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Creating a Droplet

A droplet is a small application that can be used to batch convert your panoramic images using the same settings without creating new projects for each image.

  1. Open a new Pano2VR project.

  2. Add any of the output formats. Add as many output formats as you will need.

  3. Add a custom output folder name and/or a custom filename. For example, you
    can name the files that are generated from a particular droplet by adding
    information about that output; like the quality of the outputted image (i.e.
    low, medium, high). ✭ Tip: When outputting multiple images (like timelapse
    sets or converting to TIFF) use the placeholder, $(n) in the filename to
    keep the file’s original name. Original filename: mypano.jpg. Filename in
    output settings: $(n)-low.jpg. Outputted filename: mypano-low.jpg.

  4. (Optional) Add
    User Data. The
    information added here will be the same across all images. This is useful if
    you’ll be creating a new project with the images.

  5. (Optional) Add a skin.

  6. Go to the File menu in the menu bar
    and choose, Save as Droplet.

  7. (Optional) Select any of the following:

    • Save Values in Project Files is useful for editing later. This will
      create a separate project file for each image, unless Create a single
      virtual tour       is selected, then it will create a single project file.

    • Force Pano2VR to foreground will force Pano2VR’s processes to the
      foreground.

    • Create a single virtual tour will create a tour from all the images. They
      do not need to have location data. If you use a skin that includes a
      thumbnail menu, then this will be populated.

    • Automatically link the tour nodes is only available if Create a single
      virtual tour       is selected. This will create a full tour, including
      hotspots. ✭ Note that the images must have location data for automatic
      linking to work.

  8. Choose Create. In the window that appears, give the droplet a name and save
    it. The droplet will be added to your desktop.

Using the Droplet


  1. Drag images or a folder onto the Droplet. Pano2VR will run automatically,
    processing each image individually.

    ✭ If you are using Windows and have a large amount of files to convert, you
    can drop the folder that contains these files onto the droplet. This will
    also avoid an issue in which the total length of all absolute file names
    cannot be greater than a certain number of characters.

  2. Check your panoramas or projects (if you’ve selected Save Values in Project
    Files    ).

    ✭ All generated files will be saved in the same folder as the source file(s)
    if you did not specify otherwise.

Edit the Droplet


  1. Double-click to open the Droplet.

  2. Make changes.

    If you want to apply or remove Droplet settings, go to Save as Droplet and
    select them. Choose, Create… and you can either overwrite the old droplet
    or create a new one.

  3. Go to the File menu and choose Save to save the droplet.

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Last modified: Jun 27, 2022