[Usittne] [PFP:24%] Projection challenge

[Dirks, Arthur]

Thanks all for your responses. We have a PC campus but the arts still
seem to be a Mac world. I had considered Isadora, from a piece in Stage
Directions. Shouldadoneit. And I guess it's time to rethink our
computing platforms as projection gets more attention in both dance and
theatre.

Arthur 

-----Original Message-----
From: usittne-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:usittne-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
Of Jack Carr
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:03 PM
To: USITT New England Section Mail List
Subject: Re: [Usittne] [PFP:24%] Projection challenge

Hi Art:

Try Isodora, it's a program for exactly what you want to do.
http://www.troikaranch.org/isadora.html

Jack



>Arthur
>
>We've dealt with this same problem, and the only way we were able to 
>solve it is by changing computers.  KeyNote (which is a Mac only 
>program) is the Apple answer to PowerPoint, and it allows for timed 
>transitions (very smooth, any timing you would like) and it allows 
>to embed video.  The downside is that you have to be on a Mac...
>
>
>Anna B. Labykina
>Technical Director
>The Boston Conservatory
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: usittne-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:usittne-bounces at mit.edu] On 
>Behalf Of Dirks, Arthur
>Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:55 AM
>To: USITT New England Section Mail List
>Subject: [Usittne] [PFP:24%] Projection challenge
>
>I appreciate the video dowser responses earlier, which showed me that a
>number of people are dealing with projections in shows. I'm serving a
>heavy projection show (mostly stills, some video) with PowerPoint on 2
>PCs and I'm really unhappy with the transitions, which are far too
rapid
>and inelegant even at the "slow" speed. I've been all over the internet
>for a hack or alternative product that will let me specify fades, with
>no success. Does anybody have suggestions of PowerPoint hacks or other
>products they've worked with successfully that can achieve, say a 5 or
>10sec dissolve to the next slide?
>
>Arthur
>
>Arthur L. Dirks, M.F.A., Ed.D.
>Professor of Theatre Arts
>Bridgewater State College
>mailto:adirks at bridgew.edu
>http://webhost.bridgew.edu/adirks
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John Carr
Professor of Theater
Department Chair
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT 06459
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