qtvr and cubes

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I have been using QTVR since it first came out and I thought it always created cubes in 16 bit tifs. But a few days ago I noticed that my 16 bit equirectangulars are converted to 8 bit cubes. How do I keep the cubes 16 bit?

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Hi Svendus,

Thanks for pointing this out. I had not noticed that setting before in Pano2vr.
But this was a question related to Pano2QTVR. There is no place in Pano2QTVR where one can choose between 8 and 16 bit tiff. It is supposed to always save the cubes in 16 bit. But maybe Pano2QTVR and Pano2VR share some dll that has screwed things up....?
I have and use both Pano2vr and Pano2QTVR.

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Pano2QTVR works with 16bits if you use the PanoTools DLL (pano12.dll). QTVRs are always 8bits because of the limitations for this format. I plan to add 16bit support to Pano2VR with beta6 or beta7.
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Which Version of the (pano12.dll). do you recommend in Windows
From Jim Watters PanoTools Distribution :?:
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Everything after 2.7.13 should be fine for the Pano2QTVR needs because of the anti aliasing filters. If you also like to convert 32bit HDR images you need a later version (around Feb 2006, can't remember the version number when I added this code).
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We are running
Panol2 file version: 2.8.6
Comment: MinGW
Copyright: Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2001 Helmut Dersch
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