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Re: Full information on Sanctuary QTVRs, soon?
William Lebovich 2004-Dec-15 18:37:00
Don,
We had exchanged emails a couple of weeks ago as I am about to get
started doing panoramas. You put me in touch with Robert Thien who was
quite helpful, and I have joined (as you can see) the #removed#
( I think next year I will join the panoramic group that requires a
membership fee). I went to your virtualbooks.com site and was very
impressed with the panoramics of Southern California, with the Spanish
mission townsquare and fountain. I especially liked the fact that the
movie ran by itself. Can you tell me what software and hardware you
used?
Thanks in advance for your continued cooperation.
Bill Lebovich
#removed#
On Dec 15, 2004, at 11:34 AM, G. Donald Bain wrote:
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> Caroling, and everyone,
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> Sorry we are a bit last-minute on the final details. Landis and Markus
> have been making major changes on how to submit, which are not quite
> final. As soon as they have a final version we can rewrite the full
> information pages.
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> I will need to review the example pages also, as we hope to be able to
> accommodate new information, and will be laying out the pages a bit
> differently.
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> As to the basic specs, they remain the same. Let me summarize:
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> ? photography must be done December 17-21, 2004
> ? one panorama per person only
> ? no multi-node panoramas, except...
> ? hotspots within a panorama must link to nodes on a different server
> (i.e. not GeoImages) and must open in a new window
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> ? panoramas must be self-contained Quicktime movie files, either
> panoramas or objects
> ? an external sound file can be submitted also
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> ? the panorama should be submitted in one or two sizes - standard is
> mandatory, fullscreen optional
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> ? the standard size panorama file size can be no more than 700k, but
> less than 400k should be your goal
> ? the standard size panorama can be displayed no more than 700 pixels
> wide - 570 by 320 pixels is recommended
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> ? the fullscreen version file size can be no more than 3mb, but less
> than 2mb should be your goal
> ? it doesn't matter what size the fullscreen is set to display at, the
> html page will expand it to full screen width automatically (780 by 440
> pixels is suggested)
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> The new submission process Markus has authored looks really great. You
> will not only be able to submit by filling in an on-line form, but you
> can correct and edit it also (without bothering Landis each time). You
> will be able to see your finished pages immediately. There will be
> links to participants' biographies and their stories of the shoot.
> There will be a master map and lists by name and geographic region. We
> hope to provide support for all languages, including non-Roman
> alphabets.
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> I hope this helps. Full details will be forthcoming soon. For now, just
> plan on shooting this weekend with a fullscreen QTVR panorama in mind.
> Think creatively about "sanctuary". Take notes so you can write a good
> caption.
>
> Don
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> G. Donald Bain
> Geography Computing Facility
> University of California Berkeley
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> On Dec 15, 2004, at 4:37 AM, Caroling wrote:
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>> I keep checking the Sanctuary web site for details on the QTVRs. It
>> says full information is coming soon. Could soon be now, please?
>> In November,Don wrote:
>> "> I am just polishing up my essay expanding on the theme
>>> "sanctuary". It should be out this weekend, along with details
>>> of the next World Wide Panorama."
>> The essay is great. But I don't see the details.
>> If the format has not changed since the last shoot, could you just
>> post the previous info? As I remember, there are two size maximums:
>> 700KB and 3MB. The message 5 on this forum is useful.
>> Wondering if anything has changed since then. Can you use
>> sound tracks?
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