New Photosynth Features and a Stone Circle

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I spent this past weekend in Donegal, where my friends and I came across a really neat stone circle outside of Raphoe.  It was crying out to be Photosynthed.  I stood in the centre of the circle, taking a lot of photos. 

After uploading them to Photosynth, I noticed a few great new features that I wanted to share. 

Make Unlisted

A feature people ask me about all the time is privacy: “How can I keep my Photosynth content private?”  There hasn’t been a way to do this – all synths are public.  However, a feature was added to get your synth unlisted.  You now have the option when you create a synth to make it public, searchable and visible to everyone or to make it unlisted, where only people to whom you give the link can see the synth.

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Change Orientation

After uploading this synth, I noticed many of the photos were slightly tilted.  This had never happened to me before, and I really wanted the opening photograph to be straight.  By clicking “Edit Synth and Highlights” you can edit settings on your synth like orientation, starting image, and the order of the slideshow (whether you want the slideshow to go by filename or by proximity).

Highlights

After fixing the orientation, I took a look at the tab called Highlights.  This is a new, cool idea to give photographers the chance to point out some highlights of the synth, and show off the really good and special photos.  Then you can order the highlights however you like and let people browse them.  You can also add titles and captions to the photos.

Silverlight Cross-Platform Viewerimage

People on Macs can get excited because there is now a cross-platform viewer so that people from a variety of platforms can enjoy Photosynths.  Previously, the Direct 3D viewer did not allow for cross-platform viewing, but I’m thrilled that now more people can participate in the Photosynth community.  The controls were also updated in the Silverlight version of the viewer, so they’re a bit more useful now as well.

For more neat features and updates, keep an eye on the Photosynth blog.

Oh, and if you want to check out the Beltany Stone Circle, be my guest (don’t worry, I changed it back to public for you).

Cross posted from Martha's Blog.