That article is not avalaible in english as it’s mainly a translation in french of Quick Start guide included with Gigapan Epic Pro

Grâce à Jens Remus, il est désormais facile d’intégrer un panorama au format KRPano dans un article Wordpress Explications simples et rapides:

• Avoir son Wordpress à jour, très important pour éviter tout accident au niveau de la sécurité de votre blog. Version à ce jour de wordpress: 2.9.2
• Installer le plugin WP krpano disponible sur cette page sur le site de Wordpress. Il vous suffit de télécharger le zip, de le décompresser et d’uploader le dossier obtenu dans le dossier plugins de votre installation de Wordpress.
• Activer le plugin dans la rubrique Extensions de votre interface d’administration de Wordpress. Si tous vos panoramas utilisent un seul exemplaire du player flash sur votre site, vous pouvez indiquer l’url à cet endroit là sous la forme par exemple: http://www.skivr.com/temp/pano.swf et indiquer également une largeur et une hauteur par défaut qui vont bien pour votre blog. Quelques essais peuvent être nécessaires pour trouver la bonne taille en fonction de l’organisation du thème de votre blog. Ces réglages peuvent tous être écrasés dans chaque billet où vous insérerez un panorama
• Il vous suffit alors de poster un nouvel article dans votre blog Wordpress et d’y intégrer le code suivant (onglet HTML) avec la syntaxe suivante:[ krpano xml="http://www.skivr.com/panos/2009-03-13-7-laux-retenue-collinaire-eterlou/krpano.xml" krpano="http://www.skivr.com/panos/krpano.swf" width=460 height=280]. Le paramètre xml vous permet d’indiquer où se trouve le XML de votre panorama (paramètre obligatoire et minimum), le paramètre krpano vous permet d’indiquer où se trouve le fichier flash de krpano (optionnel, si le fichier krpano est dans le même répertoire que le xml ou si vous avez déja indiqué ce paramètre dans les réglages du plugin), les paramètres width et height (optionnels eux-aussi) vous permettent de spécifier une largeur et une hauteur en pixels pour l’affichage de votre panorama .
• C’est fini, une fois publié votre article sur votre blog, votre panorama doit apparaitre à l’intérieur du post !

ATTENTION: pour le moment le plugin ne fonctionne pas avec des panoramas mis au format flash par AutoPano Tour, l’auteur du plugin investit sur ce problème actuellement ! Je mettrais à jour cet article en fonction des avancements et résultats sur ce problème !

Mise à jour du 5 Juin 2010: Pour arriver à faire fonctionner le plugin avec des visites virtuelles faites par AutoPano Tour, voici la procédure à suivre:

• remplacer le fichier swf généré par AutoPano tour par le swf standard de krpano et le renommer du même nom que votre projet, ajouter également dans le même dossier le fichier de licence krpano en le renommant également au nom du projet
• éditer chacun des fichiers xml générés par AutoPano tour pour compléter tous les liens se trouvant dans les tags “url” par l’URL complète ! Par exemple ./ devient http://visites.skivr.com/7_Laux/ et ainsi de suite
• attention si vous avez ajouté de l’audio dans votre visite virtuelle faite avec AutoPano Tour, vous devrez également ajouter à vos fichiers en ligne le fichier “soundinterface.swf” présent dans l’archive de KRPano et modifier les liens correspondants dans les fichiers XML (Mise à jour du 20 Août 2010, sur une question de Manuel P. )
• Voilà c’est fini, ça doit marcher tout seul maintenant

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Not to change, Adobe shows us nice inside developments without making them avalaible for developers and also then for public Very nice demo of their Air technology on iPad with panorama player on it:

Will it be avalaible for everyone someday ?? difficult to know all the more with open war between Apple and Adobe During that time, considering embargo from Apple against Adobe for its products, I’ll continue to refuse to buy iPad

SkiVR, in partnership with Kolor, have decided to concretize the Merlin/Papywizard project by commercializing a complete package including all necessary elements.

We are still looking for a name for this new « package » and it appears as something natural to launch an appeal to the community to help us in this choice.

As a consequence, we are launching a contest today! For the one who will find the name, we will give away a free complete package! (Details of the rules are in the form).

Take part to the contest and submit your ideas by clicking here.

The package will include:

- The Merlin head
- A tripod (as an option)
- A double-battery adapter to replace original non rechargeable batteries
- 2 batteries
- A charger + a car adapter
- A standard bracket
- An L bracket
- A trigger cable to be chosen depending on your DSLR camera (all main Canon, Nikon and Panasonic DSLR are supported, + other DSLRs)

You will also have the choice between:

- A Bluetooth interface (driven by Papywizard ; computer or compatible smartphone needed)
- A Bluetooth interface + a German-made touch control panel (no other hardware needed on the field)

The main advantages of this package:

- Everything you need is included in the package
- The Merlin head was first created for astronomy, it is super robust
- Ability to prepare shooting templates with Papywizard software on your computer
- This is a versatile, open-source project
- The double-battery that we chose can operate up to 11 hours
- The log file is compatible with Autopano Pro and Autopano Giga software
- We are preparing a detailed manual, video tutorials and support resources
- The Merlin community is already huge and members can share their experiences on the forum,

We will be able to ship worldwide.

Thank you for your trust and your support, and for your participation in contest,

Here we are soon Tucson 2010 is nearly ready to start, just two weeks now from big launch ! It promises to be an exciting event.
All major manufacturers and software developpers will be part of event. All main photographs and people that makes panorama world daily will be there. So it’s definitively the place to be mid-april.
SkiVR will announce, together with a partner, new product that’ll interest a lot of people, I’m confident with. Product to be announced Tucson’s opening day, april 9th.
I’ll be there to discover new products to bring you back in France, and also new opportunities. Stay tuned here as I’ll post daily a résumé of events of the day, pictures, descriptions of products….
Special price for Hotel has been extended so enjoy it by clicking here and see you there in few days.

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Epson Australy does it again that year with second edition of Pano Awards contest to award nicest panoramas submitted by contestants. Contest is worldwide open, so everyone can play and prizes are pretty good, with Epson stuffs and also panoramic products. To get all details and participate if you are interested, check here. Charges to participate are AU$18 and you can submit 6 pictures maximum per contestant. Warning, only flat pictures files are allowed, looks a little strange !
Good luck if you participate

SkiVR’s affiliate program is now online and avalaible. It allows any owner or writer of a website, wiki, blog,… that speaks about photography, panoramic, or anything in relation with products sold in SkiVR’s shop to be commissionned for each sale they generate You’ll find all details on that page in the shop, and it’s really easy to start !
You’ll soon be rich or richer

With new year, two main panoramic photographers associations will organise their meetings. For that one, IVRPA and IAPP will join efforts to keep things simple and most efficient for everyone to enjoy.
It’ll take place in Tucson, AZ: April 14th till April 18th.
People interested to participate should visit dedicated website (Tucson 2010) that keep in one place all needed infos about conferences, demonstrations, etc… Go ahead for a visit, and for people present, they’ll be able to discover new Nodal Ninja products
I’ll be there during the whole event, and I’ll be happy to show you also a new product released by SkIVR, and one of its long time partner. I’m sure you’ll enjoy that new product

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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