Panoramic Louvre Museum Photos

August 27, 2005 6:57 AM

The Louvre 360  by Virtual Sweden(?) has panoramic photos of the museum. Press 'SHIFT' to zoom in, 'CTRL' to zoom out. Panorama-o-Rama.
posted by planetkyoto (16 comments total)

That's very nice.
posted by lobstah at 7:31 AM on August 27, 2005

Very nice indeed. I've seen some of those places and it makes me want to travel more.
posted by zorro astor at 8:05 AM on August 27, 2005

This is very cool. Museums--the place--have always appealed to me at least as much as the stuff on the walls. Even the visitors are dressed well. I've only looked at the first one so far; hope there isn't some kid from the States with a Beavis shirt lurking in one of the galleries.

Thanks, Planetkyoto.
posted by ParisParamus at 8:21 AM on August 27, 2005

Is there any way to save a Quicktime 3D image as a static image, i.e, for a desktop photo? Or just make the desktop quicktime permanently?
posted by ParisParamus at 8:27 AM on August 27, 2005

If you right click (control-click) you should get an option to save it as a quicktime movie, which will then open as a QTVR movie in your QT stand-alone player. AFAIK, they don't work as backgrounds, unless you take a screen shot, of course. I have no idea how to take a screen shot in Windows.
posted by planetkyoto at 8:36 AM on August 27, 2005

These photos also remind and evoke (for me) me why France is so seductive. Truly great stuff.
posted by ParisParamus at 8:40 AM on August 27, 2005

It's ok, I guess, but the Xbox 360 is going to have Halo 3, which is going to rock.
posted by Admiral Haddock at 8:41 AM on August 27, 2005

By the way, you need to BUY quicktime pro to save these movies..my love of Apple ends before that....
posted by ParisParamus at 8:48 AM on August 27, 2005

Is there any way to save a Quicktime 3D image as a static image, i.e, for a desktop photo?

You can always do a screen capture.
posted by wsg at 10:20 AM on August 27, 2005

You can? On a mac? What's that?
posted by ParisParamus at 10:21 AM on August 27, 2005

Well, maybe you can't on a mac. It is very simple on a windows machine, but I don't know about a mac. Surely, there's a way to do it, I would think. I can't believe that macs with all their superiority over windows do not allow the user to make a screen capture.
posted by wsg at 10:37 AM on August 27, 2005

Here ya go: screen capture on a mac
posted by wsg at 10:38 AM on August 27, 2005

Does anyone have a favorite? I think the Wedding Feast one makes the best overall use of the photography+ the technology. Those skylight windows are like a Kaleidoscope.
posted by ParisParamus at 10:51 AM on August 27, 2005

thanks for trying, wsg, but that doesn't work for this type of media, at least not in OS 10.4
posted by ParisParamus at 10:57 AM on August 27, 2005

yes it does. don't know what you're doing, but CMD+SHIFT+3 (or 4 if you only want to capture part of the screen) works for me fine.
posted by silence at 11:22 AM on August 27, 2005

Silence, when I hit Applekey+Shift+3 or 4, the image just zooms.
posted by ParisParamus at 12:21 PM on August 27, 2005