From all of us at ICE Portal we hope your Valentines Day is full of love and good company. Today we feature the beautiful Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort as our favorite romantic getaway for 2012. This stretch of sand is sure to surpass any expectations your special someone has – but flowers and chocolate couldn’t hurt too.
Have a wonderful time this romantic holiday and above all, be safe!
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Henry: Hi again Henry here with Henry’s Helpful Hints. Last week we had Tatianne our Director of Photography and this week I’m here with Jose Mejia. He is our Post Production Supervisor, not to be confused with Jos-B.
Jose, so one of the photographers- Tatianne for example, shot these beautiful virtual tour images, she brings back all the files, then tell us what happens.
Jose: All those images are raw footage and what we’ll end up doing is combining the images and stitching them together. They typically shoot in multiple angles. So the stitching process is combining those images together side by side and then we’ll end up with one long panoramic image.
Henry: If you’ve seen our virtual tour calendars that strip across the top is what he’s talking about. So now you have that image, how does it get online?
Jose: We have a series of players, we have a Flash player a Java player and now a player of the mobile platforms, and each one of those players has navigation controls which will allow the user to have control over the image they want to focus on and feel like they are really in that location.
Henry: Very cool, I know there is a lot more to it so, we won’t get into all the details. But can you just leave us with what else we do in the post production so they are aware of the other options.
Jose: We actually have a couple of different products. One of the things we focus on are WebShows which are cost-effective alternatives to video where we can actually use still images- HI res still images and give a video feel for our clients as well as eBooks which are interactive brochures. They have very fast load times as well has high resolution. And anything else that is custom graphics that a client requests. We have the ability to create 3d mockups of properties, layouts as well as interactive maps.
Henry: Cool! And of course our videos. If you haven’t seen any of what we’re talking about please go to Iceportal.com check out our gallery page. Look all the visuals we produce. Thank you. See you next week.
For more information on the features and benefits of our rich media production, please visit our HD360 page to see what we can do for you, and feel free to give us a call at 1-954-893-6778.
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Henry: Hi, Henry here with Henry’s helpful hints. This week we have Tatianne Lugo here, our Director of Photography to bestow some helpful hints for us on how to prepare for shooting a hotel or resort property for shooting a virtual tour.
Tatianne: Very logical things similar to what you would do to prepare for a guest. Make sure the bed sheets are pressed, the room is clean, and lightbulbs all work.
Henry: So lighting, does the hotel need additional lighting brought to the shoot?
Tatianne: No actually, we shoot everything with natural light using a process called “bracketing” in which we take 3 images and combine them to produce lighting the way the human eye sees it.
Henry: So is there a time of day that works better than others for shooting virtual tours similar to the way photography prefers ‘golden time’ in the mornings and evenings?
Tatianne: No time of day specifically is needed unless a sunset or other dramatic lighting is needed. But for shooting interiors the time of day is not an issue.
Henry: Your ideal virtual tour 360 image, what is in it?
Tatianne: You want to show something interesting in every angle and try to avoid someone turning into a white wall with nothing in it.
Henry: That’s it for Henry’s Helpful Hints, we will see you next week with more tips on producing great rich media.
For more information on the features and benefits of our rich media production, please visit our HD360 page to see what we can do for you, and feel free to give us a call at 1-954-893-6778.
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