teleprompter application- reverse text, smooth scrolling?

[Josh Mellicker]

Hi,

The application will usually be the talent looking through a piece of  
one-way glass directly at the camera lens, so the text must be pretty  
huge... I'm going to try Jim Ault's code and will report back.

Josh

On Jun 23, 2006, at 2:39 AM, Sivakatirswami wrote:

> Josh I sent you my little app by email offline. forgive my aweful  
> UI... I was just  beginning to refine it then we went in a  
> different direction....
>
> I don't now anything about "mirror" but perhaps some of my handlers  
> may help.
>
> The speed issue is (obviously) directly related to font size, which  
> then again is related to distance from speaker. My app assumes the  
> users is sitting in front of his PC, (designed for recording) so,  
> setting the font size to a large size and short line length  
> (shortline length is important for easy reading) I can get a speed  
> which works. Works in the sense that a speed can be set which is  
> faster than anyone could or  would want to read.
>
> The problem comes if you are trying to  project the type  from a  
> distance, then you have to use a really big font and text-height,  
> and then the number of words-lines visible on screen drops  
> dramatically, and you really need to crank up the scroll speed.  I  
> couldn't find any way to get the thing to scroll fast enough- 
> smoothly. A single pixel increment sent on a 1 millisecond loop, I  
> believe is the smoothest you can get and the fastest you can get.  
> Of course, you can increase the scroll increment  unit in the  
> script to 3-5 pixels, but then the  text jitters vertically very  
> badly.
>
> If you have a solution I would  love to know what it is.
>
> Sivakatirswami
>
> On Jun 21, 2006, at 12:26 PM, Josh Mellicker wrote:
>
>> Has anyone ever tried to make a teleprompter in Rev?
>>
>> You would need a way to mirror-reverse text, which I cannot find,  
>> or a mirror font...
>>
>> And, a way to make scrolling pixel-smooth...
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