360 panorama stretching - how to fix this? 3ds max Panorama Exporter for web

[isaacsky]

Hello, I'm rendering a 360 (2:1 aspect ratio) to be uploaded on a website. However I'm having issues with stretching/distortion when looking around, especially around the edges. This issue varies depending what software I use - I tried Pano2VR, roundme, kolor etc. Basically the only time when I don't get any stretching is from Panorama Exporter Viewer which is native to 3ds max. However in that case I can only view it and cannot upload it to website or add hotspots etc.

 

 

 

First I thought this issue is connected to camera settings but it seems it's more likely the algorithm settings from the JPG or TIF to the actual 360 since 3ds Max is showing it without any distortion while looking around. I would be really happy if someone could help me with this.

 

 

 

You can see the stretching in screenshots attached or go directly to link and see especially in the bed

 

https://roundme.com/tour/403121/view/1401993/

 

 

 

I tried using fish eye projection and that fixed most of the distortion but introduced not straight lines (because fish eye) so that doesn't really solve it

 

 

 

Does anyone know which projection is 3ds max using for the panorama exporter?

 

[Lewis Garrison]

I've only seen this kind of warping when you zoom out too far of a panorama. It gets worse the farther out you zoom. So my guess is the rendering is fine, but the website your using starts you out zoomed out too far. Like the website isn't letting me zoom in to where the warping goes away which is odd. If you search "Renderings" on that website you can see that all the rendered 360 tours have the same warping issue.