If you want to see how Flash video is developing into THE interactive
multimedia video format, you've got to take a look at what this guy is
doing:
http://www.gotoandlearn.com http://www.gotoandlearn.com
http://www.lynda.com http://www.lynda.com (He sells his Flash video series
here).
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As far as the simplest solution for authoring in standalone QuickTime
format, whether for web presentation or anything else, given the available
interactivity built into QuickTime, itself - Cleaner 6.5, (for Mac), and, I
believe Cleaner XL, (for Windows) seems to be the ticket. Outrageously
as close to the finished desired result
as possible. I would have the video at as close to your finished
needs and then import that and work on the interactivity with that
video so the results should be close to what you are seeing.
HTHs
Tom
On Oct 20, 2006, at 12:51 PM, GregSmith
. This is great for
programmers, but not for me.
Thanks,
Greg Smith
Thomas McGrath III wrote:
Dear Greg,
Live Stage from Totally Hip Software is supposed to do Rollover's in
Quicktime.
Tom
On Oct 21, 2006, at 10:22 AM, GregSmith wrote:
As far as the simplest solution for authoring
done a couple of projects that way.
Tom
On Oct 19, 2006, at 5:37 PM, GregSmith wrote:
Dan:
No, not according to the documentation. For any movie
interactivity you
need the freely distributable player. For static QuickTime, you
don't.
Sure, if you can influence anybody over
In my quest for finding the ultimate multimedia authoring tool, I've come to
the tentative conclusion that QuickTime, (as far as an authoring platform is
concerned), is falling so far behind that it could soon be considered
dead. Apple, the very folks who should be promoting solutions for
. No scripting, though. :-(
Ironic that as we move toward more ubiquitous demand for video, QT starts
to
fade, if indeed it is.
Dan
On 10/19/06, GregSmith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In my quest for finding the ultimate multimedia authoring tool, I've come
to
the tentative conclusion
Dan:
No, not according to the documentation. For any movie interactivity you
need the freely distributable player. For static QuickTime, you don't.
Sure, if you can influence anybody over there to fix the drop shadow default
and allow an interactive web demonstration of a MovieWorks movie,
Trevor:
Currently, I don't own either Director or Revolution. To start with, I need
to quickly put together an application that presents and links various
QuickTime movies together in a logical fashion, complete with a navigation
and link system, as well as supplimentary texts - basically a
Malte:
Thanks for the detailed reply. I'm not familiar enough with all the
functionality of the Arcade Engine to comment on what more it needs. But,
for me to be able to use it for my purposes, I would need very specific
visual examples explaining how to do these things.
I think that
Trevor:
Ideally, what I would like to make happen, but I don't think Revolution
provides the tools to do this, is to provide links inside one QuickTime
movie, while it is running, that will jump to a specific place in another
movie, and provide a link back to the jumping off point. This is
Richmond:
So, you would opt for doing all kinds of multi-media inside of a QuickTime
container, via a resource like LiveStage Pro, or something like it? Do you
know anything about QuickMedia, that French product? Looks interesting, but
without proper english training resources, it might be
Luis:
Have you used QuickMedia? It does, indeed, look really appealing, apart
from the fact that it doesn't appear to have much in the way of tutorial
examples. Without comprehensive learning resources, the most powerful
multimedia engine will lie dormant. Norpath Elements also looks
Trevor:
Thanks very much for the explicit and detailed instructions. Not being, by
any stretch of the imagination, a programmer, this will take me quite some
time to digest. LiveStage, despite being very powerful in what it can do, I
don't find extremely friendly to the likes of me.
Thanks
try to mock something up in Norpath (give me an
idea) and post it on my site.
Cheers,
Luis.
On 10 Oct 2006, at 19:32, GregSmith wrote:
Luis:
Have you used QuickMedia? It does, indeed, look really appealing,
apart
from the fact that it doesn't appear to have much in the way
! There goes
another idea...).
Let me know what you think!
Cheers,
Luis.
On 10 Oct 2006, at 22:53, GregSmith wrote:
Luis:
Now that we're discussing various multimedia software, what about
VideoClix?
If it had Kagi KRM, I'd buy it today. The thing about VideoClix
is, again,
no forum
Dan:
One thing I noticed: the Studio version of Revolution seems to be the only
one that allows you to protect your distributable stacks from
modification. Theoretically, if the stack was authored using Revolution
Media, even if it made use of Kagi's KRM module, someone could simply
extract
Jacqueline:
I think you are using completely the wrong terminology to describe what I
want a program like Revolution to do for me. You use the entirely insulting
phrase dumbed down with regard to making Revolution more friendly to a
user like myself. Better polish up those social skills of
Jacqueline:
The real question that needs to be answered is, why now, with the tools of
today, like Squeak or Croquet, would I want to resort to coding using the
grunts and groans of yesteryear? I'm sorry for those many years you and
others have toiled away trying to master those alien
Dan Rodney:
O.K., now, just as I was salivating over the potential usefulness and joy of
using Squeak, Rodney comes along and throws water all over me. Which is it?
Who is right? I haven't yet had time to look at the actual Squeak language,
but I did see that incredibly direct and simple
Rodney:
You really haven't thoroughly read what I have written. I have stated that
I am not opposed to learning to program, but, rather, opposed to having to
learn the skills with inadequate foundational learning material. What is
Transcript really like, language wise? Other than the simple
Chipp:
Thank you for your many replies to my questions. I'll try to take your word
regarding your programming language recommendation, but I really don't yet
understand why you or Rodney feel this way. Object orientation has always
made complete sense to me - the encapsulation of very small
I'll just repeat what I initially stated:
I think multimedia authoring software should be intuitive enough, and well
documented enough to allow a fairly non-technical user to do amazing things
without constantly needing to ask assistance from local forum gurus.
The foundational educational
Rodney:
Thank you for taking the time to clarify these things for me. I'm beginning
to understand Revolution . . . but, now that Dan has got me looking at
Squeak . . . and I've spent the last 8 hours doing so, I'm absolutely
fascinated from the point of view of starting from absolute scratch,
Garrett:
Sorry to make you so angry, and yes, I think you did just go off the deep
end. And, I'm sure my communication skills are partly to blame.
I have spent more than a little time trying to learn to program in the past.
In the 90's I was hired by a local university to write a program with
Bj?rnke:
Thanks for the encouraging and informative words. You understand that we
are just trying to get to the bottom of things, I know.
Greg Smith
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Dan:
I'd like to continue our Smalltalk/Squeak discussion, but not necessarily on
this thread or on this forum. I still have a few questions regarding some
small but specific functionality. Would this be acceptable to you?
Thanks for your encouragement and direction,
Greg Smith
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Dan:
I'd be open to any suggestions regarding which prototyping tool to use and
who you would recommend for collaboration. I'd still like to speak more
with you about Squeak.
Thanks,
Greg Smith
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Just to get down to brass tacks. I have no idea what all of these frameworks
and languages are really intended to solve. I'm a consumer, not really a
developer in the strict sense of the word. I use software to accomplish
various presentation needs. I'm not that sophisticated or really all
I don't know about you, but I think multimedia authoring software should be
intuitive enough, and well documented enough to allow a fairly non-technical
user to do amazing things without constantly needing to ask assistance from
local forum gurus.
Just to give an example of what I mean, I
Dan Malte:
O.K., you asked for it. First, though, let me explain my own personal
dilemma. I would have to agree with many of you out there, that there are
limitations that come bundled with whatever single use tool you commit
yourself to. None ever provides everything you wish they did.
Bj?rnke:
I didn't specifiy precisely what it is I want to achieve in my last post
because it was already long enough. I actually have several different
projects in mind that I would, before I die, like to try to accomplish, but
don't know if they are realistic for one guy, working alone. I
jbv:
I didn't find your reply rude at all. Curt, maybe, but definitely not rude.
I don't reject the idea of needing to program to make things really,
specifically useful. Just, please don't call it that. Also, if Revolution
ever hopes to become the buddy of the non-technically oriented,
Though I've only been reading this forum for a short time, I've now got the
definite impression that the Revolution environment is for developers -
hard core developers . . . well, programmers - hard core programmers . .
. not weak, infantile users like myself, who could never program
I know that this decision lies with those that represent the interests of
Runtime Revolution and its development, but, I do think the overall survival
of the RunRev platform of development lies in the answer to this question.
Will the developers support or supply a direct means of displaying
Judy:
Exactly, not only do people NOT want to go to the trouble of downloading yet
another browser plug-in, they especially do not want to go to the trouble of
installing an application which they have never heard of, on a machine they
may not own. This all boils down to people being ignorant
As a non-committed Revolution explorer, my expectations are quite high,
these days, when I purchase any new authoring tool. Prices are plummetting
everywhere and I expect very much bang for my buck. After four days of
searching for the ultimate Mac-based web authoring product, I found that all
Richard:
And all of the linkages are already in place through AJAX for the major
browsers so that nothing would need to be downloaded to be viewed and
experienced?
Since the Media package is being marketed to people who really don't want to
program, but love the media inclusiveness this
Jacqueline:
So, there is a way to create a viewable web presentation using Revolution
Studio? If so, how?
Also, if one purchases the Media edition, he gets some goodies that don't
seem to be available with the Studio purchase, like the adventure game
stuff. So, does one have to purchase both
Dan:
I really like the wizard idea for putting together an adventure type game,
(which I would just use for fun), so I'd have to purchase Media for that.
But, I still don't understand how I would use Studio to put together a
demonstration type web presentation that would feature watchable,
Jacqueline:
That's too bad. So, really there are no Runtime Revolution products or
extensions or 3rd party products made specifically for delivering multimedia
content over the internet.
Seems like a natural fit for a product like Runtime Revolution and its rich
use of all media types, coupled
Richard:
When you say a snap, what you mean by snap and what I may understand you
to mean could easily be 2 different things. I did look for examples of how
to do what you are describing by searching the Revolution site and Google,
but came up empty-handed.
Does this kind of snap involve all
Richard:
Oh, and in my quest for the perfect, easy, to the point, no programming web
authoring environment, I came across Apple's Keynote 3. Now, although this
is not Revolution by any stretch of the imagination, it contains a lot of
animated pizzazz and interactivity which is perfectly
Richard:
Thanks for all the links, and I do agree with your thesis about internet
apps. But, from the standpoint of selling software training modules, the
two most important issues that the seller must face are trust and
familiarity, coming from and directed to their potential customers.
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