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    Hi there

    ICE strikes me as the best cheapest and easiest tool in it's category.

    However with Facebook now enabling 360 panos and videos directly into their feeds, I've struggled to make it work. Seems like competitive editors from Kolor for example associate the right EXIF Metadata for FB to recognise the file as a PhotoSphere - however the image out of ICE doesn't. Or am I doing something wrong?

    I found the guidance here but somehow couldn't make it work by injecting metatdata in there - gets too complicated for me.

    Questions:

    1. For the ICE developers - is there an ability for you to review the EXIF requirements from Facebook to make ICE outputs FB ready?

    2. For anyone else - Have you managed to successfully post a 360 from ICE to facebook, either out of the box, or by tweaking the EXIF?

    Thanks

    Nico

    Wednesday, June 15, 2016 11:42 PM

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    Hi there

    ICE strikes me as the best cheapest and easiest tool in it's category.

    However with Facebook now enabling 360 panos and videos directly into their feeds, I've struggled to make it work. Seems like competitive editors from Kolor for example associate the right EXIF Metadata for FB to recognise the file as a PhotoSphere - however the image out of ICE doesn't. Or am I doing something wrong?

    I found the guidance here but somehow couldn't make it work by injecting metatdata in there - gets too complicated for me.

    Questions:

    1. For the ICE developers - is there an ability for you to review the EXIF requirements from Facebook to make ICE outputs FB ready?

    2. For anyone else - Have you managed to successfully post a 360 from ICE to facebook, either out of the box, or by tweaking the EXIF?

    Thanks

    Nico

    Hi 

    I also tried trick facebook with Exif from PtGui ( a software which stitching is recognise by FB automatically) but no joy so far. I will be very keen to hear from this forum if there is any solution/walkaround

    Thanks

    Jan

    Sunday, June 19, 2016 11:54 PM
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    Just tested out what have been mentioned here: http://www.panotwins.de/technical/how-to-add-mandatory-photo-sphere-meta-data-to-an-equirectangular-image/

    I can successfully upload an ICE panorama to Facebook by injecting the EXIF metadata with exiftool with the following parameters:

    -ProjectionType="equirectangular" -UsePanoramaViewer="True" -"PoseHeadingDegrees<$exif:GPSImgDirection" -"CroppedAreaImageWidthPixels<$ImageWidth" -"CroppedAreaImageHeightPixels<$ImageHeight" -"FullPanoWidthPixels<$ImageWidth" -"FullPanoHeightPixels<$ImageHeight" -CroppedAreaLeftPixels="0" -CroppedAreaTopPixels="0"

    Thanks,

    Shane

    Friday, July 1, 2016 5:26 PM
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    Option 1

    Use this website 360runaround(dot)com upload your ice panorama and it will convert your file for use (with a watermark). You can then download this file for use or as a template. Simply overlay future ICE panoramas using photoshop or MS Paint, it's very simple.

    I had created a template but this website wont let me post photos or links.

    John

    Thursday, July 7, 2016 4:11 PM
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    BTW, Facebook has info at the following pages about this. Sorry if dupe!

    https://www.facebook.com/notes/eric-cheng/editing-360-photos-injecting-metadata/10156930564975277

    https://facebook360.fb.com/editing-360-photos-injecting-metadata/

    Tuesday, August 2, 2016 3:54 AM
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    This tutorial (although for drones) explains well and simply how to adjust picture for facebook after being processed in ICE

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEaIGDHjK_I
    Wednesday, August 31, 2016 6:50 PM