VDMX is a low cost & very powerful solution for animating text & video for live performance.
https://vidvox.net/ On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 11:41 AM, Rob Myers <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2016-03-22 06:41, helen varley jamieson wrote: > >> hi everyone, >> i am seeking advice on 2 questions: >> >> firstly, 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. >> > > No DVD drive (I use an external one) but I've been using ThinkPads running > Debian GNU/Linux for several years now. > > Adding GNU/Linux to an old laptop is usually a good way of extending its > life *if* the hardware is fully supported. > > The only problem with laptops for GNU/Linux are generally graphics > acceleration (Intel graphics tend to be good for this) and Free wifi > drivers (if you're not worried about this it's much easier, although I just > have a replacement wifi board in my current laptop that works entirely with > Free Software). > > secondly, 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? (preferably open source). >> > > Depending on the text and the time investment, Blender can be good for > creating and editing animations. It's not always the easiest software to > use though. > > - Rob. > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- ________________________________________________________________ ================================================================ =--------------------------------------------------------=-===-=-=-====-- +_+~_=_~--+__+=-^=-+_+_=^-+__+-=+_+~__=__~-_-____-=++=_--^-===-=-==-=-=-- =--------------------------------------------------------=-===-=-=-====-- http://bishopZ.com _______________________________________________________________________
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