> the one that brings tears to my eyes is animation without a timeline. > it must be de facto that one starts with onion-skinning, a > score and timeline, but....
I'm not sure that a timeline-less format would be best. I can get my head round a timeline based animation format quite easily (and indeed when I was younger I did a fair bit of Flash stuff, although I lost interest as ActionScript became more and more technical). Timelines were very useful for ensuring audiovisual synchronisation, although Flash now has vastly superior native multimedia support. > the essence of the issue with flash is repurposing, not price. > that's tools and content. True, but Adobe, née Macromedia, spent a lot of time and money gradually fleshing out the format to the point where... Well, when was the last time you saw a Director presentation? Flash just does pretty much everything that's needed of developers and designers, albeit with the proprietary caveat. However, it is truly ubiquitous and requires no additional steps to functionality (save maybe a prompted click or two to install the plugin in user-installed browsers). If I was to suggest an IE8 user get SVG going, and they had no experience of installing browser plugins outside of the cocoon of 'mainstream' plugins, where to start? Repurposing is a lesser concern, not that I see an argument against repurposing, I just don't see an argument *for* repurposing, at least outside of the CC arena. All of the BBC's creations are copyright, and SVG is inherently an unprotected format which is editable by anyone. (please correct if inaccurate, this is my perception) Therefore, the diffusion of copyrighted material and availability in SVG are mutually exclusive objectives. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
