WPanorama for Windows

A free app for Windows, by Pierre-Alain Bovard.

WPanorama is a versatile software that allows users to display panoramic pictures by enabling horizontal or vertical scrolling on the screen. It supports various file formats like .jpg and .bmp, and users can view preloaded 360° Swiss panoramas, panoramas available on the website, or their own pictures. The package includes both a viewer and a screen saver, each offering a range of features.

The viewer offers several functionalities, such as displaying pictures in either windowed or full-screen mode, resizing the display window, and configuring slide shows through a user-friendly dialog box. Users can insert scrolling panoramas into movies using .avi files and split panoramas into several .bmp files. The viewer also provides tools for panorama searches based on keywords, displaying information about the current panorama, showing the location from where the panorama was shot on a map, and more.

The screen saver, on the other hand, manages image lists with individual parameters for each image. It can automatically change images at set time intervals or after a specified number of scrolls. Users can superimpose descriptions or logos onto scrolling panoramas in the screen saver. Panorama shows from the viewer can be easily exported to the screen saver. Both the viewer and screen saver offer extensive help, direct access to questions and answers, and notifications of new updates.