General
1. How do I create a 360° interactive PixAround Webpage?
2. What is a PixAround Scene?
3. What is a PixAround Webpage?
4. What is the difference between a PixAround Scene and a PixAround Webpage?
5. What is a PixAround Postcard?
6. What is a PixMaker™ project file (*.pim)?
7. What format is the PixAround Scene (the panoramic image within the viewer window) saved in?
8. What is the average loading speed of a PixAround Scene?
9. What is the size of a typical PixAround Webpage?
10. How do I distribute PixAround content to my friends or customers?
11. My friends cannot retrieve the PixAround Postcards from their ISP. Why?
12. Why am I not able to open a PIM file created by a Win 2000 system through a network on a Win 9x system?
13. I am able to view PixAround images on some systems and not on others. Why?
14. How do I create a PixAround Webpage using Frontpage 2000?

1. How do I create a 360° interactive PixAround Webpage?
   Both PixMaker Lite (SE) software and PixMaker 1.0 allow you to Snap, Stitch Publish!™ your own 360° interactive PixAround Webpages. But with PixMaker 1.0, you can go one step further - add in Hotspots to link to other PixAround Scenes or Webpages. For help, refer to our Workshop section.

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2. What is a PixAround Scene?
   A PixAround Scene refers to a partial or full 360° panoramic image.

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3. What is a PixAround Webpage?
   A PixAround Webpage is a Web page that contains PixAround Scenes.

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4. What is the difference between a PixAround Scene and a PixAround Webpage?
   A PixAround Scene is a partial or full 360° panoramic image. A PixAround Webpage contains PixAround Scenes.

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5. What is a PixAround Postcard?
   This is a self-executable file containing a PixAround Scene and a customizable message below the scene. To launch this file, all you need to do is double-click it.

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6. What is a PixMaker project file (*.pim)?
   A PixMaker project file is a saved copy of your selection of images, settings and parameters for manual alignment (if any) of your PixAround Scene. This file allows you to stop work on a new project and return to it later to complete it.

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7. What format is the PixAround Scene (the panoramic image within the viewer window) saved in?
   It is saved in JPEG format.

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8. What is the average loading speed of a PixAround Scene?
   The loading speed is dependent on the size and resolution of your PixAround Scene (image), the size of the Java applet (the .jar file used for PixAround Scenes without Hotspots is about 15KB, and with Hotspots, about 27KB), as well as the file size of your HTML page and other graphics on the page.

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9. What is the size of a typical PixAround Webpage?
   The PixAround Webpage includes the standard HTML text file, the JPEG image(s) used and the Java applet. The weight of the page depends very much on the quality of the image that you want. It can be as low as 40 KB or up to as much as 300 KB in size. Add this up to the size of the Java applet which is about 15KB* in size and the total size should be less than 100KB.
   
   * For PixAround Scenes without Hotspots

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10. How do I distribute PixAround content to my friends or customers?
    The PixMaker software lets you generate PixAround Postcards. These are self-contained executable files which include a viewer as well.

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11. My friends cannot retrieve the PixAround Postcards from their ISP. Why?
    The PixAround Postcards are saved as EXE files. For security reasons, certain ISPs remove the '. exe' that follows the Postcard's file name. To resolve this problem, your friends need to type in '. exe' after the file name and they will be able to view the Postcards.

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12. Why am I not able to open a PIM file created by a Win 2000 system through a network on a Win 9x system?
    This is because a PIM file contains paths to the local drive. As a result, you will not be able to open it over a network.

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13. I am able to view PixAround images on some systems and not on others. Why?
    Most systems have Microsoft Virtual Machine - an Internet Explorer option that is necessary for viewing PixAround images. To install this option, visit www.microsoft.com. It is recommended that Microsoft Virtual Machine 1.1 be used together with Windows 95 and above. If Netscape is used, install Java Virtual Machine and use it together with Netscape 4.0 and above.

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14. How do I create a PixAround Webpage using Frontpage 2000?
    
    • Publish the stitched image to HTML and note the location of the 3 files generated, namely the HTML file (*.html), the image file (*.jpg) and the Java applet (*.jar).
      
      
    • Open the published HTML file for editing using Frontpage 2000. You will see a preview of the PixAround Webpage that was generated by PixMaker. Decide where you want the applet (the PixAround Scene) to be placed on this Web page.
      
      
    • Using the drag-and-drop function, drag the Java applet to your own Web page.
      
      
    • Next, save the HTML and preview the PixAround Webpage using your Web browser. Please ensure that the image (*.jpg) and applet (*.jar) files are in the same directory as the HTML file.

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