Re: [applekeynote] Re: Les Posen's MW 2008 presentation

You seem to indicate you use Quartz composer, then again, you say "within Keynote".

Assuming you need to install the dev tools, why has the Keynote team not tapped into the functions of Quatrz Composer and deliver some of these functions within Keynote.

Like a massive blur and perspective resize (with reflection). I do have the dev tools and when I open QC, it's all un-intuitive greek to me. I think you need a book. Clicked around and in 30 seconds got it to freeze and only give me bonks.

I guess it's a matter of time, but I would not have thought it that big of a programming challenge to get the features into Keynote, since it is all there in another app.

But then, I'm no programmer so I don't know.

John

On 21-Feb-08, at 2:01 PM, Kenneth Drake wrote:

There's already ways to produce these effects directly in Keynote. No PowerPoint plus 
Windows plus Plugin needed!--- In applekeynote@yahoogroups.com, Richard Zraick 
<drumdocz@...> wrote:
>
> There is a PPT for Windows add-in available from Opazity (www.opazity.com) which 
one can use to get many of the blur effects that Les used. The effect remained intact 
when the PPT file was imported into KN4. This program makes one less dependent on
an outside photo editor such as Photoshop.
> 
> Kenneth Drake <keynoteken@...> wrote: Great presentation! I had to start and 
stop it while at work. :) Did they crop the edges off?
> 
> BTW, if anyone has the Developer Tools installed so that Quartz Composer is on your 
HD, 
> you can use it to create perspective images with a nice perspective reflection as well! I 
> mentioned it briefly on this page
> 
> http://www.keynoteuser.com/news/?p=254
> 
> but someone wanted me to work out the steps, so I did in the comments :) Have fun!
> 
> --- In applekeynote@yahoogroups.com, Les Posen <lesposen@> wrote:
> >
> > Laurence,
> > 
> > I used Photoshop's distortion capacities to take the image and add 
> > some perspective so as to lead the eye where I want it to go.
> > 
> > The file I used is more that 300MB (I left out showing commercial 
> > video clips due to copyright concerns on the advice of Macworld staff) 
> > so it might be best to use QT Pro and download the video.
> > 
> > The video isn't watermarked unfortunately so I suspect some people 
> > might use it and claim ownership of the intellectual copyright. Not 
> > that anyone on this list would do this!
> > 
> > But it's a potential problem which I will look into for next year's 
> > Macworld, if I get invited back again.
> > 
> > Les
> > 
> > On 21/02/2008, at 2:19 AM, L J Frabotta wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks Brian for posting the link to Les' presentation.
> > >
> > > Les:
> > >
> > > Can you briefly describe how you create the angled (perspective) book
> > > cover images?
> > >
> > > Thanks very much for a very illustrative presentation. Is it possible
> > > to get a copy of the QT file (since the link will not likely be
> > > available forever)?
> > >
> > > Laurence
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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