Getting started

• System requirements
• Download
• Buy
• Upgrade

Using Bixorama

• How to convert a 360° photo?
• How to modify a 360° photo?
• How to generate a 360° photo?
• How to preview a 360° photo?
• How to publish a 360° photo?
• How to use Bixorama generated DDS files in BluffTitler?
• How to use Bixorama generated sphere maps in BluffTitler?

Info

• Support
• Program history

DOWNLOAD BIXORAMA

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BUY BIXORAMA €29.95

What you get

When you buy Bixorama, you receive your own personal license keys. Entering them into the app with the menu item SETTINGS > Enter license keys... turns the demo version into the fully functional version.

Buy once, use forever

No monthly fees. No annual fees. No additional charges.

Can I upgrade for free?

Yes. So far, all upgrades of Bixorama are free upgrades. This means that your license keys work with the latest version.

How do I upgrade to the latest version of Bixorama?

• Check the new system requirements.
• Download and install the latest version from the download page.

Use the MODIFY menu to modify your 360° photo.

Rotate

Use the MODIFY submenus to rotate your 360° photo. This is mostly used to level the 360° photo: get the horizon horizontally and in the centre, the zenith in top and nadir in bottom. Click Tab to display the crosshair. Hold down the <Ctrl> key to decrease and the <Shift> key to increase the rotation step.

Logo

Add a logo to hide your tripod/hand or to promote your business. Select your logo picture in the SETTINGS > Options.. dialog and choose MODIFY>Bigger logo to display your logo.

Move horizon

Choose MODIFY > Move horizon up to artificially increase the sky. This can be used to remove elements that are above the horizon when mirroring the sky into the floor.

Mirror

Choose MODIFY>Mirror top to bottom to mirror the sky into the floor.

Bixorama can generate abstract 360° pictures based on mathematical formulas. The colours are taken from an input picture.

Voronoi

Choose GENERATE > Voronoi... to generate a Voronoi 360° photo. The colours are taken from random points in the provided picture.

Voronoi smooth

Mark the Smooth checkbox in the SETTINGS > Options... dialog to blur the edges.

Blobs

Choose GENERATE > Blobs... to generate a blobs 360° photo. The gradient is taken from the provided picture.

Blobs high contrast

Set the Contrast to 1 in the SETTINGS > Options... dialog to maximize the contrast.

Rectangles

Choose GENERATE > Rectangles... to generate a rectangles 360° photo. The colours are taken from random points in the provided picture.

Fractal planet

Choose GENERATE > Fractal planet... to generate a fractal planet 360° photo. The gradient is taken from the provided picture.

Dots of light

Choose GENERATE > Dots of light... to generate a generate a dots of light 360° photo. The colours are taken from random points in the provided picture.

Polyhedra

Choose one of the submenus of the GENERATE > Polyhedra menu to generate a polyhedra 360° photo. All 5 Platonic solids are supported, this screenshot is an octahedron.

To use multiple pictures, create a filmstrip (place all the pictures next to each other in a single picture) and set the number of frames in the SETTINGS > Options... dialog.

Choose VIEW > Preview to preview your 360° photo. Use the cursor keys to rotate the camera and +,- to change the field of view.

Choose FILE > Export 360° photo > Preview... to create a screenshot.

How do I upgrade to the latest version?

Version 6.2.0.3

Released: Wednesday, January 8th 2025

Changes since version 6.0:

• Import and export HDR DDS, cube maps, equirectangular and other projections
• Optimizations and bugfixes

Version 6

• 64 bit executable: much faster and access to much more memory!
• Support for interior maps
• Super fast equirectangular import
• Optimized 2D GUI rendering (GDI to Direct2D)
• Pictures are now loaded with WIC. With the right codecs, Bixorama can now import EXR and HDR files. Learn more
• Support for HDR pictures (16 bits per component integer and half float formats)
• Improved equirectangular export antialiasing quality (mark the Antialiasing checkbox in the SETTINGS > Options... dialog)
• Magnifying glass in equirectangular view to help straighten the horizon (menu item VIEW > Magnifying glass)
• The Bixorama 360° HTML5 player now supports device rotation and orientation tracking on phones and tablets!
• The Bixorama 360° HTML5 player now supports SSL
• New menu item: MODIFY > Flip horizontal
• Reset all modifications when loading a new 360° photo checkbox in options dialog
• Proper select folder dialogs in batch processing dialog

Version 5

• New menu item: FILE > Export 360° photo > HTML...
• New menu item: FILE > Export 360° photo > Preview...
• New menu item: VIEW > Preview
• New menu item: VIEW > Bigger/Smaller FOV
• New menu item: VIEW > Crosshair
• New menu item: MODIFY > Roll clockwise/counterclockwise
• New menu item: MODIFY > Bigger/smaller logo
• New menu item: MODIFY > Move horizon up/down
• New menu item: MODIFY > Mirror top to bottom
• New menu item: MODIFY > Reset all modifications
• Redesigned SETTINGS > Options... dialog: set the export resolutions and logo picture
• 3 rotation speeds: holding down <Ctrl> decreases the rotation step, <Shift> increases the rotation step
• Compatibility fix: export resolution DDS is now always a power of 2
• Optimization: faster previews
• Rename: Panorama renamed to 360°
• Rename: Latitude longitude renamed to Equirectangular
• Removed feature: MODIFY > Blur poles
• Removed feature: FILE > Import 360° photo > Photo

Version 4

• Optimized, improved and redesigned 360° photo generation options
• Antialiasing (mark the Antialiasing checkbox in the SETTINGS > Options... dialog)
• Support for transparent 360° photos (mark the Export alpha channel checkbox in the SETTINGS > Options... dialog)
• Improved quality alpha channel exported pictures
• Improved quality when importing equirectangular format
• New single files format: f_, r_, b_, l_, u_, d_ (Adobe)
• Position and size window is now remembered
• Max batch processing files increased from 1.000 to to 10.000
• Bugfix: polyhedra are now correctly textured

Version 3

• New engine powered by DirectX 11

Version 2

• New 360° photo generation methods: Blobs, Fractal planet, Dots of light, Tetrahedron, Hexahedron, Octahedron, Dodecahedron, Icosahedron and Football
• Batch processing
• New menu item: GENERATE > Voronoi
• New menu item: MODIFY > Copy front to back
• Redesigned SETTINGS > Options... dialog: set file naming system

Version 1

• First release!