ABSTRACT
3D imaging is a niche activity that literally gives another dimension to photographers' flat astro photographs. Once acquired and processed with the normal plethora of tools and methods at their disposal, a compositing program transforms the 2-D into a 3-D diorama within the computer, such that a software camera can move through the space to create an animation. The preview windows can show different views; the view type is shown in the lower corner. A right-click shows the options: Perspective, Top, Front, Left, Right and Camera. The information of the control pane changes dynamically depending upon the selected node. There are usually multiple pages; the main ones being: Controls, Materials and a 3-axis icon. The number of frames that an animation runs over can be adjusted by changing the number in the time-line boxes. This area controls are forward, backward, play and render controls.
