Douglas Lufkin

Combining my 3D Modelling and cloud pano tours to create an interactive experience for downtown businesses. Messing around with HTML, anyone have any good examples of how they utlize custom html? View here: https://skfb.ly/oDZSA I created an annotation on my Sketchfab model to link to the CP tour of the interior. Let me know what ya'll think!

New comment Jun '24

Douglas Lufkin

1 like • Jun '24

Hi Derrick, it looks great! That's an impressive building – they don't make them like that any more! Your presentation intrigues me as I'd been mulling over a similar concept for a local mall. Not with the drone photogrammetry 3D intro (which is a cool effect, by the way – it's just beyond my current skills), but incorporating panos of the main hall with links to the various shops within. Is this a proof-of-concept test, or is it a paying job? Did you (will you?) "sell" this to the property management, or speak with each shop owner and get their buy in to have their info included? Would you have different tiers of shop owner engagement? If they just want their logo and contact information, they'd pay $/month(year); if they want a link to their website or a special landing page, that would be $$; if they want a pano tour of their shop attached, that would be $$$? Where would this be hosted – on the Convention Hall's site? On a kiosk in the Hall? I can see it would be a helpful piece to send to convention planner inquiries – "Check out our building and the delightfully diverse shops and restaurants that your attendees can enjoy on-site!" – which, in turn, could also be sent to the attendees when they register for an event at the convention hall. I'm asking you because these questions have been rattling around in my head, and I assume in yours as well! I'd appreciate your insight and suggestions for selling such a project! Is www.discoverlocal360.com your project? As to the pop-up HTML... there seem to be excessively large gaps between each item: image (gap) title (gap) subtitle (gap).... with large top and bottom margins. If you go to https://html-online.com, you can test out this code, which is just the <body> section without the <body> </body> surrounding it. Since the background is undefined in this (thus white), I've changed the text color to black so it can be seen. It eliminates the large gaps, likely because there are no <div></div> sections.

Tayeb Aissaoui

Apr '24 •

Virtual Tours

3D Photorealistic rendered tour

Hi Community Here a Rendered virtual tour of a Luxury home in Cap cana All made in 3D mixed with a real background captured with a DJI Mini 3 Drone https://eureca3d.com/capcana/ Below some screenshot of How the project was managed from 2d Architectural drawings, to final 360 rendering Can you help me to make it better, where you think I can rise the quality the materials, modeling and lighting and anything can make it better Thank you in advance

New comment Jun '24

Douglas Lufkin

4 likes • May '24

That's very nice! A beautifully designed house, with excellent modeling and rendering. The problem is that it is too perfect. Everything is pristine in every way. Real life has some smudges, scratches, surface irregularities, and asymmetry. In the opening shot, the atrium, the blanket on the couch has wrinkles, which is great, but the couches mirror one another, including the blankets. So do the palms by the doors. Move them around so they aren't identical, and re-do the cloth simulation on one of the blankets to introduce some irregularity. On the Guest Room Balcony, put some dents in the lounge cushions to show they've been used. The palms are all the same, so add some randomness in scale and rotation on the Y-axis. The fires along the pool aren't convincing, and the waterfalls don't splash or break the surface of the pool. The candles are all the same height. The leaves of the plants are very opaque – light isn't passing through them like one would expect. It takes a bit to notice these things consciously, but I think the subconscious picks up on it. That being said, it's a very impressive tour and well done. Just mess things up a bit and it'll be perfect! 😜

Dylan Lach

Jan '24 •

Virtual Tours

Is it my camera or process?

Hey Y'all, I have the Insta 360 oneX2. I can not figure out how to get a clean & crisp home walk-through even after I edit/blend... The demo home tour that Cloud Pano has is what I am going for and I am just falling short. Any thoughts?

New comment May '24

Douglas Lufkin

3 likes • Apr '24

Hi Dylan, here's a link to a tour I did with the Insta360 One RS 1-inch. https://tours.lgd-360.com/tours/7lHNP2IPo. These were shot RAW, color corrected in Photoshop, then enlarged, de-noised, and sharpened using Topaz GigaPixel. While the X3 is showing its limitations in your sample tour (noise, soft image quality, and jagged diagonal lines), the issues can be fixed with some time in Photoshop to adjust the green-blue color cast, add some contrast to the image, remove the tripod feet and shadows, as well as camera reflection in mirrors. I've attached a quick clean up of one of your thumbnail images as an example of how the original can be improved and what a change it makes. The views out the windows looks oversaturated and blown out. In the future you may want to look into exposure stacking (HDR) to get a better balance between indoor and outdoor lighting, but for now you could simply desaturate them. Also, your light sources are showing smears, so make sure to clean your lens before each shoot.

Douglas Lufkin

2 likes • Apr '24

@Dan Newell Hi Dan, noise is a grainy quality to an image, due to improper exposure/camera settings. Here's a sample I screen captured from the tour mentioned in this thread. Sometimes it's subtle, like grains of sand on an image, and sometimes you get the effect happening in the upper left where there are blobs off teal and magenta – like those "are you color blind" tests. Noise isn't an issue of focus, rather it's the sensor not getting enough light to determine what color that pixel should be. An ISO setting too high introduces a lot of noise. If you are shooting in a dark environment (poorly lit room, stars in a night sky) don't increase the ISO, rather increase your exposure time. There are software and filters one can use to reduce the amount of noise in the finished photo, but it's best to do all you can to avoid it in the first place. I'm not aware of a Dummies book to refer you to. Experience is the best teacher. Make a tour of your own living quarters and study it, then do it again to make it better. You want to cover a room well so all aspects are clear, but you don't want to do overkill like Matterport tours with panos every 6 feet. Center of a room is good. If it's a large room, maybe two or 3 shots will be needed. Again, trial and error is the best teacher. When you can't improve on the tour of your own place, ask a friend if you can shoot their place. Take them to dinner or a ball game or something in return. This gives you more opportunities to practice without the risk of messing up with a paying client.

Curtis Penne

Feb '24 •

Virtual Tours

My first CloudPano home tour

Give it to me straight lol how'd I do? https://app.cloudpano.com/tours/wVRWBndYb Camera: Insta360 X3 My only concern may be user error as I did not calibrate the camera prior to shoot. The horizontal level looks off to me but I'm a tough critic when it comes to to quality. - Is there a fix / adjustment in CloudPano for horizontal leveling? - Other recommendations? Thanks! https://app.cloudpano.com/tours/wVRWBndYb

New comment Feb '24

Douglas Lufkin

3 likes • Feb '24

Hi Curtis, for a first time, it's great! A couple of things to think about for the next one. First, before starting, put on all the lights in the house, and open the blinds a bit to let in some outside light. That'll make the rooms more evenly lit and welcoming, and less claustrophobic. Going into a dark hall is not inviting. Watch the orientation from leaving a room to entering the next one. In several the viewer gets turned 90 to 180 degrees, which is disorienting. There seem to be some extra circled arrow links floating around. Most of the links are circles on the floor, which are easy to see and follow. There's some color shift from room to room, but there's a variety of bulbs in the fixtures, so that's the culprit. You can fix some of that in post. Extra credit if you paint out the tripod, shadows, and reflections in mirrors! Good job!