Creating a color healing pano -- Photoshop steps

1. Photoshop. Modify SC export for QTVRAS. Open the base program6circle6.ps. {Currently 6circles6eq.ps. This has graphic elements that aren't yet implemented in SC . Maybe always open the orig and save as for specific healing.} This part is very hard, demanding artistic skill and labor.
   • Put layout layer under framePath. Copy framePath to preserve original. For each color, verify correct with colorWNum graphic (SC CLUT, color lookup table). There are slight differences. I chose the color I prefered using the eye dropper. Then filled the respective area in framePath with bucket with 100% transparency/opacity, anti-alias with 30% tolerance.
   • Put runes layer over framePath layer. How size them properly? I opened a screen shot of the healing and Command-T transformed the size manually. Select each rune with the magnetic lasso and some feathering, copy, paste, and touch up for smooth-edges. In detail, smooth from the Select | modify menu, with a value of 5. Try again. Values currently in the lasso box are: feather, none | anti-aliasing, checked | lasso width for edge detection, (1-40) 26 | frequency (0-100) 57, edge contrast 10, higher value looks for bigger changes. | pressure increase makes width narrow, checked. Eraser for smoothing edges is airbrush, pressure is 36%, brush size 7, stylus pressure. Paintbrush for adding to edges is plain with size 2 brush (see shortcut sketch, second from left on top line of Brushes palette).
   • Flatten and save as xhi.ps. (1152x576 at 150dpi for hi res pano. Trying 640x640 window for 56 Modem)
   • Image size reduce to 72 dpi at 288x144 and save as xmap.pic (for QTVRAS map)
   • Save that as xmap.jpg at 5 quality (for .htm page graphic)
   • Close .jpg and reopen xhi.ps. Image size reduce to 640x320, still at 150 dpi, save as xmed.ps for med res pano. Trying 320x320 window for 28.8 Modem. Note that for first test pano, I had only two versions and both made from hi-res original ps file. For eq9-22, making two from hi res and other lower-res versions.
   • Possibly make a smaller one for cinepak?
2. In Photoshop Make map file like 6circles6fP1map.jpg for web page. Also a 1.75" thumbnail maybe. Optional animated gif from the tiles.

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