Controlling panorama and object movies
When your piece is packaged, users can click and drag on a QuickTime VR sprite without changing the sprite's location in the Presentation window. To avoid moving the sprite unintentionally during authoring, attach a calculation to your QuickTime VR sprite icon and enter the following expression:
Movable := FALSE
To look around in a panoramic movie:
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Press the mouse button and drag across the image in the direction you want to look. |
To turn objects around in an object movie:
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Press the mouse button to grab the object and then move it to see it from many angles. |
To zoom in and out of a movie:
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Click on the buttons that look like magnifying glasses (one with a "+", one with a "-"). |
You must have the pointer over the image to zoom in or out. |
To move objects that are zoomed-in:
1 | Click on the Object Moving button. This works only in object movies. |
2 | Drag the object to repostion it in the window. |
3 | Click on the Object Moving button to return to normal viewing. |
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