PB7 panorama software is a completely web-based panorama maker for stitching and publishing panorama Virtual Tours. A series of photos from a digital camera are assembled or "stitched" together in the application to create a seamless panorama image. After the panorama is stitched, PB7 panorama software creates the associated files necessary to display the panorama(s) dynamically on the Web and publishes the panorama(s).

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PB7 panorama software cost is only $199.00 per year.

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If you wish to purchase 10 or more copies of PB7, call us for more information at 800-588-3246 (3cim).

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PB7 Pro includes all the functions and features found in PB7 but also additional features designed for users who wish to start or currently own their own Virtual Tour business (such as photographers, resellers, marketing companies, real estate brokers etc.) Features include:

• Create sub-users and client accounts
• Create and choose from multiple Tour template designs
• Tools for branding the Tour template with your client's company information, logo etc.
• Download files for creating a CD of the Virtual Tour (Tour must be extended once to activate download link)
• Download files for hosting the Virtual Tour on another web server (Tour must be extended once to activate download link)

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PB7 Pro costs $499.00 to get started (initial set-up + first year), and costs $299.00 per year thereafter. PB7 Pro includes unlimited Virtual Tour publishing. Tours are hosted on the 3cim server for the first month only. To extend Virtual Tours for a longer period, the following charges will apply:

• Extended hosting - $5.00 per scene (individual panorama), per additional 6 months (example: a 4 scene Virtual Tour would cost an additional $20.00 to extend for another 6 months). See the example below and click here to view this tour.

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The primary difference is that PB7 Pro allows you to create multiple user/client accounts. If you need to publish Virtual Tours to more than one client, you must purchase PB7 Pro. (see questions 4 and 5 above for specific features). A sample Virtual Tour template is shown below and click here to view this tour.

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Not at all! With PB7 panorama software, you can create and publish Virtual Tours in 3 easy steps. (Get images -> Stitch -> Publish) It takes less than 5 minutes. Anyone can build and publish Virtual Tours!

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All you need is a digital camera to shoot and create panoramas, and a computer with internet access to publish the panoramas to the Web. Any digital camera will work and high resolution is not necessary (640 x 480 pixel size images are sufficient). Panoramas can be shot with the camera hand-held. While any digital camera will work, for indoor panoramas, for better quality results,we recommend to use digital cameras that include an "AE Lock" (auto-exposure lock) or a manual exposure setting. While a tripod is not necessary to shoot and stitch panoramas, we recommend using one when shooting interiors. For better lighting indoors with a flash, we recommend a diffuser ($49) for shooting interiors (digital camera with "hotshoe" flash connector required). http://store.garyfonginc.com/licl.html

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PB7 panorama maker is the first Virtual Tour photo stitching software that allows you to shoot hand-held. No tripod is needed! This feature makes shooting Virtual Tour photos quick, easy and fun! To shoot photos to be stitched, you shoot photos from the same viewpoint and overlapping with the next. (20-50% overlap) Brief instructions

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You can publish as many panorama scenes in a Virtual Tour as you want. There is no limit.

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Yes, PB7 panorama software allows you to create either full 360 degree or partial (less than 360 degree) panoramas as well as multiple row panoramas which can be viewed vertically as well as horizontally

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Yes, you can build a Slide Show Virtual Tour directly from your PB7 account. Building a Slide Show Virtual Tour is quick and easy. View a Slide Show. To learn more, click here

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Yes, you can build unlimited Slide Shows by purchasing a PB7 account (just $199.00 per year). Anyone can easily build a Slide Show like this sample. To learn more, click here

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Currently, PB7 panorama software is designed to run on a Windows OS only. However, our software can be run on a Mac using a third party OS emulator program like Virtual PC. The new Macs just announced running Intel processors will run Windows and thus will be able to run PB7.

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Once the panorama has been published to the Web, it can be viewed on any computer with a Web browser installed (Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, etc.). Published panoramas are viewed by clicking the URL (ex: http://www.3cim.com/3cim/tour.do?method=viewTour&id=1082394617186&view=3). This URL can be sent in an email or placed on any web site.

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Your published panoramas will be hosted in 3cim's server and can be accessed by logging into your PB7 account.

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Yes, both PB7 and PB7 Pro include a link for downloading a set of files which can be written to a CD. The "Download CD Files" link can be found on the PB7 Manage Tour page. Clicking the link will download a zip format folder. All you have to do is unzip the folder and burn to a CD. (This feature free in PB7, PB7 Pro requires that the hosting period is extended once to activate the "Download CD Files" link).

How to "Download CD files" to make a CD?

1. Right click on "Download CD Files" link and "Save Target As" to your computer
2. Unzip the file and you will find one folder and one autorun.inf file
3. Copy both "folder and autorun.inf" files to a CD
4. If you do not want the CD to auto run when it is loaded on a PC, do not copy the autorun.inf file to the CD. Instead, to run the tour from the finished CD, open the folder and click the "index.html" file

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When a panorama is published to our server, it creates a URL web address. This can be linked to any website by adding the URL link to your web page. Alternatively, if you want to host the panorama on your web server, this can be done by downloading the "server" files from your PB7 Pro account (available in PB7 Pro only). PB7 Pro requires extending the hosting period once for the Virtual Tour in order to activate the "Download Server Files" link. These server files can then be uploaded to your web host server.

How to "Download Server Files" and upload to my web server?

1. Right click on the "Download Server Files" link (found on the "Checked Tours" page in PB7 Pro only), and "Save Target As" (.zip format file), to your computer
2. Double click the downloaded .zip file and then extract the files using Winzip or other zip utility
3. Once extracted, you will see a folder named with a number and an autorun.inf file
4. Upload only the number named folder to your web server
5. Make a link on your web server to the folder (Example: http://www.3cim.com/111758) (The Tour runs using 3cim's proprietary Flash display viewer so you do not need any other display viewer)

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Yes, published Virtual Tours can be embedded in a web page rather than load from a pop-up window. Web administrators and designers can alter the Tour code to embed the Virtual Tour in another web page.

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Yes, PB7 (and PB7 Pro) include a feature which allows you to attach (publish) your Virtual Tour to your listing on Realtor.com. (Note: For PB7 Pro only, in order to publish a tour to Realtor.com, the tour hosting must be extended first.) All you need do is enter the MLS# into the Tour text section when you publish or modify the Tour, then just two simple clicks on the Manage Tour page sends your Tour to Realtor.com!

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There is no charge for this for Realtors who are Showcase members of Realtor.com. Non-Showcase members are charged $20.00 in their PB7 account when submitting Virtual Tours to Realtor.com. (For more information about Showcase membership, please contact Realtor.com).

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Realtor.com does not allow Realtors to upload their own Virtual Tour links to their web site. This must be done by an approved Virtual Tour vendor. PB7 provides a system for agents to do these themselves.

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The virtual tour URL hosted in your PB7 account can be submitted to a listing on your MLS. For information on how to do this, please contact the customer service support at your local MLS. When a tour is published into your PB7 account, the system provides both a fully branded virtual tour template, and automatically generates a modified URL for submission to your MLS. This modified URL hides all the agent contact and button link features so that the link is MLS/IDX compliant. To access the MLS/IDX compliant link, when a tour is published, you will see a "URLs" text link in the row corresponding to the published tour on the Manage Tours page. Click "URLs", then click link #2 which will open another page showing the modified URL's available. The MLS compliant link is URL 3.

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PB7 panorama software allows you to stitch panoramas both vertically as well as horizontally. When you have stitched a 4-directional panorama (up, down ,left and right), the Virtual Tour template will show a 4-directional arrow icon in the lower right of the Virtual Tour control bar (see image below).

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Yes, PB7 panorama software allows you to publish a stitched panorama in another program to the 3cim server. You do not need to re-stitch the panorama but a PB7 account is required to do this.

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Yes, you must purchase a PB7 account in order to publish the panorama for display in the PB7 system.

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All you need is a digital camera, a tripod (recommended for indoor panoramas), and a PC computer with internet access. You will also need to purchase a PB7 Pro account.

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Yes, PB7 Pro makes it easy for you to start your own Virtual Tour business. With PB7 Pro, you can shoot, create and publish Virtual Tours for your own clients (and make more money!).

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To purchase PB7 Pro, Click here. Once you fill out this form, you will receive a purchase confirmation email with how to login to your PB7 Pro account. After login, click "Photographers" on the top menu bar and click the "Add New Photographer" to start publishing Tours using your PB7 Pro account.

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Yes, you have to setup a photographer account as in order to send a finished Tour to one of your clients, the Tour must first be assigned to a photographer in your PB7 Pro account. Because PB7 Pro allows you to set up multiple photographer accounts, each photographer account requires a unique username. The username must be a valid email address. These usernames must be different from one another and the PB7 Pro username as well. We suggest to use the primary username (email) for the photographer account and a secondary username for PB7 Pro.

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