iseemedia Reality Studio Readme


		iseemedia Reality Studio Readme This readme file contains information about the Reality Studio product. The printed Reality Studio User's Guide is included in your Reality Studio box. The user's guide is also available as a PDF file in the Documentation folder on your Reality Studio CD-ROM. The following table of contents contains topics that pertain to this release of Reality Studio. Click any of the links to jump to the information you want. Table of Contents Introduction System requirements Supported file formats Installation instructions Uninstall instructions General issues Contacting iseemedia Introduction Reality Studio gives Web designers a suite of tools that combines panoramas, 3D objects, and Flashpix images to create interactive Web sites and CD-ROM content. Create walk-throughs of model homes, tours of vacation spots, online stores and product catalogs, and much more. For an introduction to using Reality Studio, view the online tutorial on the Reality Studio CD-ROM. System requirements This section describes the system requirements for installing and running Reality Studio on the Windows platform. To ensure that you get the best performance from your software, make sure you have at least these minimum requirements. Windows 2000 with SP3 or higher; Windows XP 256 MB RAM 200 MB hard disk space for full install Microsoft Internet Explorer® version 5.0 or higher; Netscape Navigator 7.1 or higher; Netscape Communicator 4.78 or higher DirectX 9.0b 1024x768 resolution at 16-bit hi-color QuickTime version 6.3 is required for MOV files Java Virtual Machine (JVM) must be installed for the Java Viewer (can be downloaded from the Sun website) Adobe Photoshop 6.0 or 7.0 must be installed to use the Plug-in Effect feature (no other version of Adobe Photoshop are supported) Supported file formats AU WAV MIDI AIFF JPEG (non-progressive only) and JPG FPX GIF BMP MP3 AVI MPEG1 and MPEG4 MOV Installation instructions This section describes how to install Reality Studio on the Windows platform from a CD. To install Reality Studio: The Reality Studio CD includes the installation of all the components that accompany Reality Studio. Once you insert the CD into the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, the installation will begin. Select the components you would like to install. In order to install all the components, you must return back to the main installation screen and select the next component you wish to install. For each component, follow the on-screen installation instructions. Note: Not all components included on the CD are installed through the main installation screen. The following components can be found by selecting the Browse button on the main installation screen or from your Windows Explorer window: vuForge - located in the vuForge folder DirectX - located in the Third Party folder Java Virtual Machine - located in the Third Party folder Documentation - includes the user guides for Photovista 3D Objects, Photovista Panorama, Reality Studio, vuForge and the Zoom Image Server Tutorial - a tutorial based on the main components of Reality Studio Uninstall instructions This section describes how to remove Reality Studio from the Windows platform. Use the Add/Remove Programs control panel to uninstall all of the Reality Studio components. To uninstall Reality Studio: From the Windows Start menu, choose Settings > Control Panel. The Control Panel window appears. Double-click Add/Remove Programs. The Add/Remove Programs Properties window appears. Click the Install/Uninstall tab and select Reality Studio in the scroll list. Click the Add/Remove button. In the Confirm File Deletion message box, click Yes to remove Reality Studio from your hard drive. The installer program notifies you when the uninstall is complete. Click OK and close the Add-Remove Programs Properties window. General Issues At release time, the items listed below are the known issues. For late-breaking updates to this information, visit the iseemedia website at www.iseemedia.com. Sound file compression For best results, use Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) codec compression for your WAV sound files. Reality Studio and the Zoom Viewers do not support IMA ADPCM codec compression at this time. Movie files and QuickTime Microsoft's AVI movies are optimized for efficient memory use on Windows, however, the Zoom Viewer does not currently support AVI movies for viewing on Macintosh. QuickTime movies are best suited for Macintosh. Reality Studio and the Zoom Viewer (Plug-in version) support QuickTime movies if QuickTime is installed on the user's system. Animated GIFs You can use animated GIFs for viewing on Windows. However, this format provides low color resolution, low compression, and no sound. Viewer 5.0--Java version (for panoramas) For the latest information on delivering content with this version of the Zoom Viewer, see the Developer section on the iseemedia website at www.iseemedia.com. Flashpix vistas and the Zoom Viewer--Java version When exporting Flashpix images, the Java Applet requires the Zoom Image Server. To view the content on the Java Viewers, you must have JVM (Java Virtual Machine) installed on your computer. Large video files When working with large video files, your preview may load slowly. Running Reality Studio in Guest mode When running Reality Studio, we recommend that you are logged on as an Administrator. Running under Guest mode may limit Reality Studio functionality. Netscape Navigator 7.1 Netscape Navigator is supported by Reality Studio, however, MP3 files may pause when they are viewed in this version of Netscape. Also, under Windows XP Professional, Netscape may not display AVI formats properly. Also, when exporting the world map, Netscape Navigator cannot display it. Running Vista Organizer after installing Reality Studio If you have Vista Organizer installed on your system, once Reality Studio is installed, the link to Photovista Panorama is changed in the system registry of your computer. To fix this, launch Vista Organizer. You will be asked to locate "pvista.exe" file. Once this file is located, Vista Organizer will function properly. Creating a tour with many video files If your tour consists of many video files, it may not be displayed properly if each video file has a different frame rate. We recommend using videos with the same frame rate to ensure your tour being presented properly. Older version of software on your computer. We recommend that any older version of Reality Studio, Photovista Panorama and Photovista 3D Objects be uninstalled before installing the newer versions. Contacting iseemedia Please contact one of the iseemedia offices below for consumer, business, reseller or OEM sales information and service. If you require technical support or other information, please click Customer Care How can we help you today? Please select the department you would like to contact: Sales Contact For sales information on iseemedia Products. 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