New build (606) is now available! With this new update, we finally release the first version of our API (JavaScript programming interface).

This API allows overriding most of our built-in 360 viewer functions so you can now control your 360 product spins using your own page elements via your own script. Just hide our default toolbar controls and reimagine your own design and interface they way you like.

And it's very simple to use - just publish your 360 spin using our new publishing template called JavaScript API and play with the simple calls that we have already hooked up for you:

• zoomToggle
• hotspotToggle
• startLeftArrowRotate
• startRightArrowRotate
• stopArrowRotate
• playbackStart
• playbackStop
• playbackToggle
• openFullScreen
• getCurrentImageIndex
• showImageByIndex
• showImageByDelta
• showFirstImage
• showLastImage
• jumpToLabel
• playToLabel

Also in this build:

• Fixed viewer touch control on hybrid Windows 8.x touchscreen devices that allow control via mouse and "touch".
• Fixed intermittent issue with FTP uploads where on occasion it would stop uploading if large image files were used.

UPDATE - August 7th, 2014: build 764. More new features and fixes:

• WebRotate 360 Product Viewer 3.5 Build 764
• WebRotate 360 Product Viewer 3.5 Build 550 
• WebRotate 360 Product Viewer 3.5 Build 417
• WebRotate 360 Product Viewer 3.5 build 376
• Quick Overview of New Features in WebRotate 360 SpotEditor v3.5
• Full version history

PS: project and configuration files are backwards compatible so your older 3.5 projects should open and work fine. Also, you don't need to reinstall X11 or Mono if using Mac - just copy SpotEditor app to your Applications or Desktop.

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Happy to announce the new build (550) of our 360 product photography software with a couple of interesting additions. If you have purchased the product before, please re-download and reinstall using v3.5 download links you should have received from us previously. If you haven't received the links for v3.5 PRO downloads, please email us to support at webrotate360 dot com or purchase the PRO license here. If using the free version of the product, please download the new build here.

This build features several new hotspot actions in addition to the one we had there for a while which was just opening or browsing to a URL on click / tap inside a hotspot:

LABEL ACTION

You can create lables for any number of your 360 degree product photos under the Images tab inside the List section and then assign such labels to the Hotspot actions on the Hotspot form under Actions as per the following screenshot. Note that you can either jump to a label (image) on click / tap or play to a label with a configurable playback speed which is called Period. Period represents the number of seconds it takes to make a full 360 degree spin. As with any hotspot actions, it's possible to assign such action to either rotating (dynamic) hotspot or a static one that can be positioned anywhere inside your 360 product view.

To create a new label just double-click on any thumbnail image under Images->List and enter its name:

CONTROL ACTION

This action allows you to assign any of the existing toolbar functions we currently have (playback, full-screen, zoom, etc) to your hotspot actions which can be then activated by user on mouse click / tap inside the hotspot. Same as with the label actions, this hotspot action can be assigned to a dynamic or static hotspots, allowing you to override our standard toolbar controls as you wish (i.e you can hide the default toolbar controls under the Interface tab and then create static hotspots anywhere inside the viewer to serve as your custom toolbar controls.

 

XML RELOAD ACTION

This is a useful capability that allows drilling down into any number of associated 360 degree spins inside the the same viewer box via click / tap inside a hotspot. Simply add a relative (or absolute path) to your other 360 product view in the hyperlink action box that you can see on the following screenshot. This can be useful for product part exploration, loading additional color combinations, navigating inside architectural 3D views, and more!

IMAGE ROTATION

This build also features our new auto-rotation capability for importing your 360 product photos that can be activated on the New Project form via the drop-down menu marked yellow on the following image.

UPDATE - August 7th, 2014: build 764. More new features and fixes: 

• WebRotate 360 Product Viewer 3.5 Build 764
• WebRotate 360 Product Viewer 3.5 Build 606
• WebRotate 360 Product Viewer 3.5 Build 417
• WebRotate 360 Product Viewer 3.5 build 376
• Quick Overview of New Features in WebRotate 360 SpotEditor v3.5
• Full version history

PS: project and configuration files are backwards compatible so your older 3.5 projects should open and work fine. Also, you don't need to reinstall X11 or Mono if using Mac - just copy SpotEditor app to your Applications or Desktop.

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If you haven't seen it on our Facebook page, there's a short post about some techniques we use here for producing pure white or near pure white backgrounds in 360 product views. This is one of the major topics we see folks are interested in, especially when working with 360 product photography where your lighting setup can't be configured just for a single shot but rather has to apply to all images. So we put together a quick overview with a couple of diagrams.

Just click on the image below to jump to the article:

(diagrams were created with the help of Lighting Setup PSD by Kevin Kertz):

New WebRotate 360 Product Viewer v3.5 PRO build for both Windows and Mac have now been uploaded. If you have purchased the product before, please re-download and reinstall using v3.5 download links you should have received from us previously. If you haven't received the links for v3.5 PRO downloads, please email us at support at webrotate360 dot com or purchase the PRO license here.

There are some nice additions in this build: 

New "rounded" skin that can be activated on the Interface tab. Looks especially good on darker backgrounds:

New option to activate hot-spots on click vs hover (under Mouse options on the Edit Spot form). Note that on mobile touch devices this option doesn't apply as hot-spots are always activated on tap:

New option to show toolbar controls in full-screen:

New option to expand or contract crop sliders at the same time (press ALT key while moving the crop sliders under Images->Tools):

Also in this build:

• Added hot-spot indicator fade-in effect on viewer / page load.
• Fixed an issue with HTML hot-spot popups in fixed position where a rollover may shift after moving to the next frame.

UPDATE - August 7th, 2014: build 764. More new features and fixes:

• WebRotate 360 Product Viewer 3.5 Build 764
• WebRotate 360 Product Viewer 3.5 Build 606
• WebRotate 360 Product Viewer 3.5 Build 550
• WebRotate 360 Product Viewer 3.5 Build 376
• Quick Overview of New Features in WebRotate 360 SpotEditor v3.5
• Full version history

Please uninstall any previous v3.5 installations first or simply move the app to Trash on Mac. Project and configuration files are backwards compatible so your older 3.5 projects should open and work fine. PS: you don't need to reinstall X11 or Mono if using Mac - just copy SpotEditor app to your Applications or Desktop.