The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art Virtual Tour is a collaboration between the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art and St. Petersburg College's Educational Technology Department.
Flash Design & Actionscripting:
William Haun
Slide Scanning and Image Correction:
Mary Kennedy and William Haun
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HOW TO USE THE VIRTUAL TOUR
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WINDOWS USERS:
This CD-ROM should run the Virtual Tour automatically upon insertion into the computer's CD-ROM drive. If it does not automatically open, open Windows Explorer and select the CD-ROM drive the disc was inserted into. Double-click the file entitled "Leepa-RattnerVirtualTour.exe".
MACINTOSH USERS:
Double-click the CD-ROM drive the disc was inserted into. Double-click the file entitled "ClickHeretoStart.html".
Note to Mactintosh users: The Flash Player plugin is required for your web browser to use the Virtual Tour. It can be downloaded for free at http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer/ .
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COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
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Copyright ⌐ 2004 Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art. All rights reserved. All graphics and photograps on this CD-ROM are the exclusive property of the Leepa-Rattner Musuem of Art and cannot be duplicated without the express permission of the Leepa-Rattner Musuem of Art. Leepa-Rattner Musuem of Art, the Leepa-Rattner Musuem of Art logo, St. Petersburg College, and the St. Petersburg College seal are either registered trademarks or trademarks of St. Petersburg College in the United States and/or other countries. Macromedia, Flash MX, and the Flash logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Macromedia in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft, Windows, the Windows logo, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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UPDATES AND CHANGES
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version 1.12
- major modifications for use online
- broke panoramas into modular units that load on request
- created pre-loaders for panoramas
- added bandwidth selection for online version
- created hi & low versions of all images
- input wall text for all art pieces
version 1.11
- added Vintage Paris Poster images & text
- updated 5th Annual Student Exhibit & Jazz Photographer text
version 1.10
- added 2 more Rotating Exhibits
- created a menu screen for selecting the Rotating Exhibit
- converted all Art pieces info to pull from XML document artinfo.xml
- streamlined Actionscript with movePan function in data.as
- fixed Rotating Exhibit #3, Paris Posters to do full 360, despite being only 270 degree pan
Version 1.03
- added info for 2 artpieces
- locked swf to protect from import
- increased JPG image quality to 100% for CD-ROM version
Version 1.02
- Main Lobby panorama reshot and restitched
- added 6 new artpiece images
- "Loading Image" bug on vertical pieces fixed
- cursor icon legend added above panoramas
Version 1.01
- CPU usage during image panning was reduced by 50% solving sluggish motion issue on slower computers
- added 10 new artpiece images
- made Image View "close" button smaller and more obvious to improve useability
- changed 3D floorplan motion tweens to Brightness fades from Alpha to further reduce CPU usage