Keep in mind that my "don't like video" is limited - I *would* like it under a variety of circumstances and I would not hesitate to recommend it for some purposes.
I'm not trying to say it's bad or anything. But I guess I do avoid it in some contexts. Meanwhile, it can't be that hard to document the data format for labs. Thanks, -- Raul On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 4:36 PM, robert therriault <[email protected]>wrote: > Hey Raul, > > 1) One of the advantages of scripted video is that there is a written > artefact that could be included for search purposes. Similar to the way > that SVG includes its text as searchable content as opposed to bitmaps of > words on canvas. > > 2) This is a little trickier because it implicitly dives through the > levels that we interact with video. The pixelmator video example was one > that I was looking at as a viewer (because it is pretty) and as a content > creator (by the way it conveyed information so efficiently). The level you > are talking about is the level of the tool to create such a video or image. > The reason that J doesn't have such a tool is probably because this level > of UI is really difficult to get right and even when you do, the users may > turn on you, such as when Apple introduced the new version of Final Cut > Pro. Also, there may not be reasons for J to manipulate video in this way > when there are other tools already available, but you already referred to > this when you talked of bringing other tools such as Blender. Currently, I > am taking a hard look at the labs feature in J to provide this type of > glue. Amazingly, we lack a creation tool for labs in the newer versions of > J and if there were a tool that would be > worth building, I think that would be it. > > 3) In signing off (and even though you don't like video) I just opened a > link to this orientation/welcoming tutorial produced by processing.orgthat > also has content that involves the visual aspects and power of > computer programming. Might be worth a look. http://hello.processing.org/ > > Cheers, bob > > On May 26, 2014, at 10:46 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I guess I have two thoughts looking at that: > > > > (1) I personally prefer reading over video. Video is really hard to find > > using search, and it's slow to watch. > > > > (2) Why don't I know how to generate a UI like that, using J? > > > > Of course anything worth doing takes time, and I have to allow for that. > > But video is particularly frustrating for me, also because I don't know > how > > to manipulate the raw underlying data in J. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > Raul > > > > > > On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 1:23 PM, robert therriault < > [email protected]>wrote: > > > >> Thanks Raul, > >> > >> Another (albeit market driven) approach is the short video tutorial to > >> describe use of a specific tooll. These short tutorials for the use of > >> pixelmator software are good because they have actually provided very > >> precise instruction on use of a tool in about a minute. The amount of > time > >> required to create these tutorials is even more than writing, as it > >> includes video production, but the result is a just in time tutorial > that > >> does not feel too pedantic. > >> > >> http://www.pixelmator.com/tutorials/featured/transform-tool/ > >> > >> Cheers, bob > >> > >> On May 26, 2014, at 10:06 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >>> Writing decent tutorial documentation can be hard. > >>> > >>> So here's an example of how one guy who has written a fair amount of > >>> documentation has approached things: > >>> > >>> http://www.xess.com/static/media/appnotes/FpgasNowWhatBook.pdf > >>> > >>> Personally, I'm not all that fond of pdf - I personally prefer working > >> more > >>> directly with the underlying medium. But everybody has to make their > own > >>> choices. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Raul > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
