Panorama Exporter Viewer

The Panorama Exporter viewer lets you navigate a rendered panorama.

• Utilities panel > Utilities rollout > Panorama Exporter > Viewer button
• Standard menu: Rendering menu > Panorama Exporter > Viewer button
• Enhanced menu: Rendering menu > Tools (Rendering Set) > Panorama Exporter > Viewer button

You can use the viewer to export the panorama rendering with a cylindrical, spherical, or QuickTime VR format.

Note: Exporting to QTVR format requires that QuickTime® 5 or higher be installed on your system. You can download the latest version from http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download. For QTVR export, you must choose the “Recommended Install” rather than a custom or minimal installation. In particular, your installation must include these components:

• QuickTime Authoring
• QuickTime Internet Extras
• QuickTime Essentials

Procedures

To navigate a rendered panorama:

1. Hold down the left button to rotate the camera around the panorama.

   If you move the mouse, the camera rotates in that direction until you move the mouse again. (The view of the panorama moves in the opposite direction from the mouse and camera.)

2. Hold down the middle button and move the mouse up and down to zoom in and out.
3. Hold down the right button and move the mouse to rotate the camera around the panorama.

   With the right button, you must drag the mouse to see any movement, and the view of the panorama moves in the same direction as the mouse.

To export a rendered panorama:

1. Open a rendered panorama in the Panorama Exporter Viewer.
2. Click File Export.

   Choose Cylinder, Sphere, or QuickTimeVR to set the format for your exported file.

3ds Max opens a dialog that prompts you to enter the name, location, and type of file.