The camera object only works on the XO-1 so far. There has been work to support it on more machines, but so far that has not been finished. Help welcome.
- Bert - On 07.02.2011, at 20:13, Carlos Rabassa <[email protected]> wrote: > Bert, > > thanks for your answer. > > I believe I wrote the necessary scripts to get the computer to take pictures > at regular intervals and automatically prepare an animation, based on those > pictures, to get a result hopefully like this: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cl0aw87LqA > > We still have one problem for which we need help. > > Neither me using Etoys in a Mac, nor the person who asked me to post the > question, using Etoys in Windows, can get the computer´s camera to respond > to the Etoys commands in the video section of the camera visor. > > These are the scripts we created, while we aren´t able to activate the > camera: > > Dragging the camera object out of the Object Catalog, I get a blue frame > with a working clock on it. > > Imagine please, until we resolve the problem of activating the camera, that > the animation I want to create consists of a series of still pictures of this > clock taken at regular intervals. > > Please find attached what I have done: > > <Animation from Camera.001.pr> > > I adjusted the clock in the takePics script to take the photos automatically > at regular intervals. > > I set it at 0.01 ticks per second which resulted in one photo every 1min > 40sec as you can see in the clock photos already in the holder. > > For the animation script I set the clock at 1 tick per second to be able to > see the difference between each frame. > > Carlos Rabassa > Voluntario > Red de Apoyo al Plan Ceibal > Montevideo, Uruguay > > > > > > On Feb 5, 2011, at 10:05 PM, Bert Freudenberg wrote: > >> Try >> >> Holder include: Camera's lastframe copy >> >> - Bert - >> >> On 05.02.2011, at 19:01, Carlos Rabassa wrote: >> >>> Texto en Español luego del Inglés >>> >>> >>> An Etoys user has contacted us for help. >>> >>> This is what he wants to do: >>> >>> - Take pictures with and XO at regular intervals, let´s say every 10 >>> minutes. >>> >>> - Use a series of these pictures to put together an animation, the final >>> result being something like this: >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cl0aw87LqA >>> >>> He wants to work with Etoys, not Smalltalk. >>> >>> >>> He has been trying to use >>> >>> ⎮Camera´s⎮ Lastframe⎮ graphic⎮ >>> >>> to write a script to take the periodic pictures. >>> >>> He would like to move the pictures to a holder to do the animation. >>> >>> Instead of getting the pictures he is getting just a tile called >>> >>> ⎮Camera´s⎮ Lastframe⎮ graphic⎮ >>> >>> Your advice would be appreciated. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Texto en Español: >>> >>> Nos ha contactado un usuario de Etoys pidiendo ayuda. >>> >>> Esto es lo que quiere hacer: >>> >>> - Tomar fotos con la XO a intervalos regulares, digamos cada 10 minutos. >>> >>> - Usar una serie de estas fotos para juntarlas en una animación logrando un >>> resultado de este tipo: >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cl0aw87LqA >>> >>> >>> Desea trabajar en Etoys, no Smalltalk. >>> >>> >>> Ha estado tratando de usar >>> >>> ⎮Camera´s⎮ Lastframe⎮ graphic⎮ >>> >>> para escribir un guión para tomar las fotos periódicas. >>> >>> Le gustaría mover luego las fotos a un contenedor para hacer la animación. >>> >>> En vez de las fotos le está apareciendo un mosaico titulado >>> >>> ⎮Camera´s⎮ Lastframe⎮ graphic⎮ >>> >>> Los consejos de ustedes serán apreciados. >>> >>> >>> Carlos Rabassa >>> Voluntario >>> Red de Apoyo al Plan Ceibal >>> _______________________________________________ >>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> >> >> >
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