<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>I haven’t gotten to use either in depth, but if you’re just looking for a way to create animations that doesn’t require Flash, there are a couple of tools I’ve been meaning to mess around with:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.synfig.org/cms/">http://www.synfig.org/cms/</a> (according to <a href="http://wiki.synfig.org/wiki/Render_options">the docs</a>, it can export animated gif, mpg movies, and more)</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://antimatter15.com/ajaxanimator/wave/">http://antimatter15.com/ajaxanimator/wave/</a> (can export to animated gif or (it claims) flash, but doesn’t seem to be actively maintained. However, it’s web-based and <a href="https://code.google.com/p/ajaxanimator/">open-source</a>, so…)</div><div><br></div><div>—Brad</div><br><div><div>On Mar 10, 2015, at 11:20 AM, John Horton <<a href="mailto:John.Horton@nottingham.ac.uk">John.Horton@nottingham.ac.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Several (perhaps all) of the simulations at the URL quoted have sliders to control the parameters of the physical situation being simulated. A lot of pedagogical benefit lies in these – at least, it does for those students prepared to use them and think hard about what they’re observing. This means the simulations almost certainly have to be written with code.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I’ve started to wonder how much things like Mathematica can be used for this sort of demonstration. Although I’ve never used Mathematica, I presume it can produce the simulation and animation; also the sliders.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">This<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__reference.wolfram.com_language_tutorial_IntroductionToManipulate.html&d=AwMFAg&c=96ZbZZcaMF4w0F4jpN6LZg&r=sinxsQf45dR44ZHQ-gvxesW8tFrau9Vnbo8JMZyMgmA&m=Iex8eehVf2a0ZNqzvwd3OZexaAHHEjvXmx3r5ge34wU&s=fTnZXZpAjxt0nRXHj7iV6I3O6vsrE6lHh6OG2a46EjM&e=" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">http://reference.wolfram.com/language/tutorial/IntroductionToManipulate.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">seems to demonstrate the sort of controls we’re interested in.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Julian Tenney<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>10 March 2015 13:29<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Xerte discussion list<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Xerte] Re: Flashless Animation<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I’ve been thinking down the same lines, though for simple, abstract stuff, some of the js libraries might be sufficient? I’d prefer to use something open if I can, and even if I were using Flash, I’d prefer to do some of it with code, rather than endless nested timelines, and actionscript doesn’t export to a movie?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I was just wondering how others are doing this sort of thing these days. We do get these bespoke animation type requests from time to time<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Ron Mitchell<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>10 March 2015 13:20<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>'Xerte discussion list'<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Xerte] Re: Flashless Animation<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Just wondering if the current/quickest workflow is to use Flash you could use Flash to create the animations then record the small clips to either video or animated gif and then build the sequencing in Xerte. Perhaps even using Fay's new Media Lesson page.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Julian Tenney<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>10 March 2015 12:41<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Xerte discussion list (<a href="mailto:xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>)<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Xerte] Flashless Animation<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">We’ve had a request to create some materials like this: animation of atoms / particles and so on.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.doitpoms.ac.uk_tlplib_diffusion_index.php&d=AwMFAg&c=96ZbZZcaMF4w0F4jpN6LZg&r=sinxsQf45dR44ZHQ-gvxesW8tFrau9Vnbo8JMZyMgmA&m=Iex8eehVf2a0ZNqzvwd3OZexaAHHEjvXmx3r5ge34wU&s=82zpWOqkIhUF7r5xSsNEP1m5AByfnQDTvqowAyFIM9M&e=" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.doitpoms.ac.uk/tlplib/diffusion/index.php</a></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I don’t want to use Flash particularly, but I could do if necessary and export movies to play; any alternatives to Flash for this sort of thing?<o:p></o:p></div><pre style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New';">This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee<o:p></o:p></pre><pre style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New';">and may contain confidential information. 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