[CREATE] seeking advice on text animation software & linux laptops

[helen varley jamieson]

great, thanks very much mray & konstantin - i will have a look at both
sozi & synfig :) i think blender is probably a bit more than i need &
might take more time to learn, but i do hope that one day i can start to
get my head around it.

h : )

On 22/03/16 6:03 43PM, mray wrote:
>
> On 22.03.2016 17:41, helen varley jamieson wrote:
>> hi everyone,
>> i am seeking advice on 2 questions:
>>
>> firstly, i'm working on an installation which includes projected
>> animated text. previously i've done this in a basic but effective way
>> with powerpoint. this time, i want more control over the animations than
>> powerpoint allows, and it needs to be a looping video as it's going to
>> be left running on its own. can anyone recommend a good software for
>> text animation?
>>
>> secondly, i need to upgrade my laptop & have decided to make the
>> transition to linux. mint has been recommended to me for the OS. does
>> anyone out there have any advice regarding choice of hardware? ideally i
>> want a small laptop with a dvd drive, ethernet port, & separate audio in
>> & out ports.
>>
>> all ideas much appreciated,
>> h : )
>>
>>
> the best thing to look for is probably sozi,
> as it is by definition animated slides:
> http://sozi.baierouge.fr/pages/10-about.html
> (as you can see in the demo frame it runs in the browser)
>
>
> if you are talking about serious animations:
> have a look at synfig studio http://www.synfig.org if you need more
> another solution to animate text is blender https://www.blender.org/
>
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>
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