#creating presentations
6 messages in this thread
>> Tried it just now (reserving 0-9 giving 10 x 26 FLC addresses) which works
well, but it leaves me with one problem – the necessity to display an
image/play a FLC before allowing a keychoice. What I'm tring to do is maintain
a straight flow through the FLCs, only jumping when requsted. <<
if by image you mean a single unmoving picture… simplest way is to create
1-frame flic. now you can fade it, transition it, do whatever you would
normally do with a flic. for example, "a" could be a static image flic which
leads either by jumping or by fade transitions to "b" an animated slide.
follow? 1-frame flics do everything multiframe flics do and take up about the
same amount of file size. running them in a keychoiced infinite loop means they
stay up as long as you want them too. 😉 -dave
Aah, now then….
You see, creating a single frame FLC wasn't the problem. The problem is marked
****
LOOP (FOREVER)
**** 1FRAME.FLC****
KEYCHOICE
a
FLC1.FLC
b
FLC2.FLC
c
FLC3.FLC
ENDCHOICE
ENDLOOP…
means that after each keypress, 1FRAME.FLC will always display, breaking the
flow (ie overwriting the screen) of the prevoius FLC. What I'm trying to
achieve is a seamless flow without the need to repeat one particular frame/FLC
(1FRAME.FLC in the above example) so the sequence of the other listed FLCs
(FLC1,2,3.FLC in the above example) is not disturbed until I may have to.
So can I write a scipt that will let me run thro' the sequence of FLCs by
pressing
a
b
c
d etc.
without redisplaying 1FRAME.FLC (ie) each time ?
Regards –
Ed.
hi Ed. maybe i'm not grasping this <g>, but if 1FRAME.FLC is going to be played
only once anyways, by not have it be "a"?
loadflic blank.flc
LOOP (FOREVER) loop(forever)
1FRAME.FLC BLANK.FLC // one frame flic with nothing
KEYCHOICE keychoice
a a
FLC1.FLC 1FRAME.FLC
b => b
FLC2.FLC FLC1.FLC
c c
FLC3.FLC FLC2.FLC
ENDCHOICE endchoice
ENDLOOP… endloop
freeflic blank.flc
this way, even though the original 1FRAME was playing each time, if this flic
is just black, nothing will show between the keychoices, and if what you
originally needed to show in 1FRAME needs to be shown once, spot it as the
first keychoice option! hooray! (have a good weekend) -dave
Hi Dave –
>> this way, even though the original 1FRAME was playing each time, if this
flic is just black, nothing will show between the keychoices, and if what you
originally needed to show in 1FRAME needs to be shown once, spot it as the
first keychoice option <<
Thanks for replying so soon again. Well, I've had a go and it's close to what
I'm after. With reference to the above, my test 1FRAME.FLC is a black, single
frame .FLC. Whereas you've hinted that nothing will be displayed, by nothing do
you mean no change, or a screenfull of black. When I tried, just now,
1FRAME.FLC overwrote the existing final frame of the prevoius .FLC. I'm trying
to avoid any obvious transition between any of the keychoice .FLCs. I had hoped
that perhaps 1FRAME.FLC might act as an `invisible' screen that when displayed
affects nothing on-screen, letting all of the other .FLCs within the keychoice
loop run into & from each other without having the cut / fade to black after
each one. Possible or tricky ?
Thanks again, again, again….
Ed.
>> to avoid any obvious transition between any of the keychoice .FLCs. I had
hoped that perhaps 1FRAME.FLC might act as an `invisible' screen that when
displayed affects nothing on-screen, letting all of the other .FLCs within the
keychoice loop run into & from each other without having the cut / fade to
black after each one. Possible or tricky ? <<
hi Ed. i use fades between all animated slides… if i "cut" to the next flic,
the palette of the next flic has to be re-initialized which causes buzz scatter
for a second. i don't think it's possible to avoid this, even in other
packages, because of the palette refresh required. most other presentation
packages i see out there do fade transitions for the same reason, to load the
new palette in "darkness". never one to say it's impossible, i reach _my_
current limits here with aniplay… for animated slides, fade transitions are
no problem with an unlimited number of flics and a blank screen between them.
considering the tiny resources required for this solution, it's TARGA+
abilities and on the fly scripting, this isn't too much of a hassle. animator
studio also promises new whizbang and new blowouts. 🙂
best wishes with your presentation. -dave
Hi Dave –
thanks for all your help over the last few days.
Since I've worked on the FLCs so theey mostly have the same palette, I won't be
using keychoice this time – but be hoping not to go back/skip any.
Tell me more about the NAAUG – ie no. of members, a little history , if you
would
Cheers
Ed.