thanks, looks interesting! i will explore tomorrow ... :) On 22/03/16 6:43 45PM, BishopZ wrote: > 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] > <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > > -- > ________________________________________________________________ > ================================================================ > =--------------------------------------------------------=-===-=-=-====-- > +_+~_=_~--+__+=-^=-+_+_=^-+__+-=+_+~__=__~-_-____-=++=_--^-===-=-==-=-=-- > =--------------------------------------------------------=-===-=-=-====-- > > http://bishopZ.com > _______________________________________________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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