Photosynth "Quick Guide" and "Primer" (submitted by user)

Under the topic of "sharing," I guess...



FYI,

I just got hooked on Photosynth. My first big synth contribution is from the Mayan ruins in Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico. It's almost 200 pix, including some maps, and a few hidden surprises. Although it's not about the point cloud, there is a nice one of a temple, plus all the points combined give a good spatial sense of the site. From what I've seen so far, it's not your typical synth. Plus, there's an associated blog of TravelPod here: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-.... The blog has other pix, panoramas, and even a howler monkey video.

So, to entice and inform my family and friends I created a couple helpful blogs as follows...

Quick Guide to Navigating thru a Photosynth "Synth"
www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries...
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First, WHAT IS PHOTOSYNTH?... Well, it's only the coolest FREE web-base program to compile 2D photos into a navigable 3D environment! This result is called a "synth."
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Photosynth Primer
www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries...
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I decided to put together some visuals and text to entice you into my latest foto/3D obsession....

Here are a series of screen-grabs. They were chosen to be visual compelling, and to cover a broad range of features, user controls, and user interface particulars. Highlighted ruins include the Temple of the Inscriptions, a grand view of the site, and the skull from the Temple of the Skull. Totally new to most, and hopefully exciting, is the 3D "point cloud" model resulting from the synth. Exactly what this is will be come clear below.
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Plz, check them out, and feel free to share them:)