News

This is mostly a bugfix release but there are also some small new features/improvements.

News:

• iPad - now with 60 fps as framerate
• iPhone - hide url-bar
• added pow(var,byvar) and pow(dst,var,byvar) actions
• new defaults: downloadqueues=4 and decodequeues=2
• kmakemultires (object/multiframe droplets) - intelligent file sorting

Fixes:

• plugin/hotspot 'static' effect bugfix
• qtvr - fovtype="VFOV" bugfix
• start frame bugfix
• 'decode_complete' error message bugfix
• embedded files with ../ paths bugfix
• parent="BGLAYER" (like parent="STAGE" at stage level but behind the pano)
• swfkrpano.js - added swfobject 1.5 copyright notice
• objectskin.xml - 'zoomed-out' detection for object rotation improved
• kprotect - reset swfpath/htmlpath/basedir on startup-xml selection

News:

• beta state removed: 1.0.8 beta 10 ⇒ 1.0.8.10
• new additional Javascript / CSS based krpano viewer for the iPhone / iPad
• new multi-frame loading for the krpano viewer
  this makes it possible to create:
  • multi-resolution object movies - Example
  • multi-frame panos like a that here - Example
  • and there also many other fields of application thinkable
• new droplets MAKE OBJECT (MULTIRES) and MAKE MULTIFRAME (MULTIRES) have been added for a easy and simple building of such multi-frame objects / panos.
• swfkrpano.js krpano to HTML embedding script updated and improved
• improved mouse-wheel support by the swfkrpano.js or swfkrpanomousewheel.js scripts, these scripts are fixing a lot of browser and Flashplayer issues regarding the mouse wheel usage
• experimental support for loading krpano into other flash apps (example included)
• many small news for the krpano actions and variables (please see the releases notes file for details)
• the Domain and Tools Licenses have been removed, there was unfortunately too much confusion about them, existing licenses will still work of course, they just not available for purchase anymore, and for more simplification the Unlimited Domain License have been renamed to krpano License (a Upgrade to it from a Domain License is possible).
• big parts of the krpano homepage have been updated, but still not all yet (especially the new full 1.0.8.10 documentation), but it will be hopefully updated during the next week.

News:

• small bugfixes (if with negative values, paths, dynamic hotspot url changing)
• new bgcolor setting for creating a colored background layer

News:

• everything has been updated (viewer, plugins, examples, tools)
• new examples startup page - 1.0.8 beta 9 examples
• new fovtype / area settings - forum thread
• many small improvments and new features (please have a look at included releasenotes file for details)

News:

• Added support for reading PSB files.
• Some smaller improvements and bugfixes.

The focus in the latest tools developments were:

• easier usage (new droplets, automatic sphere to cube, automatic single-swf generation, ...)
• better image quality (bicubic interpolation, improved transforming calculations, ...)
• better file/memory handling (64bit support, 16bit images, memory-management, ...)
• easier/better kprotect tool usage
• more possibilities/settings
• encryption

News:

• added support for 2x3 or 3x2 cubestrip images
  use the <image> strip attribute to select the correct cubeface
  the order (1-6) is from left to right and then up to down
• added a new flyout example with automatic flying back and z-ordering

Fixes:

• videoplugin:
  • the width/height settings are taken into account now
  • no sound gap at the beginning
  • sound volume control now also without enabled directionalsound
• fixed flyout rotation for camroll (in drag3D control mode)
• fixed looktohotspot() - wrong caluclation of the hotspot center on wrapped point coordniates
• fixed quote character parsing ('' or "")
• kmakemultires/kmakepreview - fixed wrong colors for preview image on PPC mac

News:

• showtext() - added <sq> or [sq] for single quotes (') and or [dq] for double quotes (")
• added "flying" parameter for hotspots for "fly-out" hotspots

Fixes:

• fixed random crashing (the reason was this Flashplayer bug)
• fixed "local" variable access in plugin/hotspots onhover event
• fixed prealign (also added prealign to the editor plugin)
• fixed autorotate on partial panos
• fixed plugin/hotspot UNLOAD event
• fixes custom cursor was hidden after loading a new one
• editor plugin - fixed hotspot scaling via SHIFT/CTRL on Mac

News:

• added 3D distorted hotspots
• new videoplayer plugin (can be used as 3D hotspot too)
• <style> tag for parameter sharing for hotspots and plugins
• preloading for plugins
• fscommand() actions for controlling the standalone Flashplayer (quit, menu hiding, execution of external programs, ...)
• many other addtionals actions, small changes and bugfixes

News:

• added onstart parameter for scenes - <scene onstart="..">
• added "EQ" if() operator (the same as "==")

Fixes:

• bugfix plugin/hotspot unloading when used as mask
• bugfix dec() action
• bugfix passing of http get parameters (?parameter=value&...) for plugins
• bugfix for flashplayer version 10.0.12.36 - hang/crash on loading a "parent" plugin/hotspot
• bugfix "loadpano busy" on two quick loadpano/loadxml/loadscene calls without blending
• updated option/editor plugins

kprotect Tool:

• bugfix show xml parser errors
• updated standalone flashplayers to 10.0.22.87

News:

• <scene> - a new concept to store more panoramas in one xml
• parent/child system for plugins and hotspots
• scale9grid - for image scaling with keeping borders unscaled
• crop - (dynamic) image cropping
• mask - masking, one plugin/hotspot can mask out the other
• customizable mouse cursors
• new if() operator in the xml actions
• many new actions and events

• added "Pannini/Vedutismo Projection" (thanks to Tom Sharpless)
• crash bugfix in ktransform
• added a very first release of the kcube2sphere tool

New kprotect tool (a GUI tool)- it allows to:

• build protected swf files with embedded files (license, xml, images, buttons, plugins, ...)
• build standalone viewers for Windows and Mac
• limit the panorama to specific domains
• set an expire date for the panorama
• create "branding free" panoramas (additional license required!)

News in the Viewer:

• many new settings for plugins and hotspots
• new actions for xml actions scripting
• many other small changes and fixes

• the multiresolution loading/rendering was completly rewritten,
  now it's faster and with better quality
• added progressive multiresolution loading - <image ... progressive="true">
• new "maxpixelzoom" setting to limit the zooming to the real image size
• direct Zoomify support, just link to the Zoomify ImageProperties.xml file

A special version with 3D snowfall
(at the moment this snow is integrated direct in this version, later it will be also available as external plugin)
it's free for all krpano users,
just download it here:

• Flash10 support
• QTVR .mov file support
• Partial Panoramas
• The possibility to use Zoomify tiles
• New Sound Plugin - Soundinterface
• and much more...

This has many updates, making it the biggest update yet! Just about every option has had an extension added to it (some small, other larger). Most should be easy to use, and with less XML code required. With previous versions various extensions would have worked, even you had syntax errors; this may no long be the case. If you have problems please let me know by mail or on the new forum.
The Documentation and the Examples have also been updated and extended.

Some of the new features are:

• Stereographic projection
  an extended fisheye-projection which creates very “interesting” panorama views. The so-called Little Planet Views are possible to create with this too
• Post Process Sharpening of the rendered Panoramas, which sharpens the image in the viewer
  
• Images and Flash animations as Hotspots
• Many new possibilities to add, or remove plugins and hotspots individually, in virtual tours in each pano
• A completely new plugin programming interface, especially the access to the XML data over the plugin is now simplified
• A new Google Maps Plugin - Example
• Extension of the Textfield Plugin - Example
  
• The possibility to put images over the pano is new - Masks Example
  

• some bugfixes in the kmakemultires tool
• new Linux Versions of the krpano Tools (shared instead of static version)
• SPHERE to CUBE droplet for Windows and Mac

• new tool - kmakemultires - to automatically generate multiresolution panoramas for krpano
• bugfixes and extensions on the existing tools (see Release Notes)
• Tools documentation update
• Mac OS X (Universal Binary) versions of krpano Tools
• Linux versions of krpano Tools
• update of the Flash10 site (adaptation to the beta2 player and new test-examples)
• old krpano Java Version demo page - History / Java

• Architectural Projection (example)
• Dynamic Camera / Head swinging effect (see example)
• HTML Textfield Plugin (example)
• new <textstyle> settings (example)
• examples for SWFObject 2.1
• javascript mousewheel bugfixes
• updated documentation / homepape (but still not fully finished)
• many bugfixes
• many new examples
• many new plugins
• and much more...

In some cases there was a small bug when loading new panoramas.
This was fixed with this release.
New:

• combobox plugin (.fla sourcecode and example included).

Many bugs have been fixed. But there also many new features and possibilities.
News:

• reuseable/callable actions in the xml - <action>
• new tween() action for dynamically chaning values
• showtext() styles
• more nad better plugin positions controls
• Flash CS3 example
• radar plugin (as3 sourcecode included)

New examples:

• Simple tour/map/radar example
• Flash CS3 plugin example
• Buttons example

• Absolute path bugfix
• Userdefined "crossdomain.xml" path
• New "autorotate" feature.

This release fixes some bugs and adds some small extentions. The website was also updated.

A first quick port of the viewer to Flash 10, it uses now the new drawing functions of the new Flash 10 API. To view the the test it's necessary to install the Flashplayer 10 beta first.

• New parameters
• New actions
• New navimap example

• added mousewheel support for mac-os-x
• default control mode is now "moveto"
• user defined navigation buttons example
• added user defined keyboard control keycodes
• and more...

First public release of the krpano Flash Panorama Viewer.
Some features of it:

• High performance Flash rendering
• Support for Multiresolution 360x180 Panoramas (up to Gigapixels)
• Virtual Tours with polygonal Hotspots