Greetings! Over the summer I accepted a position as "Media Developer" at a planetarium in central California, US. I have been tasked with developing an...
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Butterfield Family
zacksmumdad
Oct 1, 2008 5:36 pm
As you get started you might find it easier to buy a few shows to get started. Then once you're up and going add a few pieces of your own work to the show...
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Pete Carss
dmtquarter
Oct 1, 2008 9:42 pm
Hello There, Good luck! If you can work with Yafray as a renderer with Blender, then I have a modified version which will render to fisheye directly. Also some...
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igloonaut
Oct 1, 2008 11:34 pm
Pete, Thank you for responding! I'm on the verge of learning about the Yafray connection to Blender as I progress through the tutorials. It never occurred to...
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bengt_rosengren
Oct 2, 2008 10:35 am
Already before I became a member of this group, I built a couple of domes, using a spherical mirror and a standard video projector. Now, from this group, I...
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António Pedrosa
pedrosaantonio
Oct 2, 2008 11:36 am
Dear Bengt Rosengren. Do please have a look at Domeview.multimeios.pt <http://domeview.multimeios.pt/>. <http://domeview.multimeios.pt/> Its a windows based...
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Paul Bourke
pauldavidbourke
Oct 2, 2008 12:43 pm
... Hmmm, at $1000 euros seems a bit steep. For around $600 just use the Mac software and buy a Mac Mini. .... Just joking, the software sound interesting and...
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António Pedrosa
pedrosaantonio
Oct 2, 2008 1:47 pm
Hi. With one click of the mouse, the user opens a Control Options window and is able to select the desiered output projection, e.g., Spherical Mirror. The same...
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Mark C. Petersen
marklnp
Oct 2, 2008 9:48 pm
We compiled Paul Bourke's TGAWarp program to run on PCs. Check out TGAWarper/JPGWarper for Windows on our Web site. Here's the direct URL: ...
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rmacultra2
Oct 3, 2008 2:59 pm
Thanks Paul for this handy program. This is Ramón from the planetarium in Xalapa, Veracruz in México.We run you progam on an iMac intel with Leopard 10.5.5...
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a s
mahsa.soufi
Oct 4, 2008 4:59 am
hello Thank for you Paul. ... From: Paul Bourke <paul.bourke@...> To: small_planetarium@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 5:07:09 AM ...
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a s
mahsa.soufi
Oct 4, 2008 4:59 am
hello Thank for you Wesan. ... From: Wesam <wesamnabile@...> To: small_planetarium@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 11:52:20 PM Subject:...
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Paul Bourke
pauldavidbourke
Oct 4, 2008 8:43 am
... Well, it does indeed seem possible .... at least it works for me although I do imagine this could be sensitive to installation versions. I've added two...
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chas3701
Oct 10, 2008 6:14 am
Hi Friends, The global crisis has few benefits, but with the Australian dollar in free fall, there never been a better time to get into warranted mirror full...
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Antonio Pedrosa
pedrosaantonio
Oct 14, 2008 3:28 pm
Dear community The 5th European Conference of Small and Portable Planetariums took place at the end of last week (ECSPP2008.multimeios.pt). We would like to...
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Richard S. Wright Jr.
starstonesof...
Oct 21, 2008 6:14 pm
I seem to recall someone posting a URL once to a page with a FAQ about projector selection, perhaps even with some pros/cons of various models. Does such a...
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Butterfield Family
zacksmumdad
Oct 21, 2008 6:16 pm
www.projectorcentral.com  ________________________________ From: Richard S. Wright Jr. <rwright@...> To: small_planetarium@yahoogroups.com ...
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Andy Green
arg1uk
Oct 21, 2008 11:17 pm
Does anyone have the exact specifications for the main bulbs that Starlab sell for their standard projectors ? They are £18 each here in the UK and $38.00 in...
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Paul Bourke
pauldavidbourke
Oct 22, 2008 1:07 am
... That is a good source of information about projectors but doesn't necessarily address the issue of whether a particular projector will focus ok for the...
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Paul Bourke
pauldavidbourke
Oct 22, 2008 1:39 am
... A little way down this page http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/miscellaneous/domemirror/faq.html there is a list of projectors that I know work ......
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Richard S. Wright Jr.
starstonesof...
Oct 23, 2008 8:48 pm
Thanks very much Paul... just what I was looking for. Richard...
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chas3701
Oct 27, 2008 10:25 am
Hi everybody, With fear of repeating myself, now that our Aussie dollar has fallen by 40% against both the US dollar and the UK pound, there has never been a ...
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surfographer
Oct 27, 2008 11:38 pm
ok so i have the 6m inflaitable dome with the mirror projector. i have a normal fisheye lens, which on a full frame camera fills the frame with a fisheye...
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Butterfield Family
zacksmumdad
Oct 27, 2008 11:47 pm
Can you post some of your examples so that we can see what you are talking about?(yahoo-group) What part are you unhappy about? Thanks, Tony Butterfield ...
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Paul Bourke
pauldavidbourke
Oct 28, 2008 10:03 am
... In order to give advice we need to know what aspects you are not satisfied with? - Image resolution ... which camera are you using? - Image not sharp ......
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asaf yurdakul
asafyurdakul
Oct 28, 2008 10:55 am
Hi Mr.Bourke http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/miscellaneous/3projdome/ You are describing in this article how is full dome projection using three...
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small_planetarium@yah...
Oct 28, 2008 1:48 pm
Reminder from: small_planetarium Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/cal GLPA conference Wednesday October 29, 2008 All Day (This...
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surfographer
Oct 28, 2008 4:38 pm
So i am using a Canon 1DS MarkII and a sigma fisheye lens. the fisheye is filling the frame just fine, the light fall off and exponential loss of detail are...
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Butterfield Family
zacksmumdad
Oct 28, 2008 5:55 pm
Thanks for the camera info, we are using the Canon DS MarkIII with no problems. We have tried several camera's over the years starting with a 5 mega pixal a...
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Paul Bourke
pauldavidbourke
Oct 29, 2008 2:18 am
... That was a long time ago....a company wanted to do a fulldome system with a minimal number of projectors, they already owned very bright/expensive...
