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Shared terminology

  • Panorama, 360 image, 360 photo, and sphere photo refer to 360° imagery.
  • Hotspot means an interactive element placed in a tour.
  • Virtual tour or walkthrough tour means a connected panorama experience.
  • Tour and project are often used interchangeably.
  • Flat photo or normal photo means a non-360° image.
  • PanoCool watermark means one of three marks:
    • On a virtual tour, the PanoCool logo its theme shows. See Change or hide the logo.
    • On photos published to Google Street View, a mark added to each photo as it’s published. See Watermark behavior.
    • On photos saved with Snapshot or Download photo, a “Created on PANOCOOL” mark. See Snapshot.
  • Saving or downloading a photo depends on where you are:
    • In PanoCool Retouch, Export at the top right saves the edited photo. See Export.
    • In the Virtual Tour Studio editor, Share › Download photo saves a scene as a photo, and Share › Snapshot frames one for social media. See Download photo.
    • A whole tour downloads as a website with Share › Export project. See Export a project for self-hosting.