Building a Cube World: Part 2

Thank you very much Carl! How nice of you to allow me to borrow this background. I am humbled by this. I appreciated it very much!

Technically, there's no reason why you couldn't make a cube world that integrates moving imagery - either as an element within the cube (i.e the birds) or as the cube itself.

With the flock of birds, I'd double check your layer sort order and that the particle generator is actually somewhere within the cube. Beyond that, I'd be guessing.

To get live objects, like people, into your cube faces you'll want to shoot your footage from roughly the same perspective as the 360 panorama, keep the camera locked down, and insert them into the scene using the same principles demonstrated in part 3 of this series.

Obviously, there are limitations to what can be done using this technique. For example, you could insert a locked down shot of a person waving from a window or at a the street level without too much effort. But, if you want them to jump out of the window and run from one corner of the scene to the other while while maintaining realistic lighting, shadows, and perspective, you may want to pursue alternate solutions. The key is to play with it and explore for yourself.

Thanks for all the great questions.

Go ahead and use the image. I wouldn't have included it in the project if I didn't want anyone to use it in their own work. Thanks for asking - that's noble.

I think you'd have to make Andrew Kramer your buddy to make that happen. All of his products are well worth the price.

OR

You could make your own. Check out Jayse Hansen's tutorial on making things grow.

http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hansen_jaysen/growing.php

No need for the credits. This concept is a piggyback off of a plugin anyways. Play with it. Have fun. Make it your own.

Thanks for the feedback.

Chris, the font is a freeware typeset called steiner designed by Gabriele Magurno. You can download it from the following link.

http://www.fontspace.com/gabriele-magurno/steiner

Gent, I'd suggest you have me come to BC to shoot the exact image you're looking for! Ha! Feel free to use the technique in your own work - That's why we put these tutorials out.

I'm hoping to create some more lessons on panoramic work in the future.

Wow, great tutorial!
For those of you who want to convert a regular photo into a spherical map in Photoshop: I found this tute:
http://www.lizardlounge.com/html/tutorials/c4d/sphericalMap/index.html

Strong Tutorial, only problem I had, the QT movie didnt stream, i had to fully DL the movie to watch it (Firefox3, Win Xp, QT Player 7.4.5) Maybee its an issue on my machine...

Can

Thx man, you're awesome. Covering that for a tut would make for a nice change and pace. might make some of us burn a little more calories :)

Dude your two recent tuts on here are awesome! 5 cows most def! i guess it would be overkill to ask but i have to. do you know anywhere i could go via the web that would explain how to prepare your own spherical pics?

Much Thought & Thanks