How's this done?
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- breadlegz
http://www.nokia.co.uk/nokia/0,,…
I need to do one for a client who has created his products in some 3d pack.
- rasko40
quicktime, you can get these 'devices' that you can place your product on and then rotate it at certain angles bit by bit to assist in taking the photos.. I forget what they are called though.
- runDMB0
If you don't want to use Quicktime, get a series of images set at regular intervals of rotation and import them into Flash. You get a pretty smooth action with 36 images each rotated by 10° more than the previous one if you see what I mean.
Put each image in a separate keyframe within a Movie Clip. Put a Stop action on the first frame of the Movie Clip.
Then it's just a matter of how you want to cycle through the images in the clip to give the impression of rotation. The simplest way is to use a simple slider that tells the movieclip to jump frames as you drag it. You could just track the mouse and make the object spin as you move left or right. There are loads of options.
I had to make one for a client a while ago. We were just sent a huge streetlight and told to do it. We had to make a revolving table out of a dustbin and some bits of wood to get the photo series!
it's at:
http://www.dwwindsor.co.uk/serin…
click the "360° image" button. It's only got about 16 frames so it's not the smoothest, but time was tight.
- smoothblend0
If you want to do it in flash. I have the source code on how to make it. all you need is photos in order.
Just e-mail me if you want the FLA.
- laurus0
It's done with QTVR.
There are plenty of free tools even at apple's site.
It can be done with 3D apps or with taking a series of images and stitching them together. There's also special equipment for it, but it can done without it.
- unknown0
We made them before using Quicktime. We took pics with a digicam of the product by placing it on homemade stand. We used a spinning board used originally for a cake tray. Then cleaned out the stand and board in photoshop.