SignWriting List Forum| Message 2133 | Previous | Next [ Up Thread ] | Message Index |
|
SignWriting List Forum |
|||
|
|
From:
Bill Reese Date: Wed Oct 27, 1999 3:36 pm Subject: Re: Creating .GIF Files | |
|
Paintbrush won't make GIF files. Bill Lourdes Tollette wrote: > Wayne, > > You don't have to be use photoshop. You can be use Paintbrush if you have it in > window 3.1, 95 and 98. Lourdes > > -----Original Message----- > From: Valerie Sutton [SMTP:] > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 12:01 AM > To: SignWriting List > Subject: Creating .GIF Files > > > This seems to be a question for me. I don't know the technical stuff, > >but I use Netscape and get most of my e-mail through Hotmail. When Angus > >sent his .gif file, it came out perfect included at the end of his message. > >His .sgn file I had to download and save and later open through SW. > >Lourdes' subsequent correction of the sign SEND-SEND-SEND also came through > >fine. > > Valerie, can you remind me exactly how to convert a SW .sgn file to a > >.gif file? I don't have PhotoShop. I have PhotoDeluxe and the Chinese > >equivalent of Paint. Thanks! > > - Wayne > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Hello Wayne! > Yesterday I suddenly realized that you could share some Taiwan Sign > Language with us! I bet that would be fascinating for all of us :-) > And judging by what you say above, it looks like everything is working well > for you - I am so glad! > > In regards to the SignWriter Computer Program...there is no "magic way" to > create .GIF's from SignWriter...in fact it is pretty annoying because the > program is in MS-DOS! > > I am on a Macintosh, and I can run MS-DOS on my Mac with software called > SoftPC or VirtualPC. And those two programs let me do screen captures of > MS-DOS, as if I were on a Mac. In the Windows world, I bet there is a way > to create a screen capture of an MS-DOS screen - I hope so! > > So assuming that you can take a screen capture of an MS-DOS screen, here is > the way I create .GIFs (by the way, there are other ways to do this...this > is just my way :-) > > MAKING .GIF FILES FROM A SIGNWRITER FILE > > I make .GIFs by typing in SignWriter 4.3. Then I create a screen > capture of the sign, or signs, or screen I want to capture. That creates a > graphics > file. Then I open the graphics file in Photoshop, and I "invert it", > getting rid of the black background, and convert it to .GIF. I always use > the "web" mode for making .GIFs, because I sometimes need diagrams for the > web later anyway. > > If you are not sure how to create a "screen capture", I know you can do it > from both Windows and the Mac. On the Mac, you can get very small > definition, just capturing one tiny symbol, or a whole screen. The Mac > strokes for that are: Shift-Command-4. That gives you a cross-hair kind of > symbol, and then you can box the area you want, and lift your finger from > the mouse, and it places the screen captured graphics file on your desktop > to open later. > > I have also done screen captures on Windows 98, and if I remember right, > they have a key called "print screen", and that captures the entire screen > I believe. If you press Alt-Print Screen, I believe that will capture just > the Window you are in...although I do not know how to capture a very small > space on the screen, like I do on the Mac. > > Once you open the graphics file in Photoshop, you need to know Photoshop > and all the ".GIF making techniques" - and unfortunately, there are several > .GIF formats. Slowly our List will learn which formats work, and which ones > do not....I have already learned that transparent .GIFs that are made for > the web do not do well - some people did not get the message - the message > was transparent - ha!! > > I hope this helps, Wayne! Write again anytime with questions - > > Val ;-) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Valerie Sutton > > > SignWritingSite...Lessons Online > https://www.SignWriting.org > > Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting > Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA |
|