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Vídeo – Revisitando o Deep Zoom

Galileu — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:10:00 GMT

Eu não canso do Deep Zoom e quis publicar mais um vídeo mostrando essa tecnologia excepcional. Temos um exemplo clássico (Hard Rock Café), e dois novos: 700 capas de jornais no dia após a eleição do Barack Obama; Renault utilizando mais uma vez o Deep Zoom para o lançamento de um novo carro.

O que acho importante é que essa tecnologia pode ser aproveitada completamente sem custo. Para compor um Deep Zoom basta baixar o Deep Zoom Composer de graça no site de downloads da Microsoft. Para hospedar o resultado do Deep Zoom, temos duas opções. A primeira é um site mais voltado a consumidores finais, o Photozoom. Lá é possível fazer um simples upload de suas fotos para criar um álbum em Deep Zoom ou você pode publicar direto do Deep Zoom Composer após produzir um álbum mais criativo. A segunda opção é voltado a profissionais Web, o Silverlight Streaming. Oferecemos 10GB de armazenamento gratuito para hospedar todos os tipos de aplicativos Silverlight. Usando o Deep Zoom Composer você pode criar um projeto Silverlight para seu site e hospedar no Silverlight Streaming de graça.

Mais uma dica: quem quiser compartilhar seu álbum Deep Zoom dentro do Orkut, basta instalar um aplicativo do Orkut chamado Hypercube. Ele permite colar o código iframe do Photozoom para mostrar no Orkut. É bem bacana e com certeza suas fotos serão mais apreciadas pelos seus amigos.

Assistam ao vídeo e me mandem seus exemplos de Deep Zoom!

Silverlight News: Compatibility Updates, New Hard Rock Memorabilia, And More

sarahintampa — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:50:00 GMT

Last week we saw the release of Silverlight 2, the latest and greatest version of the browser plugin designed for rich media experiences on the web. Since that time, a number of related technologies have also been updated to work with Silverlight 2. These include the following:

Deep Zoom Composer/PhotoZoom Site:

Along with the new version of Silverlight, a new version of the Deep Zoom Composer was also released. The Deep Zoom Composer is a tool which lets you design your own deep zoom creations which can then be uploaded to the Microsoft Live Labs PhotoZoom website, which has been updated as well. The new Deep Zoom Composer doesn’t feature anything new besides Silverlight 2 support except for one minor upgrade which allows you to launch the tool by double-clicking on the DZPRJ file itself.

ICE (Image Composite Editor):

Microsoft Image Composite Editor is an advanced panoramic image stitcher created by Microsoft Research. This tool takes a series of overlapping photographs and creates a high-res panorama. The ICE update includes more than just Silverlight 2 support. It also offers the following new features and bug fixes:

Fixed a bug that could cause the program to crash the second time it was run if there were non-English characters in the file paths of source our exported panoramas. (The "Options.xml" bug.)
Fixed a bug that allows more TIFF files to be properly opened
Changed autocrop to recognize 360 panos and provide a better crop rectangle in those cases
Removed Automatic from the Projection menu
Proper output of Silverlight 2 RTM Deep Zoom
Fixed a bug that could cause one input image to be dropped from a panorama seemingly at random
Added integration with the next version of Windows Live Photo Gallery

(Read more about ICE here).

HD View Utilities

The HD View Utilities are a set of tools that help in the production of HD View content. HD View is a new viewer developed by the Microsoft Research Interactive Visual Media group to aid in the display and interaction with very large images. Specifically, the Photoshop Plugin and hdmake were updated, according to LiveSide.

HD View SL

Also of interest to programmers, the source code for HD View SL has been released, as reported by LiveSide. HD View SL is the Silverlight based viewer that is output by ICE and by the Photoshop Plugin. HD View, currently a Windows-only browser plugin, is being migrated to HD View SL, a cross-platform Silverlight RIA.

Hard Rock Memorabilia (Easter Egg!)

OK, now for some fun stuff! Silverlight 2.0’s deep zoom feature is now being shown off on the Hard Rock Memorabilia site. If you already checked out this site before back when it launched, you’ll want to revisit. The new site has had some big performance improvements and also offers nearly double the number of images as before. By the way, did you know that site has an Easter Egg? (I love these!) Here’s a tip – zoom in on Paul McCartney’s letter, the stamp, the image of Paramount, then the Marquee. Keep going…you’ll soon see some Beatles bobble-head dolls appear! Nifty.

Deep Zoom Composer Now Does PhotoZoom Upload and Panoramic Stitching

sarahintampa — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:21:00 GMT

A recent post on the Expression Blend and Design team blog announces the latest version of the Deep Zoom Composer. With this new release, you can now do Panoramic Stitching and PhotoZoom Upload. Here are some more details about these 2 new features:

Panoramic Stitching

Using technology from Microsoft Research's Interactive Visual Group, the Deep Zoom Composer now lets you stitch together similar images inside the application. To use this feature, just gather together a series of photos of the same object or location, right-click on them, and choose “Create panoramic photo.” The application will stitch together all of the images and then ask you which region of the image you want to save. After you make your selection, you can save the image and interact with it just as if it was any other photo.

PhotoZoom Upload

The PhotoZoom upload feature integrates with the Live Labs PhotoZoom service. When you choose “Export,” you’ll be prompted to sign in with your Windows Live ID. Afterwards, you can specify an album name, choose a cover image, and then click “Upload.” When the upload is complete, you can click the link provided to go straight to your album in your web browser.

You can download the new Deep Zoom Composer here.

PhotoZoom Facebook App

sarahintampa — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:31:00 GMT

PhotoZoom, the web site that leverages the new Deep Zoom technology which makes your photos "zoomable" now has a Facebook app all of its own. The PhotoZoom application lets you create Facebook photo albums that use this Deep Zoom technology. You can choose to convert your existing albums to PhotoZoom albums or just create new ones. After you add the app, you'll be taken to the PhotoZoom site to get started. Very cool! (via LiveSide)