Facebook 360 Image
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 9:01 pm
Facebook now has the ability to show off 360 images. These can created using sketchup and twilight with a few simple steps. The results are rather good, as shown in my project Coventry Rebuilt, where I'm recreating how Coventry use to look before world war II -
https://www.facebook.com/Coventryrebuilt
http://www.coventryrebuilt.com/
Step 1: Render Setting
Size - 3000 , 6000
Advanced Camera Settings (little camera icon) - Projection: Spherical
Render the image.
Step 2: Once the render has finished save to file.
Step 3: Where the file has been saved right click and open the file properties
Step 4: Select Details and scroll down the list to Camera. Facebook recognises the image as 360 image by the made and model of the camera, so by changing these settings you can 'fool' Facebook into thinking the image was taken by a 360 camera. There are a few models you can use, I've found the follow works well. Under the headings input the following details:
Camera Maker RICOH
Camera Model RICOH THETA S
Click Apply
Step 5: Simply upload the file to Facebook and if all goes well it should recognise the image as a 360 image which will be automatically loaded as a dynamic picture.
Twilight is unable to render spherical images as animation so if you want to do multiple view points you'll need to set the render up for each image individually.
https://www.facebook.com/Coventryrebuilt
http://www.coventryrebuilt.com/
Step 1: Render Setting
Size - 3000 , 6000
Advanced Camera Settings (little camera icon) - Projection: Spherical
Render the image.
Step 2: Once the render has finished save to file.
Step 3: Where the file has been saved right click and open the file properties
Step 4: Select Details and scroll down the list to Camera. Facebook recognises the image as 360 image by the made and model of the camera, so by changing these settings you can 'fool' Facebook into thinking the image was taken by a 360 camera. There are a few models you can use, I've found the follow works well. Under the headings input the following details:
Camera Maker RICOH
Camera Model RICOH THETA S
Click Apply
Step 5: Simply upload the file to Facebook and if all goes well it should recognise the image as a 360 image which will be automatically loaded as a dynamic picture.
Twilight is unable to render spherical images as animation so if you want to do multiple view points you'll need to set the render up for each image individually.