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Dan Cory replied on November 19, 2009 04:52 to the problem "Pivot collection tool requires all images have unique name" in Live Labs Pivot:

Yes, unique filenames are required for the tool. You can download the files yourself and give them unique names, then create the collection from those files.

Dan Cory replied on November 02, 2009 23:16 to the problem "Seadragon conversion error for large file" in Microsoft Live Labs:

We don't accumulate JPEG artifacts as we build images.

Dan Cory replied on November 02, 2009 20:18 to the question "Does the Deep Zoom Composer retain ICC Color Profiles?" in Microsoft Live Labs:

Deep Zoom is optimized for all its content to be as close to display output as possible. Therefore, Deep Zoom images and collections should all be in sRGB space. Deep Zoom Composer will convert from whatever color space the input image has to sRGB.

Dan Cory replied on October 12, 2009 22:02 to the question "How to Increase DPI of Deep Zoom Tools Output Images?" in Microsoft Live Labs:

Deep Zoom will not display images correctly if they have a DPI other than 96. Therefore, DeepZoomTools does a bit of work to force the output to 96 DPI.

Dan Cory replied on September 18, 2009 22:12 to the question "DeepZoomTools.dll -> Exception from HRESULT: 0x88982F05" in Microsoft Live Labs:

My guess is that this is fixed in the latest WIC codecs for Windows 7. You can try the beta of the "Platform Update for Windows Vista" which is now available: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...

Dan Cory replied on September 17, 2009 16:07 to the question "DeepZoomTools.dll -> Exception from HRESULT: 0x88982F05" in Microsoft Live Labs:

Can you put a link to the image into http://seadragon.com and let us know if it works? If not, post the code back here and we can try to investigate the image.

Dan Cory replied on December 15, 2008 18:38 to the question "required number of texture blend stages (4) not supported" in Microsoft Live Labs:

The latest version of Photosynth now supports having fewer texture blend stages. We believe the following cards should now work, but haven't been able to test them throughly:
Matrox G400, G450, G550
Via/S3 Unichrome

A comment on the problem "blue screen" in Microsoft Live Labs:

Dell has two driver updates for this configuration, but they may already be installed:
http://support.dell.com/support/downl...
http://support.dell.com/support/downl...

If that doesn't work, you can try the driver direct from ATI:
http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_cat...

Let us know if that fixes it! – Dan Cory, on December 11, 2008 18:12

A comment on the problem "blue screen" in Microsoft Live Labs:

We'll try to speak "solving blue screen for dummies".
What operating system do you have? Windows XP or Vista?
What video card do you have? If you don't know, right click on the desktop. In Vista, choose Personalize, then Display Settings. In XP, choose Display Settings. You should have a dialog with a monitor tab and there is a drop down that says "monitor name on video card name". Post that string (a picture of the dialog would be fine). – Dan Cory, on December 09, 2008 23:37

Dan Cory replied on November 24, 2008 18:23 to the question "What about SeaDragon?" in Microsoft Live Labs:

You can also check out Seadragon Ajax:
http://livelabs.com/seadragon-ajax/

Dan Cory replied on November 03, 2008 19:45 to the problem "What is the problem with Seadragon.dll?" in Microsoft Live Labs:

What video card do you have? I suspect it is not supported. There is case where you get a crash as soon as Photosynth starts up, instead of the appropriate warning message.

The cards we know about with this problem are:
3D Labs Permedia 2
3D Labs Permedia 3
3DFX Voodoo 3
3DFX Voodoo 4
3DFX Voodoo 5
ATI Rage 128 Pro
ATI Rage Fury
ATI Rage Fury Pro
ATI Rage Fury MAXX
Intel 815
Intel 810 DC100
Intel 810e
Matrox G400
Matrox G450
Matrox G550
Matrox Millennium G450
S3 Graphics Twister
S3 Savage 3D S4
S3 Savage 4
Trident Blade XP
Trident CyberBlade XP
Trident CyberBlade-i1

Dan Cory replied on October 28, 2008 17:24 to the question "Seadragon application/browser available for download/purchase?" in Microsoft Live Labs:

Silverlight 2, including Deep Zoom, is now released.

Dan Cory replied on October 28, 2008 17:23 to the question "What about SeaDragon?" in Microsoft Live Labs:

Silverlight 2, including Deep Zoom, is now released. See earlier links to demos, now updated to release Deep Zoom.

Dan Cory replied on October 20, 2008 21:30 to the problem "Error "We wish etc." => another config" in Microsoft Live Labs:

Are you trying to run Photosynth spanning both your screens? Although that should work, you should also try running it just on one screen or another.

Dan Cory replied on October 20, 2008 21:21 to the problem "Error "We wish etc." => another config" in Microsoft Live Labs:

Can you please install the current video driver? According to ATI's website, it can be found at http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_cat...

Thanks!

Dan Cory replied on October 17, 2008 16:40 to the problem "Error "We wish etc." => another config" in Microsoft Live Labs:

No reason that configuration won't work. Try uninstalling and reinstalling and see if that helps.

Dan Cory replied on September 22, 2008 16:59 to the question "Recommended economy graphics cards" in Microsoft Live Labs:

We don't make specific recommendations, but any commerically available add-in graphics card should be fine. You can check that it is sold as supporting DirectX9. For best Photosynth experience, it should support Pixel Shader 2.0.

We are investigating support for the VIA/S3 Unichrome IGP, but can't promise anything yet.

Dan Cory replied on September 19, 2008 20:30 to the question "required number of texture blend stages (4) not supported" in Microsoft Live Labs:

We found another group of cards that don't work:
nVidia TNT
nVidia TNT2
nVidia TNT2 M64
nVidia TNT2 Pro
nVidia Vanta
nVidia GeForce2 Go
nVidia GeForce2 Ti
nVidia GeForce2 Ultra
SIS 315
SIS 30x/630/540/730
Kyro Prophet 4500
S3 ViperII Z200
3dLabs Wildcat VP870
SIS Xabre

These video cards will cause Photosynth to crash, unfortunately.

Dan replied on September 02, 2008 16:58 to the question "Does the Photosynth viewer utilise DirectX?" in Microsoft Live Labs:

Yes, Photosynth uses DirectX 9. This version is included in the operating systems Photosynth supports, so you shouldn't need to install DirectX specifically. However, we've also found many users have a better experience if they update their video drivers using Windows Update, or direct from their manufacturer. This updates the video card's implementation of DirectX and helps Photosynth run better.

A comment on the question "What about SeaDragon?" in Microsoft Live Labs:

I'm glad you like our work, but unfortunately we can't comment on possible future projects. – Dan, on September 02, 2008 16:53