Sometimes because of lighting conditions and the subject matter being photographed more photos may need to be taken. 

The photos are blended together and viewed on a web browser using a mouse to navigate round the 360º view.

• The panorama picture file (eg pan-lennox.jpg)
• The Java applet pan.jar available from www.imageviewer.co.uk
• An HTML file to display the panorama (View example)

Once you have these 3 files, upload them to your server and create a link to the HTML file from a page on your web site.

Why can't I see the panoramas on my browser ? 
The panoramas work on Java enabled browsers.
ie Navigator 4+ or Explorer 4+
If you can't see the panoramas, check to see that your browser has Java "enabled".

With Netscape Navigator go to the menu and click on 
Edit ... Preferences ... Advanced, 
and make sure the Enable Java box is ticked.

With Microsoft Internet Explorer go to 
Tools ... Internet Options ... Advanced, 
and check that Java is enabled.
 
With these settings, you will be able to display the panoramas in your browser.

What equipment is used to produce the panoramas ? 
For best results we use the following:

• A tripod with a built in spirit level to ensure the individual photos are aligned horizontally as closely as possible.
• A Single Lens Reflex camera with a high quality wide angle lens.
• A colour scanner with high definition colour scanning capabilities.
• Specialised imaging software to stitch together and colour correct the individual photos.
• HTML editing software such as Microsoft FrontPage to allow the panorama to be viewed on a Java enabled browser.
• Java applet to display the panorama, to enable navigation and to provide other interactive capabilities for the panorama.

How long does it take to produce a panorama ? 
This depends on the subject matter of course and the location of the scene.

For instance, the Mount Hay panorama required a lot of travelling time. It took an hour by car and another hour of walking to get to the location, about 30 minutes of photo shooting and another 2 hour return trip. 

Developing of the photos usually takes another day and the scanning, stitching and retouching of the photo images often takes at least another 3 hours. Writing the code for the web browser is next which is fairly straightforward. Of course if hotspots are required on the panorama, extra time is needed to do that as well. 

How do I get rid of the copyright notice on the panoramas  ? 
The panoramas are the result of many hours of work using expensive equipment and software. For this reason a copyright notice is displayed across each of our panoramas.  Once a panorama licence is purchased from Penrith Web, the copyright notice is removed and replaced by another very small notice which is printed at the bottom of the picture.

Please email us at Penrith Web for any other questions you may have.