On the heels of this past April’s release of – PURE Player PRO for Java, ImmerVision is now launching the PURE STARTER TOOLKIT, the first development in the company’s long awaited PURE TOOLS series.
PURE TOOLS is based on a modular design concept that enables users to make the most of the innovative functionalities of the PURE Player and PURE Player PRO panorama viewers. The range of functionalities is designed for both professionals and amateurs and covers the workflow spectrum from editing and publishing to viewing panoramas. The PURE STARTER TOOLKIT offers five basic functionalities needed to edit and publish panoramic content: – Panorama Image Extractor extracts panoramic images created in different formats, such as IMP, IVP packages, QTVR JPEG; “Our goal with PURE TOOLS is to address the very specific needs of our users with a modular approach,” says Alessandro Gasparini, ImmerVision’s Chief Commercial Officer. This flexible approach will allow each user to develop a unique toolkit based on his or her requirements. He likens it to a big toolbox where the professional photographer, multimedia artist and panoramic image enthusiast will find the exact tool for the specific task they want to accomplish and according to their own workflow. The PURE TOOLS architecture is built around a central core and a fully automated updating system, making it extremely flexible and easy to add further tools. But as any good craftsman can tell you, it’s not enough to simply have the right tool for the job—you’ve also got to know just how to use it. “That’s another great advantage of this specialized toolkit concept,” Gasparini explains, “the simple user interface makes the learning process easy”. Furthermore, ImmerVision has a number of individual PURE TOOLS now in the final testing phase that it plans to release in the near future, such as: authoring the startup image of the PURE Player PRO for Java; creating customized lighter applet using only selected functionality; creating virtual tours and hotspots; adding special graphical effects; and adding transition effects. “In order to allow the accessibility of these tools to the larger public the unitary price will range between US$10 and US$30. In some cases where the tool addresses very specific professional requirements the price might be slightly higher,” Gasparini says. “Our goal is to make PURE TOOLS accessible to everybody.” And what about that elusive Flash player, which has stirred up interest since ImmerVision’s prototype release? “Your readers will be pleased to know that indeed ImmerVision is today developing a PURE Player for Flash,” Gasparini responds. “The release date, however, is not yet available.” PURE STARTER TOOLKIT The five tools of the PURE STARTER TOOLKIT are: Panorama Image Extractor Panorama FileMaker – Transform all your panoramic images into IVP panoramas; Input file formats: Editing functionalities: Save formats for the panoramas: When you create a panorama with an IVP format, Panorama FileMaker creates a Web page that embeds the PURE Player for Java viewer, ready for uploading to your web site. LensFlare Creator Lens flare effects appear in a photo when a light source is located in the camera’s field of view. This creates colored polygons, called halos, which are aligned between the light source and the camera’s optical center. With its simple interface, LensFlare Creator lets you easily create lighting effects. Use as many of the 16 available halos as you want, and customize them by modifying the following settings: Halo size, Halo position, and Halo color The created lens flare effects are saved in packaged .ivl format for easy integration into the .ivp panorama format, either directly into the xml file or by using the Panorama FileMaker module Package Maker – Creates all types of packages and simplifies the process of creating package types that are compatible with PURE viewers: .ivp, .ivu, .ivl and .ivi – Automate the search for resources: When you select an xml file that contains a panorama, a graphical interface, a lens flare effect or an image, Package Maker automatically includes in the package all the linked resources (image of the panorama, image of the lens flare etc.) that are described in the xml file. – Optimize downloads: Package Maker organizes the files in the package to ensure the fastest possible download time for Web viewing. As an example, it will place the panoramic image before the lens flare image so that the user can start viewing the panorama even before the lens flare is loaded. Package Crypter Package Crypter encrypts packaged files (all formats: .ivp, .ivu, .ivl and .ivi) to protect their contents, while still allowing them to be viewed with the PURE Player™ and PURE Player PRO™ viewers. Depending on your needs, you can choose from several types of security codes: simple, temporal and localized. Package Crypter allows you to encrypt your packages (panoramas, interfaces, lens flares and images) in three different ways: Package Crypter allows you to encrypt several packages simultaneously, and will save the last 10 encryption settings, so you can use your favorite configurations again with other files.
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