Flash/QuickTime interaction with Revolution

[Van Esch, Stephen (Bolton)]

Sounds great. Some more questions:

I've got a lot of Flash (with some limited actionscript) and HTML experience
but little in the way of actual programming experience. Will an OpenGL
project be possible for someone willing to learn but starting at a very low
base (and on a 6 month deadline for at least the prototype). I learn quickly
enough and have access to a Director expert.

Will the OpenGL product run OK on Windows? The audience is Windows users and
we will be developing in a dual Mac/Windows environment.

Does OpenGL play nice with Rev?

Sorry for all the questions. To be honest, we're just evaluating Rev. We are
seriously considering iShell but I think Rev may be better for this task.
The main problem is that this project integrates XML, databases, multiple
languages, and interactive graphics. I haven't found a tool that does all
this gracefully and think Rev or iShell may be the closest I'll get.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: jbv [mailto:jbv.silences at Club-Internet.fr]
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 12:16 PM
To: How to use Revolution
Subject: Re: Flash/QuickTime interaction with Revolution


Stephen,

if this is the kind of project you're after, then simply
drop Flash and use openGL instead.
openGL will allow you to work with full rendering of
realtime interactive 3D graphics, and not only wireframe
(which is a rather poor viszualisation technique in terms of
ergonomics).

JB


> Trevor, JB, Klaus:
>
> Thanks for your input. In this same vein, as a complete newbie, would
anyone
> consider the following possible with Rev:
>
> A 3D wireframe graphic of a machine. The user could zoom into different
> parts of the machine. The user could rotate the machine 360 degrees. The
> user could add and remove machine parts to the graphic by clicking a list
of
> parts. The user could click on parts of the machine and detailed
information
> would appear in a field.
>
> >From the information you've given me so far, I don't think the zooming
will
> be possible because there is no vector graphic support.
>
> Are there any examples of this type of interactivity?
>
> P.S. (Bolton) is assigned by the company server, telling people which city
> I'm in so that customers know where I am. Definitely not the singer.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trevor DeVore [mailto:lists at mangomultimedia.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 11:20 AM
> To: How to use Revolution
> Subject: Re: Flash/QuickTime interaction with Revolution
>
> On Sep 16, 2004, at 5:59 AM, Van Esch, Stephen (Bolton) wrote:
>
> > Folks:
> >
> > I'd like to embed an interactive Flash or QuickTime movie in a Rev
> > multimedia application. When a user clicks objects in the Flash or
> > QuickTime
> > movie, I'd like the Rev app to show or hide information (and
> > eventually do
> > much more).
> >
> > How closely does Revolution integrate with Flash? I understand that
> > Flash
> > can only be rendered using QuickTime in Rev. Is this true? If so, can
> > Flash
> > Actionscript actions still pass information to Rev?
>
> Using the current EnhancedQT external that Klaus mentioned you can
> process the FSCommand message sent from Flash movies.  So any FSCommand
> ActionScript in your SWF will send a message to Rev.  In the upcoming
> 1.0 version of the EnhancedQT external you can also set Flash
> variables, get Flash variables click on Flash buttons and go to frames
> in the Flash movie.  I hope to have a beta of this up sometime next
> week but we will see how things go.
>
> --
> Trevor DeVore
> Blue Mango Multimedia
> trevor at mangomultimedia.com
>
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