Pano2VR - Output - Flash
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[edit] Outputting Flash Movies
Pano2VR gives you the added ability to convert panoramic images into Flash movies. Click here to see an example.
Click here to watch a tutorial on the basic settings for outputting a Flash movie.
And to watch a more advanced tutorial for outputting a Flash movie, Click here.
[edit] Settings Tab
[edit] Tile Settings
Cube Face Size: The size of the cube face, measured in pixels and gives the resolution of the panorama. Smaller cube faces produce smaller file sizes.
- Optimal: Pano2VR will calculate the best output cube face size based on the default view (FoV) and the window size.
Image Quality: The overall quality of the image as defined in JPEG images. 90 is the default value, lowering to a value below 90 will lower the quality of the outputted image and reduce the file size.
Tile Quality: Set the quality for each individual tile, including the preview image.
Sub Tiles: Enter the number sub tiles for each cube face.
[edit] Display
Window Size: Adjust the height and width of the movie window.
Frame Rate: Adjust the frame rate of the movie. A smaller frame rate can reduce the processing needed on the clients machine. This can be helpful if you have several panoramas on one page.
Render Quality: Adjusting the image quality slider determines the amount of distortion (or waves):
- Lesser quality (low) = more distortion but a faster speed;
- Higher quality (high) = less distortion but a slower speed
- TIP: If your panorama window is small, start with a quality of 7 and uncheck Automatic decrease quality while moving
- NOTE: This quality setting does not affect the overall file size.
Decrease quality while moving: To increase the response to movements the quality is reduced while moving the panorama. This optimization can produce a popping effect on some content so if you don't like this effect or you are already using a low quality setting you should disable this option.
Change stage quality: Keep this option checked if the panoramic image does not include elements on the flash stage (i.e. vector based controller, your own loading bar, etc.). When this option is not checked it helps to eliminate the jagged lines that appear with elements in the image during movement.
Change bitmap filtering: Same as above but has an effect only on the panorama not the whole stage.
Scaling: Scaling resizes the window in which the movie will play. Here you can choose how the panorama will be resized when its window's proportions change.
- None: No scaling will occur when the size of the window is changed and the background will be visible when it is larger than the movie.
- With window: The panorama will maintain its aspect ratio regardless of the window size.
- No border: The movie will maintain its original resolution but it is scaled up so that no border or background is visible. This setting can improve speed while lowering the resolution.
- Exact fit: the movie will to the window's proportions causing the panorama to distort and the aspect ratio is not locked to the original values.
[edit] Auto Rotate
Enable auto rotation: When enabled, the panorama will begin to move (rotate) when the window is opened or when triggered by the mouse.
Pan Speed: Pan speed refers to how fast the movie will rotate from left to right (positive number) or right to left (negative number).
Delay: The time it takes for the panorama to begin to rotate (in seconds) again after it has been manually moved by the user.
Return to Horizon: Brings the movie's center perspective (horizon) back into view after it has been manually moved upwards or downwards. A value of 0 will equate to no return, and an increase in the value will return the image to the horizon at a quicker speed.
Start after fully loaded: Enable this option if you want the movie to start rotating only after it has been fully loaded. If left disabled, the movie will rotated while it is being downloaded.
Only in Focus: When enabled, the panorama will only rotate when the mouse hovers over it.
[edit] Skin/Controller
Skin: Here you can choose either one of the pre-installed skins or choose one that you have created. The file extension used for the skins is .ggsk (stands for Garden Gnome Skin).
- Edit: Clicking this will bring you to the Skin Editor.
- File: Click here to choose a skin. It will direct you to the Garden Gnome Skins folder.
External Controller: When outputting to Flash 8, this option will be enabled. Here you can choose a controller for Flash 8. Further adjustments to the skin can be made in the Loading (Flash 8) tab that appears when Flash 8 is chosen as the output format in the Ouput section.
- Alpha: Choose the percentage of transparancy of the controller.
- Anchor: Pick an area to secure the controller.
- Loading Tab: For Flash 8 you can make simple parameter changes to the loading text, loading bar, and loading image. You can also choose where to anchor the loading text and bar.
[edit] Output
Format: Choose to output to either Flash 8 or Flash 9.
Output File: Change the name of the file (if you wish) and choose where to save the outputted image. The default is to output the file in the same directory as the original image. If no change is made here, this is where you will find your outputted image.
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[edit] Advanced Settings Tab
Under the Advanced Settings Tab you can define how the image will look during loading.
[edit] Download/Preview
Type: Choose from Grayscale, Color or Sepia while downloading the panorama. For "none" you can choose a background color for the download preview.
Resolution: This represents how clear or blurry the downloading image will appear. This setting will effect the file size. The default setting is 1:4 which is a reasonably good setting. Setting it to 1:1, makes the downloading image as clear as the original image.
Download Order: In what order the image will download. Choose from:
- None: No particular download order is assigned.
- Default View: This view is defined in Viewing Parameters.
- Random: Parts of the image will download randomly.
[edit] Hotspot Text Box
Size: Set the size of the text for the hotspot. Auto: Choose this to have the text automatically fitted within the text box.
Text: Choose the text color
Background: Choose Visible to show the background of the text box and choose a color for the background. When Visible is not checked, no background will be seen.
Border: Choose Visible to show the border of the text box and choose a color for the border. When Visible is not checked no border will be seen.
If you do not want to have the boxes visible at all - only the text - be sure to uncheck Visible from both Background and Border.
[edit] Control
Sensitivity: Set the movie's sensitivity to the movement of the mouse. A low sensitivty will cause the panorama to move slowly with the mouse's movement.
Movement - Mass Simulation: How the panorama stops after movement. When this is enabled, the panorama will slowly come to a stop - as if it has mass. If not enabled, it will stop immediately.
Disable Mouse/Keyboard: Disable/Enable interactivity with the movie via the mouse and keyboard.
Flash Context Menu: Show or Hide the About Pano2VR in the right-click context box.
Mouse Cursor: Show own movement cursor & Show own default cursor: When both of these options are enabled, the mouse pointer will turn into a bull's eye and directional arrows when the panorama moves. When Show own default cursor is disabled, the system's default cursor will replace the bull's eye.
Custom Cursor Image: Import your custom made cursor here. Check out information on cursors.
Local Security: When this is enabled, Flash will be able to communicate with another website, but will deny Flash's access to the local disk. When disabled, Flash can only access the local disk and will not have access to a network.
[edit] The HTML Tab
Use this tab to make a custumizable HTML page to add to your website that includes not only your panoramic movie but also audio.
Watch a tutorial on creating an HTML page.
Information on the coding language used to create the HTML template can be found here.
To be able to edit the HTML template parameters, you must check Enable HTML File.
Externalize: Depending on which you enable, this is will export either the separate panorama images or the skin's data and imagaes. This is helpful for those who want more control over your images and/or the skin within a database.
Template: Here you can choose a pre-loaded template (fullscreen.ggt or normal.ggt). The normal template will give you the ability to add table that shows the user data; whereas the fullscreen template will not.
[edit] Template Parameters
Text, Background Colors: Choose the color of your text and your page background.
Show Userdata Table: Choose to show the userdata table or not.
Table Bordoer, Table Text, Table Background Colors: Use these color pickers to customize your table.
Embed Sound File: Choose "Open" to locate and choose your MP3 of choice.
Sound Title: The title of your audio (MP3) goes here.
Panorama Video File: info coming soon
Enable JavaScript Interface: info coming soon
[edit] Template Output
Format: Choose between extensions, .html and .htm.
Output File: If you wish, change the name of the file and choose where to save the outputted HTML file. The default is to output the file in the same directory as the original image. If no change is made here, this is where you will find your outputted image.
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