-- Transform an Alembic Camera into a Panoramic Camera Node
    --
    -- @description get the current camera position and target for creating a new Panorama Camera Node
    -- @author      Beppe Gullotta aka beppeg4d
    -- @version     0.2
    -- @shortcut    alt+p

--  get the current render target and camera
local rendertarget  = octane.render.getRenderTargetNode()
local camera        = rendertarget:getInputNode(octane.P_CAMERA)

-- get the position and target  from the camera
local poscam        = camera:getPinValue(octane.P_POSITION)
local target        = camera:getPinValue(octane.P_TARGET)
print ("camera position = ")
print (unpack(poscam))
print ("target position = ")
print (unpack(target))

-- get the current selection
local selection     = octane.project.getSelection()
-- only do something if we do not have a single selection
if #selection == 0 or selection[1].type ~= octane.NT_RENDERTARGET then
    error("a RenderTarget node needs to be selected")
end

local RTnode = selection[1]
-- get the position of the selected node in the graph editor
        pos         = RTnode.position
        print ("RT node position =")
        print (unpack(pos))
-- create a new Panoramic camera node
local panoCam       = octane.node.create
    {
        type        =octane.NT_CAM_PANORAMIC,
        name        = "Pano",
        position    ={pos[1]-80, pos[2]-50},
        graphOwner  = root
    }
    RTnode:connectTo(octane.P_CAMERA, panoCam)
    panoCam:setPinValue(octane.P_POSITION, poscam)
    panoCam:setPinValue(octane.P_TARGET, target)
    panoCam:setPinValue(octane.P_KEEP_UPRIGHT, true)
    panoCam:setPinValue(octane.P_STEREO_OUTPUT, 3)
print ("Happy VR rendering")