" Panoramas 360°Animation" In a few steps: Animate your nicest 360° panoramas.
Get ready:
- Create your panorama. ( see "Making 360° Panoramas ").
- Download the PMV Jave Applet to a file on your hard disk
- Extract the pmvr.zip file that you just downloaded with WinZip for example.
- Follow this"step by step" guide to make youre 360° animation.
Recommandations :
- Keep in mind that this is an Java applet designed for Web
Pages.
- Knowing that, reduce the size of yout pictures to get a more fluid animation. Description :
PMVR is a very small Java applet (12k) so it's ideal for Web pages.
It's mutli platform (with Java support) And works fine
with
Internet Explorer (after version3.02 ) and Netscape Navigator ( after version 3.01).
FloorPlan.class is usefull to allow the use of old Java VM. Content of the downloaded file, pmvr.zip :
readme.html - a file to read
pmvr.class
- the pmvr Java Applet
FloorPlan.class - the FloorPlan Java Applet
sample.jpg - a panoramic image
town.gif - a plan image
back.jpg - a back image
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Realisation and operating:
Open or create a Html file, and put your panoramic image in it.
Open or create a new html page, with your web page editor and copy
the html code (in the frame) in the
body of your document.
<applet code=pmvr.class width=
200 height=100>
<param name="image" value="your_image.jpg">
<param name="view"
value="360">
</applet>
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Define the frame by changing the "width" & "height" values (in blue) to the
size of your image
to get a complete and framed view (not totally necessary, but recommended)
and rename "your image" (in blue) with your image's name (compulsory).
Finally, put "Pmvr.class" and
"FloorPlan.class" in the same directory as
your html page and your image, copy Pmvr.class and FloorPlan.class from the pmvr.zip that you have downloaded and extracted
with WinZip . Done...
| Open you
Html page with your browser to see your 360° Panorama in action. |
__________________ Parameters for PMVR : Here are the settings that you can
modify : For Pmvr, only the image parameter has to be adjusted (with your image's name),
the rest is not compulsory. Pmvr.class Java Applet Parameters | | Parameter |
Type | Description | | image | URL | The URL to a panoramic image (JPG) to display (sample image) | |
view | Integer | The panoramic image width, in degrees (1-360). | | auto | Integer | Auto scroll one pixel every specified number of milliseconds
| | center | Integer | Initializes viewing centered
(horizontal) at this pixel location | | vcenter | Integer | Initializes viewing centered (vertical) at this pixel location [2.1d] | | links | URL |
The URL to a links file (hot spots), where each line is a link-spec [2.2a] | | link0 - link9 | link-spec | Creates a linkable hot spot (an alternative to the links file) | | pixdeg | pixdeg-spec | For use with the FloorPlan applet. Corrects for image imperfections. |
| floorplan | String | The FloorPlan applet name (defaults to
'FloorPlan') | | tip | String | The 'tip' help string
to display while an image loads [2.1c] | | logo | URL | The logo image to display (an alternative to the tip param) [2.2a] | | background | hex-color
| Specifies the background color of the applet [2.1c] |
Documentation : To know more about PMVR visit the Duckware site. PMVR is 100% compatible for year 2000 (if no dates manipulations).
PMVR can be used with the "Floor Plan" applet
PMVR is a shareware. You can use it for
personnal use, or register. Contact: PMVR' author Jerry Jongerius E-mail: jerryj@duckware.com.
Thanks : to Jerry Jongerius PMVR's author who nocely let me make this quick guide. Note : This guide does not replace the official PMVR guide, and is only made to
simplify
the use of this applet, so that one can use it easily and fast.
You can try Pmvr freely, though you have to register if you wich
to use it permanently. ___________________ Translated by B.Destrube. 24 oct.1999.
This guide is made and maintained by D.Coppin. Last Update: 20 juin 2000 . |