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The 3D image generated with ADG Panorama is easily displayed in browsers with Javacapability. The user can zoom into the image, pan from right to left or scrollvertically through the photo.
You can add unlimited amount of HotSpot-links to each of panoramic composition. Youcan create custom HotSpot images and control its position, size and transparencyindividually. It is greate feature for panoramic Virtual Tur creation.
You can automate the stitching process by calling ADG Panorama Tools Pro from otherapplication.
The production of a panorama of this kind is based on individual photos that arecombined by the software in seamless fashion. The photos must be evenly spaced andtaken from a tripod if at all possible (see Power Tip).Depending on the focal lengthof the lens, just a few shots are enough to create an impressive 360-degree image.The important thing is that the individual photos overlap a little, because onlythen can the software generate a seamless panorama. Twelve shots are basicallyrecommended, each of which is taken at an interval of 30 degrees with a slightlywide-angle lens of 34 millimeters focal length.The images are transferred to thecomputer and numbered. In this context, keep in mind that ADG expects the images toarrive in clockwise order. This means that the second image is attached to the rightof the first photo. In addition, you should edit the individual images in an imageediting program, i.e. match the colors. You can get help from the automaticfunctions contained in image editing programs that automatically correct the tonalvalue settings or curves.After you start the program, the individual images to becombined to form the 360-degree view are opened in ADG.
Once the photos have been edited and loaded in ADG Panorama, the user can first makethe basic settings required for viewing later on. Changing these parameters resultsnot only in qualitative differences, but naturally also in image files of varioussizes for downloading from the Internet. The only thing you can do here isexperiment in order to find a good mix between quality and the data volume you canexpect viewers of your website to handle.
Just watching the Auto Stitching process is a lot of fun. The program shows in liveaction how it connects the images by tilting and sliding them a little. ADG Panoramasimultaneously displays the coordinates and image numbers on the bottom line.
In most cases, the program's automatic functions are totally sufficient forgenerating a seamless panorama. In rare instances, however, the software cannot findenough matching points in two adjacent images in order to carry out the stitchingprocess. The user must intervene manually here and he has two tools to do so.
The two tools are very easy to understand. The first tool can be used to shift theimage both horizontally and vertically in order to match it to the adjacent image.The second function relates to the angle at which the photo is to be "stitched" toits neighbor. Since both processes are visible on the monitor in real time, mergingin these problem cases is still very easy and takes just a few seconds.
Once all image editing processes have been completed to the satisfaction of theuser, the great moment of image export comes next. ADG Panorama stores not only thestitched image, but also the required Java applet, the graphic control elements andthe actual HTML page. Right after exporting, you can thus open and view the panoramaimage in a web browser, such as the Microsoft Internet Explorer or NetscapeNavigator. The automatically generated "viewer" can easily be integrated in yourwebsite by copying the HTML code, so you can present the pictures to a broadpublic.Incidentally, ADG's website has a bunch of links to various sites that have360-degree views. They show how you can also create 3D views of objects for use inweb shops, for example. When the "visitor" enters a virtual store of this kind, hecan look at a product from all angles and decide whether he would like to buy itbased on the panorama image.
