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Information Home About Software Ancient Ball Assembly Betelgeuse Blue Logic Demos Panorama Shader Converter WinAPI Wrapper Goodies Direct3D Caps Music Photos Links	What is Panorama? Panorama is a multimedia browser for electronic magazines. You typically create an issue of your magazine and you distribute it along with the Panorama executable. Your readers download the issue and read it offline using the Panorama browser. Although you can easily convert all text and images of an issue to HTML, Panorama ensures that the text is always displayed correctly in the same manner. Additionaly Panorama can display animations and play sounds and music. Finally, every issue of your electronical magazine can look different and have a different user interface, like the underlaying software was changing. Panorama is fully configurable providing you with all options a magazine editor would need. Features Articles in your electronic magazine are arranged hierarchicaly. They are formatted with a HTML-like language, that offers several fancy formatting options. The final look of the magazine is up to you. Panorama is fully configurable and skinnable, enabling you to design your own user interface, with images, buttons, mouse cursors and more. Every article can be displayed using many different skins, and every article can have its own, specific skins. Panorama can play sounds when the reader performs certain actions or it can play music while the reader digests your magazine. The Windows version of Panorama uses DirectX, and it can be run either in a window or in fullscreen mode of your choice. License Panorama was primarily made for Hugi, but now any magazine can use it. For non-profit purposes Panorama is totally free. The only requirement is notifying me where I can get your mag from. The use of Panorama for non-free purposes (CD mags or whatever) is negotiable (not necessarily free). Where to begin? First you need to download the Panorama package for Windows: Download Panorama for Windows The package contains Panorama executable and all documentation. The example magazine can also prove helpful to you while discovering Panorama features: Download Sample Credits Panorama icon has been created by TAD/Hugi. The SDL (Linux) port of Panorama has been done by Michael Barkholt. Panorama DTP utility has been made by Drew Green. Word2Panorama converter has been created by Anatoliy Samara. Portions of the program include Independent JPEG Group's free sources. Portions of the program include Eugene Roshal's free sources. The Windows version supports BASS sound system by Ian Luck. Partial FMOD sound system (by Brett Paterson) support in the Windows version can be enhanced on request. The Linux versions include FreeType free sources. The SDL version uses SDL.	Downloads Windows ver 2.0.23 includes docs Linux x86 ver 2.0.22 Linux x86_64 ver 2.0.23 BeOS x86 ver 2.0.17 Fonts for Linux and BeOS Sample example magazine Panorama DTP formatting utility Word2Panorama article converter Screenshots

Panorama

What is Panorama?

Panorama is a multimedia browser for electronic magazines. You typically create an issue of your magazine and you distribute it along with the Panorama executable. Your readers download the issue and read it offline using the Panorama browser.

Although you can easily convert all text and images of an issue to HTML, Panorama ensures that the text is always displayed correctly in the same manner. Additionaly Panorama can display animations and play sounds and music. Finally, every issue of your electronical magazine can look different and have a different user interface, like the underlaying software was changing. Panorama is fully configurable providing you with all options a magazine editor would need.

Features

Articles in your electronic magazine are arranged hierarchicaly.
They are formatted with a HTML-like language, that offers several fancy formatting options.
The final look of the magazine is up to you. Panorama is fully configurable and skinnable, enabling you to design your own user interface, with images, buttons, mouse cursors and more. Every article can be displayed using many different skins, and every article can have its own, specific skins.
Panorama can play sounds when the reader performs certain actions or it can play music while the reader digests your magazine.
The Windows version of Panorama uses DirectX, and it can be run either in a window or in fullscreen mode of your choice.

License

Panorama was primarily made for Hugi, but now any magazine can use it.

For non-profit purposes Panorama is totally free. The only requirement is notifying me where I can get your mag from.
The use of Panorama for non-free purposes (CD mags or whatever) is negotiable (not necessarily free).

Where to begin?

First you need to download the Panorama package for Windows:
Download Panorama for Windows
The package contains Panorama executable and all documentation.

The example magazine can also prove helpful to you while discovering Panorama features:
Download Sample

Credits

Panorama icon has been created by TAD/Hugi.
The SDL (Linux) port of Panorama has been done by Michael Barkholt.
Panorama DTP utility has been made by Drew Green.
Word2Panorama converter has been created by Anatoliy Samara.
Portions of the program include Independent JPEG Group's free sources.
Portions of the program include Eugene Roshal's free sources.
The Windows version supports BASS sound system by Ian Luck.
Partial FMOD sound system (by Brett Paterson) support in the Windows version can be enhanced on request.
The Linux versions include FreeType free sources.
The SDL version uses SDL.

Downloads

Windows
ver 2.0.23
includes docs

Linux x86
ver 2.0.22

Linux x86_64
ver 2.0.23

BeOS x86
ver 2.0.17

Fonts
for Linux and BeOS

Sample
example magazine

Panorama DTP
formatting utility

Word2Panorama
article converter

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