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The Panorama Factory Changelog

What's new in The Panorama Factory 5.3

Apr 22, 2009
  • Support for Windows Imaging Component (WIC) has been added to the m32 and x64 Editions. WIC supports a variety of image file formats, notably many camera RAW formats, through plug-ins that are available from camera manufacturers and third parties. We do not provide WIC plug-ins, but will take advantage of any WIC plug-ins that are installed on your computer. Image files formats that are available through WIC are automatically recognized by The Panorama Factory and are listed in the Files of type drop down list on the Import Images dialog box. For more information about WIC and for a list of available plug-ins, refer to “Windows Imaging Component” in the online help Chapter 9, “Image file formats”.
  • 76 new cameras were added to the camera library in V5.3.
  • The following trouble reports are corrected in V5.3:
  • TR 1158 Meta keys (SHIFT, CONTROL, ALT, COMMAND) sometimes do not work on a secondary Mac keyboard
  • TR 1166 Abnormal termination using some non-Apple keyboards
  • TR 1486 Abnormal termination upon choosing the Crop command
  • Corrects a bug that caused abnormal termination in the Leopard Edition on PowerPC when playing the alert sound.
  • Corrects a bug that sometimes caused abnormal termination during fine tuning. This applies to all editions.

New in The Panorama Factory 5.2.2748 (Oct 6, 2008)

  • Stitching speed is improved on Mac, bringing it closer to the (single-threaded) performance of the Windows Editions.
  • Japanese, Norwegian and Turkish translations were added.
  • as of June 12, 2008, some translations are incomplete. Please refer to Features and capabilities for percent completion numbers of the various translations.
  • 99 new cameras were added to the camera library.
  • When exporting to QTVR format, The Panorama Factory now automatically converts the projection to cubic or cylindrical if it can determine that one projection will produce a significantly smaller output file than the other. Otherwise, it will convert spherical panoramas to cubic and leave cylindrical panoramas unchanged. However, cubic projection is always used if you have selected "Add top and bottom caps to saved image" on the QTVR settings dialog box.
  • V5.2 adds several new customer support features. For more information about these, please refer to http://www.panoramafactory.com/support_extras.html.
  • The following trouble reports are corrected in V5.2.2747 (June 5, 2008):
  • TR 822 Some QTVR files show a broken film strip icon
  • TR 982 Abnormal termination when exporting QTVR that contains polygon hotspots
  • TR 985 Could not write abcd.mov. Is the disk full or write protected?
  • TR 986 It is not possible to enter the letter 'd' into the Hotspot properties dialog box
  • TR 1105 "Cannot convert from the charset windows-utf8" when selecting a language
  • TR 1112 Abnormal termination immediately after starting the application
  • TR 1113 "Bookmark" type hotspots do not work
  • TR 1114 "http://url#bookmark" notation doesn't work for QTVR images displayed by Internet Explorer
  • TR 1115 Double-clicking a PFP file from Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac) sometimes causes abnormal termination
  • TR 1145 Does not work properly if installed into a folder with extended characters in its name

New in The Panorama Factory 5.1 (Feb 2, 2008)

  • Adds the Check for software updates dialog box which can be used to manually or automatically check The Panorama Factory�s web site for newer versions of the software including patches, free updates and upgrades.
  • Several new cameras were added to the camera library.

New in The Panorama Factory 4.5 (Apr 11, 2007)

  • Introduces the Clone the stitched image for HDR command, whose function is to support workflow for creating high dynamic range (HDR) panoramic images. Note that The Panorama Factory provides the capability of creating identically stitched images for HDR, but does not include commands for the HDR transform and tone mapping. You must perform these steps with a separate software application designed for that purpose.
  • This new command was added late in the V4.5 development cycle. There was insufficient time to translate the command and its associated messages into the languages supplied with The Panorama Factory. The command and messages will be displayed in English.
  • Two new sections, �Making your panoramas rotate automatically� and �Controlling the initial viewpoint of your panorama� were added to help Chapter 7, �Making a virtual tour�. Although these capabilities have been available since V4.0, they were not adequately documented before.
  • Errors were corrected in the online help for the Hotspot properties dialog box.
  • A Catalan language translation was added.
  • The following trouble reports are corrected in V4.5:
  • TR 560 Duplicating a stitched image fails with more than one thread
  • TR 634 Project properties and Profile organizer dialog boxes fail on Linux (under Wine)
  • TR 659 PTViewer panoramas do not preview properly with Internet Explorer
  • TR 663 Panoramic properties dialog box should require non-blank value for HFOV
  • TR 681 QuickTime export fails when the file or folder name contains extended characters
  • TR 682 White speckles on images with 16 bits per color channel
  • TR 683 Saw tooth edge on overlap region for stitched images that go more than 90 degrees above or below the horizon
  • TR 685 Shimmering (aliasing) when you rotate a QTVR image
  • TR 686 Hotspots that are only used as bookmarks may interfere with hyperlink hotspots
  • TR 687 Help for the Hotspot properties dialog box is incorrect
  • TR 688 QTVR images sometimes appear grainy or posterized
  • TR 691 Sometimes exported images are sharpened even if you have turned off sharpening
  • 149 new digital cameras were added to the camera library.

New in The Panorama Factory 4.3 (May 30, 2006)

  • The following trouble reports are corrected in V4.3:
  • TR 556 "No QuickTime panoramas were found" when importing an MOV file with QuickTime 7
  • TR 561 Abnormal termination if you import QTVR, PTViewer or IVR while the Wizard is active
  • TR 562 Stitch with "Document/Manual" resets Wizard's focal length to 1000mm or larger
  • TR 565 Abnormal termination when moving edge of overlap region after Swing Lens stitch
  • TR 566 "Modo Zoom" accelerator key 'a' doesn't work when Spanish language is selected
  • TR 582 "Can't import W1, W2, INSTALL.LOG, etc." when starting The Panorama Factory
  • TR 583 Cropping a panorama from swing lens images hangs with infinite alert panel
  • TR 588 Automatic rotation of a QTVR image fails when the image opens in new browser window
  • TR 589 Automatic rotation of a QTVR image fails when the language is not English
  • TR 597 The default crop is incorrect for Cylindrical projection under certain conditions
  • TR 601 QuickTime does not recognize panoramas that are entirely above or below the horizon
  • TR 602 PTViewer export fails silently if the image file for top or bottom cap is missing
  • When you select Swing lens or rotational camera option you must now either enter the horizontal field of view of your swing lens camera or select a checkbox indicating that you are using this option to stitch scanned documents (as described in some of The Panorama Factory Forum and FAQ articles). The field of view value is used by The Panorama Factory to compute the field of view of the completed panorama so that it may be exported to a VR format or converted to perspective projection.
  • More than 100 new digital cameras were added to the camera library.