When I select my render area on my 180 degree shots and create my cylindrical IVP file with the "Use defined viewports" selected.

I still see the full 360 image which half is black?
Running version Stitcher Unlimited 5.7

Just installed version 5.6, and the render area works fine, hopefuly they will fix this bug soon

I am also having this issue with Cylindrical QTVR with USE DEFINED VIEWPORT checked.  In previous versions ENTER would save the RENDER AREA drawn with the rectangle.  Now ENTER does nothing and the RENDER AREA rectangle seems to be ignored.  The resulting .mov has the black space on Top and Bottom.

Autodesk Support have confirmed a bug and are working on it I believe.

 
Do you know approx. when will they release a bug fix.
This feature is killing my work deadlines. Hopefully it will be soon.

Nope, no idea sorry.

I think the new 5.7.1 release has fixed this bug.

nope. 5.7.1 still has this problem... at least the Mac  version

Hi,
it seems to be working only in spherical mode.
So, please select spherical projection as a workaround.
 
regards

I'm new to SU.7.1, but am having the black show up in rendering a QTVT. How do I use spherical projection to accomplish a QTVT?
Thanks.