• Click Try More button.
• Identify the source of your still images. If they have already been saved to a folder, click Other.
• The screen that appears next is the screen that will guide you through the program.

• Click New Project to begin.
• Click on Full 360 Panorama or Wide Angle Image. Box at left will show examples.
• Give your project a name.
• Click on Browse in the Location box and identify the folder you created on your desktop.
• Click Next at the bottom of the screen.

• In the window on the left, click on the folder where your still images are stored. You should now see each picture that is saved in the folder.
• ONLY if you have not saved your pictures, you will need to click the Acquire button and identify the source you are getting your images from, as well as where you want to save them and in what format.
• Click on the name of the still image in the right window. You will see a preview of the image. Click Add to add the image(s) selected, or Add All to select all of the images in the folder.
• Once you have added images, you can rearrange the layout at the bottom of the screen.
• When the images are in the desired order, click Next at the bottom of the screen.

• Click to highlight the name of the camera source on the right of the screen. The setting for the Canon ZR 10 DV camcorders is Canon PowerShot 350N. If you cannot find your camera in the list, use the setting for a generic camera.
  
• Leave the boxes in Stitching Options unchecked.
• Click Finish.

• For fine tuning, click on each frame to select it and use the tools at the right to adjust color and positioning of frame.
• To move the frame, click and drag it to set the overlap, if needed.
• To advance to the next frame, click on the ball at the bottom of the screen and drag it to reveal the frames you want to select. The ball at the left of the screen adjusts up and down.
• You can preview your panorama by clicking on the screen icon at the bottom of your screen to open the Viewer.
• Close the View when you have completed your preview.
• Click Finish at the top of your screen.

• To create your QTVR file, click Save at the right of your screen and you will now see a progress window for Merging and Finalizing the panorama.
• Next you will see a Save As window. Choose the location where you want to save your file and name the file.
• In the Save As type box at the bottom of the window, you should see MOV (QuickTime Movie). Windows will automatically add the .mov extension.
• Click Save.

• Click the Right Arrow icon at the top right of your screen to close COOL 360.
• Find the location where you saved your panorama. The file should now have the icon of a QuickTime Movie. You can double-click the file to open and view it as a QTVR movie.

Linking the QuickTime Movie in PowerPoint

1. PowerPoint: On the slide where the link is to be, create a text box which says “Click here to view panorama.”
1. Click on the text box frame border to change the diagonal lines to dots. With dots in the frame around the text (not diagonal lines), go to the Insert menu and select Hyperlink.

                                                               i.      Click on File to browse for your panorama.

                                                             ii.      Click on the Files of Type and select All Files.

                                                            iii.      Select the panorama file and click OK.

2. The file will open on top of the slide, not within it. (PowerPoint XP no longer recognizes .mov files.)

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