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Posted by: aldo12xu Sep 25 2005, 01:52 AM

I've just finished one of my Mars rover movies, this one using both front and rear cameras to show Spirit's climb up Columbia Hills, from Larry's Lookout to the Husband Hill summit. I know NASA and Midnight Browser have their versions, but I've come up with a new twist with my versions: I colourized my video to give it (I think) a more dramatic look. So check it out, enjoy the ride and I hope you like the accompanying music by a local band called http://www.vegas-beach.com/.

The Spirit sol 400-600 movie is on the homepage and on my videos page.



Cheers,
Aldo.

Posted by: mike Sep 25 2005, 09:07 AM

You've done a good job. I like the subtitles, and the colorization does make it look more dramatic, and somehow the semi-surf semi-jam music goes perfectly. The subtitles are slick.. Nice work.

Posted by: gpurcell Sep 25 2005, 03:30 PM

Best one yet! Thumbs up on the subtitles and colorization!

Posted by: aldo12xu Sep 26 2005, 05:02 PM

Thanks, guys. Glad you liked the changes. Stayed tuned for Oppy sol 400-600!

Posted by: Tman Sep 28 2005, 03:43 PM

At last, today my internet connection speed was/is ready again to show the whole full res. video.

Thanks Aldo! Like such a reddish version too. The labeling of the targets is very helpful.

Posted by: aldo12xu Oct 10 2005, 07:59 PM

I've added another video to my site, this time a rear view from Spirit sol 400 to 600 as it climbed up Husband Hill.

Posted by: Malmer Oct 10 2005, 09:31 PM

It would be cool if you rectilinearized the movies. It maks it much easier to "read" the landscape.


as you can see the landscape looks more natural in the lower pair.


/mattias

Posted by: aldo12xu Oct 11 2005, 04:43 PM

Yeah, Mattias, that'd be the ideal. Is there a program that could do a batch rectilinear conversion? There are just to many frames in the video to do it manually, one frame at a time.

Posted by: Tman Oct 11 2005, 05:14 PM

I dont know Aldo, the pictures are pretty warped with such a rectilinear horizon. It's already (sometimes) "difficult" to find out where the Rover just drive along

Posted by: Malmer Oct 11 2005, 06:28 PM

I use a macro that i made for shake but its possible to do it using various software.

On way is to use 3dsmax and map the images onto the inside of a sphere using "shrinkwrap" mapping. tile the image 2.92 times...

You could use panotools. (horizontal fov 122deg)

It would be übercool to make qtvr films.

i dont have the authoring software so i rendered this out of max...http://www.syndicate.se/image/space/oppyplay.mov

/mattais

Posted by: dot.dk Oct 11 2005, 06:48 PM

Wow! That's very very cool looking!
Please make some more

Posted by: helvick Oct 11 2005, 06:55 PM

Absolutely - that's outstanding. More please. :-)

Posted by: Tman Oct 11 2005, 07:12 PM

Fantastic movie Mattias! Looks like a real shoot from such camera on board!

Posted by: Malmer Oct 11 2005, 07:51 PM

Your wish is my command...

I took the front and the back hazcam and put them together into this little QTVRmovie:

http://www.syndicate.se/image/space/OPPY_qtvr.htm

Its a lot easier than stitching all those navcam images.
/Mattias

Posted by: ElkGroveDan Oct 11 2005, 08:24 PM

That is cool. Can you do that with the 360 pans?

Posted by: Malmer Oct 11 2005, 08:40 PM

made another one for spirithttp://www.syndicate.se/image/space/SPIRIT.htm

Mattias

Posted by: mike Oct 12 2005, 03:48 AM

That is impressive - more 'spacious' than simple 2d images.. If NASA/JPL/whoever were smart, they'd autogenerate and add options to see such imagery on their website. It could only be good for PR..

Posted by: aldo12xu Oct 12 2005, 05:49 AM

Wow, Mattias, that's amazing! It seems like a complicated procedure (for non-programmers, like myself I found this link, but it seems a little overwhelming for me. Is there a simplified way to create QTVRs from panoramas?

http://www.dform.com/inquiry/tutorials/3dsmax/

Posted by: Malmer Oct 12 2005, 08:15 AM

I found a software called panocube. you basically drop your latlong picture on it and out comes a qtvr... dont think it can become any simpler than that

you have to install panotools to get it to work for you...

M

Posted by: Tman Oct 30 2005, 07:21 AM

Just found a website by Hans Nyberg which shows some great QTVRs pans by the MERs, also Husband Hill summit:

http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen3/f2_mars.html

Posted by: dot.dk Oct 30 2005, 07:46 AM

Very nice find Tman!

This one I find especially well made:
http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen3/f2_mars2.html

You are really hovering above Spirit in that one

Posted by: Tman Oct 30 2005, 08:50 AM

Yeahh! QTVRs are always warped though, but a great feeling.

We should Mr. Nyberg point to Nico's website, right Nico? It should him (Nyberg) give pleasure and maybe more...