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Author: B._Scott_Burkett, Contributing Editor
| You can repeat this process, until you get down to the level of detail you are interested in: |
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| Look at those brushstrokes! Also note the small red box in the smaller navigation area. This shows you which part of the larger work you are currently viewing.
The demo image above comes from WC! member Barabara Noonan's gallery. I chose it because it represented a fairly large image (a 1MB JPG file). Think about how long it takes to download a 1MB file. A while! Our interactive viewer renders the image in glorious detail in a fraction of the time it would take for you to download the full image. Another screenshot, showing a zoom in on a nice piece by WC! member Sandy Katz: |
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| We ran some tests involving images that are 5,000 x 5,000 pixels in size, and even images that were well over 100MB in size, and they render just as quickly in the smARTviewer.
What makes our smARTviewer even better is that it doesn't expose your image to the "right click and save" image thieves. In addition, as the image is viewed through our Flash-based viewer, there is no image in your browser's cache - so a would-be thief can't save them in his browser cache and access it that way either. So in essence, you can now afford to upload those ultra-high resolution scans of your work - the higher the resolution, the better! Support for 3D images The viewer also supports three dimensional images. We are working on a demo for this still, but essentially, if you are dealing with a 3D object, such as a sculpture, you can take images showing different angles of the piece, and actually use the viewer to spin around the image and view it from all sides. NOTE: We're working on a demo for this, and as soon as we do, we'll put together an article on how to use this feature. ;) Manual magnification There is also a small magnifying glass that you can use to manually inspect certain areas of the piece: |
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| The music!
The artist now has the option to accompany his or her pieces with a sampling of music. These aren't those silly sounding MIDI files, these are digital sound loops. They sound great! More importantly, it *really* changes the mood when viewing a piece. We highly encourage you to play around with this feature. You can achieve some pretty interesting results We've added a variety of music to the library, including Dance, Heavy Metal, Classical, Jazz, Ambient, and even Carribean. :) Here is a shot of what this looks like: |
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| Some quick tips for gaining the best results
1) Always use the highest resolution image you can create! The larger, the better. 2) If the image is blurry, don't use it. Take a new picture. Your customers will thank you. :) 3) Clean up your images before uploading them into the gallery manager. Crop them appropriately, to get rid of anything in the background that is not related to your art (in the case of 2D art like paintings, drawings, etc.). Most images can do with a bit of sharpening and possibly color adjustments. These operations can easily be done in Photoshop or similar tools. 4) Experiment with the music feature. It can really set the mood. Take a look at this fantastic piece by WC! artist Chris Nelson. Would the presentation be quite the same without the background music? Click here or this marvelous work by Marilyn Schlueter: Click here Who can use it, and when is will it be available? This new technology is available now, and can be used freely by all WC! members. Simply click the TOOLS dropdown menu on any WC! page, and select the gallery manager. From there, you can manage your virtual galleries. Your virtual galleries can be published to your WC! profile, art-agent.com, or even your own web site. For more information on how the gallery manager works, click the help icon once inside. Support WC! If you haven't already done so, I encourage you to become a paying member of the site, to continue to support the development of new tools for artists. You can subscribe by clicking the MEMBER SERVICES dropdown menu at the top of any WC! page. Additionally, if you are a gallery, e-retailer, art portal, or other such organization, and you would like to integrate the smARTviewer into your own web site, licensing opportunities are available from Incursio, Inc., the parent company of the wetcanvas.com site. |
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Scott Burkett is the founder and editor of WetCanvas! An avid artist, history buff, and veteran information technology executive, he founded the wetcanvas.com site in hopes to leverage technology to provide a true community site for visual artists. |
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