ScanSoft KAI S PHOTO SOAP 2 User Manual page 27

Exporting an Album as Web pages
Here's a neat way to make your own personal Home page. You can post an Album full of
photos as your Web site. The HTML page that Soap 2 creates is interactive! Visitors to
your site can flip pages in the Album, or they can double-click on a photo in the Album to
see a full-size view of it. Refer to "Exporting an Album as a Web page" on page 143 for more
information about exporting desktops as HTML pages.
Exporting Photos as a PhotoCube Web Page (PC only)
You can export photos as a 3D PhotoCube, which allows you to display them as a
six-sided three-dimensional cube. Note that the PhotoCube export feature is supported on
the PC platform only and requires that you download a free MetaStream plug-in to view
the cube as a 3D object.
The MetaStream™ 3D technology is a new open PC file format announced jointly by
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Intel Corporation and MetaCreations Corporation. It enables delivery and viewing of
scalable 3D graphics.
To view a 3D PhotoCube, you and those with whom you share the PhotoCube need to
install the MetaStream plug-in. You can find the plug-in at the following Web site:
www.metastream.com
Refer to "Exporting Photos as a PhotoCube Web Page (PC only)" on page 145 for more
information about exporting photos as a PhotoCube.
Expanding Soap 2's Power
Using Plug-ins
Plug-ins are extra features that plug into Soap 2. Plug-ins offer special effects and extra
tools that greatly expand the power of Soap 2.
With Soap 2, you can do something most other programs can't do. You can brush an effect
onto just part of your photo, just like any other Soap 2 effect!
Filter Plug-ins
Usually, a plug-in applies an effect or a range of effects, like:
• creating a variety of spheres (Spheroid Designer)
• bend, twist, multiply, or otherwise manipulate gradients or blends between two colors
or tints of a color (Gradient Designer)
• creating textures for backgrounds and designs (Texture Explorer )
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