March has arrived and with it a new Garden Gnome office and updated hotspot tutorials.

The updated hotspot tutorial has been posted on the tutorial page. A written tutorial is in the works. This will be handy for reading along with the screencast. There will also be a demo project available for download that you can use and follow along with the tutorial.

The tutorial is split into six parts and each part continues from the previous. However, if you feel the need to watch the videos out of order, you should be able to do so without getting lost. The chapters:

Creating Hotspots
Part 1: Adding Hotspots that Link to Websites
Part 2: Using Hotspots to Link to Other Panos
Part 3: Using the Skin to Build Hotspot Images & Actions
Part 4: Creating Multiple Hotspot Templates
Part 5: Building a Basic Map in the Skin Editor
Part 6: Using Proxies & Indicating Location

We hope you find them helpful!

Hi!

All tutorials for creating hotspots, the new way, are up! Although they are not polished productions, I do hope they offer some good ol’ fashion help:

Part 1: Introduction to area and point hotspots

Part 2: Using a hotspot template

Part 3: Using multiple hotspot templates

Part 4: Using hotspot proxies

The latest beta version (2.2) of Pano2VR included a wonderfully updated feature: adding hotspots with the added ability to edit the hotspots via the skin editor. I put together a few quick tutorials to get you started and I hope you’ll find them helpful. Another tutorial, that shows more advanced actions/features should materialize very soon.

Here are the links:

Part 1 – Basics

Part 2 – More Basics

UPDATE

Part 3 is now online and explains how to create multiple hotspot images in the skin editor and then how to add them in the hotspot editor.

Coming up next, in part 4, will be tutorial on how to use hotspot proxies, so stay tuned!

This latest tutorial takes you through the steps of exporting a partial panorama to QuickTime, Flash, and image formats. Plus I touch on what can be done with non-panoramic images.

Exporting Partial Panoramas

Last week we added a new tutorial to the collection: Advanced Flash Export.

This tutorial picks up after the Basic Flash Movie tutorial and I suggest to watch the basic tutorial before watching this advanced tutorial.

You’ll learn about the settings for rendering quality during movement, scaling, the hotspot box and cursor setting plus about the HTML externalize settings.