Open-source: Presentation software
Some time ago I created a commercial product called Multimedia Generator. This is presentation software that was designed for the education market. We ended up getting users in many different markets over time. The software is pretty easy to use, but does lack some polish and features from talented folks like you. If you are interested in joining an open-source effort to make a better presentation tool using Rev, please join the group I have created at Yahoo:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mmgen/ Thanks for taking a look! -- Best regards, Mark Talluto http://www.canelasoftware.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Open-source: Presentation software
Mark I checked out your Yahoo groups page - the project sounds potentially interesting but it's hard to know how interesting in the absence of more info. Best Gordon --- Mark Talluto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some time ago I created a commercial product called Multimedia Generator. This is presentation software that was designed for the education market. We ended up getting users in many different markets over time. The software is pretty easy to use, but does lack some polish and features from talented folks like you. If you are interested in joining an open-source effort to make a better presentation tool using Rev, please join the group I have created at Yahoo:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mmgen/ Thanks for taking a look! -- Best regards, Mark Talluto http://www.canelasoftware.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution = :: Gordon Webster :: ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Open-source: Presentation software
What kind of objects does your presentation software use? By that, I mean, I assume it does fields, pictures, audio, and video. Any other types of objects? I have been thinking that a 3-D object viewer would be a great object. (I hope no one objects to my overuse of the word 'object' here, which, objectively speaking, I am definitely overusing). I also think a 3-D animated character generator that speaks to the viewer, using whatever text is sent to it from a handler, would be nifty. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Talluto Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 2:24 PM To: Revolution use Revolution Subject: Open-source: Presentation software Some time ago I created a commercial product called Multimedia Generator. This is presentation software that was designed for the education market. We ended up getting users in many different markets over time. The software is pretty easy to use, but does lack some polish and features from talented folks like you. If you are interested in joining an open-source effort to make a better presentation tool using Rev, please join the group I have created at Yahoo:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mmgen/ Thanks for taking a look! -- Best regards, Mark Talluto http://www.canelasoftware.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Open-source: Presentation software
On Jan 6, 2005, at 11:32 AM, Gordon Webster wrote: Mark I checked out your Yahoo groups page - the project sounds potentially interesting but it's hard to know how interesting in the absence of more info. Hi Gordon, I am very new at working in an open-source project. Ask me what you want to know and I'll tell you what I can. I am probably missing all the key marketing phrases to excite the senses. It really is pretty simple though. I am no longer selling my commercial presentation software called Multimedia Generator. I have decided to open up the code to those that are interested in improving it. Some of you might just want to download it and use it for your own use. Others might have a bent on making it one of the best alternatives to Keynote or Powerpoint. My intended user base was educators. They did not want a huge product that could do everything under the sun. Most just wanted to import pictures of their students for end of the year presentations. Others used it as a HyperStudio replacement when they switched to OS X. It has become difficult to compete with the big guys and their offerings. Price and simplicity are its key features. It is lacking in certain areas. It could really use a visual representation of each slide as an example. Beginners may like taking it apart and seeing how things work. As I look at it years later, I shake my head and ask What was I thinking? As we grow in skill, we find that there is always more than one way to do a task. It seems that my early years chose some pretty strange yet effective methods. The good part is that it is commented pretty well. I am working on putting in the license on the about screen. I just gutted the registration code so that anyone can use it. I'll post the stack on the yahoo group in about 20 minutes. -- Best regards, Mark Talluto http://www.canelasoftware.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Open-source: Presentation software
On Jan 6, 2005, at 11:32 AM, Lynch, Jonathan wrote: What kind of objects does your presentation software use? By that, I mean, I assume it does fields, pictures, audio, and video. Any other types of objects? I have been thinking that a 3-D object viewer would be a great object. (I hope no one objects to my overuse of the word 'object' here, which, objectively speaking, I am definitely overusing). I also think a 3-D animated character generator that speaks to the viewer, using whatever text is sent to it from a handler, would be nifty. It supports static fields (they do not move...yet), images, audio for each slide, background audio for all slides, video, and simple draw graphics. It supports formats that QT supports. Thus it would be possible to use QTVR as well as Flash 4. A 3-D control would be very cool! -- Best regards, Mark Talluto http://www.canelasoftware.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: Open-source: Presentation software
Well, if you need an autoflow script, to allow formatted text to automatically continue from one field to another, I can offer that. It is useful for creating text that wraps around pictures, or columns that continue across different pages. I also have a script for resizing pictures with the mouse while keeping the aspect ratio the same. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Talluto Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 2:45 PM To: How to use Revolution Subject: Re: Open-source: Presentation software On Jan 6, 2005, at 11:32 AM, Lynch, Jonathan wrote: What kind of objects does your presentation software use? By that, I mean, I assume it does fields, pictures, audio, and video. Any other types of objects? I have been thinking that a 3-D object viewer would be a great object. (I hope no one objects to my overuse of the word 'object' here, which, objectively speaking, I am definitely overusing). I also think a 3-D animated character generator that speaks to the viewer, using whatever text is sent to it from a handler, would be nifty. It supports static fields (they do not move...yet), images, audio for each slide, background audio for all slides, video, and simple draw graphics. It supports formats that QT supports. Thus it would be possible to use QTVR as well as Flash 4. A 3-D control would be very cool! -- Best regards, Mark Talluto http://www.canelasoftware.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: 3D Object Viewer (was: Open-source: Presentation software)
A 3D object viewer for rev, now you're talking! My personal dream would be to see a set of openGL bindings for rev that would allow you to create a 3D viewport window on a rev stack - perhaps embedded in an image object the way Chipp's altBrowser is. BTW: OpenGL is cross-platform too :-) Gordon --- Lynch, Jonathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What kind of objects does your presentation software use? By that, I mean, I assume it does fields, pictures, audio, and video. Any other types of objects? I have been thinking that a 3-D object viewer would be a great object. (I hope no one objects to my overuse of the word 'object' here, which, objectively speaking, I am definitely overusing). I also think a 3-D animated character generator that speaks to the viewer, using whatever text is sent to it from a handler, would be nifty. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Talluto Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 2:24 PM To: Revolution use Revolution Subject: Open-source: Presentation software Some time ago I created a commercial product called Multimedia Generator. This is presentation software that was designed for the education market. We ended up getting users in many different markets over time. The software is pretty easy to use, but does lack some polish and features from talented folks like you. If you are interested in joining an open-source effort to make a better presentation tool using Rev, please join the group I have created at Yahoo:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mmgen/ Thanks for taking a look! -- Best regards, Mark Talluto http://www.canelasoftware.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution = :: Gordon Webster :: ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Open-source: Presentation software
On Jan 6, 2005, at 11:48 AM, Lynch, Jonathan wrote: Well, if you need an autoflow script, to allow formatted text to automatically continue from one field to another, I can offer that. It is useful for creating text that wraps around pictures, or columns that continue across different pages. I also have a script for resizing pictures with the mouse while keeping the aspect ratio the same. Both of those features would be very useful. Please join the group and post your ideas and code there. That way we will have a record of ideas and access to your code. We might start out by creating a list of features that you want to see implemented. I have a list of small bugs and feature requests from users as well. I want to make one thing super clear. I do not expect anything from anyone. Joining the group is not a binding act in any way. :) It is just a place where we can meet when you have time, talk about improvements, and make them happen. Everyone has their day job including myself. MMG has been slipping and has not been touched in three years. I would like to work on it in the wee hours when time permits and improve it. Now that you know there are no dotted lines to sign onjoin up and download it and see what we have to work with. It should be up very soon now. -Mark ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
RE: 3D Object Viewer (was: Open-source: Presentation software)
I have been thinking extensively about that very idea! It would require having custom properties for each object that would appear in the 3-D space that defines that object's location in 3-D space. Then, when the card preloads, you take the data for all objects inside the group with the image that will show the 3-D picture, and create an array of all 3-D pixels. Empty/transparent pixels would not be included in the array (otherwise it would get too large to be practical). Although this interim array step would slow down the loading up of a card, it would speed up the calculations needed for navigating in the 3-D space. Then, a script calculates a line that is perpendicular to each point on an imaginary plane (the imaginary plane being the view perspective). Whatever point in the array of points that is closest to the imaginary plane, along the line that is perpendicular to that point, is placed in the Z-buffer. When the Z-buffer is full, and thus the entire viewpoint for the imaginary plane has been mapped out, then the Z-buffer is transferred into the viewing image. It sounds easy, but there is a lot to consider - like optimizing calculations so that moving through the 3-D space does not take forever, and figuring out the parallax equations, so that large objects appear to taper into the distance. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gordon Webster Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 2:52 PM To: How to use Revolution Subject: RE: 3D Object Viewer (was: Open-source: Presentation software) A 3D object viewer for rev, now you're talking! My personal dream would be to see a set of openGL bindings for rev that would allow you to create a 3D viewport window on a rev stack - perhaps embedded in an image object the way Chipp's altBrowser is. BTW: OpenGL is cross-platform too :-) Gordon --- Lynch, Jonathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What kind of objects does your presentation software use? By that, I mean, I assume it does fields, pictures, audio, and video. Any other types of objects? I have been thinking that a 3-D object viewer would be a great object. (I hope no one objects to my overuse of the word 'object' here, which, objectively speaking, I am definitely overusing). I also think a 3-D animated character generator that speaks to the viewer, using whatever text is sent to it from a handler, would be nifty. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Talluto Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 2:24 PM To: Revolution use Revolution Subject: Open-source: Presentation software Some time ago I created a commercial product called Multimedia Generator. This is presentation software that was designed for the education market. We ended up getting users in many different markets over time. The software is pretty easy to use, but does lack some polish and features from talented folks like you. If you are interested in joining an open-source effort to make a better presentation tool using Rev, please join the group I have created at Yahoo:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mmgen/ Thanks for taking a look! -- Best regards, Mark Talluto http://www.canelasoftware.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution = :: Gordon Webster :: ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: 3D Object Viewer (was: Open-source: Presentation software)
Recently, Gordon Webster wrote: A 3D object viewer for rev, now you're talking! My personal dream would be to see a set of openGL bindings for rev that would allow you to create a 3D viewport window on a rev stack The iGame3D guys have it. The developed a game for uDevGames with it here: http://www.igame3d.com/ Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Development Design - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: http://www.tactilemedia.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
