On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 12:12 PM, nathan baxter <pixelmasoch...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On 16/11/2009, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <barbi...@profusion.mobi> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> We'd like to announce Editje, a new tool to edit Edje files in a >> visual way. It's based on interactions like Flash for animations, >> where you have a timeline and select points, then states and it will >> do the rest. >> >> That said, it's different from hand-written edc files, where we used >> to create as few states as possible and add custom programs moving >> from one to another. Editje have couple public programs that we call >> signals, they're basically of 2 types: signals that convert to other >> signals (translators) and signals that triggers animations. When one >> create an animation, he gets couple of programs pre-defined: >> - signal:animation,play, souce:animation-name -> triggers start >> of animation. >> - signal:animation,stop, souce:animation-name -> stop >> previously started animation. >> - signal:animation,end source:animation-name -> emitted when >> animation finishes. >> >> Editje filters all internal programs from UI, they are still in EDC >> and have "@" as prefix. Names are mangled to make it possible to >> restore original timelines. >> >> Given that design decision, we don't need to create lots of part >> states manually. Actually now you just have one part state "default", >> but in future we plan to add more to be used as "template states" so >> during animations you don't need to manually set all the state values >> again, instead you just "copy from state". >> >> More information, see http://trac.enlightenment.org/e/changeset/43724 >> as you see, we're still in early stages and more work is to come. >> Please try it and help us improve this tool as there is no matching >> tool in free software yet! >> >> BR, >> > > Please forgive me if this sounds a little stupid (on my part)...
not stupid at all :-) > Will this application be and Edje editor, or will it simply be an > editor for animations that are used in edc files? This will replace edje_editor and edje_viewer, being the "de-facto" visual editor of Edje files. Of course we need work to get to that point, but the goal is to be what inkscape is for svg: although it is possible to write svg/xml manually, nobody does that, we often use a gui to do it for us. For future, we hope to integrate some tools to assist even more the process, like common animations and designs made easy, such as snap to object/grid, alignments and so on. Not to forget new things that will come to edje soon, as evas_object_map (rotation, perspective, 3d). BR, -- Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri http://profusion.mobi embedded systems -------------------------------------- MSN: barbi...@gmail.com Skype: gsbarbieri Mobile: +55 (19) 9225-2202 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
