Notes from a Gnome » tips http://gardengnomesoftware.com/blog Where we hard-working gnomes will deliver you news, updates and other gnome-like bits. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:31:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Integrated Web Server http://gardengnomesoftware.com/blog/2011/12/integrated-web-server/ http://gardengnomesoftware.com/blog/2011/12/integrated-web-server/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:50:27 +0000 martin http://gardengnomesoftware.com/blog/?p=773 Just published a new tip covering the Integrated Web Server built in to Object2VR and Pano2VR. The tip explains the settings and how to use it so you can display the Flash or HTML5 outputs on devices connected to the same network without having to upload to a server.

The tip is under General Tips or can be found Here.

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Each tip has its own video as well as projects you can download.
The tips are in the Tips section of Pano2VR and can also be found here:

Radar: Point Hotspots

Radar: Area Hotspots

Radar: Beam Movement

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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.

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The Lens Flare has adjustments for Alpha and for the Blinding effect which means you can adjust for light sources at different distances in the panoramas, the closer having a stronger effect.
You can see the tip here

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This feature will let you make some cool effects in the Skin Editor, we are also including wherever possible a link so you may download the video in .mov format for those countries that do not have access to YouTube.
Please click here to view the tip.

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Click here to see the tip.

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There is also a Tip covering the subject in the documents section of our website. The Tip along with all the others linked to YouTube videos also has the ggsk file that can be downloaded. The Tip can be found Here.

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Skin Editor Drop Shadow Text Effect
And
How to Scale Text in the Skin Editor

Written Tips will be added very soon to the Tips pages in the Garden Gnome Website.

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You can see the video here.

This is also available in written format on our website.

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