Kolor is Closing, Future of Panotour Pro

Hi Klaus

Thank you for for your responsible outlook and for looking after us who don't like to code

I am so much looking forward to the new GUI you are making. Please let me know if you need any help for beta testing.

Great idea! Thanks Klaus for your help in advance! Please support Panotour with update packages and fixes as long as it is possible. So many users depend on this software and would be willing (imo) to even pay for updates and support. So, please don't leave us hanging...

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One important note here - Panotour Pro includes an exportable krpano license - and if you haven't already exported that license, I would recommend doing that as soon as possible! The license export will be only possible as long as the license servers from Kolor are working!

Hi everyone, sorry for this silly question but how do I do the export? Thanks for your answers.

Thanks to all that intended to answer but TC Montague posted how it should be done.

Hi Folks,

with the demise of Kolor I'm in the process of making a safe backup of the software and licenses (like a lot of other users) but I've hit a snag with requesting the KRPano license for KRPano 1.19-pr16.

KRP is shown as registered in the PTP license page and when I request the license via the License page in PTP my email address isn't recognised.

Is there a fix to this problem so I can get the KRPano license for safekeeping?

best regards Kev

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Hi Folks,

with the demise of Kolor I'm in the process of making a safe backup of the software and licenses (like a lot of other users) but I've hit a snag with requesting the KRPano license for KRPano 1.19-pr16.
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Try to contact customer support on: https://gopro.com/help/ContactUs

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Try to contact customer support on: https://gopro.com/help/ContactUs

There is no obvious support email link on any of the GoPro pages. Ok problem solved, I retried the get License key option in PTP and my email was accepted this time and license retrieved, nothing has changed my end and I know with certainty the email was correctly entered every time.

Really looking forward to the next release. Good luck, Klaus. Thank you

I am sure the closing of PTP has caused (or will cause in the future) quite a few problems for those who relied on their software for client projects. I know I am currently counting my lucky stars that I decided a long time ago to learn and use KRPano for my projects rather than PTP. I don't want to speak out of turn but it would make me feel more comfortable if I understood what the future plans are for KRPano and what assurances there are that the same thing (or similar) won't happen to KRPano in the future as it has with Kolor / PTP (i.e. sold off, shut down or similar).


So my question to Klaus is what does the KRPano roadmap look like, is there a business model to take it to the cloud on a subscription basis or other model to secure future revenues? And what can we do as supporters of KRPano to make sure it has a healthy future?


Thanks in advance!

Thank you Klaus.

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So my question to Klaus is what does the KRPano roadmap look like, is there a business model to take it to the cloud on a subscription basis or other model to secure future revenues? And what can we do as supporters of KRPano to make sure it has a healthy future?

you think "taking it to the cloud on a subscription basis" (whatever that means in this context) would be a healthy future??
omg

i guess krpano is fully owned by klaus and therefore cant be purchased and dropped later by another player.
so as long as he likes what he does and as long as he can make a living out of it, you dont need to be worried about krpano.

maybe the closing of kolor even gives krpano a boost, because some people will start to work with krpano directly now.

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Tal vez una cosa: ya estaba trabajando para mejorar las funciones de edición de GUI de Krpano durante mucho tiempo y ahora, sin Panotour, probablemente aceleraré el desarrollo en esa dirección.

Espero que sigas adelante , yo por mi parte, si es necesario, dispuesto a apoyar un crowdfunding para el desarrollo del proyecto.
Gracias

could based subscription software as service etc is widely reviled by many, adobe CC moving to such a model was very unpopular as i recall, but an advanced krpano gui editor as plugin for a reasonable fee would be fine for many users i assume

otherwise, i think klaus and krpano are doing fine without the need to mix in popular marketing buzzwords like crowdfunding and blockchain etc :D

sam

Hello!
Klaus, maybe you looking for open source developers for your projects?

Hello there, We have built several large tours with Panotour pro and wondered if there was a way to edit and keep adding to the tours using just KRpano?

see post in Krpano 1.2 https://krpano.com/forum/wbb/inde…79243#post79243

Hi, I hadn't used Panotour since a bit before Gorro called it quits. I had several finished projects, and they had been fine until now. I remember having exported the krpano key from panoutour a long while ago, but can't find it. However, Inside panotour I clicked on export krpano license, and a message says that Kolor servers do not exist anymore, but that if I had exported it again, I could be sent. So I did, and received by email a key.
Problem is, I input that key in the krpano app, and it says Base license key is missing.
Could anyone please advise on how to procede to get that base key or fix this. Many thanks!

best,

Alex