Hi,

Quoted from "fl360"

Is there a <image type=???> XML tag for displaying flat still images?

a flat image can be simulated by a very small horizontal field of view (hfov),
e.g.
the "MAKE PANO (FLAT) droplet" does that for example,

Quoted from "fl360"

When displaying an still image, is there a way to have the view to automatically zoom in by x% to a focal view, or be able to zoom out from a focal view to a full view? Also have scenes cross fade ( fade out current scene while fading in next scene).

the zoom will be set via the "fov" setting in the <view> tag,
see:
http://krpano.com/docu/xml/#view

for a flat pano with hfov=1.0 the fov will be a very small number of course,
by the default the "fov" variables defines the vertical fov in the pano,
but this can be changed with the new "fovtype" variable,
see here:
1.0.8 beta 9 - fovtype setting

e.g.

Quoted from "fl360"

I currently use the Next Scene/Prev Scene to navigate. Is there a way to advance to next scene automatically? For example, if the current scene is a full 360 spherical, automatically do a full 360 pan, wait few seconds, and then advance to the next scene, ..., if the next scene is a still image, then do the zoom in/out described in step 2, pause for a user defined amount of seconds and advance to the next scene ...

please see:
http://krpano.com/docu/actions/

Quoted from "fl360"

A krpanotools question - Is there a way to use krpanotools to work on a set of spherical & still images and output corresponding xml & html files? I want to be able to put all my spheres & still images in one folder and apply a command to the folder that will generate corresponding html/xml codes.

yes,
have you already tried the tools and the droplets?

Quoted from "fl360"

Is there a way to develop my own custom panotools in an effort to reduce work-flow time? What language are the tools.exe written in? Is any of the krpanotools source code available and or some docs and instructions?

the tools are written in c/c++ and the sources are not available
just start a tools on the command-line without any parameters to see
it's syntax and parameters,

Quoted from "fl360"

Are there any 3rd party tools/GUI available that generate html/XML outputs for krpano?

Autopano Tour

Quoted from "fl360"

Is there a way to have an audio (music) control - a slider to control music volume?

it would be possible, but not directly at the moment...

best regards,
Klaus

Music volume slider: Sound ON/OFF button with volume control

Insider joke.

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