We’ve just posted another quick tutorial on outputting multiresolution Flash movies with Pano2VR 3.0beta.

The multiresolution outputs allow for very large images to be easily viewed on a user’s computer by creating multiple levels of resolutions that load when necessary. The multiresolution export has built-in image tiling that can be embedded within the SWF. The tiles can be in different projections like 
cubic, equirectangular, cylindrical, flat.

Examples of multiresolution outputs can be found on our Pano2VR 3.0 samples page.

As usual, the PanoTools meeting was fantastic and we really enjoyed ourselves. Many thanks to the organizers and volunteers who help keep this meeting a yearly success.

A group pool of images taken during the meeting can be found on Flickr.

We have a new video tutorial online plus quick step-by-step instructions for outputting HTML5 projects. These are both temporary until we get more comprehensive tutorials/instructions produced.

HTML5 video tutorial

HTML5 written tutorial

Tutorials for outputting multi-resolution images are in the works and will be posted soon.

A few notes on installing and registering Pano2VR 3.0.

You can run both versions 2.3.4 and 3.0beta at the same time. To do this, simply add Pano2VR 3.0beta to a different directory as 2.3.4. You can also keep them in the same directory but change the application name.

When you download and install Pano2VR 3.0beta and first launch it, you’re greeted with a welcome screen. For version 3.0beta, you will need a new license. Your license for version 2.x will not work! On this welcome screen, follow the link highlighted here in yellow.

Once you’ve received your Pano2VR 3.x license you can it add to the license field in the Preferences/Settings section of Pano2VR.

This is only a quick note that the first beta of Pano2VR 3.0 has been released. More information will follow soon.
The 2 big new features are HTML5 / CSS3 export and multi resolution in Flash.

The HTML5 player is a full feature panorama player, with point hotspots, full skin support (your Flash skins should work without changes), multiple resolutions for iPhone/iPad and Scaleable Vector Graphics (SVG) within the skin to use the high resolution display of the iPhone4.

The multi resolution export has built in image tiling, the tiles can be embedded within the SWF, and the tiles can be in different projections like 
cubic, equirectangular, cylindrical, flat.

You can see demos of these new features here: http://ggnome.com/3 (iPhone friendly URL).

To import larger images also BigTIFF is now supported.
You can download free Photoshop import/export filters for BigTIFF here: (Windows/Mac). You have put those into your Photoshop plugin folder.

Pricing: The price is still 59 Euros (excl. VAT).
Upgrade: If you bought Pano2VR 2.x in 2010 the upgrade to 3.x is free, between 1.7. and 31.12.2009 it is 10 Euros (excl. VAT) and if you bought it before 1.7.2009 it is 20 Euros (excl. VAT).
This also means you can just buy Pano2VR 2.x (or upgrade from Pano2QTVR) and request your free key for Pano2VR 3.x.

To download Pano2VR 3.0 beta please visit the Pano2VR download page.