Thanks Don, I added an eight second pause through youTube at the end (didn't even know I could do that before your comment!) I'll do this for all of the animations, as I don't see a downside to this (yet). Let me know if one pops up.
Cheers, bob On -Mar8-2010, at -Mar8-201012:08 PM, Don Guinn wrote: > Any way to keep the final image displayed at the end of the video instead of > going to black? That way one can look at the final result and think about it > if they want. Otherwise, make the final result display a little longer > before it goes to black. It just goes away too quickly. > > On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 12:16 PM, bob therriault <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thanks Skip, >> >> I must admit at first glance I thought your suggestion would be more >> confusing, not less. But after giving it a shot, with the slight adjustment >> of covering the 'operation' with a + symbol instead of colour change >> (discerning colours is not a strength for many), I have found I prefer the >> approach you suggest. The results can be seen on the jwiki Plus (+) page: >> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Vocabulary/plus >> >> The concern that remains is whether you and I have already internalized the >> matrix operations that we are attempting to describe for a new learner. As >> Ian has suggested in another post, the only way to have an answer to that is >> to get the response of new learners. In spite of the fact that J represents >> an ongoing challenge to me, I don't think I can claim to have the >> perspective of a new learner any more. Still, the choices we are developing >> will be useful when our audience arrives in the theatre. >> >> Cheers, bob >> >> On -Mar7-2010, at -Mar7-201010:43 AM, Skip Cave wrote: >> >>> Bob, >>> >>> Your last video is the best so far, but you still don't need to expand >>> the arrays up before adding them. Just keep the arrays the same, and >>> just slide/overlap them. You also don't need the plus sign to reappear. >>> Just leave the plus alone, (you should still see it in the transparency >>> or above the merge if you drop the two arrays) and slide the two arrays >>> together. >>> >>> No need for explosions either. A simple color transition after the sum >>> has completed could indicate the new sum. This should be easier to >>> develop since there would be no explosions, no array expanding, etc. and >>> I think the subtlety is less confusing. >>> . >>> .Skip Cave >>> . >>> . >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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
