Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Slide show feature coming in 0.9.16!

[Sue M. <mor...@op...>]

Already have the personal directory folder which has all their  
pictures in it, but I did want to save the slideshow. I am using macs  
so was going to put them either into powerpoint or iphoto and make a  
movie.
Sue
On 28/08/2006, at 3:35 PM, Bill Kendrick wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 02:03:06PM +1000, Sue Morton wrote:
>> Bill,
>> Please don't take too long with this - I have 50 kindergarten kids
>> doing individual slides right now which I was going to put together
>> into a slideshow in a fortnight in another program.
>
> One thing that the current slideshow feature doesn't do (since I  
> whipped
> it together in two afternoons :^) ) is allow you to _save_ the  
> slide show.
>
> That is, once you exit out of the "Slides" screen and back into the  
> "Open"
> dialog, it forgets what slides you had picked, and in what order.
>
> However, if you don't pick ANY images in the "Slides" screen and  
> hit "Play",
> it will display all of your pictures, in the order they appear in  
> the "Open"
> and "Slides" dialogs.
>
> So if the only images you have in your Tux Paint folder are the  
> ones you
> want in your slideshow, and they were drawn/saved in the order you  
> want
> them to show up, it's a cinche.  Just go Open->Slides->Play.
>
> You can combine this with Tux Paint's "Save Directory" option  
> (which you
> can fiddle with in Tux Paint Config.) to create a folder just for your
> slideshow.  (So that none of your non-presentation drawings are  
> mixed in.)
>
> If you had already drawn the slides in Tux Paint, you can copy or  
> move them
> to the new folder using your operating system (e.g., file Explorer  
> in Windows
> or Finder in Mac OS X).
>
>
>> You would be a lifesaver if they could do it themselves!
>
> Sue - what platform are you using Tux Paint on?  It may be possible to
> get a sneak-preview release of Tux Paint 0.9.16 out in the next  
> week or so,
> depending on the availability of the other volunteers.  (Esp. if  
> you're on
> Windows!)
>
> In the meantime, what tools are people using to do slides with Tux  
> Paint
> right now?  I can imagine simply using Windows' file Explorer and it's
> "Photo Album" view mode, for example.  It's pretty low-tech, but  
> should do
> the trick.
>
> Obviously, loading the images into presentation software like  
> PowerPoint
> or OpenOffice.org Impress would work even better.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -bill!
>
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