VRMAG PRODUCT DISCOUNTS - HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

We've procured discounts on some great products especially for VRMAG readers. VRMAG does not make any money from these promotions and has passed along its commission to readers in the form of a greater discount.

Zoomify is Giving Away 100 Free Copies of Zoomifyer for Flash (US$129 value) to the first 100 readers who send Zoomify CEO Dave Urbanic an email mentioning VRMAG and Zoomifyer for Flash. Email: president@zoomify.com, and CC to 3z@vrmag.org.

Agno's Equipment – 10% off entire product line, except bundles.

The Agno’s Equipment website is in Italian and you can email Martino Agnoletto (agnos@agnos.com) with your order. Click here for the Product Catalogue.

Adaptor for Nikon lenses
The adaptor allows mounting on a 24mm f2.8D the fisheye adaptor FC-E9,
originally built for Nikon Coolpix 5400-5700. Therefore you can shoot circular with 180 degrees vertical FOV. It is compatible with the following cameras: D-70, D-100, D1 all, D2.

Click Here Design: Discounts of 10-15%

Visit the ClickHereDesign Discount page for prices available to VRMAG readers, no special code necessary.

CubicConnector 2.0 (discounted $69 US) boosts QuickTime VR tour making options
Click Here Design has updated CubicConnector, an application which links cubic format QuickTime VR panoramas into virtual tours that can be exported as multinode movies or HTML-based single node movies.

The new release of CubicConnector allows QuickTime VR tour makers to add maps to their virtual tours (based on QuickTime Sprites meaning that they will play wherever QuickTime movies can), sound that plays when a viewer enters a node, directional sound that gets louder when the user is facing a certain part of the panorama, and auto-rotation options. Version 2.0 also adds support for polygonal hotspots that can span the edges of cube faces, a common request amongst version 1.0 users, and options to add movie info annotations and full-screen playback. The software runs on Mac OS 9.1 or higher, or Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar.

CubicConverter 2.0 (discounted $59 US) adds a significant number of features requested by users during the past year of its release. It extends the existing version 1.0 capabilities

REALVIZ: 15% off purchases at online store until end of January 2004)

REALVIZ promotion: Buy Stitcher 3.5, with a free upgrade to 4.0, until December 31, 2003 and save 50.00 USD/Euro 50 for a price of $449.00. After December 31st, buy Stitcher 4.0 for the standard price of $499.00.

VRMAG is offering its readers an ADDITIONAL 15% off these promotional prices when you purchase Stitcher through REALVIZ’s online store and enter this discount code: VMO4SRH. This offer is valid until the end of January 2004.

Details:
REALVIZ, a leader in image processing software development, has announced that the latest version of their flagship product, Stitcher 4.0 is now scheduled for worldwide release in January 2004. Internationally recognized as the "industry-standard software for creating panoramas" (3D World), REALVIZ Stitcher is a professional-level application, which enables the creation of high-quality panoramas for the Web, film, print, and 3D. REALVIZ are currently offering a free up-grade to version 4.0, plus a saving of Euros/USD 50.00 for all first-time purchases of Stitcher 3.5 made between now and 31. December 2003. After 31 December 2003, the up-grade price from any previous version of Stitcher to version 4.0 will be Euros/USD 180.00. Stitcher 4.0 is slated for release in January 2004

Central to version 4.0 are a number of significant high-end features, which have been developed to meet the demands of professional photographers. These include:
-The ability to inter-operate smoothly and easily with Adobe Photoshop, enabling each of the computed panoramas to be exported with each image being a separate layer for maximum editing control.
- The possibility for expert users to select their preferred interpolation method for the re-sizing of their images.
- A 'Best Rendering' option enabling users to achieve the best-possible output with the resolution available to them, without fear of impairing the final results.
- Interactive QuickTime VR previewing - to interactively adjust QuickTime default parameters
- Improved interface and workflow enhancements at each stage of the creative process, ensuring that users achieve outstanding results quicker and easier than ever before.

Totally Hip Inc.’s LiveStage Professional - $50 off!

Totally Hip already has a 50% off promotion going on and is offering VRMAG readers an additional $50 off rebate coupon.

Click here for the rebate coupon and visit the Totally Hip online store.

The Leading QuickTime 6 Interactive Authoring Environment
LiveStage Professional is the world's leading QuickTime authoring application with the ability to converge more than 200 media types to create the most powerful and engaging interactive digital presentations. This cross-platform tool unlocks the power of QuickTime 6, with dozens of new features that improve workflow and ease of use for all users, from beginner to advanced.

LiveStage Professional is still:
the most powerful tool for creating customized and branded QuickTime players and control buttons for your interactive presentations,
the only software that allows QuickTime VR developers to combine their projects with other media types,
the only authoring platform that integrates and manipulates over 200 media types in their native format, including MPEG4.
But, now with Version 4.1 of LiveStage Professional, we've upped the ante.

What's New with Version 4.1
LiveStage Professional 4.1 uncovers a whole new set of QTVR features rarely accessible before. Supporting 360 panoramic, cubic or object movies, LSP 4.1 allows you to quickly and easily create interactive QTVR presentations. By using new FastTracks, adding a map, compass and directional sound to your QTVR has never been easier. To allow for all of these great new features LSP 4.1 has a new VR editor. LiveStage Professional 4.1 also adds support for the Axel 3D engine.

Zoomify: 30% off on purchases of Zoomifyer for Flash and Zoomifyer VR!

Welcome to the special offer for VRMAG readers! 30% off on purchases of Zoomifyer for Flash and Zoomifyer VR! Find Out More or get the VRMAG Discount!
(Be sure to enter the special code "VRMAG144" in the Comments field of the online store order form.)

Details:
Zoomify makes high-quality images fast and interactive on the Web! Zoomify easily converts any image for rapid display and on-demand access to fine details. Web site visitors intuitively zoom-and-pan to rapidly explore any image, panorama, or object movie -- regardless of size!

Zoomifyer for Flash - Perfect for high-quality photos and scans, Zoomifyer for Flash enables instant display and interactive zoom-and-pan in Macromedia Flash!
Zoomifyer VR - Creating high-quality panoramas or object movies? Zoomifyer VR converts high-resolution content to zoom-and-pan in QuickTime! No need to choose between quality and speed!

THIS ARTICLE DATES January 31, 2004 THE PROMOTIONS ARE NOT RUNNING ANYMORE

Viewing Zoomify content: Zoomify supports viewing using the Macromedia Flash Player (v6 or v7) for 2D content as well as via ActiveX, Plug-in, or QuickTime Component for 2D or 3D content (panoramas and object movies). Flash-based viewing is recommended for 2D content due to greater availability of the Player. QuickTime and ActiveX viewing is recommended for 3D content as these technologies support true 3D presentation. While Flash can present properly projected (undistorted) 3D content in animation form (many frames substituted rapidly) this alternative requires delivery of more data and provides interaction that can be less smooth.)