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== History and Versions ==
PTViewer is the [[Equirectangular Projection|equirectangular]] and [[Cylindrical Projection|cylindrical]] panorama viewer originally distributed with the [[Panorama tools]] package. It currently is available in some different flavours:
* The last version of PTViewer from [[Helmut Dersch]] before he closed his page is 2.5 and can be found on some [[Mirrors]] of this page.
* At that time [[Helmut Dersch]] was working at version 2.6 that has only been available as a beta version. Its main feature was support for partial panoramic images (less than 360�).
* PTViewer development moved to [http://sourceforge.net/projects/ptviewer/ Sourceforge] in 2003 but didn't yield reasonable results til now (?)
* [[Fulvio Senore]] presented the first beta of his PTViewer version on 18 Jan 2004 which used a far better [[interpolation|interpolator]] (Lanczos2, hence the version line was called 'L2') which is constantly developed since then now having reached 2.7 final and 2.8 beta state: See http://www.fsoft.it/panorama/ptviewer.htm for details.<br>The L2 line currently is the most sophisticated version of PTViewer for non-HDR panoramas, featuring very good image quality, dynamic slice loading, large viewer windows (up to fullscreen) and many other enhancements.
* Around christmas 2003 [[Helmut Dersch]] introduced PTViewer 3 which as major new feature had HDR (high [[dynamic range]]) capabilites with a floating point extension to the [[JPEG]] format (called [[FJPG]]) and adaptive dynamic range in the viewer. This version has grown to 3.1.2 until now. See http://webuser.fh-furtwangen.de/~dersch/ for details.
* 20 May 2004 he came out with [[PTViewerME]], a version for PDAs and Mobile Devices running on J2ME, Sun's microedition runtime for the [[Java]] language. Details again on http://webuser.fh-furtwangen.de/~dersch/

== Features ==
Since there are so many versions it's difficult to maintain a comprehensive list of features of PTViewer. I start with the slightly edited feature list found in the PTViewer 2.4 documentation (please correct and add):
* [[Equirectangular Projection|Equirectangular]] and [[Cylindrical Projection|Cylindrical]] Panorama Playback: Horizontal field of view: 360�, Vertical field of view 0-180�.
* Playback of [[Quicktime]] [[QTVR]] panoramas (Cylinders and Cubes) and Object movies (eventually using PTMViewer extension).
* Display of rectilinear Images using optional PTZoom extension (not all versions)
* Panning, tilting and zooming. Full navigation using either mouse or keyboard.
* High Quality bilinear rendering as found in better plug-in viewers, even better Lanczos2 [[interpolation]] in the [http://www.fsoft.it/panorama/ptviewer.htm L2 version line].
* Antialiasing for display of high resolution images.
* Image and window size only limited by [[Java]] system memory.
* Link any document to any point in the image using hotspots.
* Configurable Controls in Appletwindow.
* Complete VR-Tours in Browsers and Appletviewer.
* Scriptable via html/javascript and internal scripting system
* Tiny file size (25-70kByte) for fast download.
* Package all files into one self-displaying tour using the [[JAR]] utility, see [[create a custom ptviewer jar file]].
* Display 3D-objects, Panorama Movies and animations using auxiliary helper applets included in the distribution.
* Supports fast downloading low resolution preview panoramas and high resolution zoomable features (ROI).
* Optional protection of panoramas and images by encryption.

== Usage ==
On the panotools [[Mirrors]] or on [http://webuser.fh-furtwangen.de/~dersch/ Helmut Dersch's] site you find a basic PTViewer documentation.

There are lots of PTViewer tutorials on the web. As a good starting point see the [http://www.path.unimelb.edu.au/~bernardk/tutorials/360/ptviewer/index.html PTViewer section] of [http://www.path.unimelb.edu.au/~bernardk/tutorials/360/index.html Big Ben's Panorama Tutorials]

The most comprehensive site on PTViewer (version 2.7L2 from Fulvio Senore) parameters, scripting and features is http://users2.ev1.net/~wufdog/PT/

=== Internal ===
There are some tutorials on the Wiki as well:
* [[Partial Panoramas using ROI in PTViewer]]
* [[create a custom ptviewer jar file]]
* [[have a single ptviewer.jar file per website]]

<small>created by [[User:Erik Krause|Erik Krause]] 16:39, 14 Apr 2005 (EDT)</small>

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 There are lots of PTViewer tutorials on the web. As a good starting point see the [http://www.path.unimelb.edu.au/~bernardk/tutorials/360/ptviewer/index.html PTViewer section] of [http://www.path.unimelb.edu.au/~bernardk/tutorials/360/index.html Big Ben's Panorama Tutorials]
-The most comprehensive site on PTViewer (version 2.7L2 from Fulvio Senore) parameters, scripting and features is http://users2.ev1.net/~wufdog/PT/
+The most comprehensive site on PTViewer (version 2.7L2 from Fulvio Senore) parameters, scripting and features is http://users2.ev1.net/~wufdog/PT/ ([http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20070109035639/http://users2.ev1.net/~wufdog/PT/ archive link])
 === Internal ===

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 == History and Versions ==
-PTViewer is the [[Equirectangular Projection|equirectangular]] and [[Cylindrical Projection|cylindrical]] panorama viewer originally distributed with the [[Panorama tools]] package. It currently is available in some different flavours:
+PTViewer {{Glossary|is the [[Equirectangular Projection|equirectangular]] and [[Cylindrical Projection|cylindrical]] panorama viewer originally distributed with the [[Panorama tools]] package|1}}. It currently is available in some different flavours:
 * The last version of PTViewer from [[Helmut Dersch]] before he closed his page is 2.5 and can be found on some [[Mirrors]] of this page.
-* At that time [[Helmut Dersch]] was working at version 2.6 that has only been available as a beta version. Its main feature was support for partial panoramic images (less than 360�).
+* At that time [[Helmut Dersch]] was working at version 2.6 that has only been available as a beta version. Its main feature was support for partial panoramic images (less than 360°).
 * PTViewer development moved to [http://sourceforge.net/projects/ptviewer/ Sourceforge] in 2003 but didn't yield reasonable results til now (?)
 * [[Fulvio Senore]] presented the first beta of his PTViewer version on 18 Jan 2004 which used a far better [[interpolation|interpolator]] (Lanczos2, hence the version line was called 'L2') which is constantly developed since then now having reached Version 2.8 final on 7 Sept. 2006: See http://www.fsoft.it/panorama/ptviewer.htm for details.<br>This line currently is the most sophisticated version of PTViewer for non-HDR panoramas, featuring very good image quality, dynamic slice loading, large viewer windows (up to fullscreen) and many other enhancements.
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 == Features ==
 Since there are so many versions it's difficult to maintain a comprehensive list of features of PTViewer. I start with the slightly edited feature list found in the PTViewer 2.4 documentation (please correct and add):
-* [[Equirectangular Projection|Equirectangular]] and [[Cylindrical Projection|Cylindrical]] Panorama Playback: Horizontal field of view: 360�, Vertical field of view 0-180�.
+* [[Equirectangular Projection|Equirectangular]] and [[Cylindrical Projection|Cylindrical]] Panorama Playback: Horizontal field of view: 360°, Vertical field of view 0-180°.
 * Playback of [[Quicktime]] [[QTVR]] panoramas (Cylinders and Cubes) and Object movies (eventually using PTMViewer extension).
 * Display of rectilinear Images using optional PTZoom extension (not all versions)

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 * [[Partial Panoramas using ROI in PTViewer]]
 * [[create a custom ptviewer jar file]]
-* [[have a single ptviewer.jar file per website]]
+* [[have a single ptviewer jar file per website]]
 <small>created by [[User:Erik Krause|Erik Krause]] 16:39, 14 Apr 2005 (EDT)</small>

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 * At that time [[Helmut Dersch]] was working at version 2.6 that has only been available as a beta version. Its main feature was support for partial panoramic images (less than 360�).
 * PTViewer development moved to [http://sourceforge.net/projects/ptviewer/ Sourceforge] in 2003 but didn't yield reasonable results til now (?)
-* [[Fulvio Senore]] presented the first beta of his PTViewer version on 18 Jan 2004 which used a far better [[interpolation|interpolator]] (Lanczos2, hence the version line was called 'L2') which is constantly developed since then now having reached Verion 2.8 final on 7 Sept. 2006: See http://www.fsoft.it/panorama/ptviewer.htm for details.<br>This line currently is the most sophisticated version of PTViewer for non-HDR panoramas, featuring very good image quality, dynamic slice loading, large viewer windows (up to fullscreen) and many other enhancements.
+* [[Fulvio Senore]] presented the first beta of his PTViewer version on 18 Jan 2004 which used a far better [[interpolation|interpolator]] (Lanczos2, hence the version line was called 'L2') which is constantly developed since then now having reached Version 2.8 final on 7 Sept. 2006: See http://www.fsoft.it/panorama/ptviewer.htm for details.<br>This line currently is the most sophisticated version of PTViewer for non-HDR panoramas, featuring very good image quality, dynamic slice loading, large viewer windows (up to fullscreen) and many other enhancements.
 * Around christmas 2003 [[Helmut Dersch]] introduced PTViewer 3 which as major new feature had HDR (high [[dynamic range]]) capabilites with a floating point extension to the [[JPEG]] format (called [[FJPG]]) and adaptive dynamic range in the viewer. This version has grown to 3.1.2 until now. See http://webuser.fh-furtwangen.de/~dersch/ for details.
 * 20 May 2004 he came out with [[PTViewerME]], a version for PDAs and Mobile Devices running on J2ME, Sun's microedition runtime for the [[Java]] language. Details again on http://webuser.fh-furtwangen.de/~dersch/

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