Sure we live in a free world ... and you can present your photos and files in any way you choose. It's just my own situation that makes viewing them difficult, but I also know that there are others on the list that will be excluded from seeing your work as well.
I don't know much about panorama tools other than to note that several other panoramas have been presented her using different programs. Rob Studdert is probably our resident pano expert. I just look at 'em. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Jens Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> > Date: 1/31/2006 11:51:03 AM > Subject: RE: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often) > > Shel > I'm sure we all appreciate that we (to some extend) live in a free world, > that gives us choises. Some people want Quicktime panoramas, others want > java panoramas, some don't want any. That's fine with me. > Your suggestion about a "scrollable" panorama is actually a very good idea, > I think. But I dont know how to make this. > I have chosen rotation panoramas for three reasons: > 1) A panorama compensates for very wide wide angle lensess (I didn't ivent > panoramas, they have been arround for a long time) > 2) Rotating panoramas makes it possible to show a very slim (or long) > photograph on a computer screen in an exceptable enlargement. > 3) As an architect/planner I want to be able to show a certain location and > alll the views from this location. > > What you are suggesting can do this as well - perhaps in a less annoying > way. > Do you know of a tool that can do this, please let me know. I'm interested! > Regards > Jens > > > Jens Bladt > http://www.jensbladt.dk > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 31. januar 2006 20:25 > Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Emne: RE: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often) > > > I don't understand the point of what you're doing. It would be simpler to > have a panorama that one could scroll through, left to right. It seems like > an exercise in technology more than anything else. Speaking for myself, > the viewing experience is awful and not at all satisfying. > > This thing that you've done takes forever to download on a dialup > connection, requires plugins that, obviously, some people don't have, or > which are not up to date, plus, Java dumps a bunch of hidden files onto the > user's computer. Most people may not know that, and some may not want that > (I certainly don't) for any number of reasons. I know where they are and > clean out the files every now and then, but others may not have that > knowledge. > > While I'm sure you don't care one way or the other, but I won't be viewing > your panoramas again. It's quite possible a number of other people won't > see your good work because the technology to view the files limits or > excludes them for doing so. > > Shel > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Jens Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> > > Date: 1/31/2006 10:37:37 AM > > Subject: RE: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often) > > > > Both, naturally. I took a photograph (and stores it as a computer file, > > which can be reproduced as a photograph). Then turned it into a file in an > > application, that just shows a part of it - which part changes a little > bit > > every second. > > > > Jens Bladt > > http://www.jensbladt.dk > > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > > Fra: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sendt: 31. januar 2006 18:39 > > Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > > Emne: RE: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often) > > > > > > I clicked on all the buttons, and couldn't get it to stop, only reverse > > direction. Maybe my Java's not up to date. I don't care - I'm not > > downloading any more junk like that to my computer. Anyway, this isn't a > > corporate computer ... > > > > You say it's a photograph, and then you say it's not a photograph but a > > file. Is it one or the other, or both? ;-)) > > > > Shel > > > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > From: Jens Bladt < > > > > > Hmmm... > > > There is a button to stop it moving... > > > It is a photgraph - not flat but cylindrical... > > > Internet pictures arent really photographs, they are computer files... > > > Java is today a standard feature in a large number of corpotate > > > computers, just like Acrobat Reader, mediaplayers etc... > > > Regards > > > > > > Jens Bladt > > > http://www.jensbladt.dk > > > > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > > > Fra: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sendt: 31. januar 2006 18:06 > > > Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > > > Emne: Re: PESO: (Panorama Ever So Often) > > > > > > > > > Me too .... although I already had the plug-in, and did look at the pic. > > > It's a moving panorama, and it drove me nuts. Had to shut it down, in > > part > > > because it moved and I couldn't see details of any one area, and in part > > it > > > made me dizzy. It was like looking at a scene while spinning around ... > > > ugh! IMO, it's not a photograph but a movie, and it's one of those > things > > > that is done because technology allows it to be done. > > > > > > Shel > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > > From: frank theriault > > > > > > > I refuse to look at a photo that tells me to download > > > > a plug-in before I can look at it. > > > > > > > > > > On 1/31/06, Jens Bladt wrote: > > > > > It's winter in Denmark: > > > > > http://www.jensbladt.dk/pano/newfile6.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
