[IAEP] Etoys Help Requested / Pedido de Ayuda Etoys

[Bert Freudenberg]

The camera object only works on the XO-1 so far. There has been work to support it on more machines, but so far that has not been finished. Help welcome. 

- Bert -

On 07.02.2011, at 20:13, Carlos Rabassa <carnen at mac.com> wrote:

> Bert,
> 
> thanks for your answer.
> 
> I believe I wrote the necessary scripts to get the computer to take pictures at regular intervals and automatically prepare an animation,  based on those pictures,  to get a result hopefully like this:
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cl0aw87LqA
> 
> We still have one problem for which we need help.
> 
> Neither me using Etoys in a Mac,  nor the person who asked me to post the question,  using Etoys in Windows,  can get the computer´s camera to respond to the Etoys commands in the video section of the camera visor.
> 
> These are the scripts we created,  while we aren´t able to activate the camera:
> 
> Dragging the camera object out of the Object Catalog,  I get a blue frame with a working clock on it.
> 
> Imagine please,  until we resolve the problem of activating the camera,  that the animation I want to create consists of a series of still pictures of this clock taken at regular intervals.
> 
> Please find attached what I have done:
> 
> <Animation from Camera.001.pr>
> 
> I adjusted the clock in the takePics script to take the photos automatically at regular intervals.
> 
> I set it at 0.01 ticks per second which resulted in one photo every 1min 40sec as you can see in the clock photos already in the holder.
> 
> For the animation script I set the clock at 1 tick per second to be able to see the difference between each frame.
> 
> Carlos Rabassa
> Voluntario
> Red de Apoyo al Plan Ceibal
> Montevideo, Uruguay
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 5, 2011, at 10:05 PM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> 
>> Try
>> 
>> 	Holder include: Camera's lastframe copy
>> 
>> - Bert -
>> 
>> On 05.02.2011, at 19:01, Carlos Rabassa wrote:
>> 
>>> Texto en Español luego del Inglés
>>> 
>>> 
>>> An Etoys user has contacted us for help.
>>> 
>>> This is what he wants to do:
>>> 
>>> - Take pictures with and XO at regular intervals,  let´s say every 10 minutes.
>>> 
>>> - Use a series of these pictures to put together an animation,  the final result being something like this:
>>> 
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cl0aw87LqA
>>> 
>>> He wants to work with Etoys,  not Smalltalk.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> He has been trying to use
>>> 
>>> ⎮Camera´s⎮ Lastframe⎮ graphic⎮
>>> 
>>> to write a script to take the periodic pictures.
>>> 
>>> He would like to move the pictures to a holder to do the animation.
>>> 
>>> Instead of getting the pictures he is getting just a tile called
>>> 
>>> ⎮Camera´s⎮ Lastframe⎮ graphic⎮
>>> 
>>> Your advice would be appreciated.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Texto en Español:
>>> 
>>> Nos ha contactado un usuario de Etoys pidiendo ayuda.
>>> 
>>> Esto es lo que quiere hacer:
>>> 
>>> - Tomar fotos con la XO a intervalos regulares,  digamos cada 10 minutos.
>>> 
>>> - Usar una serie de estas fotos para juntarlas en una animación logrando un resultado de este tipo:
>>> 
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cl0aw87LqA
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Desea trabajar en Etoys, no Smalltalk.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Ha estado tratando de usar
>>> 
>>> ⎮Camera´s⎮ Lastframe⎮ graphic⎮
>>> 
>>> para escribir un guión para tomar las fotos periódicas.
>>> 
>>> Le gustaría mover luego las fotos a un contenedor para hacer la animación.
>>> 
>>> En vez de las fotos le está apareciendo un mosaico titulado
>>> 
>>> ⎮Camera´s⎮ Lastframe⎮ graphic⎮
>>> 
>>> Los consejos de ustedes serán apreciados.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Carlos Rabassa
>>> Voluntario
>>> Red de Apoyo al Plan Ceibal
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