Please Help me!!!!!!!

  • Hi to every one,

    I'm just a beginner and I'm finding difficult to manage the Krpano application.

    There are 3 main problem that I have.

    The first one:

    I cannot manage to write a code to implement the navigation buttons.

    The second one:

    After pressing on the link to my virtual tour I would like the windows to be open just in the middle of the screen not a full size.

    (see any of the sample at this link http://www.photoplan.co.uk/portfolio/360.asp)

    The third one: maybe the biggest!

    I'm using a panoramic mirror to do my virtual tour from PANO-PRO.
    I then develop an equiterectangular panorama with the PANO-publisher sofware.
    I then drop this panorama into KRPANO droplet MAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR (NORMAL)
    after following all the instruction I find my self with a very bad virtual tour the resolution is bad.

    I have tried shooting in raw and in Jpg,
    I do a little retouch in photoshop first and none on the publisher software.

    I did follow the instruction on how to find the best focus using the mirror.

    I have a canon 50 d and I'm using a basic 18-55mm lens.

    Questions.

    Do I have to use the PANO-PUBLISHER softwar or I can unwrapp my round photo directley with the Krpano SOFTWRE?

    I can I improve the quality of my virtual tour?

    I does the multi resolution business work?


    I'm bit lost and I know this are lots of question they may sound silly for most of you but not for me.

    Could someone give some advise?

    It would be much appreciated.

    here is the link to my virtual tour I did manage to change the size of the virtual tour itself in the html code but not of the windows

    http://danielelongo.co.uk/360virtual/vtour/tour.html

    Thanks


    <krpano version="1.0.8" onstart="startup();">
    <!-- vtour.xml template krpano tools version 1.0.8.12 -->


    <action name="startup">
    <!-- load the first scene -->
    loadscene(get(scene[0].name), null, MERGE);

    <!-- build the thumbnails (remove the next line to remove the thumbnails) -->
    buildthumbs();
    </action>


    <!-- disable the default progress bar -->
    <progress showload="none" showwait="none" />

    <!-- hotspot styles (for Flash and HTML5) -->
    <style name="hotspot_ani_black"
    url="hotspots/hotspot_ani_black_64x64x20.png"
    crop="0|0|64|64"
    frames="20" framewidth="64" frameheight="64" frame="0"
    onloaded="hotspot_animate();"
    altonloaded="if(isphone, mul(scale,2)); onloaded();"
    />

    <style name="hotspot_ani_white"
    url="hotspots/hotspot_ani_white_64x64x20.png"
    crop="0|0|64|64"
    frames="20" framewidth="64" frameheight="64" frame="0"
    onloaded="hotspot_animate();"
    altonloaded="if(isphone, mul(scale,2)); onloaded();"
    />

    <action name="hotspot_animate">
    inc(frame,1,get(frames),0);
    mul(ypos,frame,frameheight);
    txtadd(crop,'0|',get(ypos),'|',get(framewidth),'|',get(frameheight));
    delayedcall(0.03, hotspot_animate() );
    </action>


    <scene name="scene_55vt_unwrapped" title="55vt_unwrapped" onstart="" thumburl="55vt_unwrapped.tiles/thumb.jpg">

    <view hlookat="0" vlookat="0" fovtype="MFOV" fov="90" maxpixelzoom="2.0" fovmin="60" fovmax="120" />

    <preview url="55vt_unwrapped.tiles/preview.jpg" />

    <image>
    <left url="55vt_unwrapped.tiles/pano_l.jpg" />
    <front url="55vt_unwrapped.tiles/pano_f.jpg" />
    <right url="55vt_unwrapped.tiles/pano_r.jpg" />
    <back url="55vt_unwrapped.tiles/pano_b.jpg" />
    <up url="55vt_unwrapped.tiles/pano_u.jpg" />
    <down url="55vt_unwrapped.tiles/pano_d.jpg" />
    </image>

    <!-- place hotspots here -->

    <!-- example hotspot:
    <hotspot name="spot1" style="hotspot_ani_black"
    ath="0"
    atv="0"
    zoom="false"
    onclick="looktohotspot(get(name)); loadscene('insert-scene-name',null,MERGE,BLEND(1));"
    />
    -->

    </scene>


    <!-- thumbnail actions begin (remove the 'buildthumbs()' call in the onstart event to remove the thumbs) -->
    <action name="buildthumbs">
    if(%1 != NEXT, set(i,0));
    if(i LT scene.count,
    copy(thumb, scene[get(i)].thumburl);
    txtadd(thumbname,'thumb_',get(i));
    addplugin(get(thumbname));
    set(plugin[get(thumbname)].url, get(thumb));
    set(plugin[get(thumbname)].keep, true);
    set(plugin[get(thumbname)].align, leftbottom);
    set(plugin[get(thumbname)].width, 40);
    set(plugin[get(thumbname)].height, 40);
    set(plugin[get(thumbname)].x, 10);
    set(plugin[get(thumbname)].y, 10);
    mul(plugin[get(thumbname)].x, i,3);
    mul(plugin[get(thumbname)].y, i,3);
    add(plugin[get(thumbname)].x, 5);
    add(plugin[get(thumbname)].y, 5);
    copy(plugin[get(thumbname)].xsmall, plugin[get(thumbname)].x);
    copy(plugin[get(thumbname)].ysmall, plugin[get(thumbname)].y);
    add(plugin[get(thumbname)].zorder, 100, i);
    set(plugin[get(thumbname)].effect,glow(0xFFFFFF,1.0,2,10000));
    set(plugin[get(thumbname)].jsborder,'1px solid #FFFFFF');
    copy(plugin[get(thumbname)].thumbpos, i);
    set(plugin[get(thumbname)].linkedscene, get(scene[get(i)].name) );
    set(plugin[get(thumbname)].onclick, openthumbs() );
    inc(i);
    buildthumbs(NEXT);
    );
    </action>

    <action name="openthumb">
    if(%2 != NEXT,
    set(pos,0);
    copy(curpos, plugin[%1].thumbpos);
    set(xdst, 0);
    set(ydst, 0);
    );

    if(pos LT curpos,
    inc(pos);
    inc(ydst,90);
    sub(ymax, stageheight, 100);
    if(ydst GT ymax, inc(xdst,90);set(ydst,0); );
    openthumb(%1,NEXT);
    ,
    add(xdst,10);
    add(ydst,10);
    tween(plugin[%1].x, get(xdst) );
    tween(plugin[%1].y, get(ydst) );
    tween(plugin[%1].width, 80);
    tween(plugin[%1].height, 80);
    );
    </action>

    <action name="closethumb">
    tween(plugin[%1].x, get(plugin[%1].xsmall));
    tween(plugin[%1].y, get(plugin[%1].ysmall));
    tween(plugin[%1].width, 40);
    tween(plugin[%1].height, 40);
    </action>

    <action name="openthumbs">
    if(%1 != NEXT,
    set(i,0);
    set(events.onclick, set(events.onclick,null); delayedcall(0.1, closethumbs() ); );
    );

    if(i LT scene.count,
    txtadd(thumbname,'thumb_',get(i));
    openthumb(get(thumbname));
    set(plugin[get(thumbname)].onclick, set(events.onclick,null); closethumbs(); loadscene(get(linkedscene),null,MERGE,BLEND(1)); );
    inc(i);
    openthumbs(NEXT);
    );
    </action>

    <action name="closethumbs">
    if(%1 != NEXT, set(i,0));
    if(i LT scene.count,
    txtadd(thumbname,'thumb_',get(i));
    closethumb(get(thumbname));
    set(plugin[get(thumbname)].onclick, openthumbs() );
    inc(i);
    closethumbs(NEXT);
    );
    </action>
    <!-- thumbnail actions end -->


    </krpano>


    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
    <title>krpano.com - 55vt_unwrapped</title>
    <meta name="viewport" content="target-densitydpi=device-dpi, width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes" />
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
    <style>
    html { height:100%; }
    body { height:100%; overflow: hidden; position:center margin:0; padding:0; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#f4f4f4; }
    a{ color:#AAAAAA; text-decoration:underline; }
    a:hover{ color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:underline; }
    </style>
    </head>
    <body>

    <script src="tour.js"></script>

    <div id="pano" style="width:50%; height:50%;">
    <noscript><table style="width:100%;height:100%;"><tr style="valign:middle;"><td><div style="text-align:center;">ERROR:<br/><br/>Javascript not activated<br/><br/></div></td></tr></table></noscript>
    <script>
    embedpano({swf:"tour.swf", xml:"tour.xml", target:"pano"});
    </script>
    </div>

    </body>
    </html>

  • Hi,

    I cannot manage to write a code to implement the navigation buttons.

    buttons were normal images that were included in the xml by the <plugin> tag,
    please have a look at the "xml-usage\buttons" example (included in the viewer download package)
    for example buttons,


    Do I have to use the PANO-PUBLISHER softwar or I can unwrapp my round photo directley with the Krpano SOFTWRE?
    I can I improve the quality of my virtual tour?

    krpano will not unwrap such photos,
    for improving the quality I would recommend using a pano head and wide or fisheye lens,


    After pressing on the link to my virtual tour I would like the windows to be open just in the middle of the screen not a full size.

    this would be only possible via javascript,
    you can add your javascript function to the html file that would do that and call it from krpano with the js action,


    best regards,
    Klaus

  • Thanks Mindlessboss

    that is a shame I did spend quite a lot in buying new camera computer and pano-pro lens........

    Do you know how does it work with a fish eye lens?

    How many shoot will I have to take and can I develop then my virtual tour directly with the Krpano software?

    I may spend some more money...... *cursing* *cursing* *cursing*

  • Hi,

    How many shoot will I have to take and can I develop then my virtual tour directly with the Krpano software?

    krpano itself is just a viewer,
    that means the stitching or the preparing of the panoramic image itself must be
    always done with other software (e.g. Autopano Pro/Giga, Hugin or PTGUI),

    about the question of how many shooting - that depends on your camera and lens focal-length,
    there are many possibilities there,

    e.g. you can shoot a panorama also with a simple compact cam when you know how,
    but for a typical fullscreen 360x180 pano a dslr with a panohead and fisheye lens would
    be normally the easiest and fastest way to shoot it,

    shooting and stitching panos is a big topic by it's own with many things to be respected,
    maybe have a look to a more general pano forum like panoguide.com for example,

    best regards,
    Klaus

  • nice location, but as has been said, mirror setups are kind of limited in quality - you will want a wide angle or fisheye lens & will also need a proper spherical pano head like nodal ninja, as well as a stitching program like ptgui, etc to deliver quality panoramic photos

    see this tutorial for the basics of shooting panos with a set up as described above

    http://www.rosaurophotography.com/html/technical.html

    the "middle of the page" thing is a lightbox clone javascript, not krpano

    sam

  • Hi,

    With the Pano Pro the focus position is very important. You will see on the demo picture posted above here that the stools are in focus but the ceiling is not. This is what mad the Pano Look bad. Also it was over exposed. Should really have been done using HDR photography and combining three photos into one. Here are some shots with a 14MP camera. With that Canon used you will be able to get better results than this

    http://www.pano-pro.com/php/logoflashi…&gallery=Henley

    http://www.pano-pro.com

    PS Once you have the focus correct just mark the lens focus wheel and your set to go. There is also now a sticker set available from the shop page for your 18-55 lens

  • I can’t offer any help other than verbal support -- just keep looking at the code.

    It starts to make sense it just takes time. This software is the greatest thing since slice bread. Lots of great help here so just hang in there.

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