Hopki
Posts: 13
Location: Braintree, Essex, United Kingdom
Registered: 6 Apr 2010
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Thumbnail Skin Pack
Posted: 27 Aug 2010 at 11:18 GMT
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Thumbnail Skin Pack
With quick and easy installation it also comes with a comprehensive 14 page PDF user guide explaining how it all works.
Using Pano2VR’s Transformations output it shows you how to remap the panorama to create the thumbnail images so requiring no other photo editing software.
The thumbnail menu system can be configured to be placed top, bottom or at either side of the window. All required pointer png files are included.
This Thumbnail Skin Pack is quick to install with good looking results. And as with all Hopki Media Skin Packs expanding your knowledge of Pano2VR’s user friendly, but powerful skin editor.
Skin Preview www.hopkimedia.co.uk/GGS/TSP
This skin as well as many others can be found in my websites Skin Factory.
Kind regards
Martin Hopkins
www.hopkimedia.co.uk
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No One
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Location: Sri Lanka
Registered: 14 May 2004
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Re: Thumbnail Skin Pack
Posted: 27 Aug 2010 at 12:45 GMT
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HI Martin,
A couple of questions, will this work with the new beta?
If so, have you tested the functions on a "i" device?
Would the interface not be cleaner if you got rid of the "curley cue" to the right of the thumbnails and just allowed clicking on the white dots to the left of the thumbnails to change groups?
Looks nice though overall.
Regards,
Robert
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Hopki
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Location: Braintree, Essex, United Kingdom
Registered: 6 Apr 2010
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Re: Thumbnail Skin Pack
Posted: 27 Aug 2010 at 16:17 GMT
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Hi Robert
Yes this will work on V3 beat.
I built this using V2.3.4 as quite a few will only use final release software for client work.
I had tested with V3 and all is ok, in fact better as you can add rounded corners to rectangles etc.
I have tested this on my i-pod touch; the i-pod touch did not like alpha or element scaling so I took this out and just have the larger thumbnails show and hide.
This also works with the point hotspots and hotspot proxy’s. The screen is too small to use point hotspot effectively, but I left them in to show them working.
Of course it may be a different story on the i-pad.
When testing on my PC in Safari, I set it to mobile browser comparability test and the alpha and scaling did work. So it is quite possible that this will work on the i-phones. I am sure it will function as should on i-pads also.
All elements can be customised, so if you want the dots to change the thumb menus then you can, no problems.
This link www.hopkimedia.co.uk/GGS/ITSP will open the version that works on my i-pod touch with the dots as the buttons. As the dots are rectangles drawn in the skin editor I made them larger so you can use your finger.
Kind regards
Martin
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Ken Warner
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Location: Mammoth Lakes, United States
Registered: 14 Aug 2004
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Re: Thumbnail Skin Pack
Posted: 27 Aug 2010 at 16:23 GMT
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I've really conflicted feelings about Pano2VR. It's got a great interface to it's skin editor -- it is easy to use.
But the Flash viewer sucks.
Hopki, do you really think those cube face seams are a good selling point 
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Bob Stone
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Location: Rochester, NY, United States
Registered: 20 Oct 2007
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Re: Thumbnail Skin Pack
Posted: 27 Aug 2010 at 16:52 GMT
updated: 27 Aug 2010 at 16:52 GMT
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I like the idea but you have 9 thumnails and nine white cubes. Only the white cubes associated with the thumnails that are visible bring up the popup.
It would be better if all of the white cubes worked on mouse over. Scroll the thumbs automatically so people don't get disoriented and think some of the white cubes don't work.
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Tactus 360
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Location: Tynset, Norway
Registered: 2 Sep 2010
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Re: Thumbnail Skin Pack
Posted: 27 Aug 2010 at 16:55 GMT
updated: 2 Sep 2010 at 20:27 GMT
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Ken Warner said: But the Flash viewer sucks.
Ken, why do you say that?
I have had nothing but consistently good results with Pano2vr, and whilst I would love it to have a couple of features found on FPP or KRP, it is capable of a lot with a very small amount of work and/or lateral thinking.
To Hopki:
I have to say that I admire your bravery. However, I do find the designs to be rather retrospective and obtrusive, to the point that I find my eye drawn to the skin rather than the panorama.
In my opinion, which does not count for much, I would rather the skin be almost unnoticeable, something of which we are aware, but not looking at all the time.
Jon
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Smooth
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Location: Mount Panorama, Australia
Registered: 21 Jul 2004
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Re: Thumbnail Skin Pack
Posted: 27 Aug 2010 at 17:15 GMT
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To be fair Martin is selling complied code with instructions that comes with "some" graphics. These can be used or swapped out for a more suitable design.
He is short cutting the learning curve, not reinventing the wheel as such. You learn from his skin and build whatever you like with the acquired/purchased knowledge.
Ken, the viewer sucks? Mate, it has some very tiny glitches. None of which concern me in the slightest, nor hundreds of others. I have read and seen your complaints on the Gardengnome forum and all that have been pointed out here by others, nothing of any real importance to me. Obviously it's not for you, just like others don't suit me.
Regards, Smooth 
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Hopki
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Location: Braintree, Essex, United Kingdom
Registered: 6 Apr 2010
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Re: Thumbnail Skin Pack
Posted: 27 Aug 2010 at 20:07 GMT
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Hi
@ Ken
I use a standard very low resolution strip that gets packaged with the skin packs, so people get what they have seen on the website. Each skin pack has a fully functioning set of project files; low res strip panos and the skin, as well as user guide and any other files associated with the project. With Pano2VR, settings in the project files can affect how the end result will function, so anyone purchasing the pack will see all interaction.
However I do agree, perhaps a better looking panorama might help, but anyone looking at this I hope will be looking at the functionally of the skin and what it is doing, and is this something they want to learn about rather than looking at the panorama. 
@ Bob
Valid point and if this was a true tour this would not happen, this is a demonstration of some of the things this skin can do. Personally I would not suggest in tour point hotspots and thumbnails, one or the other. However this is not up to me to dictate, you see what functionality the pack can provide and if you want that functionality or parts of it, then you purchase it. The flip side to this is that I would get asked if it could be used with hotspot proxy’s, or losing a sale because they did not see this function. 
@ Jon
You seem to have missed the point; the packs are as I have always said are learning tools for the skin editor found in Pano2VR and Object2VR. I show you how to do something; it is then up to you apply the knowledge to your own skins using what ever features you liked. Be it marking the viewers location in a floor plan or map or showing which direction they are looking.
Everybody wants something different, but as soon as you please one person, another will criticise you for doing so.
As Smooth has pointed out, it’s all about how it works. Some people need to be pointed in the right direction, while others just want to get going as fast as they can, so I am here to help.
Martin
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TriggerHappY
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Location: vancouver, Canada
Registered: 21 Jul 2004
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Re: Thumbnail Skin Pack
Posted: 28 Aug 2010 at 1:27 GMT
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Hi Hopki, I think you are on the right path with skins like this one Keep em coming!
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