For existing owners of AutoPano Pro, it’s now easy to move to AutoPano Giga just for the price of an update avalaible now in store. Additional features included in AutoPano Giga and companion included with, AutoPano Tour:

-> support of motorized heads and high-definition panoramas (gigapixels)
-> HDR and fusion support
-> templates for automated detection and stitching
-> workspace saving

-> build complete virtual tours with AutoPano Tour including hotspots, interactive maps, videos, pictures, links…
-> multi-resolution management in tours
-> possibility to edit manually tours for more customisation

If you wish to build virtual tours and enjoy all power of AutoPano Tour, it’s strongly advised to buy in same time KRPano licence offered at special price, to fully unleash power of AutoPano Tour. Google Maps plugin allows you to integrate Google Maps in your tours. That plugin is not yet managed by current version of AutoPano Tour, so you’ll need to integrate it “manually” in your visits generated by AutoPano Tour.

To help decisions for future developments of products, Kolor, editor of AutoPano Pro, Giga & Tour, has published an online survey to know more about uses and expectations from its customers. If you use their products, feel free to take few minutes to fill in. Survey is avalaible here in english: Click here to access the survey

Nodal Ninja releases two new products that week, well one that is brand new, the other one is just a new possibility

• Turntable TURN-10, to shot objects and build virtual view in 3D, with softwares such as Modelweaver from Easypano. You can get a very good price on both if you buy them together with that pack avalaible in store.
• Covers for turntable. They are sold as a set of four different colors: black, blue, white and red.
• R1 without rotator. Requested by numerous users, it’s now avalaible. It allows you to use R1 head directly on monopod or pole (just don’t forget to order with it the pole adapter).

All these products are in stock right now.

SkiVR is pleased to announce that from now, you can buy in same time than your panoramic head and softwares Benro tripod or monopod specifically selected for your configuration. As they are bundled with product you buy you get a lower price than normal. To get best choice, we offer each time either Carbone (lighter weight but more expensive) or Aluminium/Magnésium ones (heavier but cheaper), and both systems at your choice for block of pods lengths. They are already avalaible in store for all hardware packs, and also with each panoramic head (both Nodal Ninja and Sunex).

With Christmas soon there, we thought it was good time to add gift cards functionality in SkiVR store. So now you can buy gift cards to offer at friends, family, neighbours… You select yourself amount of gift card and you can either offer it yourself (it’s just a secret code) or send it directly by email when you order with a personal message and it’ll be sent directly to beneficiary. Gift cards can be used through multiple purchases and never expires. Enjoy it

Kolor, famous editor of AutoPano Pro, AutoPano Giga, and AutoPano Tour softwares, does it again that year with a new Panobook, 2010 edition. Panoramas have been selected by jury and now layout is currently being done. A preview is avalaible for view on Kolor blog on that page. Big launch planned for mid-november if everything is going fine

That article is not relevant in english as it concerns some french translation of user manuals. Switch to french version of website if you are interested in

Till now two solutions to index panoramas you publish on Internet:

• Classic search engine such as Google, Yahoo and others, but your panoramas are floating around a bunch of other stuffs, especially if you publish panoramas of famous places, so not very good to get a good exposition

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Nodal Ninja nous dévoile enfin son nouvel adaptateur T qui va remplacer le T-20 actuel ainsi que le T-30 épuisé depuis quelques temps déja. Ce nouvel adaptateur présente plusieurs avantages combinés dont voici une rapide liste:

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Cette semaine a amené quelques nouveautés discrètes chez Nodal Ninja avec les produits suivants:

• Tout d’abord Nodal Ninja a mis en ligne son tout nouveau site web, remis aux couleurs du jour, avec une ergonomie soignée et plein d’informations techniques mieux regroupés. Je mettrais en ligne ici dans les prochaines semaines certaines ressources du site anglais traduit en français.
• un niveau à bulle (U-R-L) qui se fixe à l’extérieur du positionneur R-D4, utile surtout dans la configuration Ultimate R1/R10 où parfois l’installation de l’anneau avec l’objectif et l’appareil photo rend l’utilisation du niveau intégré à la rotule difficile. Cet article est proposé en option sur les rotules R1/R10, et en accessoire séparé également. 17€ HT à l’unité ou 14€ avec une rotule.

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Nice surprise that morning New Nodal Ninja website is online It’s avalaible at its usual adress here ! It’s lot more easy to navigate and find it wasy and more ressources are avalaible to help you select right product among complete lines of products, and also help for use and setup are also added. You’ll find all these ressources translated in french soon in next few days here and also in SkiVR online shop to ease your work

View under Chamois chairlift, not far from Pouta slope and Lac skilift. View at Chartreuse just in front above Grenoble valley under fog.

Pano done at January 8th 2009.

First virtual visit of 7 Laux Ski Resort (Prapoutel area) done entirely with AutoPano Tour and KRPano flash panorama viewer.

Panos done during winter 2008/2009.

September 20th 2009 update: new version of that virtual visit avalaible below with details on map of slopes and lifts and maps with hotspots

View near Pipay lake between Marmottons skilift and Eterlou chairlift

Pano done at March 13th 2009.
Hardware and stuffs used: Nikon D3 with Nikkor 14-24 f/2.8 mounted on Nodal Ninja 5 with EZ-Leveller II + Solmeta N2 GPS.
Nikon Capture NX2 for some few adjustments, then AutoPano Giga for stitching and then KRPano for online publication.

SkiVR is now officially the distributor of Sunex SuperFisheye lens and rotators for France area. Superfisheye lens is a fisheye lens specifically designed for Canon APS-C format and Nikon DX cameras. It gives 185º field of view and a complete circular picture on your camera sensor. It is avalaible either with Canon or Nikon mount, and we offer some kits at special prices including the lens from Sunex and rotator either from Sunex or Nodal Ninja so you get full kit ready for panoramic work. Everything is avalaible here in the shop.

Nodal Ninja announces bunch of new rings for R1/R10 Ultimate line of rotators dedicated to fisheye lenses. As of today, rings avalaible and added in store are:

-> Nikon 10.5mm
-> Sigma 4.5mm both in Canon and Nikon mount
-> Sigma 8mm f/3.5 both in Canon and Nikon mount
-> Sigma 10mm both in Canon and Nikon mount
-> Sunex 5.6mm both in Canon and Nikon mount
-> Tokina 10-17mm both in Canon and Nikon mount

All the more we offer a very special deal for a limited time and as long as stocks are avalaible including a Sunex fisheye 5.6mm lens compatible either for Canon or Nikon mount and a R1 panoramic head with adequate ring, all included for 1 000€ without VAT, plus included for free one Panobook 2009 from Kolor and a cleaning kit from Nodal Ninja.

Don’t forget each time you order a lens or a pano head from our shop, you get automatically 10% rebate on softwares avalaible in shop, automatically computed in your shopping cart when you add products

R1 manual is now avalaible in French here.

Nodal Ninja just released some new lens rings for use with R1 and R10 panoramic heads. These new rings are avalaible for Tokina 10-17mm lens (both in Nikon and Canon mount) and Sigma 4.5mm (Nikon mount). They are already avalaible in shop on the updated lens ring page.

Nodal Ninja just released a new accessory for R1/R10 panoramic head (these heads are specifically designed for use with fisheye lens). That accessory allows you to fix your R1/R10 directly at top of monopod or pole, no need of rotator. You can also use it to directly fix the Quick Release clamp of R1/R10 directly on pole. Article is avalaible here in shop as of now.

SkiVR is now on Facebook with its own page dedicated to news, updates, open discussions and lot of new stuffs soon