great, thanks very much mray & konstantin - i will have a look at both sozi & synfig :) i think blender is probably a bit more than i need & might take more time to learn, but i do hope that one day i can start to get my head around it.
h : ) On 22/03/16 6:03 43PM, mray wrote: > > On 22.03.2016 17:41, helen varley jamieson wrote: >> hi everyone, >> i am seeking advice on 2 questions: >> >> firstly, i'm working on an installation which includes projected >> animated text. previously i've done this in a basic but effective way >> with powerpoint. this time, i want more control over the animations than >> powerpoint allows, and it needs to be a looping video as it's going to >> be left running on its own. can anyone recommend a good software for >> text animation? >> >> secondly, i need to upgrade my laptop & have decided to make the >> transition to linux. mint has been recommended to me for the OS. does >> anyone out there have any advice regarding choice of hardware? ideally i >> want a small laptop with a dvd drive, ethernet port, & separate audio in >> & out ports. >> >> all ideas much appreciated, >> h : ) >> >> > the best thing to look for is probably sozi, > as it is by definition animated slides: > http://sozi.baierouge.fr/pages/10-about.html > (as you can see in the demo frame it runs in the browser) > > > if you are talking about serious animations: > have a look at synfig studio http://www.synfig.org if you need more > another solution to animate text is blender https://www.blender.org/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create -- helen varley jamieson [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.upstage.org.nz /Unaussprechbarlich/, München, November-Dezember 2015 <http://unaussprechbarlich.tumblr.com/>
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