|
 |
| Q: |
What can COOL 360 do for me? |
| A: |
Move beyond traditional photos with Ulead COOL 360!
- Quickly and easily transform a series of photos into 360° panoramic scenes or images.
- Share panoramas via e-mail, the Web, in MS Office documents, as screen savers and more.
- Create great-looking panoramas fast using COOL 360's intuitive interface and easy-to-use Wizard.
- Excellent results are easy with COOL 360's advanced photo stitching, warping, aligning and blending tools.
|
|
| Q: |
How do I capture great photos for creating panoramic images? |
| A: |
Panoramic photos are substantially different from other types of photographs. It takes approximately twelve images to complete a 360° panorama, depending on the type of camera and camera lens you use. There are two good techniques, outlined below, you should combine to ensure you get suitable images.
- Think about a clock: take one picture at each hour mark. This may not work for all cameras, but it can be helpful. Don't worry if you only get eleven shots or you need a thirteenth, it should still work. Thinking about the hours on a clock can help you remember where you are in a sequence of images.
- Overlap adjacent images: COOL 360 needs overlap between adjacent images. Overlap adjacent images by a minimum of 15% on each side. Use prominent landmarks to line up the shot. By using a combination of the two methods outlined above, you should achieve excellent results on your first try.
|
|
| Q: |
Do I need to use a tripod? |
| A: |
A tripod, while not required, certainly helps. Ensuring that a series of images has consistent capture angles and a smooth horizon, a tripod allows COOL 360 to produce better results. If a tripod is not used, try to keep the camera capture angle consistent and ensure that the horizon of each picture is lined up smoothly. |
|
| Q: |
How do I view my 360° panoramic image? |
| A: |
The COOL 360 Viewer is one way to navigate a 360° panoramic image.
- From the Windows Start menu select Programs/Ulead COOL 360/Ulead COOL 360 Viewer.
- From the COOL 360 Viewer File menu choose Open and then locate the panorama (IVR file) that you want to view.
- Another method is to double-click any valid IVR or MOV file. The appropriate viewer will automatically open displaying the 360° panorama.
NOTE: Apple QuickTime® 3.0 or later must be installed to view MOV files.
|
|
| Q: |
How do I share my panoramic images? |
| A: |
There are plenty of ways to share the panoramic images with family and friends:
- E-mail: a one-click e-mail function opens your default e-mail client with your panorama automatically attached. COOL 360 even allows you to attach the built-in viewer to you panorama eliminating the need for family and friends to download extra plug-ins.
- Web: directly creating panoramic Web pages with COOL 360 gives you the opportunity to share panoramas with the world.
- Copy: allows you to incorporate panoramas into office documents creating memorable and impacting presentations, documents, newsletters and more.
- Print: Multiple-print formats including single page, one row, or two row panorama printouts allow you to create poster size panoramas for everyone to admire.
- Screen Savers: creating screen savers directly from COOL 360 gives you a creative way to share panoramas.
|
|
| Q: |
How do I post my panorama to the Web? |
| A: |
Putting a panorama on the Web:
- On the Finish Options Panel, click Web.
- Enter a File name, Output folder, and a Title for your Web page.
- Enter a size for the Embedded window, which will contain your panorama.
- Click OK.
The image (JPG), an HTML file and an IVR file will all be saved to the Output folder. You can upload all of these to your Web site. Visitors need a viewer to see your image, so remember to include a link to the FREE Ulead COOL 360 plug-in viewer, available from http://ftp.ulead.com/pub/Goodies/Cool360/ULViewer.exe. |
|
| Q: |
What file formats does COOL 360 support? |
| A: |
COOL 360 supports the following file formats:
- Input: BMP, JPG, TIF, PCD (read only), PNG, UPJ
- Output: MOV (QuickTime® VR format), UVR, BMP, JPG, TIF, PNG, UPJ
|
|
| Q: |
Why do I need to install a plug-in viewer for my browser? |
| A: |
In order to view panoramic images created in COOL 360 in your Web browser, it is necessary to install a small utility add-on program known as a plug-in. You will be prompted during installation to install this plug-in. If your browser is running during installation, you will first need to close the browser and then run it again to initialize the plug-in module.
NOTE: Browser plug-ins are for 4.0 or higher Web browsers (IE 4.0 or Netscape 4.0). |
|
| Q: |
Where can I get QuickTime 3.0? |
| A: |
If you have the COOL 360 CD-ROM version, insert it into the CD-ROM drive and choose "Install QuickTime 3.0" in the COOL 360 startup screen. If you downloaded COOL 360 from the Ulead Web site, click on the following QuickTime icon to download it from the Apple Web site.
Download Apple QuickTime® |
|
| Q: |
How do I create compressed MOV files? |
| A: |
Download the latest update patch, and you'll be able to create compressed MOV files in Ulead COOL 360. |
|
| Q: |
My original photos were large, but when I create a panorama I can't see all of the image height even if I zoom out. |
| A: |
Download the latest update patch, and you'll be able to create compressed MOV files in Ulead COOL 360. |
Copyright © 2008 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved.