[Rockhounds] A new approach to displaying mineral photos!

[Brenda Van Dyke]

I say "wow" too!

I am very new to computer stuff compared to you guys, (only a half dozen or
so) and was able to do a quick (kinda :o) page to try on our club
website...
http://www.indianmoundsrockclub.com/images/NickBrenda/gallery.html

Nothing like your page Tom, but for a semi-beginner, and not without a few
trial-and-errors, I like it! And am looking forward to using it for our club
and myself!

Thanks for sharing the info!
Brenda,
Indian Mounds Rock & Mineral Club
www.indianmoundsrockclub.com




On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Bob Loeffler <bobl at peaktopeak.com> wrote:

> Wow!!!!!  Amazing!!!!  That is the best plugin EVER!  I'm a computer guy
> (for the last 25 years) and I've never seen a piece of software this cool.
> Oh, and nice specimens, Tom.  :-)
>
> One other feature I noticed is that you can zoom in and out from the wall
> if
> you have a "scroll wheel" on your mouse.  Scroll it forward and you "move
> closer" to the wall; scroll it back and you "move further away" from the
> wall.
>
> And it looks like they support all of the major web browers.  Very cool!
> Thanks for telling us about it, Tom!
>
> Bob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com
> [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] On Behalf Of Tom Corson
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 8:28 PM
> To: rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com
> Subject: [Rockhounds] A new approach to displaying mineral photos!
>
> Hi,
>
> Having spent so many years in high tech, I don't impress easily when it
> comes to new software "gizmos", but this is simply a "must see" and I
> wanted
> to share it with all of you.
>
> I discovered this browser plug-in called PicLens which allows me to design
> a
> web page which can display a collection of images as a virtual 3D image
> wall
> (you can literally "walk" down it!).
>
> So I put together a page containing a photo of each of the specimens I have
> online using this technology.
>
> Here is the link:
> http://infodyn.dyndns.org:8880/store/pl_images.html
>
> Now, to see the 3d image wall, you need to download and install the PicLens
> plug-in, otherwise all you will see is a traditional type slideshow and not
> the really cool stuff.
>
> Here are the instructions:
>
> 1) Load the above web page.
> 2) Click on the link which says "get the PicLens plugin" and install it
> (it's simple and easy).
> 3) Restart your browser and reload the above page.
> 4) Click on the link which says "Start Slide Show".
> 5) You will now see the entire collection as a draggable 3d image wall.
> Each
> specimen can be zoomed in by clicking it with the mouse. You can drag with
> the mouse to "walk" down the wall.
>
> This is one of the coolest things I've seen in a long time. I hope you
> enjoy
> it!
>
> Cheers,
> TC
> ________________________________
>
> Thomas W. Corson                 OBG International
> corson at infodyn.com       2435 E Mayview Drive
> 520-225-0244             Green Valley, AZ 85614
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