Split screen output for Presentations

[Sivakatirswami]

Oops I think I actually forgot to ask my question:

How do you do this in Revolution:

>
>
> Keynote can output one window to the channel that goes out to the 
> projector -- > video port. i.e. it shows on the screen. and the second 
> window is locked onto the personal PC's LCD screen, where the latter 
> window has notes for the presentor which are not seen by the audience 
> who are watching output to the project --> large display screen in the 
> front of the hall.

??
Sivakatirswami

On May 1, 2005, at 10:45 AM, Thomas McGrath III wrote:

> Sivakatirswami,
>
> Yes Keynote can split the output but only during full screen mode. 
> There is a preference under Preferences/ Presenter Display that has a 
> check box for "Use alternate display to view presenter information" 
> with some neat options for a timer/clock etc..  You can also preview 
> what the second window looks like if you don't have a projector hooked 
> up, by a button that says 'Edit Presenter Layout..." otherwise you 
> don't get to see the second window until full screen mode. Also, I 
> don't remember for sure but I think you have to turn Video Mirroring 
> off? - not 100% sure though.
>
> The thing that distinguishes Keynote from PowerPoint is that it has 
> much richer graphics and video support. It also has better interaction 
> using text and graphics for navigating. ( I was able to prototype a 
> game that played in Keynote that could not be done in PP.)  The other 
> thing Keynote has is XML which will/should open some doors for other 
> apps that might have even better tools to do something with the 
> Keynote presentations.
>
> I also agree that graphics support and graphic specific tools should 
> be high on the list for the next improvements to REV. I would like to 
> fill some of the 'holes' left behind during the transition from MM to 
> Adobe for Director. I am sure once Adobe merges them DIrector might 
> get better but for now there will be a nervous gap with people looking 
> else where 'just in case' Director is dropped. Even if it isn't 
> dropped I can at least exploit some of these issues.
>
> Especially since a lot of people use Director/Flash for software 
> development that it is not the best tool for and can actually make 
> some projects obsolete. It would not take much of an argument to 
> persuade these people to switch or at least try an xTalk for.
>
> Tom
>
> On May 1, 2005, at 1:18 PM, Sivakatirswami wrote:
>
>> Apple's new Keynote has an interesting new feature:
>>
>> It can make 2 separate windows! Wow! (grin)
>>
>> Ok, yes, REv can do that and a lot more though Rev's Graphic options 
>> are still a bit stone age compared to what iWorks offers now.
>>
>> [aside: humbly suggest that for Rev to move forward, that the back 
>> end of the engine for applications development is already ramped up 
>> enough (for the time being), and and a new focus on graphics Dev both 
>> in the IDE and for delivery is needed to keep Rev on the Cutting Edge 
>> of the Future, especially now that Adobe has bought Macro Media. I 
>> know, I know, we don't want the core of the executable to get so 
>> bloated that delivery of a little widget application weighs in at 5-6 
>> megabytes, so, ala Richard's earlier musings, some modularity option 
>> may be needed.]]
>>
>> OK that said, I do have a specific question:
>>
>> Keynote can output one window to the channel that goes out to the 
>> projector -- > video port. i.e. it shows on the screen. and the 
>> second window is locked onto the personal PC's LCD screen, where the 
>> latter window has notes for the presentor which are not seen by the 
>> audience who are watching output to the project --> large display 
>> screen in the front of the hall.
>>
>> Thomas (McGr...) you do this stuff all the time right?
>>
>> Sivakatirswami
>>
>>
>>
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