NeptuneLabs FSI Viewer (short for "Flash based Single Source Image Viewer") is a web based viewer for high resolution images. It enables internet users to magnify image sections or view objects from different viewing angles or in different states,
requiring low bandwidth only.
This makes product presentations more haptical, more appealing.
FSI Viewer is based on Adobe Flash™ Plug-in client-side and accesses image data provided by single source imaging servers.
These servers provide scaled and compressed image data on-demand based on high resolution source images.
Compatibility
Most innovative viewers on the internet require special browser plug-ins that the user
is forced to download and install. This is why the penetration of most of these viewers is comparably low.
FSI Viewer on the other hand is based on the most popular browser plug-in worldwide,
the Adobe Flash™ plug-in. The penetration of the Flash plug-in exceeds
97% of all internet users in Europe, USA, Canada and Asia (source: Adobe).
The default setup of the most popular browsers already contains the Flash plug-in.
Integrating FSI Viewer into web pages is as easy as integrating a standard Flash movie into a HTML page.
This is why FSI Viewer is compatible to almost every content management system
currently available. Additionally using databases and server-side scripts to present huge amounts
of images with FSI Viewer or FSI Showcase is very easy.
The self explaining user interface of the viewer with tool tips for each interface element
enables even inexperienced users to unfold the functionality of FSI Viewer within seconds.
The viewer constantly reacts on user input and the progress bar informs the user
about the current load progress of image details.
Moving the mouse inside the image area, the user can select an image section to magnify, rotate or pan
the image depending on the selected mouse mode.
The integrated survey window provides an overview and displays the image section currently viewed.
Clear layout of all interface elements
Custom skins available
Survey window displaying the current image section
Animated zoom transitions
User interface can be hidden to maximize the image area
Optional maximum magnification
Image rotation around z-axis
Customizable via XML-configuration files or HTML parameters
Progress bar displaying the load progress
Flexibility
FSI Viewer can be configured using XML configuration files or HTTP queries. With FSI Parameters, the viewer can be
customized in many aspects, like menu alignment and layout, visibility of the survey window, image quality,
animation speed and quality and many more.
Additionally FSI Viewer can be extended with FSI Plug-ins at runtime.
Multilingual
FSI Viewer has been designed for use with different user interface languages.
Languages packs can be included at runtime just like FSI plug-ins.
Currently FSI Viewer ships with the following languages:
English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese (traditional and simplified), Italian, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Slovenian, Ukrainian
Scalability
FSI Viewer and Dynamic Imaging Servers are highly scalable.
This allows using FSI Viewer with small amounts of images as well as using
FSI Viewer in high load environments, like in online shops with thousands of images.
For high load environments NeptuneLabs ZoomCache Application which serves as a proxy
server for imaging servers can even extend the performance range of
Imaging Servers if required.
The table to the right covers single server licenses on a per customer basis.
If you do not already own an imaging server, we recommend to consider obtaining an
eRez FSI Viewer software bundle including
everything you need to integrate Dynamic Single Source Imaging into your website.
