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.

• PanoTools Meeting website
• PanoTools Meeting Flickr Group Pool
• PanoTools Meeting 2011 on 360cities

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.

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.

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

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!!!