/3313497426_c220366053_o.jpg"><img title="Holler office in Surry Hills" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3209/3313497426_4eaba8a6e4.jpg?v=0" alt="Holler office in Surry Hills" width="500" height="179" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Holler office in Surry Hills</p></div>
<p>Maybe I should mention that Photoshop and its snazzy function called <a title="photo merge tutorial" href="//www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/cb/photomerge.html&#34;">&#8220;photo merge&#8221; </a>produced this panorama quicker than I could say &#8220;QTVR!&#8221;. It pulls several shots into one nice panoramic view. No heavy touch ups required.</p>
<p>I remember the pain of stitching shots together for the legendary <a title="Apple QTVR" href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/technologies/qtvr/">Apple QTVRs</a> (why was that called Virtual Reality anyway, wasn&#8217;t it real world photos?). Anyway, another &#8220;I may feel old today&#8221; moment.</p>
<p>And just so that everyone knows what the outside looks like, I nicked the Google streetview of our building.</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3597/3313540074_9f7d347762_o.jpg"><img title="The Green Beast in front of Holler" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3597/3313540074_cc961fec8f.jpg?v=0" alt="The Green Beast in front of Holler" width="500" height="338" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Green Beast in front of Holler</p></div>
<p>The gardening car passing it by at the same moment is quite bizarre. If we ever get a company car, that would definitely be a great choice for being remembered as the agency with &#8220;The Green Beast&#8221;.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[360 Panorama - l'avenue des Érables]]></title>
<link>http://joeyplanche.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/360-panorama-lavenue-des-erables/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>i am joey</dc:creator>
<guid>http://joeyplanche.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/360-panorama-lavenue-des-erables/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sheesh ya&#8217;ll ! T&#8217;was a dream&#8230;.. No. It actually happened. This is part two of my 3]]></description>
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<p>T&#8217;was a dream&#8230;..</p>
<p>No. It actually happened. This is part two of my 360 videos. And this one has no black holes! But you do get to see my lovely spring boots.  Check out my street on this beautiful Valentines day.<a href="http://www.lifebystereo.com/360_outside.mov" target="_blank"> http://www.lifebystereo.com/360_outside.mov</a></p>
<p>Also watch this video: <a href="http://www.jakeandamir.com/post/67815576/rapping" target="_blank">http://www.jakeandamir.com/post/67815576/rapping</a></p>
<p>xo<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Cool Apple Technology: QTVR]]></title>
<link>http://hudm1012008.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/cool-apple-technology-qtvr/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>oncewaslost257</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hudm1012008.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/cool-apple-technology-qtvr/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[How to create a 360° QTVR panorama easy and free]]></title>
<link>http://vertigo72.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/how-to-create-a-360%c2%b0-qtvr-panorama-easy-and-free/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>vertigo72</dc:creator>
<guid>http://vertigo72.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/how-to-create-a-360%c2%b0-qtvr-panorama-easy-and-free/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you want to create a 360° panoramic image or a QTVR movie (like this one), this post exaplains ho]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>If you want to create a <strong>360° panoramic image</strong> or a <strong>QTVR</strong> movie (like <a href="http://www.hikr.org/gallery/photo74625.html?post_id=8719">this one</a>), this post exaplains how to do it easy and for free. This is very simple tutorial for beginners. There are three steps: make photos, stitch a panoramic image then transform it to QTVR movie. Step two is done with a free open-source program called <a href="http://hugin.sourceforge.net/">Hugin</a> that runs on all platforms. Step three in this example is done with a free Mac software <a href="ftp://ftp.apple.com/developer/Quicktime/Tools/QTVR/MakeCubic_v1.1.6.sit">MakeCubic</a>, for others OS you have to find another software.</p>
<h3>Step One: Make photos</h3>
<p>Very easy: stay somewhere, like on a top of a mountain, and make photos all around you. Photos must overlap, about 25-30% is sufficient. Last photo must overlap the first one. Photos must be well aligned, otherwise your panorama will be wavy. Use manual mode if your camera has one, so you will have the same exposure and white balance for all photos.</p>
<h3>Step Two: Stitch photos with Hugin</h3>
<p>In the past one had to manually define common points in pictures. This was boring and time consuming. Latest versions of <strong>Hugin</strong> includes a tool called <strong>Autopano-SIFT</strong> that do this dirty work automatically. After you have installed Hugin, go to &#8220;Preferences &#62; Autopano&#8221; menu and make sure that the &#8220;Use alternative autopano&#8221; checkbox is unchecked.</p>
<p>Then, in the &#8220;Assistant&#8221; tab (the one that is opened by default) click on &#8220;Load Images&#8230;&#8221;, select all your photos and click &#8220;Open&#8221;. The automatic panorama creation process starts. First, the <strong>autopano</strong> tool searches for matching points in your pictures; then Hugin try to find the best way to stitch them together. All this takes few minutes, or more. When the process is finished you are presented with a preview of the result. At this point it may be interesting to save the project file.</p>
<p>If you are happy with the preview, click on the &#8220;Stitcher&#8221; tab and set some  parameters. Actually, only one parameter is really important: &#8220;Panorama Canvas Size&#8221;. It&#8217;s the size of the resulting image. Choose your width, the height is updated automatically. For my example I choose the width of 5000. Then, click on &#8220;Stitch now!&#8221; button, choose a file name and wait again. After few minutes your panoramic picture is ready.</p>
<h3>Step Three: Make QTVR with MakeCubic</h3>
<p>This last step is not so automatic, you may have to do many tries before you reach the correct result. Launch <strong>MakeCubic</strong> program, then press Apple-O to open its working window. First, choose your panoramic file. Then, choose the width and height in pixels of the movie. Click the OK button and wait that your .mov file is ready. Open it. The result is not perfect: there is a lot of black space below and above the panorama. So, go back to MakeCubic, press Apple-O, and modify the &#8220;Tilt&#8221; parameter. Min tilt value controls the lower part of the picture and the max tilt controls the upper part. Default is -90 and 90. Set something like -30 and 30, then build a new QTVR with those parameters. The black space is now gone, probably a part of your panorama is gone too. You may have to make many tries before you reach an acceptable result.</p>
<p>Other parameters are also interesting. The &#8220;Pan&#8221; controls the initial horizontal rotation of the panorama, so you can choose the most nice part of the picture to present first. The &#8220;FOV&#8221; controls the zoom, I used the maximal value (= the minimal zoom). As I had the requirement to fit my .mov in 2MB I had to modify the compression. Finally, I found that setting the &#8220;Tilling&#8221; parameter to 1&#215;1 produces smaller files without visible quality loss.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s it.</p>
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<link>http://nickhardcastle.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/gold-souk-manama-bahrain/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nickhardcastle</dc:creator>
<guid>http://nickhardcastle.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/gold-souk-manama-bahrain/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Gold souk, Manama, Bahrain, originally uploaded by nick_hardcastle. A series of nine 360 degree pano]]></description>
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<span style="font-size:.8em;margin-top:0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nick_hardcastle/2888546667/">Gold souk, Manama, Bahrain</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nick_hardcastle/">nick_hardcastle</a>.</span>
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A series of nine 360 degree panoramas of Manama Souk in Bahrain. <a href="http://www.hobnail.com/Pano/Bahrain-1.html">Link</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Match colour in Photoshop]]></title>
<link>http://nickhardcastle.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/match-colour-in-photoshop/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nickhardcastle</dc:creator>
<guid>http://nickhardcastle.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/match-colour-in-photoshop/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I have just discovered &#8216;match colour&#8217; in Photoshop. Why didn&#8217;t I find this before?]]></description>
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<p><font size="1"><a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/854726/photoshop_match_color_simple_and_amazing_results/">Photoshop Match Color (simple And Amazing Results)</a> </font></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Eastern Cement Towers]]></title>
<link>http://nickhardcastle.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/eastern-cement-towers/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nickhardcastle</dc:creator>
<guid>http://nickhardcastle.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/eastern-cement-towers/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Eastern Cement Towers, originally uploaded by nick_hardcastle. I drive past these beautiful towers e]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-size:.8em;margin-top:0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nick_hardcastle/2882607880/">Eastern Cement Towers</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nick_hardcastle/">nick_hardcastle</a>.</span></div>
<p>I drive past these beautiful towers every evening. The way Al Khobar is developing at the moment, I don&#8217;t think it will be very long before they lose their splendid isolation.</p>
<p>I wonder if photography is still illegal in Saudi Arabia?  When I first flew into the country 9 years ago, the flight attendant read out a message to say that drugs, alcohol and photography were illegal in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  That same year I applied for a permit to take photographs on the street. It was granted, but the conditions were so restrictive I never used it. I had to say when, exactly, and where I was going to take photographs. An explanation of why the photographs were to be taken and how they were going to be used also had to be submitted in writing &#8211; each time I went out to shoot.  In addition, I had to have a Saudi assistant with me at all times to explain what I was doing, just in case somebody asked.</p>
<p>I think the conditions have improved somewhat, but as I set up my tripod to take this shot, my heart was thumping in my ears and I was scanning the horizon for police cars and angry security guards carrying machine guns.</p>
<p>The light at 5.30 pm is beautiful at this time of year.  Even the beat up Toyota Echo looks almost good.</p>
<p>The 360 degree QTVR movie is here <a href="http://www.hobnail.com/Pano/Easterncementtowers.html">http://www.hobnail.com/Pano/Easterncementtowers.html</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Al Khobar Corniche]]></title>
<link>http://nickhardcastle.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/al-khobar-corniche-2/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nickhardcastle</dc:creator>
<guid>http://nickhardcastle.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/al-khobar-corniche-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Al Khobar Corniche, originally uploaded by nick_hardcastle. The corniche at al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-size:.8em;margin-top:0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nick_hardcastle/2870095986/">Al Khobar Corniche</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/nick_hardcastle/">nick_hardcastle</a>.</span></div>
<p>The corniche at al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. A 360 degree full screen QTVR panorama can be seen here <a title="Corniche Al Khobar - QTVR" href="The corniche at al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. A 360 degree full screen QTVR panorama can be seen here www.hobnail.com/Pano/Cornich2.html" target="_blank">www.hobnail.com/Pano/Cornich2.html</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple's Nine QuickTime Flaws Affect OS X and Windows]]></title>
<link>http://bardissi.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/apples-nine-quicktime-flaws-affect-os-x-and-windows/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bardissi</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bardissi.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/apples-nine-quicktime-flaws-affect-os-x-and-windows/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Severity: Medium 9 September, 2008 Summary: §  These vulnerabilities affect: OS X 10.4.x (Tiger) and]]></description>
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<p class="date" style="margin:0 0 7.5pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:x-small;color:#a8a8a8;font-family:Tahoma;">9 September, 2008</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#34;"><br /><strong></strong></span></p>
<h3 style="margin:11.25pt 0 1.5pt;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Summary:</span></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-0.25in;margin:3.75pt 0 0 32.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Wingdings;"><span>§<span style="font:7pt &#34;">  </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#34;">These vulnerabilities affect:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#34;"> OS X 10.4.x (Tiger) and OS X 10.5.x (Leopard), Windows XP, and Windows Vista </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-0.25in;margin:3.75pt 0 0 32.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Wingdings;"><span>§<span style="font:7pt &#34;">  </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#34;">How an attacker exploits them:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#34;"> By getting your user to view a maliciously-crafted movie, PICT, or QuickTime Virtual Reality (QTVR) file </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-0.25in;margin:3.75pt 0 0 32.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Wingdings;"><span>§<span style="font:7pt &#34;">  </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#34;">Impact:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#34;"> Various results; in the worst case, an attacker could execute code on your user&#8217;s computer, potentially gaining control of it </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-0.25in;margin:3.75pt 0 0 32.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Wingdings;"><span>§<span style="font:7pt &#34;">  </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#34;">What to do:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#34;"> Download, test and deploy QuickTime 7.5.5 for Windows or OS X </span></p>
<h3 style="margin:11.25pt 0 1.5pt;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Exposure:</span></span></span></h3>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Verdana;">Today, Apple released a </span><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3027"><span style="font-size:x-small;color:#ee0000;font-family:Verdana;">security update</span></a><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Verdana;"> to fix vulnerabilities in QuickTime, their popular media player for both Windows and Macintosh OS X. The update fixes nine security issues (number based on </span><a href="http://cve.mitre.org/"><span style="font-size:x-small;color:#ee0000;font-family:Verdana;">CVE-ID</span></a><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Verdana;">s) present in how QuickTime processes certain file types. Only some of these nine vulnerabilities exploit file types that are in wide use by typical users, and we are not aware of exploits currently active in the wild, so we rate the severity of this update Medium. Apply it at your earliest convenience. The fixed vulnerabilities include:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-0.25in;margin:3.75pt 0 0 32.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Wingdings;"><span>§<span style="font:7pt &#34;">  </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#34;">Security flaws in how QuickTime handles movie files.</span></strong><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#34;"> By luring one of your users into viewing a maliciously crafted movie file, an attacker can exploit either of two QuickTime flaws to execute code on that user&#8217;s computer (or, less worrisome, crash QuickTime). Some of the files susceptible to this attack would be formatted as H.264 (typically arrives as a .MOV file), MPEG-4 Part 10 (the format used on Blu-Ray and HD-DVD files), or MPEG-4 AVC files (the format used by many consumer-grade camcorders and on iPod and PlayStation3). These vulnerabilities can be exploited on Windows and OS X computers. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-0.25in;margin:3.75pt 0 0 32.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Wingdings;"><span>§<span style="font:7pt &#34;">  </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#34;">Flaws in how QuickTime handles PICT images.</span></strong><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#34;"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PICT"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="color:#ee0000;">PICT</span></span></a> is a graphical image file format that still enjoys some use, but has largely been replaced by PDFs. An attacker can craft a malicious PICT file that is designed to exploit any of three different errors in how QuickTime opens PICT. If a user opened the booby-trapped file, the results could either crash QuickTime or execute the attacker&#8217;s code on the victim&#8217;s computer. These flaws affect both Windows and OS X. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Verdana;">Apple&#8217;s alert also describes flaws in handling QuickTime Virtual Reality (QTVR) files. QTVR essentially stitches photos together to give the impression of a 360-degree view. You might see it in use, for example, on a web site that shows what the inside of a hotel room looks like. It is not used by the vast majority of our subscribers, so we&#8217;ll spare you the details (although you can get them in Apple&#8217;s </span><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3027"><span style="font-size:x-small;color:#ee0000;font-family:Verdana;">advisory</span></a><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Verdana;">). Apple also mentions flaws in QuickTime&#8217;s handling of a </span><a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&#38;ie=UTF-8&#38;rls=GGLG,GGLG:2006-24,GGLG:en&#38;q=define:+codec"><span style="font-size:x-small;color:#ee0000;font-family:Verdana;">codec</span></a><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Verdana;"> called Indeo. </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indeo"><span style="font-size:x-small;color:#ee0000;font-family:Verdana;">Indeo</span></a><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Verdana;"> is just another way of creating .MOV files.</span></p>
<h3 style="margin:11.25pt 0 1.5pt;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Solution Path:</span></span></span></h3>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Verdana;">Apple has released QuickTime 7.5.5 to fix these security issues. Windows and OS X administrators should download, test, and deploy the appropriate update at their earliest convenience. By default, the download bundles iTunes with QuickTime; because iTunes often has security issues of its own, we recommend that you select the option of downloading QuickTime alone.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-0.25in;margin:3.75pt 0 0 32.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Wingdings;"><span>§<span style="font:7pt &#34;">  </span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#34;"><a href="http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime755forwindows.html"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="color:#ee0000;">QuickTime 7.5.5 for Windows</span></span></a> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-0.25in;margin:3.75pt 0 0 32.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Wingdings;"><span>§<span style="font:7pt &#34;">  </span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#34;"><a href="http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime755forleopard.html"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="color:#ee0000;">QuickTime 7.5.5 for Leopard</span></span></a> (Mac OS X 10.5 or later) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-0.25in;margin:3.75pt 0 0 32.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Wingdings;"><span>§<span style="font:7pt &#34;">  </span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#34;"><a href="http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime755fortiger.html"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="color:#ee0000;">QuickTime 7.5.5 for Tiger</span></span></a> (Mac OS X 10.4.x) </span></p>
<h3 style="margin:11.25pt 0 1.5pt;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">For All Users:</span></span></span></h3>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Verdana;">Because QuickTime handles so many different media types (many of which are essential for doing business today), trying to block exploitable file types using your firewall may not be the best way to support your organization&#8217;s mission. Instead, your best solution is to download and install Apple&#8217;s fixes.</span></p>
<h3 style="margin:11.25pt 0 1.5pt;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Status:</span></span></span></h3>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Verdana;">Apple has released updates to fix these issues.</span></p>
<h3 style="margin:11.25pt 0 1.5pt;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">References:</span></span></span></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-0.25in;margin:3.75pt 0 0 32.25pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:Wingdings;"><span>§<span style="font:7pt &#34;">  </span></span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&#34;"><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3027"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="color:#ee0000;">Apple&#8217;s August QuickTime advisory</span></span></a> </span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[PolitCampGraz 2008 - das politische Barcamp!]]></title>
<link>http://vollwertmedia.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/politcampgraz-2008-das-politische-barcamp/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>vollwertmedia</dc:creator>
<guid>http://vollwertmedia.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/politcampgraz-2008-das-politische-barcamp/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Das erste virtuelle Panorama vom PolitCamp Graz ist online. Es fanden teilweise sehr spannende Disku]]></description>
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<link>http://visueleaardrijkskunde.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/panoramas-zoeken-op-het-internet/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 07:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bart</dc:creator>
<guid>http://visueleaardrijkskunde.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/panoramas-zoeken-op-het-internet/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[O ja, hoe vind je het snelst dergelijke panorama&#8217;s (zie vorige post over grotten en panorama]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>O ja, hoe vind je het snelst dergelijke panorama&#8217;s (zie vorige post over <a title="Vorig bericht dat ging over grotten en panoramische foto's" href="http://visueleaardrijkskunde.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/nieuw-leerplan-1e-graad-uitbreiding-bewondering-en-verwondering-hebben-voor-grotten/" target="_blank">grotten en panorama&#8217;s</a>) als er geen bruikbare zitten in de bookmarks-sites? Met Google natuurlijk, gewoon &#8220;QTVR fullscreen Bruges&#8221; intikken (en &#8220;Bruges&#8221; uiteraard gewoon vervangen door waar je naar op zoek bent). &#8220;QTVR&#8221; of &#8220;QuickTime Virtual Reality&#8221; is het meest gebruikte bestandsformaat, hoewel Flash steeds meer terrein wint.</p>
<p>Je natuurlijk kan ook strandjutten op de volgende sites. Let op, ze zijn erg verslavend en je bent er al gauw een uurtje mee kwijt <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> .</p>
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<li> <a title="panoramas.dk" href="http://fullscreenqtvr.com/02panoramasdk10_19.html" target="_blank">panoramas.dk</a> - Zeer uitgebreide en zeer gevarieerde collectie</li>
<li> <a title="arounder.com" href="http://arounder.com/">arounder.com cities</a>   &#8211; Thematisch per stad (of gebied of berg) &#8211; RECHTSBOVEN &#8216;HIGH&#8217; KLIKKEN VOOR EEN FULLSCREEN BEELD - Vooral toegespitst op Europa, zeker een aanrader voor het tweede jaar dus - Standaard kan je uit postzegelformaat steden kiezen, maar het kan ook met een overzichtskaart (&#8216;View map&#8217;) - Wat België betreft staan er Brussel en Brugge in &#8211; Bevat daarnaast ook enkele Amerikaanse steden en zelfs enkele panorama&#8217;s van de maan &#8211; Je kan de maanpanorama&#8217;s ook op een eenvoudige <a title="Eenvoudige maanatlas" href="http://www.begeleidzelfstandigleren.com/aardrijkskunde/vijfdes/kosmografie/maanatlas.html" target="_blank">maanatlas</a> zien (navigeren door te slepen of rechts een landingsplaats te selecteren).</li>
<li><a title="World Heritage Tour" href="http://www.world-heritage-tour.org/earth/map.html" target="_blank">Tito Dupret&#8217;s World Heritage Tour</a> &#8211; Door onze landgenoot Tito Dupret &#8211; U raadt het al: Tito fotografeert vooral menselijk erfgoed &#8211; Momenteel is hij bezig aan het Midden-Oosten &#8211; Je moet (gratis) geregistreerd en ingelogd zijn om de panorama&#8217;s fullscreen te bekijken &#8211; Adembenemend en zeker kado te doen aan de collega&#8217;s geschiedenis en esthetica.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.mediapiculture.net/360days">www.mediapiculture.net/360days</a> - Door onze landgenoot Mickael Therer &#8211; Zeer bruikbare panorama&#8217;s over o.a. <a title="Panorama's over Mali" href="http://www.mediapiculture.net/360days/360/65" target="_blank">Mali</a> en de <a title="Kinderen in de Niger" href="http://www.mediapiculture.net/360days/qtvr/mali/106_niger.html" target="_blank">Niger</a>, maar ook <a title="Barcelona" href="http://www.mediapiculture.net/360days/360/6/good-city-of-barcelona" target="_blank">Barcelona</a>, <a title="In Zuydcoote meer bepaald..." href="http://www.mediapiculture.net/360days/qtvr/other/101zuyd.html" target="_blank">duinen in Noord-Frankrijk</a> en zelfs een <a title="Redding op zee met heli" href="http://www.mediapiculture.net/360days/qtvr/family/101rescue.html" target="_blank">redding op zee</a>. Echt de moeite.</li>
<li><a title="Overzichtskaart" href="http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/worldwidepanorama/wwp_all/map/index.html" target="_blank">The World Wide Panorama</a> &#8211; Je kan ook per thema (&#8216;water&#8217;, &#8216;atmosfeer&#8217;, &#8216;bruggen&#8217;, &#8216;werelderfgoed&#8217;&#8230;) zoeken. Bevat erg veel panorama&#8217;s die bijna altijd fullscreen geopend kunnen worden.</li>
<li><a title="Panorama's over de Mekong" href="http://www.mouthtosource.net/waterlog/" target="_blank">mouthtosource.net: de Mekong</a> &#8211; Zes pano&#8217;s van matige scherpte met als onderwerp de Mekong.</li>
<li>Categorie &#8217;spectaculaire aardrijkskunde&#8217;, geen fullscreen, maar zeker de moeite: <a title="Zo verslavend dat je ervan gaat zweven!" href="http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ISSRG/" target="_blank">panorama&#8217;s van het internationale ruimtestation</a>.</li>
<li><a title="Frederik's panorama's op Flickr" href="http://flickr.com/photos/garrulus/tags/360/" target="_blank">flickr.com</a> &#8211; nog beperkt aanbod, maar zal zeker groeien.</li>
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<p>Wat deze grote verzamelsites zo interessant maakt is dat hun aanbod aan panorama&#8217;s elke maand groeit. Nog één tip: hou er rekening mee dat je om deze panorama&#8217;s te bekijken QuickTime nodig hebt &#8211; wat niet altijd standaard geïnstalleerd zit op een klaspc. Heb je nog leuke en bruikbare verzamelsites ontdekt? Post ze hieronder.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Life Ball 2008. Erstes virtuelle Panorama ist schon online]]></title>
<link>http://vollwertmedia.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/life-ball-2008-erstes-virtuelle-panorama-ist-schon-online/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 22:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>vollwertmedia</dc:creator>
<guid>http://vollwertmedia.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/life-ball-2008-erstes-virtuelle-panorama-ist-schon-online/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Als einzigste Fotografen d&uuml;rften wir auf den Red Ribbon um dieses virtuelle Panorama zu schiess]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Non solo panorama]]></title>
<link>http://energio.wordpress.com/2007/11/17/non-solo-panorama/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gio</dc:creator>
<guid>http://energio.wordpress.com/2007/11/17/non-solo-panorama/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Quando saper guardare è importante. Ecco a voi una piccola collezione di argomenti correlati all]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Quando <em>saper guardare</em> è importante.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/energio/2047326630/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2056/2047326630_87557b9f2c.jpg" class="flickr-photo" /></a></p>
<p>Ecco a voi una piccola collezione di argomenti correlati all&#8217;immagine panoramica, <em>esperienze immersive</em> e realizzazione pratica delle stesse. Cercando in rete se ne possono trovare molte altre, ma queste sono le prime che ho consultato e usato con piacere e utiltà.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Programmi</strong></p></blockquote>
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<li><a href="http://www.kekus.com/download/index.html" target="_blank">Calico</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.autopano.net/" target="_blank">Autopano</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.clickheredesign.com.au/cubicconverter/" target="_blank">CubicConverter</a> &#38; fratelli</li>
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<blockquote><p><strong>Gallery</strong></p></blockquote>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/wkaemena/FSPanos/Menu352.html" target="_blank">SyriaQTVR</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.fullscreenqtvr.com/index.html" target="_blank">FullscreenQTVR</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.xrez.com/" target="_blank">xRez</a></li>
<li><a href="http://fromparis.com/" target="_blank">fromParis</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.viewat.org/" target="_blank">The World in Panoramic</a></li>
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<blockquote><p><strong>Guide</strong> (last but not least)</p></blockquote>
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<li><a href="http://www.nital.it/corso_foto_digitale/3/12.php" target="_blank">Nital</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.panoguide.com/" target="_blank">Panoguide</a></li>
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<title><![CDATA[filmstrip pano]]></title>
<link>http://decalibrate.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/filmstrip-pano/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>decalibrate</dc:creator>
<guid>http://decalibrate.wordpress.com/2007/11/15/filmstrip-pano/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[quicktime panorama : click&#8217;n'drag on image edit:::::oops, seems wp will not let me upload my q]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>quicktime panorama : click&#8217;n'drag on image<br />
edit:::::oops, seems wp will not let me upload my qtvr file &#8211; so try <a href="http://members.iinet.net.au/~gregor_gamble@ozemail.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/film-strip-2.pano" title="film strip pano">here</a><br />
note: &#8220;dead porno stars&#8221; was the name of a band i was in. i produced a 5 track cd while my studio setup was clustered in the front room of our chapel street abode [ 1997-ish ]</p>
<p>the pano was created using that good old macOS9 qtvr application &#8211; i don&#8217;t think anyone ever bothered to port it up&#8230; but hey, it still works fine</p>
<p>remember this icon?<br />
<a href="http://decalibrate.wordpress.com/files/2007/11/qtvr.jpg" title="qtvr.jpg"><img src="http://decalibrate.wordpress.com/files/2007/11/qtvr.jpg" alt="qtvr.jpg" /></a></p>
<p>i used quicktime to export a few select frames from a party scene in one of my old super8 movie as sequential images, then stitched them all together</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Panoramas de Praga]]></title>
<link>http://sixhat.wordpress.com/2007/06/30/panoramas-de-praga/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>David Rodrigues</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sixhat.wordpress.com/2007/06/30/panoramas-de-praga/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Finalmente consegui algum tempo para fazer os panoramas da ida a Praga. Quem quiser pode vê-los no N]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Finalmente consegui algum tempo para fazer os panoramas da ida a Praga. Quem quiser pode vê-los no <a href="http://nimages.blogspot.com/" title="DR Nimages" target="_blank">Nimages</a>.</p>
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