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Irisize.com is a simple, quick new way of adding amazing functionality to images. It is a different way of looking at the digital world, and one maybe you’re not familiar with. As a result, please take your time to enjoy the image creation experience. Once you’ve done it once or twice, you’ll be ready to Irisize all your images in seconds. Compatible with both Windows and Mac.

Getting Started
  1. On the HOME page, in the Image Search section, you click Single image or Multi-image Rotatable Object to determine the kind of image you want to make interactive. Your choices are either a single image that you can enhance or a series of images all taken from different consecutive angles of an object. If you click multi-image, 15 additional upload boxes appear so that you can uploaded a recommended 16 images for a smooth spin. You also have the option of downloading the Iris Loader, a drag n’ drop upload mechanism, that allows you to easily upload multiple images.

  2. Click Browse, and scroll through your images . Select the image or images you’d like to Irisize (add interactive functionality) – the image(s) needs to be either a .jpg or .gif image. Then click Submit.

  3. Once the image is uploaded, you can check that it’s the correct image, then click Continue.

  4. You now arrive at the ZOOM page. Here you can view your image at 50% of its fully expanded size. You adjust the slider or fill in the boxes to determine the starting size of the image. When ready, click Preview, and you’ll move to the PREVIEW page, where you can see your image Zoom like never before.

  5. The PREVIEW page is the conduit to all the different functionalities on the site. If you just want Zoom, you can immediately email your image, or output its computer code (HTML) into eBay, websites, or PowerPoint presentations*. Otherwise, you can click on any of the other functionalities, and add them to your image(s). To see the result and output you’ll always return to PREVIEW.

    * see Send Mail or Output help.
Iris Sections and Functions

Below is a list of the various aspects of Irisize.com that you might encounter. Each one offers its own unique capability in the process of Irisizing images:

Zoom

Zoom allows you to provide incredible new image magnification with clarity never before achieved in a mass market digital format. When you input an image into Irisize.com, your image is automatically provided with incredible zooming capability.

For instructions, see Getting Started.

Preview

All roads in Irisize lead to Preview. It’s where you see your images come alive right in front of you. It’s also where you can view and adjust the functionality you’re adding to your images. When finalized, it’s also where you can send email or output to your website, to eBay, or to PowerPoint.

Steps to follow:
  1. Play around with your Irisized image, using the Virtual Iris Touchpad*, and make sure it fits your needs. You can then either return to any of the functionalities and make adjustments, or SEND MAIL or OUTPUT*.

    * see Send Mail or Output help.
Measure

Measure allows you to provide a pictorial way of displaying object dimensions. Just measure the height and width of objects either with the real object or on a photo, and input those dimensions into Irisize.com.

Steps to follow:

      1.Once on the Measure page, you are now ready to create the dimensions of your object for display. However, Irisize.com cannot extract your measurements without you physically measuring the horizontal and vertical dimensions of your object with a ruler or tape measure. Once you have your measurements and know the units you want to display them in, you are Now ready to proceed.
      2.In Single Image mode, click the radio button for either Horizontal or Vertical. Having done so, move your mouse onto your image, and mark the spot where you’d like to draw a measurement. Then drag the red line with your mouse the length of the measurement you’d like.
      2a.For 3-D Multi-Image mode, click on the radio button of the image you’d like to add measurement to, and then follow the steps in Step 2.
      3.Input the units that go with the measurement.
      4.When finished, click Preview to view your image and its dimensions. Mouse over the ruler on the Touchpad to see the dimensions. The dimensions will be displayed on the image in the same manner that you created them with.
Color Change

COLOR CHANGE gives you the ability to provide changeable colors or patterns to images for your customers or friends. When used with the GIMP or Adobe Photoshop, it becomes a simple process that can be done following our prescribed steps.

      1.Upon arriving in COLOR CHANGE, you will be prompted to add up to four different colors or patterns to you image. How do I do this? There are two basic ways to go. The first is to download the GIMP, a onetime free download, that will allow you to make adjustments to your image or to use or download Adobe Photoshop, a high end editing program that you have to pay for.
      2.To download the GIMP, you can go to www.GIMP.org. You can download the GIMP and follow the steps outlined below.
      3.To download Adobe Photoshop, you can go to www.adobe.com. You can download Photoshop and follow the steps outlined below.
      4.In the GIMP, for basic color change follow the steps.

1. Click on File.

2. Click on Open to find the image you’re already using.

3. Find the image you want and click Open.

4. The image will open, and you click Tools.

5. In Tools, click Color Tools.

6. In Color Tools click Hue-Saturation.

7. Once clicked, you are prompted to choose a color to adjust. Pick the color most similar to the image you want to change. Then slide the Hue slider. This will adjust the color.

8. Save the different colored images you want.
      5.On the COLOR CHANGE page, in Single image mode, simply click on the color swatch for image number 1. A color picker will appear. Pick the color that matches your object. Then upload the image that you adjusted either in the GIMP or Photoshop into the slot. Redo this process 1 – 3 more times as needed.
      5a.For 3-D Multi-Image mode, click on the number of the image you’d like to add Color Change to, and then follow the steps in Step 5.
      6.When done, click Preview to see how it’s working. You will be transferred to the Preview page for viewing.

*In Photoshop, you can make color changes one of two basic ways. For basic Color Change, there’s the Hue/Saturation adjustment or using for specific area adjustments or pattern change, there’s the Pen Tool.

Basic Photoshop Color Change:

1. Open your image in Photoshop.

2. Under Image, click on Adjustments, then Hue/Saturation.

3. In Hue Saturation, in the Edit box, scroll down and find the color of your image.

4. Adjust the Hue, Saturation, or Lightness sliders in combination to change the color.

5. Save the different images.

Specific area Color Change or pattern changes in Photoshop:
  1. Use the Magnetic Lasso or Pen and Anchor Point tools to select the object or the part of the object you’re interested in changing the color, then copy and paste the selected area.

  2. Use the Magnetic Lasso tool to select the right side of the shirt, then copy and paste the selection area.

  3. Link only those two layers by highlighting one layer and clicking on the first box to the left of the layer name. A link will appear that looks like a paperclip when you have them linked. Then merge them together by going to LAYER at the top of the page and then "Merge Linked" - now you should have one layer that is just the shirt. Turn off the background layer for now so that it doesn't get in the way.

  4. With this new layer selected go to IMAGE > ADJUSTMENT > DESATURATE. Now this layer that is just the object or part of the object, will be gray.

  5. Create a new, blank layer, on top on the object layer.

  6. Use the Shape Tool to draw a box over the object area and fill it in with one of the selected colors for the object. You will possibly need to Rasterize this layer. Go to LAYER > RASTERIZE > SHAPE.

  7. After you have a flat shape in the layers pallate, look at the top where it says NORMAL and then next to it the opacity change. Leave the opacity at 100 and change the "normal" to "color". This give the overlay without losing the shading of the image on the layer below.

  8. Click on the the Shirt Layer. Now hold down Command while you click on the shirt layer in the palate. This will select the entire shirt layer. While this area is selected, click on the colored box layer. Now you should have selected the area from the shirt and be actually clicked on the colored area. go SELECT > INVERSE, then delete. This will delete everything but the selected shirt area on the colored layer and now your shirt should be a different color.

  9. Then repeat from step four for every color.

Add Hotspots

ADD HOTSPOTS gives you a way to graphically highlight specific attributes or regions on an object or image. Just by clicking on the desired area, uploading a zoomed-in image of the area, and adding text, you can have this capability.

To ADD HOTSPOTS, follow these steps:
  1. Click ADD HOTSPOTS on the Navigation bar, once your image has been uploaded into Irisize.com.

  2. For a Single image, you can add up to 4 Hotspots per image. For 3-D, you can add 1 Hotspot per image.

  3. In Single Image mode, click on a spot on your image where you’d like your hotspot to connect to.

  4. Next to number 1, type in the text you’d like it to show.

  5. Click Browse and upload the image you’d like to represent that hotspot (generally a close up image of the area is used, but it can be anything). Irisize.com automatically sizes any image uploaded to fit into a standard hotspot size.

  6. For Single Image mode, repeat step 5 up to 3 more times as needed.

  7. When ready, click Save Hotspot Images to save them as part of your Irisized image.
    NB. If you return to the Add Hotspots page later on, and you re-upload one new hotspot image, you need to re-upload all the hotspot images before saving them.

  8. To Preview everything, click Preview.
Show Info

SHOW INFO provides a simple way to display the text you need, but keeping the image the focus of the end user.

To create Info, follow these simple steps:
  1. Click SHOW INFO on the Navigation bar, once your image(s) has been uploaded into Irisize.com.

  2. For both Single Image and 3D Multi-Image, the information is the same. You fill in the Category name (i.e. Specs, Price, etc.) you desire (up to 4), then add a Description for that Category.

  3. When finished, click Preview, to Preview your work.
To add HTML to your Description:

Just add your HMTL as you normally would. E.g. <b>BOLD</b> for BOLD.
Do NOT add line breaks E.g. <br>, just Enter at the end of each line instead.

Send Mail

Irisize.com gives you a new way of providing enhanced, exciting imagery in email. Just create it, email it, and any recipient will be interacting in seconds.

To SEND MAIL, follow these steps:
  1. SEND MAIL can be accessed either by clicking the Navigation bar on SEND MAIL or by clicking Preview on any of the other pages. SEND MAIL resides on the Preview page, and is accessible from there.

  2. When you are ready to send mail after previewing an image, you are required to Enter Information – here you will need to fill in your name, your email address, and a password before proceeding to Send Mail.

  3. SEND MAIL – once you have filled out Enter Information, you will be able send an Irisized email to anyone in MS Outlook, Outlook Express, Hotmail or Yahoo! Mail. Just fill in the boxes, include a message, and away it goes. NO plug-ins needed.
Output

Irisize lets you easily export the HTML computer code for your Irisized image directly into eBay, websites, and PowerPoint. Just create the Irisized image, copy the code from the Output page, and then paste it right into eBay, any website, or in PowerPoint.

For OUTPUT to eBay and Websites, follow these steps.
  1. You can access OUTPUT two ways. The first is to click OUTPUT at any time on the Navigation page, and you will be taken to the Preview page, from where you can OUTPUT to eBay, websites, or PowerPoint…or….You can OUTPUT directly once on the Preview page.

  2. To OUTPUT, you first have to input Your Information including name, email, and password, before the OUTPUT buttons can be accessed.

  3. In the OUTPUT section, you can choose to OUTPUT to Ebay and Websites or OUTPUT to PowerPoint.

  4. If you choose OUTPUT to Ebay and Websites, when you click OUTPUT, you’ll be taken to a page with computer HTML code in a scrolling box. You click SELECT ALL to copy, and then copy the code into the Description area of the eBay Seller’s page in eBay or into your HTML code for your website.

  5. If you choose OUTPUT to PowerPoint, when you click OUTPUT, you’ll be taken to the OUTPUT page for PowerPoint, where you can download Live Web, a free Microsoft plug-in that let’s you input your image directly into a PowerPoint presentation.

  6. Copy and paste your HTML computer code as needed, and insert your Irisized image directly into PowerPoint*.
* To embed your image directly in PowerPoint, this requires the following steps.
  1. Click on link to download LiveWeb Plugin


  2. Open Powerpoint, select Tools, Addins..., the Add New and select the LiveWeb.ppa plugin.

  3. Select all and copy the code into a web page, can be a blank web page.

  4. Then in Powerpoint select Insert then Web Pages, and follow the LiveWeb Wizard to add the webpage with your irisized code to your PowerPoint presentation.
3D Rotate

What is it?

It’s the ability to enable a user to see all angles of an object.

How do I create it?
     1.
 What I’ll need:  For small to medium objects: digital camera, tripod, white Lazy Susan (turntable), white backdrop.
For larger objects and cars: digital camera, tripod, tape measure, chalk or erasable marker, large white sheet or backdrop.
     2.  The steps to follow:

   Small to Medium objects
  1. Place the digital camera on the tripod, and the Lazy Susan on a flat surface (most likely a table).
  2. Put up the white backdrop behind the white Lazy Susan. Mark a recommended 16 different marks equi-distant from one another around the flat viewable edge of the Lazy Susan.
  3. Mark the table or object upon which the Lazy Susan sits (tape recommended)
  4. Place an object in the center of the Lazy Susan approx. equidistant from the sides.
  5. Position your camera facing the object with the white backdrop directly behind it.
  6. Manually focus the camera and lock the focus. Set the image size at 640 by 480 pixels and higher.
  7. Move the Lazy Susan one mark, then take a picture. Manually move the Lazy Susan to all the marks on the viewable edge, each time snapping a single photo of the object at each mark.
  8. Once the recommended 16 images has been taken, you then upload those images into your computer’s hard drive.
  9. Upload those images to Irisize.com in the 3D Rotatable image mode. Begin to irisize them.
   Large objects
  1. Place or move the object you’re photographing onto a flat surface, with ample room to shoot around it.
  2. Hold the tape measure in the center of the object touching the middle of the top. Extend the measure outward, and while holding your chalk or erasable marker, draw a complete circle around the object.
  3. Draw a line from the circle through the center of the circle all the way across, then divide those semi-circles in half, and keep splitting them until there are 16 marks equidistant apart along the circle.
  4. Create a moveable white backdrop, and position it at a certain angle.
  5. With your digital camera mounted to your tripod, take an image at the 16 marks around the circle, each time moving the backdrop to behind the object you’re shooting.
  6. Connect your camera to your computer, and upload your images.
  7. In Irisize.com, upload the images, and begin irisizing your image.

Virtual Iris Touchpad -- the simple, yet sophisticated way to view your Irisized images.

Zoom - move your mouse up and down over the
top section of the Touchpad to enlarge images.
Rotate - move side-to-side in unison with Zoom on
the top section to turn objects around.
Measure - Move your mouse over the ruler to see
Object dimensions.
Color Change - Move your mouse over the color
Swatches to see color or pattern changes.
Hotspots - Move your mouse over the pluses in the Hotspot
Area to see pop-up text and/or images pointing out
specific features or areas of an item.
Info (Information) - Move your mouse over the information
categories at the base of the touch pad.

My Irisite

My Irisite is where you store and update your images. At any time, you can visit your Irisite and either email, output, or update your images.

To access your images, follow these steps:
  1. At the top of the page, click My Irisite to Log In.
  2. Once in your Irisite, you will see the different images you’ve created and the dates they were created. You can click Preview to either make adjustments to your image or send them in an email or output them as HTML code for websites, eBay, or PowerPoint.
 
 
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