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

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 04:08:09PM +1000, Sue Morton wrote:
> 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.

Honestly, I think that using Tux Paint as the creation tool, and then using
something else (powerpoint, iphoto, or perhaps one day there'll be
Tux Slideshow :^) ) makes the most sense.  I didn't want Tux Paint itself
to become too much of a 'suite.'

For example, I've always wanted to make an animation tool for kids,
and wanted to leverage off of Tux Paint's capabilities (and notariety),
but didn't really want to shove that feature _into_ Tux Paint.


I can definitely see the next/want to allow a slideshow to be saved,
so it can be easily loaded back up.  But I think I'll hold off on adding
that level of complexity until this new feature has had a chance to
'cool on the windowsill,' as it were.

No reason to paint myself into a corner (ooh, bad pun), when it may turn
out that I've gone about the Slideshow functionality the wrong way.

Or, on the other hand, perhaps selecting 5-10 slides from the interface
is easy enough, and noone will be screaming at me to add a "Save Slideshow"
feature. :^)  (Though admittedly, having one would probably make it a bit
easier to let people 'publish' slides to the web, say as an animated GIF.)

-bill!