====Adding Hotspots====

Once you have finished [[capturing_the_footage|capturing your footage]], you'll need to open your photographs and mark where your walkways and assets are. 

You can do this with an inexpensive tool named **Pano2VR** from //Garden Gnome Software//. You can download a free version from [[https://ggnome.com/pano2vr]]. Note that the free version will water-mark your images - the paid version will not.

Note that you can see this in action in our screencast on YouTube, below...

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The steps are as follows....

===Select your Image===

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Choose one of your source images.

The 'Auto' option in 'type' is normally an excellent choice, asking the product to determine exactly how you project your photo into 360 degrees. If for some reason Auto fails to work correctly, you'll need to manually select your type. Common options are below...

^Type^Source^
|Cylindrical|Panoramic photos without sky or floor, such as those from **Cardboard Camera**|
|Equirectangular|Photos from dedicated 3D cameras, such as the **GoPro Fusion**|

===Convert the Image===

First, try moving around your 360 photo by clicking and dragging on the photograph.

If you find yourself unable to look //up// and //down//, you've likely used a panoramic image, such as those created by **Google Cardboard**. This is fine, but you will need to convert it into a format that ARDI-360 can read.

//If your image now seems distorted//, you'll need to convert your footage to Equirectangular format, as this is what ARDI requires. Follow the instructions below. Otherwise, continue to //Mark Hotspots//, below.

{{:ardi360admin:convertsettings.png?400 |}}Switch your type to 'Auto', choose **Convert Input** and from the drop-down lists ensure you select the program will create an **equirectangular** image in **JPEG** format from your original photograph. Make sure you note down where you save the new image to, and save it as **360.jpg**

===Mark Hotspots===

{{:ardi360admin:toolbox.png?200 |}} From the toolbox (which appears when your mouse hovers over the top-corner of your 360 photo), choose the 'Polygon Hotspot Tool', pictured at the top. It looks like a target with a set of connected points around the outside.

Find an asset in your photo, then double click on the outside edge.

Continue moving the mouse to create a simple outline of your asset, clicking whenever you need to make a new corner.

Once you have completed your outline, double-click on a point you have already created to close the shape and finish editing.

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===Assign IDs to Hotspots===

Next, click on the hotspot you've created. On the left, you'll see the option to assign an **ID** to this hotspot.

Add the name (or better, the ERN) of the asset you just highlighted.

If this is a walkway to another photograph, you should use the photograph names you decided on earlier.

===Save Your P2VR File===

You can now save your P2VR file. 

We suggest you create a folder for every 360 photograph and in that folder place the image (named 360.png) and your P2VR file.

The next step is [[creating_360_assets]]