As I am back from Prague I have a little time to write about another nice new feature of the Pano2VR 2.1 beta. Pano2VR 2.0 used (for the most part) the Qt images library. This library required the whole image to be stored in the main memory. While remapping this means that also a second copy is completely in the memory and for loading and saving it needed another one.

With Pano2VR 2.1 the whole image library has been rewritten and replaced so now the image processing is tile base and those tiles can be stored on the hard disk while they are not needed. This allows much larger images to be processed. Now the maximal processable image size results from the used file formats. The maximum file size of TIFF files is 2 GB (no limits on dimensions), PNG is limited to 32.000 x 32.000 pixels and JPEG to 25.000 x 25.000.

I hope you find this new feature (in association with the patch tool) useful. Please use the forum to leave your comments.

As announced at this year’s PanoTools meeting in Prague, Pano2VR 2.1 Beta is now available. The latest feature addition is the Patch Tool.

The patch tool lets you non-destructively extract a portion of your image (for instance, removing the tripod and/or photographer from the image) to be retouched in an image editing software and then import the retouched image back into to Pano2VR to patch over the existing image’s problem area. A very handy tool! 

Download Pano2VR 2.1 Beta.

Familiarize yourself of the handiness of the new Patch Tool (tutorial).

Hi there!

For anyone looking to build their loading bars from scratch, check out the latest tutorial on how to do just exactly that.

Building a Loading Bar

After 9 months in beta we are proud to announce the final version of Pano2VR 2.0.

Pano2VR is a converter to create Flash 8 & 9, QuickTime VR and thumbnail files from panoramic images.

The built-in hotspot and skin editors allow you to add interactive elements to the panoramas. The automatically created, fully customizable HTML files simplify the publishing. Pano2VR can also convert between 8, 16 and 32 bit TIFF equirectangular and cubic formats to allow retouching.

Pano2VR runs on Windows (>=2000), Mac OS X (>=10.3.9) and Linux.
The user interface is translated into German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Russian and Chinese with more languages to come.

To get an idea about Pano2VR you can watch the getting started video.

For further information, feedback, rants and raves please visit the forum.

To download the latest version go to the Pano2VR download page.

The new features:

• Improved skins and skin editor with new elements, actions, modifiers, and loading elements
• Subtiles for Flash 9 export
• User interface in German and Simplified Chinese
• Many bug fixes

Click here to find out more.