Good News, Easypano Panorama Software-Panoweaver 9.0 is Official Released

Dear Easypano User,

Thanks for your careful testings and feedback during Panoweaver 9.0 beta period, we improved PW 9 version and decide to officially release the optimized Panoweaver 9.00  today. 

Comparing with previous versions, Panoweaver 9.00 is even stable and capable of stitching high quality panorama, which also accelerated image stitching process with GPU and supports saving project parameters as users requested.
Never the less, now it support viewing panorama anywhere and on any device because of its perfect support to Android devices. Some useful features like removing tripod and add hotspots are  also restored on panorama processing interface.

About the detailed update information, please check: What's new in Panoweaver 9.00
More about Panoweaver 9: http://www.easypano.com/gigapixel-panorama-software.html
Features and edition comparison: http://www.easypano.com/panorama-software/features.html
http://www.easypano.com/Panorama-software-60_602.html
To Download Panoweaver 9: http://www.easypano.com/download-panorama-software.html
Details about Panoweaver 9: http://www.easypano.com/Panorama-software.html
Free Update:Please note that user who has already owned Panoweaver 9 license key can free update your program to this latest version.

If you have any doubt about Panoweaver 9, please feel free to send mail tosupport@easypano.com. We would be glad to help you!

Best regards

Easypano Marketing Team

Virtual Tour Software Tourweaver 7.80 Release Minor Updates

Virtual Tour Software Tourweaver 7.80 Release Minor Updates

 Easypano recently release Tourweaver minor updates, fixed several bugs in this latest virtual tour software, we recommend to update your program to the latest version.

 The update details please check www.easypano.com/Virtual-tour-software-56_519.html

To download: http://www.easypano.com/download-virtual-tour-software.html

Please note that user who has already owned Tourweaver 7 license key can free update your program to this latest version.

If any question about using Tourweaver, welcome to feedback to support@easypano.com

Easypano Marketing Team 

Get 3D Modelweaver for free or 20% discount for upgrade?

Get Modelweaver free or 20% discount for upgrade? 

Easypano Launches Mothers' Day and Fathers' Day Event

Message ONE

When did you take a photo with your parents last time? Till Fathers' Day, take a family panorama and uploade to EP-Sky then share onto Easypano Facebook group, you will get a Modelweaver for free.

How to get the Modelweaver?

1. Take a family panorama and uploade to EPsky, share onto Easypano Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Easypano/,
2. Contact us to get the license key.
3. Post a message on Facebook after receiving the license key.

 Message TWO

Till Fathers' Day, all Easypano users can have 20% discount if they would like to upgrade their programs to the latest edition. Besides, upgrade from Panoweaver 8.X Professional to Panoweaver 9.0 Beta Professional is free during beta period. Here is the coupon code: parentalday.

About Modelweaver: http://www.easypano.com/modelweaver3.html

Source: http://www.easypano.com/

Create Your Own Photographer Page on EP-SKY! Let Easypano Help You!

 If you are a panorama photographer, show yourself to the world.

EP-SKY is initially a free platform provided by Easypano hosting and sharing panoramas and virtual tours.
After years, the platform has drawn much attention of panorama makers. In order to better serve EP-SKY users, Easypano would like to make friends with more panorama photographers and help to build individual photographer page to display their works to the world. Grab the chance and mail to us right now.

Name: Bobby Boe

Company: Bobby Boe Foto-Media-Design
Professional panorama-photographer living in Munich/Germany. Bobby is not only specialized in producing panoramic images for hotels and clinical business such as hospital, but he is also a Google Trusted Photographer working for Google Maps Business View.

Visit Bobby Boe's Page

Name: Craig James

Company: Craig James Photography

As a commercial photographer based in North Canton, Ohio USA, Craig James has over 40 years of experience in shooting product, manufacturing, architecture and public relations. Starting to shoot VR panoramas in 2009, Craig James is also very good at panorama shooting.

Visit Craig James' Page

Auto Scaling Virtual Tour Software-Tourweaver 7.80 Official Release

Now, it's the period of mobile internet, more and more people prefer to view panorama and virtual tour with portable devices. However, some users may find it's hard to view virtual tour in ideal effect on smart phone or tablets.
Easypano always value users' feedback and noticed this problem, so we optimized Tourweaver 7 by scaling some common components to various browsers. And after several weeks' beta tests and trouble shooting, Easypano officially releases Virtual tour software Tourweaver 7.80 final version today.


In Tourweaver 7.80, the tour components are optimized to support Scale to Browser Window, including Thumbnail, Google Map Viewer, Map viewer, popup window and default tool bar.

We also optimize and accelerate tour publishing progress, thus the time of tour republish is greatly shortened. Besides, following tiny but friendly features updates are also made in this 7.80 version,

• popup image now support drag to move and Zoom in/out (zooming is only supported in Flash tour),
• New style progress bar is also redesigned for VR creators.
• Project editing now support complete remove image file from project to save more space etc.

Please note that user who has already owned Tourweaver 7 license key can free update your program to this latest version.
The download address is: http://www.easypano.com/download-virtual-tour-software.html
Details about Tourweaver: http://www.easypano.com/virtual-tour-software.html
If you have any doubt about the issue, please feel free to send mail to support@easypano.com.


Best regards to you and have a nice day!

Easypano Marketing Team

Easypano Launches Gigapixel Panorama Software- Panoweaver 9.00 Beta

Easypano Launches Gigapixel Panorama Software- Panoweaver 9.00 Beta

Panoweaver 9.00 is powerful and easy to use panorama stitching software. You can not only stitch various types of panorama image but also publish immersive Flash VR and HTML5 panoramic tour. Compared with previous version, Panoweaver 9.00 is even stable and capable of stitching Gigapixel panorama, which also accelerated image stitching process with GPU and supports saving project parameters as users requested.

Now, Just upload one panoramic image to EP-Sky and share to this Easypano group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/Easypano/), Panoweaver Pro 8.x users may free upgrade to Panoweaver 9.00 during beta period. Contact Easypano through email support@easypano.com and attach your Panoweaver 8 Pro license key, we will provide you a Panoweaver 9.00 Pro license key for free.


Besides, since Panoweaver 9.00 is still in beta version, feedback after running the panorama software on your machine would be highly appreciated.

About Panoweaver 9.00: http://www.easypano.com/gigapixel-panorama-software.html
To download: http://www.easypano.com/download-pw9.html
What's new: http://www.easypano.com/Panorama-software-60_599.html
EP-Sky: http://sky.easypano.com/
About Panorama Software - Panoweaver:  http://www.easypano.com/panorama-software.html

Please note that this free upgrade event is valid during beta period and only applies to users who have Panoweaver 8.x Pro version license key. After receiving new Panoweaver 9.00 license key, previous 8.x key will be invalid.

Virtual Tour Software - Tourweaver 780 - How to Fix Virtual Tour Components

How to Fix Position of Virtual Tour Components

Virtual tour software-Tourweaver support tour component automatically fit with browser window, as well as visible coordinate and smart anchoring.
Place tour components at any place on viewer, the component coordinate displays in visible red line. You are allowed to drag components to any position, the line and reference point will switch correspondingly.

Let's take map viewer as an example

How to anchor map viewer at a specified position on the Main Window.

When the width and height of main window is set in specified percentage of the browser window, you may anchor map viewer to 9 position of main window to make sure it stays in the same relative position when browser window width and height change. To anchor map viewer or other components with fixed pixels and fixed position is also applicable.

Note: The offset X, Y value of Map Viewer will display with red dotted line by referring to the 9 coordinate points (Reference point in 9 squares). The default reference point is anchored to the top left corner, you may drag components to any position, the coordinate line and component relative reference point (also 9 points) will smartly switch to them, meanwhile, the related coordinate line and offset X, Y value alter accordingly on both scene viewer and properties panel
(The 9 squares indicate top left , top center, top right, center left, center, center right, bottom left, bottom center, bottom right.)

source: www.easypano.com

Virtual Tour Software - Tourweaver 7 Tour Components Proportionally Display

How to Display Tour Components Proportionally on Various Devices?

In the latest virtual tour software - Tourweaver, tour components in Tourweaver support display in proportion, including Thumbnail, Google/bing Map Viewer, Map viewer and Popup Window. With this feature, tour components will automatically adapt/scale to different browser window in proper vertical or horizontal proportion. This feature applies to create virtual tour for smart phones, tablets and PC at the same time.
Your may experience the this feature from following virtual tour sample.
(click image below to view on PC or scan the QR code beside to view with phone or tablets)
Portrait view

Landscape view

How to scale tour components to various browser window?

Let’s take Thumbnail for example:


If you would like to display tour on both smart phones and PC, check Scale to Browser Window of Thumbnail, the thumbnail will display proportionally with the width or height % value you set. (H value fixed for if check horizontal thumbnail while W value is adjustable, and vice versa. Value can be adjusted with slider, ranging from 1% to 100%). This operation applies to Thumbnail, Google/bing Map Viewer, Map viewer and Popup Window.

Easypano Virtual Tour Gallery Have A New Look

Easypano Gallery with a new look, view latest HTML5 virtual tour with your iPhone, iPad and Android phones and tablets.
http://www.easypano.com/virtual-tour-gallery.html

 

Made by Easypano virtual tour software Tourweaver 780

Virtual Tour Software - Tourweaver 7.80 Beta Has Been Released, Join Beta and Provide Your Suggestions and Comments!

Dear Tourweaver Users:

Welcome to join Tourweaver 7.80 beta program!

Tourweaver 7 is recognized as the most powerful and feature rich virtual tour creating software up to now. For this version, our team discussed and worked a lot towards the currents needs of our users. Apart from the past several updates which greatly improved HTML5 components features and Flash visual experience, Tourweaver 7.80 is user-oriented by supporting tour components automatically adaptation and rational tour design interface. The publish process is shorten and enhanced the program stability. More considerable features you may experience during your tour designing.

Well, join us now and provide your valuable comments to us!

Tourweaver Using Tips - Add Hotspot Easier and Faster

Virtual Tour creation is a time-consuming process. Some creators prefer to use a set of buttons or hotspots in most tours.In fact, there are some shortcut operation that can help to save time.

In the latest edition of Tourweaver, you can add hotspots by simply select and drag the scene, which makes hotspot adding more user-friendly and convenient.
Click the image below to view video tutorial

http://www.easypano.com/video-hotspot-adding.html 

Virtual tour software: Easypano Tourweaver
Source: www.easypano.com

Tourweaver Using Tips - Create Your Own Icon Library

On the right panel of Tourweaver, you may found the Library panel, creators use it to set frequently used hotspot, button, radar or other components. Once added, these images can be easily accessible and used. Click the following image to watch the video demo for more details.


How to let Library to expedite your virtual tour creation

Virtual tour software: Easypano Tourweaver


Source: www.easypano.com

Easypano Virtual Tour Software - Tourweaver 7.7 released minor update today, important bug fixed!

Easypano Virtual tour software -Tourweaver 7.7 releases update today, fixed an important bug which occasionally cause blank screen in tour playing. Users who ever encountered this problem are suggested to update your Tourweaver to this latest version, the builder No. is 7.70.140305.

The download address is: http://www.easypano.com/download-virtual-tour-software.html
If you have any doubt about the issue, please feel free to send mail to support@easypano.com.

Easypano Marketing Team

How to Highlight Your Virtual Tour with Tourweaver

As we all know, Virtual tour creation is not just a simple integration of flash, text, audio file, map, thumbnail, etc. It is the process full of wisdom and art. Sometimes, just several small techniques can make your tour a great difference.

Ingenious loading progress & artful skin

Loading window and skin impress viewers at the first sight of virtual tour. Click image below to see sample tour.

Novel design of content
Which color do you prefer in the sample below?

Create your own virtual tour right now!

Source: www.easypano.com
Virtual tour resource: http://sky.easypano.com
http://sky.easypano.com/virtual-tour/Automobile%20Virtual%20Tour-279.html
http://sky.easypano.com/virtual-tour/Tour-13773.html

EP-Sky Now Support Share Panorama By Scanning Unique QR Code

Tips: ^^
Every panorama you uploaded on EPSky would own a unique URL QR Code of itself, you just scan it that you may view the panoramic tour on your smart phones and tablets with Gyroscope effect. It’s also an easy way to share your new works with your friends, isn't it?!
Why not have a try now?

Sample: http://sky.easypano.com/panoramic-images/Penzion-Lobster-Senec-180.html?state2=img
EP-Sky: http://sky.easypano.com/

Tourweaver 7.80 Is Preparing, More User and Viewer Friendly

Tourweaver 7.80 is going to be released, the improved virtual tour software will be more compatible with smart phone and tablets for viewing tours. The operation experience are also enhanced for  VR creators, I think you can feel Touweaver is getting better and more user and viewer friendly. 
http://www.easypano.com/virtual-tour-software.html

2014 New Year Panorama and Virtual Tour

One Panorama = $ 180?

 

2014 New Year is coming.  Easypano Christmas and New Year event brings you more gifts full of joy and happiness. 20% Off Coupon Code are now prepared for all Easypano users who share 1panorama on Easypano Free Panorama Community- EP-Sky in this Christmas season.
The coupon code covers:

Product	Discount	Price	Action	Deadline
Virtual tour software Tourweaver 7.70 Professional for Win/Mac	20%	$560 Save $140	Upload one Panorama onto EP-SKY	Jan 3rd, 2014
Panorama software and virtual tour software bundle - Studio 2013 Professional for Win/Mac		$720 Save $180
Upgrade to Tourwewaver 7.70 Professional		Save at least $40

How to get the coupon code? Just follow the 3 steps as below!

• Step 1: Sign in/up on EP-SKY or login with your Facebook or Google+ account.
• Step 2: Upload one of your Panoramas.
  
• Step 3: The coupon code will be sent to your registered mailbox on EP-SKY after your image got approved.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Best Wishes from Easypano Marketing Team

 

Source: www.easypano.com

How Does The Photo Stitching Software Work?

PANORAMA SOFTWARE, PHOTO STITCHING MECHANISM

What is photo stitch?

Photo stitch is the process of stitching photos to a wide angle photo or panoramic photo.The photo stitch software is used to combine multiple photos with overlapped fields together into a whole piece of 360 Panoramic photo. Usually, the photo stitch process inner photo stitching software are mainly divided into 3 stages:

The first stage is image registration: the photo stitch software searches for multiple overlapping pixels between photos to find matching points(matching features)

Second, to calibrate or optimize the optical defects between images, such as the exposure differences, distortion etc..

At last, blending, it's the process to merge and remap the images into a final seamless panoramic photo.

The panoramic photo stitched by photo stitch software can show 360 degree field of view of the location, which is usually used for showing real estate properties, events, and tourism, it is also widely used for website design, multimedia design and even the crime scene investigation.

source: http://www.easypano.com/photo-stitch-software.html

Best Virtual Tour Software - Tourweaver --How to Add Polygonal Hotspot

Best Virtual tour software- Tourweaver 7


Tourweaver 7 Video Tutorial -How to add polygonal hotspot.

easypano.com/virtual-tour-...

Tourweaver is a program for creating Flash/HTML5 virtual tours with 360 panoramas, flash, video, still images and floorplans.

The virtual tours created by Tourweaver have following features:
1. Adding 3D object and Little Planet view are supported.
2. 360 spherical panorama, cylindrical panorama, still images, 3D object,oneshot images can be used
3. Multi-language tour are supported
4. Interactive components like flash, 3Dobject, video, buttons, thumbnails, dynamic text can be added to tour skin, and each can achieve various actions. Google Maps Street View can be used .(HTML5 tour only)
5. Popup Windows can be used to present rich information, popup images and flash video are also supported.
6. iPad and iPhone and Android 4.x tours are also supported!
7. Flash virtual tours are exported and easily embeded to websites.
8. Full screen and multu-resolution display of the virtual tour.
9. Video tour can be generated.
10. Multiple publish formats such as .exe.
11. Support adding flash and video components on skin or popup window. (pro only)
12. Components can be displayed in full screen. (pro only)
13. Hint can be image or Flash animation. (pro only)
14. Popup window can be displayed on mouse over. (pro only)
15. Movie controller for specified movie.
16. Support .EXE as publish format. (pro only)
17. Use one button to control open/close of multiple popup window. (pro only)
18. "Hide map automatically" can be set as to the scenes that doesn't need map. (pro only)
19. Optimized publish resources.
20. It is optional whether to hide hotspot initially or not.
21. "Zoom in Scale with FOV" is available in Preferences settings.
22. Zooming in/out with mouse is optional.
23. Double click to full-screen mode is optional.

It is used for creating 360 degree panoramic virtual tours for real estate, tourism resorts, museum, hotel, restaurant and various other fields. Tourweaver makes you know more informations if you are not on site.

How to Use Free Online Flash and HTML5 Panorama Player-EP-Sky?

Why EP-Sky?
Free Online Flash and HTML5 Panorama Player: EP-Sky features and Benefits

• Easy registration with social network account
• Batch uploading
• Quick social network sharing
• Enhanced visual experience- Fast tour loading with Multi-resolution support
• Google Maps with GPS
• View tour on smart phone and tablet(iPhone, iPad, Android smart phones)-switch between smart phone and tablet
• Embed and play panorama on website or blogs
• Panoramic Tourism-360 China

How to register an Easypano Account?

If you have already been a Easypano user, you may log in EP-Sky with your original Easypano Account and share your works, the other simple way to log in EP-Sky is to associate your social network account like facebook or Google+ account with Easypano account, which may saves your time for registration.

How to upload?

After successfully registered an Easypano Account, you are allowed to upload and share your panoramic images, virtual tours and virtual tour elements on EP-Sky, EP-Sky allows batch uploading up to 50 panoramas at one time.

Can I locate my pictures on Google Maps?

Yes, Google Maps is supported and the image position and direction can be pointed, you panoramas will display as a radar on Google Maps.

How to view my panorama? Can I view panorama and turn around on PC, iPad or iPhone( HTML5 and Flash virtual tours)?

Yes, you can view and play panoramas on PC, smart phones and tablets. Because Flash formate tour are supported on PC which installed with flash player, while Html5 format tour plays automatically when you view tours on iOS and Android 4.X devices or PC without Flash player.(Safari, IE10 and Chrome browsers also support playing HTML5 format tours). The differences between HTML5 and Flash virtual tours, please refer to HTML5 and Flash virtual tour comparison chart.

Click on each image or to view panoramas in 2D mode and click to view 360 degree panorama in 3D mode. You can view your uploaded panoramas and virtual tours in your Easypano account, or browse the thumbnails of your stored images under each panorama player window.

How can I share my works to facebook, Google+ and Twitter?

In EP-Sky, there are 3 ways to share your uploaded works to social network as facebook, Google+ and Twitter.

1) Inform your Facebook or Twitter friends about your latest works in Upload page by ticking facebook(Inform my facebook Friends) or Twitter.

2) Share panoramas on each panorama page by clicking the buttons on the left bottom of images.

3) When viewing virtual tours with your mobile phones, you may easily find the facebook or twitter button at the left corner of your screen, click on each button to share your favorite works with your friends.

How to embed my uploaded virtual tour on my website and blogs?

After you successfully uploaded panoramas or virtual tour, the URL of your panorama will be generated, as well as an Embed code(iframe), just copy or simply edit the width and height of iframe code, and embed it to your website or blog, it will play automatically.

Why uploading panoramas and virtual tours on to EP-Sky?

Each upload will receive bonus credits accordingly, these credits can be accumulated for virtual tour elements download, such as buttons, skins, or other virtual tour components, or even for products purchase or upgrade. Details please refer to EP-Sky Credits.

Meanwhile, it's a way to show and share your panorama, which may save your server space. If you have no server, it's a free way to make EP-Sky as your panorama server.

Faster panorama loading with multi-resolution panorama player?

New EP-Sky launches latest HTML5 and Flash player which enables large images loading quick and faster. The large size images are split into many small pieces of images and loaded piece by piece on viewer, which requires less memory. Experience now！

What is 360-China?

360 China is a special column held by Espanola, which contains more than 10,000 beautiful panoramic images around China, Before traveling to China, you should refer to 360 China to find your favorite scenic spots or hotels and resorts.EP-Sky is continuously update, keep an eye on it and find what you like.

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