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Pano2VR 2.3.0 released

February 8th, 2010 by thomas

We are happy to announce that we finally released Pano2VR 2.3.0. If you didn’t follow the 2.3 beta here is a list of the major new features since 2.2:

  • Background, directional and effect sound within the panorama
  • Effect sounds and sound control in the Skin
  • Read/Write OpenEXR and Radiance .HDR files
  • Support for flat (non distorted) images

Of course there have been a lot of other smaller changes. You can find the full list in the Pano2VR change log.

You can download the new version (as always) from the Pano2VR download page.

Thumbnail Images

January 29th, 2010 by karyn

There are times when you might want to make a thumbnail image of a panorama (like when embedding the image in a webpage). Pano2VR has this nifty little tool that lets you quickly output a thumbnail image of your panorama.

Just use the Transformation output format and choose which type of thumbnail you would like (thumbnail examples can be seen here) to output.

Pano2VR 2.3 beta 6 released

January 24th, 2010 by thomas

I just released Pano2VR 2.3 beta6 which is mainly a bugfix release for beta5.

The changes are:

  • Switch back to Qt 4.5.3 because of OpenGL errors in Windows
  • Bugfix: Flat images work now correct with hotspots
  • Bugfix: Flat images showed sometimes a thin black line
  • Bugfix: Skin: Endless loop (loop=0) changed volume
  • Change of cylindrical FoV in viewing parameters works now faster

You can download the new version (as always) from the Pano2VR download page.

Adding Sound to the Skin

January 22nd, 2010 by karyn
A few months ago, we posted updated Skin Editor tutorials. Yesterday, we posted yet another Skin Editor tutorial showing you how to incorporate sound into your skin. Check it out and we hope you find it useful!

Pano2VR 2.3 beta 5 released

January 19th, 2010 by thomas

I just released Pano2VR 2.3 beta5.

The new features/changes are:

  • Flat (non distorted) images as input type and Flash output
  • Flash 9 export: 4 different field of view modes (vFoV, hFoV, dFoV, Max)
  • Support for tiled TIFFs as produced by PTStitcherNG
  • New faster memory management for large images (~GPixel)
  • Skin: Hand cursor as option per element
  • Skin: Placeholders work also in value fields
  • Cylindrical Horizontal FoV now also in “Viewing Parameters” window
  • Update to Nokias Qt 4.6.0 which should be faster.

And of course bug fixes:

  • Sound: Some bugs with looping fixed
  • Odd PNG bug work around implemented
  • Flash HTML “externalize” fixed
  • Skin: Loading bar/OnLoaded works correct with external images

You can download the new version as always from the Pano2VR download page.