Dear Adrian, Let me deal with each of your points as and when they occur. ... Although I write this about Myself, Many people regard my domes as being the best...
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Tom Casey
tomwarrencasey
Jan 14, 2006 11:45 pm
Depending on your software, the spherical vs cubic has a different render pipeline, so one way may be better because of the raycast calculation and...
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Ron Proctor
japanbreakfast
Jan 14, 2006 9:06 pm
I just did some screen captures from stellarium in the 6 directions and did a little tweaking in Photoshop. Ron Proctor Production Director Ott Planetarium -...
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Ryan Wyatt
ryan_j_wyatt
Jan 14, 2006 9:06 pm
... Depending on what resolution you need, you can also grab the star maps from JPL: http://maps.jpl.nasa.gov/ Ryan, a.k.a. Ryan Wyatt, Science Visualizer Rose...
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Ron Proctor
japanbreakfast
Jan 14, 2006 9:01 pm
Yes - my first test was a pretty good approximation. It translates reasonably well to our 30 foot dome. Because of distance and angles from the inner surface...
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Andy Dolph
acdolph
Jan 14, 2006 8:59 pm
What is the source of the background? Thanks! Andy...
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Andy Dolph
acdolph
Jan 14, 2006 8:58 pm
... Do you find that things you produce on the 18" dome translate when you bring them into the fullsize theater? Andy...
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Ron Proctor
japanbreakfast
Jan 14, 2006 7:26 pm
Thus far I have been mapping a star background onto the inside of a mesh smoothed cube in 3DS Max. The result is just okay. I would really like something...
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Ron Proctor
japanbreakfast
Jan 14, 2006 7:24 pm
If you are not presenting to an audience, you may wish to consider an even smaller alternative: a "Microdome." Ansible Technologies ( www.ansibletech.com) has...
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Andy Dolph
acdolph
Jan 14, 2006 7:21 pm
That's just what I was looking for - thanks! a couple of questions - why "shoot" and work with the projection as a cubic background rather then using a sphere?...
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Tom Casey
tomwarrencasey
Jan 14, 2006 7:20 pm
It's going to be different depending on which software you are using (3d). But the basic approach is to create some sort of infinite background image, that...
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Andy Dolph
acdolph
Jan 14, 2006 4:57 pm
So here's a question to throw out to the group - or at least those of you who are doing rendered fulldome shows with some astronomical orientation... How are...
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Andy Dolph
acdolph
Jan 14, 2006 4:36 pm
I'm in the same boat over here in the USA doing about the same sort of setup... But I'm not going to do the fisheye projector because there are not any that...
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AJ
eightyodd_au
Jan 14, 2006 4:04 pm
Hi all, I'm an independant artist based in Sydney, Australia and I'm looking to develop content for dome based shows. The set up would only be used for...
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Raymond Worthy
stargazerplan
Jan 13, 2006 11:33 pm
To all who have fulldome hardware or software, A Planetarium in York , England. A few years ago, I mentioned the plans of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society...
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pedrosaantonio
Jan 10, 2006 10:07 pm
Announcement: Fulldome V1.1, for Mac and PC Fulldome plug-in version 1.1, a compositing plug-in for immersive environments, now also available for Mac. This...
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Ed Lantz
elantz33
Jan 9, 2006 3:21 am
Hi All, The second Special Focus Issue of the Planetarian on "Digital Domes and the Future of Planetariums" is now available online at: ...
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dneafus
Dec 22, 2005 6:37 pm
There are some very good fulldome articles in the December 2005 Planetarian which is available to I.P.S. members. Thanks to fellow list members that took the...
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Tom Casey
tomwarrencasey
Dec 19, 2005 11:51 pm
Hi... thought I would share the "fulldome"; image we used for our studio "Holiday Greetings" this year... it's amazing how many people needed the idea explained...
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Steven T. Savage
savage@...
Dec 13, 2005 4:49 am
Dear Colleagues: This past weekend at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, Sky-Skan installed DigitalSky in the StarRider Full Dome theater for a very special...
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Patricia Reiff
patriciareiff
Dec 2, 2005 7:01 am
For those who haven't yet had a chance to see our Discovery Dome with the new improved flame-retardant, handicapped accessible, vestibule entry Avela Go-Dome,...
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Tom Casey
tomwarrencasey
Dec 1, 2005 9:33 pm
I know a couple of you are doing fulldome production using Maya on Macs... I am curious about your setups, workstations, render farms and storage... and what...
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Kemper Barkhurst
kemperbark
Nov 26, 2005 8:24 am
I apologize for posting this on the list but thought someone here may be interested in the rig before it get's parted out on eBay. It's a used Nikon Coolpix ...
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Mark C. Petersen
marklnp
Nov 16, 2005 6:25 am
Loch Ness Productions is proud to announce the debut of our beloved holiday presentation "Season of Light" -- now available in fulldome video! This popular...
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pauldavidbourke
Nov 6, 2005 12:00 am
... Correct, it implements an equiangular fisheye, I've used it quite a few times to create full dome content. the orientation conforms to the current fulldome...
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Tom Greenbaum
karmatetra
Nov 4, 2005 11:35 pm
Hi All, I just joined the group and thought that it would be nice to contribute a tidbit. I use POV-Ray to do a lot of my artwork and visualization work. My...
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Pedro Russo
zeronezero
Nov 2, 2005 12:42 pm
Fulldome Plugin – Compositing Plugin for Immersive Environments http://fulldomeplugin.multimeios.pt Navegar Foundation is pleased to announce the release of...
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Garry Stasiuk
galacticgarry
Nov 2, 2005 7:54 am
... Actually "DX" (Sigma calls them "DC" Tamron Di) lenses don't correct the magnification factor and the the DX lenses do not give full coverage on a full...
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Kemper Barkhurst
kemperbark
Nov 2, 2005 6:24 am
Here are a few screen shots from B&H. I find them to be the best place on the web to do comparative equipment research, though I tend to shop locally once I...
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Hue Walker Bumgarner-...
huewalker
Nov 1, 2005 5:09 pm
I tend to like to sjoot in low light conditions... so I'm reluctant to go with the Kodak.... which Canon models are folks using??? Which Canons would work well...
