#ScalaA500 Demo-Worth It?
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Did any of you get the Scala demo with your AmigaWorld Video &
Animation issue?
It demonstrates the titling capabilities of their low-end A500
program: basic titles of various kinds and transitions, with some
scripting.
I am working on a corporate training video which for the most part is
a lot of "text-bullets" describing the concept, intermixed with some
animations and color-cylcing animations to further explain. So, the
Scala product seems like a dream when compared to using DPaint IV and
my default fonts (no 3-D, no huge sizes, can't animate transitions).
Anyway, since my presentation is primarily titling, this A500 version
of Scala seems ideal. The special offer is for $109.
Is that a good deal? What else could give me quick titling and
transitions for less than that? (emphasis on quick).
Thanks for any opinions.
Tim, if I wanted to do quick titling with big fonts and easily made
animated transitions I would use DPaint IV. Why not? Why are you using
the default font?
John
I have a few fonts but they're not too exciting. Scala allows
editing of colors, outline/3D/Shadow combinations, layout control
(centering, tabs, etc.) and it can all be edited on the fly- no
erasing bitmapped images. Since I'm using a lot of text on the
screens I like the ability to word wrap and make changes like a word
processor.
Everything I've seen of Scala indicates that it is a *really* nice program.
If I had any need for presentations or titling, I'd probably use it.
–>Steve Bennett
Tim,
I would echo Johns sentiment. DPaint Iv for animated titles, transitions
and logos is fairly easy and relatively good looking from a speed pint of
view. Spend a day with the animation tutorials, make your self some BIG
fonts (I made up to 108 point from Helvetica and ZapfChancery cgfonts using
ProPage makefont utility.) Then set them into motion, collor 'm up, so
some animated merges etc. Most of these presentation thingies expect the
animation to be done already. They string together pictures, anims sounds
and provide some transitions for stuff you create in other packages. wmc
Wayne,
I've used DPaint for some of the things you've described but I'm really
attracted to the text manipulation and transitions afforded by Scala.
My presentation will have many slides of text bullets and DPaint is not
very convenient for making changes to sentences etc.
For the fancier effects I'd stick with DPaint, but I still think Scala
would do better on the text.
Thanks.
Tim
Tim,
Your point about text is well taken. 'Course, you could do away with the
text in favor of animation/actors and video and use the 'slides' as
supplementary handouts!!?? :^}
wmc
Wayne,
You're exactly right… but much of the "creative" control is in the
hands of a text oriented guy. For now, that is… He's coming along
to the power of the Amiga!
Actually, we're converting a presentation into a video. We're on a
tight schedule and no budget, trying to convince our corporate management
that the Amiga's the way to go for training videos…
But I'm with you… why use text? That's what we're fleeing from (in the
MS-DOS world)!
Tim