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3DVista Stitcher
Chapter 24 ■ Panorama Software: Photo Stitching and Virtual Tours 259
Vendor: 3DVista España
Purpose: Image-stitching software for creating large images or panoramas
Figure 24.1
3DVista Stitcher’s Optics Selection panel offers a full range of projections.
Description
3DVista Stitcher is the stitching package in a suite of photographic VR software that
includes 3DVista Publisher and 3DVista SHOW. The vendor also offers Skin Editor,
for customizing the “skin” of a virtual tour; and Floorplan Maker to design how a tour
fits together.
3DVista Stitcher, the essential workhorse of the suite, can be purchased separately. It
copes very well with standard images and “one-shot” lens images (from special mirrored
devices), and it also handles several types of image from fisheye lenses, including rectangular,
hemispheric (360×180 degrees) and near-hemispheric (360×150 degrees). Its
cubic stitching (360×180 degrees with flat projections) is first rate.
■ 3DVista Publisher lets you go on to create virtual tours with output to Flash, Java,
Apple QTVR, or high-quality 3Dvista ActiveX.
■ 3DVista SHOW has a greatly extended range of effects for tour creation, including
streaming audio and video.
■ 3DVista Real Estate is an all-in-one property presentation and management tool
for realtors. It includes the Stitcher module, slideshow, and video clip facilities; Web
page template online map locator; and a hosting service.