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New feature for cylinder panos
Yahoo Account 2010-Jun-29 12:16:00
Technical announcement, for those with cylinder panos:
There is a new feature for cylinders: our backend software will auto-tile the highres source JPEG, so the Flash player will have better quality in Fullscreen mode. Also, for cylinders, it's no longer limited to 8192 px. width.
Note that you'll need to upload the following:
1) the JPEG in non-spherical projection (i.e. cylinder). All Flash-related data will be derived from that.
NB: I don't have a "cylinder JPEG to QTVR" automated workflow, so - to support Quicktime - you'll also need to upload:
2) a cylindrical MOV for "small". Quicktime will read this directly instead of the JPEG.
3) a cylindrical MOV for fullscreen. Quicktime will read this directly instead of the JPEG.
Also note: You'll see a "broken" flash preview for some time after the upload. This is to be expected and normal, because the backend conversion (which makes the cylinder image "flash-compatible") is done on a schedule every 20 minutes: on the hour, at 20 past and 40 past. Until the results are delivered to the prep. server a couple of minutes later, Flash will most likely complain.
The instructions and annotations on the server have not been updated yet, because it's still "sort of beta", but it has worked with the test images I've tried so far.
If you have a cylinder pano, and are willing, then feel free to give it a try.
-Markus
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>From: Caroling Geary <#removed#>
>To: #removed#
>Sent: Tue, June 29, 2010 1:12:09 PM
>Subject: Cylinder OK
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>OK, I tried setting limits top and bottom for the cylinder and that
>>instantly worked. Sorry to bother you. Also sorry to have hijacked
>>the subject line.
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>>Onward to make QuickTime versions. Flash is fuzzier it seems. Well
>>the low light source was not very sharp anyway.
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>>On Jun 29, 2010, at 6:02 AM, Caroling Geary wrote:
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>>> Cylinder problems. I thought I was supposed to do 8000x4000 px source
>>> with black background. I thought you said the software figured it
>>> out. Not true, it is treating it as a sphere. So now I have to do
>>> trial and error. Should I resubmit cylinder without black background?
>>> Or should I try to set limits top and bottom?
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>>> On Jun 29, 2010, at 5:17 AM, Yahoo Account wrote:
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>>>> Dear WWP List Members,
>>>>
>>>> we're approaching 100 panos of Forgotten Places already, with 33
>>>> hours still to go until the first deadline.
>>>> Of course we'll have a Late Edit opportunity if your panorama
>>>> turned out to be harder to stitch than you might've expected.
>>>>
>>>> You can send an early request for Late Edit already: Log on to the
>>>> WWP contributions server and press the "Late Edit" button which
>>>> sits right at the first page. The Late Edit will be announced on
>>>> the WWP list as soon as the first upload is completed. Also, I'll
>>>> have a trial run with direct e-mail notification for those who
>>>> tagged themselves as 'late edit'ers, so you may want to check if
>>>> your non-public, internal mail address is current (it's on your
>>>> Profile page, at the very bottom, in the box with the gray
>>>> background).
>>>>
>>>> Happy Panographing!
>>>> -Markus
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>>> Caroling Geary, www.wholeo.net
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>>> The World-Wide Panorama
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>>> For more information:
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>>Caroling Geary, www.wholeo.net
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