At NYC2012 conference, CEO of Kolor Alexandre Jenny presented the new versions of Autopano and Panotour software (image-stitching and virtual tour creation) along with Livepano, a new tool to integrate videos into virtual tours.

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Talk by Alexandre JENNY
CEO OF KOLOR
JUNE 14, 2012
A sneak preview of
Autopano 3.0 and
Panotour 2.0

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Kolor: a team of passionate people
creating great solutions Neutralhazer
Panogear Panotour 1.8
Autopano Pro 2.0 Kolor Eyes Panotour Pro 1.8
Autopano Pro 1.0
Autopano Giga 2.0 Autopano Pro 2.5
Autopano Pro 1.4 Autopano Pro 3.0
Kolor Autopano Tour Autopano Giga 2.5
set up Autopano Server Autopano Giga 3.0
Panotour 1.0
Panotour 2.0
Panotour Pro 1.0
Panotour Pro 2.0
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The growing team of Kolor

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Kolor product range

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Kolor product range

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Autopano Engine v2
Best detectivity in the industry

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Autopano Engine v2
Best detectivity in the industry
Comprehensive editor: panorama edition has to be
easy. BTW: Autopano is still the only application in
which several panoramas can be edited at the same
time

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Autopano Engine v2
Best detectivity in the industry
Comprehensive editor: panorama edition has to be
easy. BTW: Autopano is still the only application in
which several panoramas can be edited at the same
time
State-of-the-art rendering engine ( scalable up to
hundreds of gigapixels )

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Autopano Engine v2
Best detectivity in the industry
Comprehensive editor: panorama edition has to be
easy. BTW: Autopano is still the only application in
which several panoramas can be edited at the same
time
State-of-the-art rendering engine ( scalable up to
hundreds of gigapixels )
Built-in notions like image stacks, layer editor, etc.

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Autopano Engine v2
Best detectivity in the industry
Comprehensive editor: panorama edition has to be
easy. BTW: Autopano is still the only application in
which several panoramas can be edited at the same
time
State-of-the-art rendering engine ( scalable up to
hundreds of gigapixels )
Built-in notions like image stacks, layer editor, etc.
Gigapan and Papywizard XML support, etc.

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Autopano Engine v3

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Autopano Engine v3
New panorama editor

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Autopano Engine v3
New panorama editor
revamped real time editor using GPU

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Autopano Engine v3
New panorama editor
revamped real time editor using GPU
superb design, grid display depending on the
projection

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Autopano Engine v3
New panorama editor
revamped real time editor using GPU
superb design, grid display depending on the
projection
New projection modes

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Autopano Engine v3
New panorama editor
revamped real time editor using GPU
superb design, grid display depending on the
projection
New projection modes
Integrated quick rendering

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Autopano Engine v3
New panorama editor
revamped real time editor using GPU
superb design, grid display depending on the
projection
New projection modes
Integrated quick rendering
Constraint-based masking for easy masking
( Autopano Giga )

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Autopano Engine v3
New panorama editor
revamped real time editor using GPU
superb design, grid display depending on the
projection
New projection modes
Integrated quick rendering
Constraint-based masking for easy masking
( Autopano Giga )
+ user-submitted features coming soon

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Availability

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Availability
Autopano v3 Alpha 1: just after this conference

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Availability
Autopano v3 Alpha 1: just after this conference
Autopano v3 Alpha 2 : August ( with the new user-
submitted features )

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Availability
Autopano v3 Alpha 1: just after this conference
Autopano v3 Alpha 2 : August ( with the new user-
submitted features )
Autopano v3 Release : mid-September

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Availability
Autopano v3 Alpha 1: just after this conference
Autopano v3 Alpha 2 : August ( with the new user-
submitted features )
Autopano v3 Release : mid-September

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Availability
Autopano v3 Alpha 1: just after this conference
Autopano v3 Alpha 2 : August ( with the new user-
submitted features )
Autopano v3 Release : mid-September
Can I test it ? yes

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Availability
Autopano v3 Alpha 1: just after this conference
Autopano v3 Alpha 2 : August ( with the new user-
submitted features )
Autopano v3 Release : mid-September
Can I test it ? yes
Can I use it for production work ?

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Availability
Autopano v3 Alpha 1: just after this conference
Autopano v3 Alpha 2 : August ( with the new user-
submitted features )
Autopano v3 Release : mid-September
Can I test it ? yes
Can I use it for production work ?
If you have a legitimate v2 Autopano key, you can try v3 for free during the
whole pre-release stage

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Pricing

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Pricing
Full product price

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Pricing
Full product price
Autopano Pro : 99 €

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Pricing
Full product price
Autopano Pro : 99 €
Autopano Giga : 199 €

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Pricing
Full product price
Autopano Pro : 99 €
Autopano Giga : 199 €
Upgrades

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Pricing
Full product price
Autopano Pro : 99 €
Autopano Giga : 199 €
Upgrades
APP v* to APP v3 : 39 €

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Pricing
Full product price
Autopano Pro : 99 €
Autopano Giga : 199 €
Upgrades
APP v* to APP v3 : 39 €
APG v* to APG v3 : 79 €

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Pricing
Full product price
Autopano Pro : 99 €
Autopano Giga : 199 €
Upgrades
APP v* to APP v3 : 39 €
APG v* to APG v3 : 79 €
Starting today, any new Autopano customer will get v3
for free when released

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Kolor product range

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Kolor product range

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Panotour v1.8
Panotour(Maps(
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thanks(to(their(GPS(
coordinates(
Google(Maps(+(OpenStreetMap(
Quality(virtual( Zero( Mul45views( Based(on(
tours(in(minutes( programming( virtual(tours( Krpano(viewer(
Dynamic(change(of(
projec1on(
Choose(another(
projec1on(on(the(fly(
Gigapixel) Mobile)devices) Global)&) Video)
images)support) compa5bility) localized)sounds) embedding)
Direct'FTP'export'
Automa2cally'export'your'
!<plugin!name="panotourmaps"!
parent="STAGE"!keep="true"! tours'to'your'FTP'server'
devices="flash"!
onmapready="panotourmapsactivespot(p
anotourmapsspot0);"!align="left"!y="0"!
height="100%"!x="F25%"!width="25%"!
key="ABQIAAAAULYv4cCFZzs3aI84_ZSr
NxQtT0ZD6beqSUxvyAJfF
R4Qq4ty0BQO5SIFNyY4kMzogyDF
vqKjS_NoFw">!!!!!!!!<radar!visible="true"!
Li#le&planet& Customized& Cube&faces& Export&the&XML& Explore(tour(by(
intro&effect& graphic&templates& import/export& files& moving(tablet(
iPad®2/iPhone®4(
gyroscope(support(
+"Adding"a"tour"map,"customized"fonts,"transi5on"templates…"

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Panotour v2

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Panotour v2
Introduction of new concepts

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Panotour v2
Introduction of new concepts
Logicals groups ( ie: first floor, second floor...)

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Panotour v2
Introduction of new concepts
Logicals groups ( ie: first floor, second floor...)
A group can be created visually with a simple
drag&drop inside Panotour

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Panotour v2
Introduction of new concepts
Logicals groups ( ie: first floor, second floor...)
A group can be created visually with a simple
drag&drop inside Panotour
The group is then exposed to all modules

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Panotour v2
Introduction of new concepts
Logicals groups ( ie: first floor, second floor...)
A group can be created visually with a simple
drag&drop inside Panotour
The group is then exposed to all modules
Description, Title, Preview on every object

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Panotour v2
Introduction of new concepts
Logicals groups ( ie: first floor, second floor...)
A group can be created visually with a simple
drag&drop inside Panotour
The group is then exposed to all modules
Description, Title, Preview on every object
A panorama, a group, the project can have a
description, a title, a preview and will be exposed to
all modules

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Panotour v2
Through the new concepts, theming is easy and far
more powerful

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Some themes

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Some themes

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Some themes

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Some themes

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Some themes

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Some themes Live Demo

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Panotour v2 UI

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Project Tab

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Content Tab

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Style Tab

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Build Tab

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Under the hood
Panotour v2 embeds a generic template engine

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Under the hood
Panotour v2 embeds a generic template engine
You can integrate into Panotour any external KRPano
addon easily ( customizable through Panotour UI )

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Under the hood
Panotour v2 embeds a generic template engine
You can integrate into Panotour any external KRPano
addon easily ( customizable through Panotour UI )
Example: themes, code, Flash, JavaScript, etc

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Under the hood
Panotour v2 embeds a generic template engine
You can integrate into Panotour any external KRPano
addon easily ( customizable through Panotour UI )
Example: themes, code, Flash, JavaScript, etc
Future: Panotour could also generate tours for any
panorama viewer just by changing templates

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Under the hood
Panotour v2 embeds a generic template engine
You can integrate into Panotour any external KRPano
addon easily ( customizable through Panotour UI )
Example: themes, code, Flash, JavaScript, etc
Future: Panotour could also generate tours for any
panorama viewer just by changing templates
Panotour v2 is the official KRPano UI and we want the
v2 to unleash KRPano’s powerful engines

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Panotour v2, one more point

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Panotour v2, one more point
Last year, in Palmela, we presented mixed VRs with
video integration. Remember the Tea Shop tour ?

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Panotour v2, one more point
Last year, in Palmela, we presented mixed VRs with
video integration. Remember the Tea Shop tour ?
This work is a collaboration between Jean-Philippe
Camus ( http://www.iconoplaste.com ), a French
Photographer: he had the idea and part of the process,
Kolor did the rest

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Panotour v2, one more point
Last year, in Palmela, we presented mixed VRs with
video integration. Remember the Tea Shop tour ?
This work is a collaboration between Jean-Philippe
Camus ( http://www.iconoplaste.com ), a French
Photographer: he had the idea and part of the process,
Kolor did the rest
We have been working a lot on it for nearly a year. The
more we worked on it, the more we liked it:

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Panotour v2, one more point
Last year, in Palmela, we presented mixed VRs with
video integration. Remember the Tea Shop tour ?
This work is a collaboration between Jean-Philippe
Camus ( http://www.iconoplaste.com ), a French
Photographer: he had the idea and part of the process,
Kolor did the rest
We have been working a lot on it for nearly a year. The
more we worked on it, the more we liked it:
What an exceptional way to improve VRs !

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But ... the workflow is complex

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Introducing Livepano

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Introducing Livepano
A super easy wizard for seamless integration of videos
into 360° panoramas

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Introducing Livepano
A super easy wizard for seamless integration of videos
into 360° panoramas
No need of After Effects anymore: APG + PTP

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Introducing Livepano
A super easy wizard for seamless integration of videos
into 360° panoramas
No need of After Effects anymore: APG + PTP
The first official addon for Panotour Pro v2

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Livepano workflow - on stage

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Livepano workflow - on stage
Shoot the 360° panorama ( your setup, whatever it is )

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Livepano workflow - on stage
Shoot the 360° panorama ( your setup, whatever it is )
At the end ( or start ) of the shooting, switch to video
mode and record the video with the same setup ( at
least same nodal point )

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Livepano workflow - on stage
Shoot the 360° panorama ( your setup, whatever it is )
At the end ( or start ) of the shooting, switch to video
mode and record the video with the same setup ( at
least same nodal point )
You can record several videos all around you, but they
should not overlap ( yet )

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Livepano postprocess

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Livepano postprocess
Stitch with Autopano by including into the stitch a
frame of the video ( or several frames, one per video
hotpot you want )

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Livepano postprocess
Stitch with Autopano by including into the stitch a
frame of the video ( or several frames, one per video
hotpot you want )
Save the .pano ( Autopano project file for this VR )

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Livepano postprocess
Stitch with Autopano by including into the stitch a
frame of the video ( or several frames, one per video
hotpot you want )
Save the .pano ( Autopano project file for this VR )
Render the 360° panorama without including the video
frames ( disable these images in the layer editor )

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Livepano postprocess
Stitch with Autopano by including into the stitch a
frame of the video ( or several frames, one per video
hotpot you want )
Save the .pano ( Autopano project file for this VR )
Render the 360° panorama without including the video
frames ( disable these images in the layer editor )
Retouch the 360° if needed ( Photoshop, cube face
retouch, color correction, whatever except geometric
changes )

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Livepano Wizard

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Livepano - Frame selection

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Livepano - Video cutting

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Livepano - Hotspot crop

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Livepano - Blending mask

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Livepano - Blending mask

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Livepano - Blending mask

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Livepano - Output

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Panotour v2 / Livepano addon

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Panotour v2 / Livepano addon
Panotour v2 is all about theme and features

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Panotour v2 / Livepano addon
Panotour v2 is all about theme and features
Easy theming, easy customization of theme, easy
theme creation

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Panotour v2 / Livepano addon
Panotour v2 is all about theme and features
Easy theming, easy customization of theme, easy
theme creation
New concepts like logical groups exposed everywhere

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Panotour v2 / Livepano addon
Panotour v2 is all about theme and features
Easy theming, easy customization of theme, easy
theme creation
New concepts like logical groups exposed everywhere
Improved UI for an easier workflow

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Panotour v2 / Livepano addon
Panotour v2 is all about theme and features
Easy theming, easy customization of theme, easy
theme creation
New concepts like logical groups exposed everywhere
Improved UI for an easier workflow
Livepano Video hotspot integration addon

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Panotour v2 / Livepano addon

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Panotour v2 / Livepano addon
Availability and pricing annoucement

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Panotour v2 / Livepano addon
Availability and pricing annoucement
in September at Photokina

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Panotour v2 / Livepano addon
Availability and pricing annoucement
in September at Photokina
BTW: Kolor’s booth in Hall 4.1 / F 030

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Panotour v2 / Livepano addon
Availability and pricing annoucement
in September at Photokina
BTW: Kolor’s booth in Hall 4.1 / F 030
BTW2: I exchange free passes against free beer

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Conclusion

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Conclusion
Image stitching

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Conclusion
Image stitching
Autopano makes a big step forward with version 3

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Conclusion
Image stitching
Autopano makes a big step forward with version 3
Unique features developed in-house + features suggested
by the users

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Conclusion
Image stitching
Autopano makes a big step forward with version 3
Unique features developed in-house + features suggested
by the users
Virtual tours

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Conclusion
Image stitching
Autopano makes a big step forward with version 3
Unique features developed in-house + features suggested
by the users
Virtual tours
With its customizable graphics templates and its user
interface, Panotour will become the reference application
for creating professional virtual tours

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Conclusion
Image stitching
Autopano makes a big step forward with version 3
Unique features developed in-house + features suggested
by the users
Virtual tours
With its customizable graphics templates and its user
interface, Panotour will become the reference application
for creating professional virtual tours
The power of KrPano associated to Panotour’s ergonomic
interface and the great possibilities of Livepano will let you
conceive very unique projects as easily as possible

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Thanks for your attention!
Any questions?