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Pano2VR in the Mac App Store

thomas — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:45:44 +0000

After some back an forth with Apple, Pano2VR is now finally in the Mac App Store!

The current version in the Mac App Store differs from the normal Mac version in regards of file handling and other smaller changes required by Apple. Also the droplet feature is missing. Our plan is to sync the versions with the next minor release.

PanoTools Meeting 2011

karyn — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:54:06 +0000

This year, the PanoTools Meeting took place in Vienna and as usual, we had a fantastic time. Thanks for coming out and making the Meeting a special event.

Cache Manifest Tip

martin — Thu, 26 May 2011 11:18:16 +0000

After many hours the Cache Manifest tip is out, with two projects to download, additional code for your html page and videos, you will be able to download and display your panoramas off line using an iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad. You can see the tip here

We have also added a new Getting Started with Pano2VR (3.0) video.
The video outlines how to input an image, output to Flash, HTML5 and create Thumbnails.
You can see the video here.

The Gnomes are off to Portugal for the 2011 IVRPA meeting in Palmela this weekend, but don’t worry we will be looking in on the forum and e-mails daily.
For those that are going, see you there.

Garden Gnomes sponsor the Pano Awards

karyn — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:07:27 +0000

The Epson International Pano Awards showcases the work of panoramic photographers worldwide and is the largest and most important competition for panoramic photography.

This year they have added a VR photography category to the competition and we are proud to be sponsoring this event!

If you are interested in submitting an entry, you will find all the details at www.thepanoawards.com.

Support Gnome YouTube Channel

martin — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:25:28 +0000

Garden Gnome Software now has a YouTube Channel which will contain a series of how to videos. This is not to replace the video tutorials on our website, but aimed at the quick how to’s that are often asked in the forums and e-mails. The videos will be best viewed in full screen and 720p.

Please visit : http://www.youtube.com/user/SupportGnome

Welcome Hopki!

thomas — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:55:24 +0000

We’d like to quickly introduce you to our newest member of the Garden Gnome team: Martin Hopkins! If you’re a regular on our forums, you will surely know him by his handle, Hopki. Martin brings to us his expertise of the skin editor plus his expansive knowledge of both Pano2VR and Object2VR. We’re excited to have him as part of our team. Welcome Hopki!!!

2010 PanoTools Meeting

karyn — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:08:52 +0000

It’s that time of the year again where panorama photography enthusiasts gather to present their work, talk pano geekery and to simply enjoy one another’s company. It’s time again for the annual PanoTools Meeting.

This year it takes place in Plymouth, UK and we’ll be there! We are, as always, looking forward to seeing everyone!

Arizona

karyn — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:30:58 +0000

In a few weeks, in the beautiful southwestern American city of Tucson, Arizona, something interesting will occur; men and women with odd-looking photographic equipment will be seen roaming this area.

What they will be doing there, with their strange mechanical devices, no one really knows for sure – unless they attend The International Panoramic Photography Conference. We gnomes will be amongst these good folk and we look forward to seeing you there!

Updated Skin Editor Tutorials

karyn — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:04:31 +0000

Hurrah! The Skin Editor tutorials have been updated! These tutorials were created with Pano2VR version 2.3 beta 4.

Pano2VR & Object2VR on Snow Leopard

thomas — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:58:24 +0000

Apple today released Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard and I am happy to report that we didn’t found any issues with Pano2VR & Object2VR during the last weeks testing.

The only issue is QTVR & QuickTime 7 support because Snow Leopard by default only comes with QuickTime X and QuickTime X can not play QTVRs.

You have to manually install QuickTime 7 to have the proper player, otherwise you get a “Unsupported Format” error message. After you install QuickTime 7 you can choose which QuickTime version should be used to open the .mov file.

To install QuickTime 7 you need to hit “Customize” during installation and check “QuickTime 7″. You can also install QuickTime 7 afterwards by inserting the Snow Leopard disk and go to the “Optional Installs” package. In any case QTVR will still work in the browser because the browser plugin is still QuickTime 7.

For more info also look at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3678

Obvious side note: Maybe now is a good time to switch from QuickTime to Flash because only Steve knows how long it takes before they drop QTVR entirely.