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The equipment you need to shoot 360-degree Virtual Tours: The website you need to showcase your 360 Virtual Tours:
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What does my website include? The software to create Flash Virtual Tours from your fisheye images: How to run a successful 360 Virtual Tour business:
4.1 How do I learn how to shoot
Virtual Tours? Support & Training by professional Virtual Tour photographers: 1. EQUIPMENT 360 Cash Virtual Tour photography kits include the VR BAR™ 360-degree rotating camera mount. You also need a digital SLR camera, a fisheye lens and a sturdy tripod. Recommended equipment includes a Nikon D40X or Canon Rebel XTi with a Sigma 8mm F/3.5 fisheye lens. If you already own a digital SLR camera, you can purchase a compatible fisheye lens to use with it. 1.2 What does a digital SLR camera and a Fisheye lens cost? You should be able to purchase a digital SLR camera such as a Nikon D40X or Canon Rebel XTi for about $550 and a Sigma 8mm F/3.5 fisheye lens for approximately $700. You can also buy a sturdy tripod for about $125. When you buy the Turnkey Business Kit for $2,195, this brings your total investment to about $3,500. What other business can you start for such a low investment? 2. WEBSITE 2.1 What does my website include? The 360 Cash Turnkey Business Kit includes a domain name of your choice (based on availability), one year of website hosting, the use of a professionally designed website template, personalized email accounts and 24/7 tech support on your website hosting and email. These templates are designed specifically to showcase 360 FLASH Virtual Tours. A domain name is the web address that people use to get to your website. Your Turnkey Business Kit includes registration of a domain name for 1 year. This domain name becomes your property and will remain yours as long as you continue to register it. (We will renew your domain for you if you continue hosting with us after the 1st free year.) 2.3 Is my website mine to keep? You own your domain name. As a 360 Cash customer, you are entitled to use one of our website templates when you host your website with us. (The first year of hosting is included in the price of your photography kit. Renewals of hosting - at competitive pricing- will be made available to you. The cost of hosting includes continued use of a website template..) You retain your copyright to your graphics, images and Virtual Tours. If you want to own the exclusive rights to a website design, we can build a unique website exclusively for you. You may decide to start up your business using a template and as your business grows, invest in an exclusive design. When we initially set up your website for you, we customize your site with your content, photography and 360 Flash Virtual Tours. We also update your "Contact Us" form with your contact information and program it to deliver your messages to the email address of your choice. After you are up and running, you can update your website 24/7 from any computer with Internet access. You will have access to our secured online control panel & editing software that enables you to update your content, photography and Virtual Tours. We provide you with documentation and support via email. (Additional design services are available.) 2.5 What happens after my 1 year of hosting expires? After the first year, renewals will be made available at competitive pricing. You are not under any obligation to continue hosting with us. Should you choose to continue hosting your website with us, we will automatically renew your domain name for you. Hosting your website with us also entitles you to continue using one of our website templates which are designed to showcase your Virtual Tours. 2.6 How do I see the 6 different website templates that I can choose from? When you click on either the "See a SAMPLE Website" or the picture of a website template (on the "Your Website" page), a sample demo site opens. Under the "Main Menu", you'll see an option called "Template Chooser". Use the drop-down box to highlight the template that you want to view and then click "Select". 3. SOFTWARE 3.1 How do I stitch my panoramic photos into a single merged image? PTGui Pro is one of the most popular software packages available to Virtual Tour photographers today. All 360 Cash Virtual Tour photography kits include a licensed copy of PTGui Pro - to seamlessly stitch your individual fisheye images into a single panoramic image that can be turned into a 360-degree FLASH Tour. (PTGui Pro is available for either Windows or MAC computers. Your license will be registered to you and you'll qualify for updates and support.) 3.2 How do I turn my stitched panoramic image into a 360 FLASH Virtual Tour? After you stitch your individual fisheye images into a single merged image using PTGui Pro, you will use Pano2VR to create a 360 Virtual Tour that can be viewed and interacted with in Flash format. The Adobe Flash player is installed on approximately 99% of all Internet connected computers today. All 360 Cash Virtual Tour photography kits include a personal license for Pano2VR. (Pano2VR is available for either Windows or MAC computers. Your license will be registered to you and you'll qualify for updates and support.) 3.3 How do I learn to use PTGui Pro & Pano2VR?
You will find
step-by-step
instructions and
plenty of
screen-shots to
use both PTGui
Pro and
Pano2VR in the
"VR Photography
Made Easy"
handbook. The
chapter "From
Images to Virtual
Tours" teaches
you how to turn
those individual
fisheye images into
an interactive Flash
tour that can be
viewed online. 4. TRAINING 4.1 How do I learn how to shoot Virtual Tours? The "VR Photography Made Easy" handbook is written by professional Virtual Tour photographers. This unique handbook teaches you what you need to know to create stunning 360-degree Virtual Tours. The step-by-step shooting instructions are written on one page and can easily be copied and carried with you on your photography shoots. This 116-page, spiral bound manual includes 34 pictures and illustrations along with 22 screenshots. The entire 1st section is devoted to Virtual Tour photography. Additionally, we are here to offer support and advice. 4.2 How do I turn my images into Virtual Tours? The "VR Photography Made Easy" handbook includes detailed instructions along with screenshots for both PTGui Pro and Pano2VR. Additionally, each software vendor provides support and as always, you can contact us via email or phone for support. 4.3 How do I learn how to run my Virtual Tour business? Approximately half of the "VR Photography Made Easy" handbook teaches you how to market your Virtual Tour photography business. We show you how to identify who your best customers will be and how to communicate the specific benefits of your 360 Virtual Tours to them. The "VR Photography Made Easy" handbook is written from first-hand experience by professional Virtual Tour photographers. Benefit from the experience that we gleaned by working with small business consultants and networking gurus. Our networking experience ranges from 1-on-1 business relationships to memberships in local Chambers-of-Commerce and BNI® (Business Networking International). We also closely worked with business consultants from the SBA (U.S. Small Business Association), SCORE and the ATMC (Advanced Technology & Manufacturing Center) of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. 5. SUPPORT Your success is important to us. Please feel free to use our "Contact Us" page to send us your support questions. We will make every effort to help you. As our community of Virtual Tour photographers grows, we will expand our message forums and offer additional resources to you. |
The 360 Cash Turnkey Business Kit includes the VR BAR™ 360-degree rotating pano head, the "VR Photography Made Easy" handbook, your own website, 2 software program and free & unlimited support. The 360 Cash Pro Kit is designed with the professional photographer in mind. It contains the pano head, handbook, software and support. Sample HTML code for adding Virtual Tours to your existing website is available to our clients on request. Both the Turnkey Business Kit & the Pro Kit are designed to work with your digital SLR camera, a fisheye lens and a sturdy tripod. Still have questions, please use our Contact Us form or call us at 1-800-318-3715 and we will do our best to help you. |
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