Hiho, On Thursday 13 May 2010 18:28:41 grant centauri wrote: > i think eventually your setup will make sense for what i'm considering. i > am currently teaching middle schoolers (and myself) the basics of movie > making, video editing, and multimedia creation. Right now I'm stuck using > a very limited setup on the school's iMacs. iMovie, Garageband and so > on... I'd like to teach kids how to use computers for creative projects > and media creation opposed to Microsoft and entertainment. And I'd love > to use FLOSS and recycled hardware so that the people I work with who are > low-income can have access to a setup of their own at home. I don't think > I'll get to the point where I'm doing anything in HD, but I do have a > personal interest in animation, and using hi-res still images for high > quality 2-D animation. I have lots of ideas, but not many resources.. so > i'm starting small and trying to build something over time.
sounds like a great project! For animation, check out Animata. I think that could be especially cool to use with kids! It's mostly meant for realtime stuff, so no rendering out to video... you could do a screencast though. sincerely, Marije --- [email protected] http://identi.ca/group/puredyne irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
