The graphical user frontend RODEONmodular

In general, the user-software is designed to be used intuitively.

This menu item controls the whole horizontal angle of the panoramic photo.

Normally ('-') the RODEON modular optimizes all turns to move always along shortest distances to save time. That means, that RODEON modular turns to 360° instead of 0° if the last photo was taken on a horizontal angle greater than 180°. This behavior is deactivated by selecting a maximal angular of 360° . Thus twisted cables are prevented.

If the upper or lower angle border becomes 90° (Vertex) or -90° (Nadir), only one picture will be triggered in this position. In all other vertical positions, the number of pictures that were selected in the 'Horizontal' menu are exposured (Multi-Row).

For special camera-features or situations it is useful to take several photos in one position (e.g. for a sequence of different exposures - HDR). You can select the number of triggers for each position in this menu ('Bracketing'). Many camera models are supporting this automatic HDR mode.

'Preshoot time': The time the camera needs to focus etc. (half-pressed trigger). You can use this waiting period after RODEON modular stops driving to avoid mechanical swinging.

'Exposure time': The time between trigger and continue moving.

Recover Time: The minimal time between two triggers. It is used to avoid triggering until the camera is ready.

The 'speed' describes the rotation speed of the drives. We recommend especially for heavy cameras a lower factor.

The user-software writes the actual configuration to a file named "Last used settings" during closing it. This file itself contains detailed descriptions of the used scriptlanguage. Besides other configurations with other names can be saved or loaded in the program-window. In this way you are able to store many preferred configurations.

Controlling the head by the software is very easy. Simply use the three control buttons after starting up the software.

faster - more comfortable - more secure

The purpose of RODEONpreview is to let the user work faster, more comfortable and more secure by getting an impression of the whole panorama image instantly after its capture and by correcting it selectively if needed.

The software RODEONpreview treats every panorama prior to its capturing as a single unique project. Within that project all parameters regarding the recording, deliberately made settings, META-information, and not to forget the name of every single image file are stored. For a better handling a seperate directory is been created for every project, which gets the same name as the project itself, and which contains all regarding files like the project file, the original image files as well as any exported data. The user has the ability to control a connected RODEON VR Head directly out of RODEONpreview, and to get the captured images instantly displayed within the software. The functions are optimized to allow a fast and straightforward examination of all captured image data and to easily get connected to any third-party software product.

Additional guidances like a comprehensive database of camera models, assist the professional user at his daily work. The setup of all necessary capturing parameters has been designed intuitively, and therefore prevents mistakes.

File operations with single image files has become completely obsolete, because a project has been accounted and handled as one coherent entity. The supported image file formats are not limited, and can be extended at any time by simply installing additional codecs. Support for JPEG, TIFF, PNG, BMP, GIF and WMF is already built in. RAW-Codecs are provided by other manufacturers by Canon and Nikon for free.

Thanks to the integrated instant preview, the whole panorama can be seen and evaluated already while it's being recorded. In worst case, the user is able to reject one or more single images and to re-record them selectively.

RODEONpreview has been optimized on speed at loading as well as displaying images. High level parallelization does optimally take in account all available processor units, an intelligent memory management keeps the usage of resources low to let other programs run fluently, and the embedded preview images reduce the time needed for opening an existing project file considerably.