Oops I think I actually forgot to ask my question:
How do you do this in Revolution:
Keynote can output one window to the channel that goes out to the
projector -- > video port. i.e. it shows on the screen. and the second
window is locked onto the personal PC's LCD screen, where the latter
window has notes for the presentor which are not seen by the audience
who are watching output to the project --> large display screen in the
front of the hall.
??
Sivakatirswami
On May 1, 2005, at 10:45 AM, Thomas McGrath III wrote:
Sivakatirswami,
Yes Keynote can split the output but only during full screen mode.
There is a preference under Preferences/ Presenter Display that has a
check box for "Use alternate display to view presenter information"
with some neat options for a timer/clock etc.. You can also preview
what the second window looks like if you don't have a projector hooked
up, by a button that says 'Edit Presenter Layout..." otherwise you
don't get to see the second window until full screen mode. Also, I
don't remember for sure but I think you have to turn Video Mirroring
off? - not 100% sure though.
The thing that distinguishes Keynote from PowerPoint is that it has
much richer graphics and video support. It also has better interaction
using text and graphics for navigating. ( I was able to prototype a
game that played in Keynote that could not be done in PP.) The other
thing Keynote has is XML which will/should open some doors for other
apps that might have even better tools to do something with the
Keynote presentations.
I also agree that graphics support and graphic specific tools should
be high on the list for the next improvements to REV. I would like to
fill some of the 'holes' left behind during the transition from MM to
Adobe for Director. I am sure once Adobe merges them DIrector might
get better but for now there will be a nervous gap with people looking
else where 'just in case' Director is dropped. Even if it isn't
dropped I can at least exploit some of these issues.
Especially since a lot of people use Director/Flash for software
development that it is not the best tool for and can actually make
some projects obsolete. It would not take much of an argument to
persuade these people to switch or at least try an xTalk for.
Tom
On May 1, 2005, at 1:18 PM, Sivakatirswami wrote:
Apple's new Keynote has an interesting new feature:
It can make 2 separate windows! Wow! (grin)
Ok, yes, REv can do that and a lot more though Rev's Graphic options
are still a bit stone age compared to what iWorks offers now.
[aside: humbly suggest that for Rev to move forward, that the back
end of the engine for applications development is already ramped up
enough (for the time being), and and a new focus on graphics Dev both
in the IDE and for delivery is needed to keep Rev on the Cutting Edge
of the Future, especially now that Adobe has bought Macro Media. I
know, I know, we don't want the core of the executable to get so
bloated that delivery of a little widget application weighs in at 5-6
megabytes, so, ala Richard's earlier musings, some modularity option
may be needed.]]
OK that said, I do have a specific question:
Keynote can output one window to the channel that goes out to the
projector -- > video port. i.e. it shows on the screen. and the
second window is locked onto the personal PC's LCD screen, where the
latter window has notes for the presentor which are not seen by the
audience who are watching output to the project --> large display
screen in the front of the hall.
Thomas (McGr...) you do this stuff all the time right?
Sivakatirswami
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