How to use the D5 Showreel platform?

About D5 Showreel

After logging in to MySpace with your Teams account, you can see Project Hub in the top-right menu. Click on it to access the D5 Showreel platform where you can manage the cloud projects of your team. A cloud project contains all the sharable content including virtual tours, comments, images and videos.

Create a Cloud Project

Currently, you can create cloud projects in D5 Render or on D5 Showreel.

Create in D5 Render

Click on Comments → Bind a Cloud Project → Create a Cloud Project
Publish a Virtual Tour to D5 Cloud → Bind a Cloud Project → Create a Cloud Project

Create on D5 Showreel

Select Team Space (or Group Space) → Click "+ Create"

Delete a Cloud Project

People with Delete operation permissions

Team Space: administrator, owner, project creator
Group Space: administrator, owner, project creator

After deleting the cloud project, relevant data, including images, comments, virtual tours, etc., will be deleted as well.
After successful deletion, the Cloud storage space occupied by the project will be released.

Create and Update Project Comments

In Cloud Projects, you can see all the project comments created in D5 Render, reply to them, and create new ones.
Any comments you post on D5 Showreel will be immediately reflected in D5 Render.

If your comments in the D5 software include anchors, the corresponding anchor information cannot be displayed on D5 Showreel.

Virtual Tour Management

1. Click on a project thumbnail to view the virtual tour in a new tab.

2. People with Delete operation permissions:

Those who upload virtual tours
Those who create cloud projects

3. Two methods to share virtual tours:

Link
QR Code Poster

4. If you need to make customized settings for a virtual tour (adding music, setting the opening animation, adding custom hotspots, etc.), click Edit to open the panorama editor.

Please note that virtual tours cannot be edited by different members simultaneously. When one person is editing the virtual tour, the project will be locked.

Panorama Editor

1. After uploading a virtual tour to D5 Showreel, you can make further editings to the virtual tour using D5 Panorama Editor.

2. Any member of the team can upload a virtual tour file to the corresponding cloud project. Please note that virtual tour cannot be edited by different members simultaneously. When one person is editing the virtual tour, the project will be locked.

Global Settings

Global settings affect the presentation of all panoramas in a virtual tour.

Project information:

The project information contains the 'project name' and 'project introduction'. When visiting the virtual tour, viewers can check its detailed info in the upper left corner. For now, links cannot be added into the project introduction.

Rotation setting:

When auto-rotation is enabled, you can set the 'Starting Delay' and 'Speed'.

Music setting:

When 'Autoplay' is enabled, the virtual tour link you share will automatically play music upon opening. The tracks we provide on D5 Panorama Editor all have commercial licenses.

Opening setting

When opening animation is enabled, an animation will automatically play when entering the first viewpoint of the virtual tour.

Camera Settings

Camera settings control the display of a single panorama. Different panoramas within a virtual tour can have independent camera settings.

Field of View (FOV) Range:

Controls the adjustable FOV range and initial default values for the panorama.

Rotatable direction:

Users have control to disable rotation of the panorama in a certain direction.

Hot Spot Setting

In Hotspot Settings, users can add customized hotspots to the scene, and the following types of hotspots are currently supported.

Scene Hotspots:

Binds a panorama scene in the current roaming panorama sequence. Clicking on a hotspot of this type will jump to another panorama.

Multimedia

Multimedia hotspots support editing a paragraph of rich text, and users can add images, videos and hyperlinks. Clicking on this type of hotspot will open a display popup window containing the rich text.

In the share settings, the user sets access permissions for a panorama's sharing link.

Enable sharing

When you turn off shared links, users can no longer access your designs from shared links. Normal access is available after re-enabling.

External access restriction

By default, all people who own the link can access
It Support setting a 4-digit access password

Share expiration date

No expiration date by default
After setting the expiration date, non-external sharing of panorama links will be closed automatically after the expiration date.

Enable watermark

No watermark by default
When enabled, it supports setting text watermark to protect your work.

In Floor Plan Navigation, users can upload a png or jpg floor plan as a navigation map, and add a panoramic view to the floor plan to locate the location.

Click on upload, select the image in jpg or png format and upload it

After uploading and clicking on preview, the flat floor plan navigation will appear in the top left corner of the panoramic view

Click Edit Floor Plan to enter the floor plan editing status.

After selecting a panorama, double-click on the corresponding position in the map on the left to add a camera to the map.
The direction of the camera will follow the rotation of the corresponding panorama and rotate accordingly.

If the default camera orientation does not match the actual orientation of the current panorama, you can click on the corresponding camera and a rotation component will appear. Using the Rotation component, you can unilaterally adjust the orientation of the camera without changing the current orientation of the panorama.

After adding a camera and saving the project, you can see the camera you just added in the map in the official preview link of the panorama, and support switching to the corresponding panorama by clicking on the camera in the floor plan map.

If your project is a multi-storey building, you can create floor plan navigation layers, and in the panorama link, the being shared person can switch between floors by toggling the different floors with a drop-down selector in the map navigation component.

Panoramas of Multiple Statuses

It supports users in uploading two different panoramas in the same location to achieve the effect of switching.

Users need to render two panoramas with different effects in the same location in the client (as shown in the images below, one before the lights are turned on and one after).

After uploading a panorama as a base state, click 'Edit multiple statuses' to open the upload pop up window.

After uploading another panorama, system will automatically create a state switcher for this location, allowing the user to switch between different displays.

Panorama Comment

Feature Description

Panorama Comment feature allows D5 account users to make real-time comments on online shared tour files, enhancing communication and collaboration within teams and with external customers.

Feature Use

2.1 Enable comment feature

Enable 'Allow Comment' in Global Settings of Panorama Editor (enabled by default).

When the comment function is enabled, a comment icon will appear in the upper right corner. Click to open the comment section.

2.2 Post comment

Users need to log in to their D5 accounts before they can post comments. Anonymous comments by visitors are not supported.

Comments support the following attachment types:

Text: Maximum 500 characters
Images: Maximum 20MB, supports screenshot pasting
Anchors:

- Space Tour: Anchors record XYZ coordinates and stay visible within range when transitioning between scenes.

- Basic Tour: Anchors record XY coordinates and are only visible when the corresponding scene is selected.

Record the current scene when commenting. Switch between viewing comments for the current scene or all scenes in the tab bar above the comment section.
Supports @team members (only available for members within the team).

2.3 Reply comment

Click on a comment to go to the reply page where you can reply to it.

Replies to comments do not support adding anchors.

2.4 Anchor interaction

When clicking on an anchor in the panoramic on the left, the corresponding comment will be automatically selected and navigated to the reply page.

When clicking on the comment content, if the anchor is not in the current scene, the view will automatically switch to the scene where the anchor is located and navigate to the corresponding position.

Note: Anchors will only be displayed in the panoramic when the comment section is expanded.

2.5 Comment deletion permissions

Commenters can delete their own comments.

Project owners can delete all comments within their projects.

Team administrators can delete all comments across all projects.

Comment integration and management

Panoramic image comments are interconnected with cloud project comments. All panoramic image comments will be summarized and displayed in the 'Comment' tab of the cloud project, organized chronologically, without showing anchors.

Comments displayed in cloud projects support jumping back to the original virtual tour file.

Users commenting from external accounts will be marked as ‘external’ for distinction.

Email notification

Team members who are @-mentioned in comments will receive email notifications.

3D GS

Feature Introduction

GS 3D can convert .MP4 video files into 3D models and supports real-time interaction with the 3D models in a browser. You can rotate, zoom, and view the models from different angles. The GS 3D project can be shared via links and embed on any website, thus making it easier to showcase your 3D models on web pages.

Instructions

Go to D5 Render Showreel page and log in with your team account.
Enter the project in Team Space, click on GS 3D, and then click the '+Create' button to upload a video.

Please note that only the .MP4 format is supported, and the duration must be within 10 minutes.
It is recommended to upload wrap-around or aerial-view shots.

After the upload task is completed, you can check the video and its training progress in the queue. Once it shows "Training success," you can click to open, edit, delete, or share the GS 3D project.

When viewing a GS 3D project, you can use the mouse wheel to zoom in, the left mouse button to rotate, and the right mouse button to grab and drag objects.
Edit the GS 3D project.

Editing Operations

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