Prototype #8 of 3D Comic Book Viewer

This update now has better mouse scrolling functionality. Just click and drag, and you'll be able to scroll around the page. You can quickly drag and let go of the mouse button to get a nice scroll effect.

This makes it pretty easy to read pages using just the mouse, as right clicking toggles zooming in or out ( the mouse wheel also controls the zoom ).

I also fixed a potential issue with the loading order of comic books, if you are reading a number of CBZ/CBR files from the same folder.

Here's the link...
http://www.candointeractive.com/3dcomicbookviewer/3DComicBookViewer.zip

Feel free to post any comments or suggestions that you would like to see in the final version!
Mal

PS If there are any good comic forums that you visit, who might find this viewer interesting, could you let me know ( or could you post and send them to this link )? I'd like to get as much feedback on the viewer as possible, before releasing version 1.

Prototype #7 of 3D Comic Book Viewer

This is an update of the viewer, for those who are finding previous versions timing out.

- Pressing S now gives a fancier slide show / screen saver style effect. The viewer zooms in on a few different areas of the current image, as well as rotating a bit, before rotating to the next page.

- Pressing <> will rotate the image interactively ( for no real reason, other than it's easy to do with 3D )

- This version will time out at the end of June. By then, I hope to have a version 1 complete.

Download Instructions

Download and extract the files from the ZIP below...

http://www.candointeractive.com/3dcomicbookviewer/7/3DComicBookViewer7.zip

Instructions on how to use the viewer can be viewed in the previous blog posts ( especially the first posting at the bottom of the page ).

I'll be working on the mouse dragging next ( the current way is definitely too weird - the new way will allow the user to grab a particular part of the page, and drag it around, similar to pressing SPACE and dragging in a PDF )

Feel free to post any comments or suggestions that you would like to see in the final version!
Mal

Prototype #6 of 3D Comic Book Viewer

Updates

- New slide-show option - press S to start and stop it. Pages will continually rotate, only pausing when the full page is shown to reload the next page.

- More loading optimisation code, to minimise the time spent loading and creating 3D textures of the new images.

- Multi-screen support - move the full-screen view to other monitors by pressing F to flip to the next screen.

Download Instructions

Download and extract the files from the ZIP below...

http://www.candointeractive.com/3dcomicbookviewer/6/3DComicBookViewer6.zip

Instructions on how to use the viewer can be viewed in the previous blog posts ( especially the first posting at the bottom of the page ).

Enjoy!!!

Prototype #5 of 3D Comic Book Viewer

This is a minor update, as I haven't had as much time to spend on this as I would have liked.

Updates

- Your screen aspect should now be taken into account, so pages shouldn't appear a bit too scaled across the way.
- I've optimised the loading code, so loading new pages should be faster.

Download Instructions

Download and extract the files from the ZIP below...

http://www.candointeractive.com/3dcomicbookviewer/5/3DComicBookViewer5.zip

Instructions on how to use the viewer can be viewed in the previous blog posts ( especially the first posting at the bottom of the page ).

Enjoy!!!

Prototype #4 of 3D Comic Book Viewer

Here's the first new years update of the 3D viewer.

Updates

- Press the ] or > keys to load the next comic file in the folder ( [ or < to load the previous one )
- The next comic file will be loaded automatically after the last page is read
- Press M to disable mip mapping and filtering on the page image
- The viewer will pre-load the next image if the viewer doesn't interact with the software for a short period of time

We now also have additional mouse controls
- Use the mouse wheel to zoom in to the image
- Hold down and drag the left mouse button to pan around the page
- Hold down the right mouse button to zoom in and out of the image

Download Instructions

Download and extract the files from the ZIP below...

http://www.candointeractive.com/3dcomicbookviewer/4/3DComicBookViewer4.zip

Instructions on how to use the viewer can be viewed in the previous blog posts ( especially the first posting at the bottom of the page ).

Enjoy, and Happy New Year!!!

Prototype #3 of 3D Comic Book Viewer

Here is another update of the 3D Comic Book Viewer...

Updates

- Pressing the keys 1,2...9 will jump straight to page 10, 20...90.
- Holding down SHIFT and PageUp, PageDown will jump up / down by 10 pages
- The number of pages, current page, and percentage read so far, is shown at the bottom - note that the look of this will be improved
- You can now view a folder of images ( select the 2nd option from the Open dialog, and select one of the files in the folder ), so it can be used as a generic image viewer
- Press R to rotate the image, and load the next page ( this shows a cool 3D effect )

Download Instructions

Download and extract the files from the ZIP below...

http://www.candointeractive.com/3dcomicbookviewer/3/3DComicBookViewer3.zip

Instructions on how to use the viewer can be viewed in the previous blog posts ( especially the first posting at the bottom of the page ).

Enjoy!

Prototype #2 of 3D Comic Book Viewer

I've updated the viewer with some new features and fixes.

Updates

- Pages are extracted one at a time, which means faster loading times ( thanks Valentin! ).

- Now works with CBR, CBZ, ZIP and RAR - and also CBZs that are named CBRs ( thanks again Valentin! ).

- Better handling of wide pages.

- Use ENTER and RETURN to view the next page, HOME and END view the first and last page.

Download Instructions

Download and extract the files from the ZIP below...

http://www.candointeractive.com/3dcomicbookviewer/2/3DComicBookViewer.zip

Instructions on how to use the viewer can be seen as part of the Prototype #1 posting at the bottom of this page.

Hopefully this will make your comic viewing experience a bit smoother and more enjoyable...

Mal

Again, all feedback ( via the website, or directly ) is much appreciated.