Other things to do with Keynote.
A friend asked if I could do a birthday card for their dad for them in Keynote. I saw this as a perfect opportunity to try some of the more fun features of the app and she tells me it went over big with their family. I've posted it here.
http://idisk.mac.com/makentosh-Public/dad.mp4 -The music that plays was their pick
Technically, there aren't too many tricks or pitfalls in it's creation aside from some pretty specific builds/durations. Just wanted others to see that Keynote is CERTAINLY more than just presentations.
Here's a link to the presentation (I removed their music, everything else is intact)
http://idisk.mac.com/makentosh-Public/dad-nomusic.zip
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Using other applications (specifically iClicker) with keynote
I am trying to use iClicker in my keynote presentation. I am able to see the iClicker floating bar and graph on my presenter's view, but I can not get the floating bar to appear on the projected/presentation view. I have selected the appropriate options in Keynote Preferences (i.e., allow others to use the screen), but am still unsuccessful.
Any ideas?
Thanks!Can you tell the iClicker software which display to use? Have you tried dragging iClicker's main application window to the external display?
If you can't, then there might be a somewhat kludgy workaround: when you connect to the projector, go into your display preferences, click on the Arrange tab, and move the menu bar to the external display. Then in the Keynote prefs, tell Keynote to present on the primary display instead of the secondary. Changing the arrangement makes the projector your primary display and your normal display the secondary. Keynote doesn't really care which display it uses for what (in fact the default setting is to present on the primary display in a 2-monitor configuration). But if iClicker is insisting on using the primary display, that might be what you need to do to whip it into shape.
I would start with the iClicker prefs, if any. But failing that, try changing the screens around.
--Dave Althoff, Jr. -
Audio (and other) problems noted with Keynote version 4.0.1
Since installing Keynote 4 and the 4.0.1 update, I have noted the following situations and/or problems:
1) When doing a "save-as" the filename is appended with the suffix ".key" but when I subsequently "save" this file, the suffix disappears. The file seems to open and operate OK nonetheless, but this puzzles and somewhat concerns me that someday Keynote may not recognize the file. This happens whenever I "save" a slideshow after I have made any changes to it.
2) When playing back a "soundtrack," the audio "glitches" frequently at slide transitions: this occurs repeatedly on my G5 desktop system but not on my MacBook Pro-17. The "glitches" always seem to occur at the same places in the track - which, of course, is also at the same slide transitions. (This problem has spawned several similar questions and threads in this forum.)
3) Related to #2 above, the "glitches" also interrupt or corrupt the "recording" of that soundtrack, so that the synchronization is off when the slideshow is played back.
4) If I want to have an audio track play under a series of slides, the only way I have found to accomplish this is to create a separate slideshow with the audio track running as a "soundtrack" and "record" the Builds and Transitions in sync with the audio. If I want to incorporate several of these shows together, I can create a "master" slideshow and Hyperlink each segment to the next. HOWEVER...
5) When I "record" a "soundtrack" and "synchronize" the Builds and Transitions within the slideshow, everything plays back properly in sync ONLY when the slideshow is played as a stand-alone presentation (i.e. a cold start from the desktop). If I initiate playback of the slideshow via a Hyperlink from another presentation, the soundtrack plays but NONE of the synchronization works at all.
6) The only way I have found to have an audio track "fade-in" or "fade-out" is to use off-line editing software to record these fades prior to importing the tracks into Keynote. The "Start Audio" Build function is simply a hard "cut" in, and the end of the track is a hard "cut" out.
These problems are consistent and repeatable facts. Whether they are "bugs" in the software or "design shortcomings" is uncertain. Nonethtless ...
At the risk of offending the moderators of this forum, I feel compelled to comment that these problems render the audio operations of Keynote less than satisfactory and should be addressed as soon as possible with another update to this visually stunning but audio-challenged application.Well Ron S, I re-confirmed why I prefer not to look to tech support for support.
It seems to me that support's main function is to deflect any critical comments and push the blame back to the user.
Frankly, I have better things to do with my time and money than try to help a multi-billion dollar enterprise learn about itself.
So, for the benefit of you and the nearly 400 who have followed this thread, I offer you my latest and probably last attempt to have Apple acknowledge in some small way that "Houston, we have a problem".
I expect this reply will result in this thread being yanked as well, since I'm expressing negative thoughts about Apple's product and wishing they would do better, which is a non-technical gasp of utter frustration and disappointment. Note that "product" is singular, defining Keynote. My other Apple products serve me loyally and superbly, which is why my huge disappointment with Keynote.
So here is my correspondence with Tech Support. I've removed names except mine.
I think it speaks for itself. They have notes from my conversations with them that I have current Apple computers, including a MacBookPro, not an old PowerBook, nevertheless, they have told me that the problem is mine because the fabulous hyper-performing Keynote software is choking my poor old machine (paraphrased muchly).:
Hi (support),
That's disappointing news, especially since this test was done on 3 machines: an old G4 400, a 2.0G Dual G5 and an Intel core duo MacBookPro which yielded identical results.
It is not a hardware issue.
I do not accept a brush-off that it is my hardware that is causing Keynote to be problematic.
I will assume that Apple is not interested in addressing these issues in public and that Keynote is substandard software that is in need of re-authoring.
Sorry to be so blunt, but Apple has set this tone with Keynote, and used its considerable reputation as a leading a/v technology innovator to imply that Keynote will deliver the excellence we Mac users have come to expect.
I have been a loyal mac user since the SE series and have enjoyed success with the machines and software offered by Apple, and depend on them for my livelihood. I'm currently using FC Studio6 and know that Apple is capable of maintaining its high standards.
However, Keynote fails to do that, instead behaving like a product that was invented in a teenager's basement and is in beta. I realize that it's not designed as a FCP level product, but it fails at the basic tasks that you advertise it will complete.
A version 4 product should work as advertised. Keynote certainly does not.
I'm deeply saddened that Apple seems to have become an iPod entertainment company, interested mainly in profits from entertainment rather than serious useful technology.
On 2007-Oct-19, at 10:14 AM, (tech support) wrote:
Hello Sir,
Unfortunately, this does look like it's mostly a case of some of the new Keynote features slowing down the performance on the PowerBook.
At this point, there isn't much else we can do in the way of troubleshooting.
If you are not satisfied with the performance on the PowerBook, using the previous version of Keynote is probably his best option at this point.
We will continue to research this issue, but at this point it's unlikely I'll be able to find additional suggestions for improving performance, as it looks like it is is reproducible and limited to older models.
On Oct 16, 2007, at 11:27 PM, Ron Tucker wrote:
Hi (support),
Thanks for your recent followup calls. I'm directing a video shoot so am a bit preoccupied.
Here are the tests I mentioned.
These are as simple as it gets, and I think highlights the synchronization problem with Keynote.
Test 1 is straightforward, and demonstrates that a single unedited recorded audio track will maintain mouse click synchronization.
Test 2 is the same file, but with audio modifications applied to each slide in succession.
This demonstrates a dramatic synchronization slippage.
The visuals occur before the click (and audio) markers. Keynote seems to be create delay in audio at each "record and replace" point. This accumulates as the audio is revised in successive slides.
These tests demonstrate that there is a fundamental flaw in how Keynote handles audio in its most basic application.
This does not address the slim toolset available, such as lack of insert capability and other basic audio tools, which is a separate design issue, and I suppose subject to "request for enhancement" feedback.
I've reluctantly abandoned Keynote for my project work at present until these basic issues are addressed and it can be demonstrated that Keynote can successfully execute its feature set.
<TuckerKeynoteTest.zip>
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i changed my sim on my iPhone n reconfigured iMessage, it configured with my number but when i sign in with my apple id it says username/password is wrong while in all other things like FaceTime, App Store it worked with the same id and password..
can anyone help me to solve this issuei just opened my ipad, started my apple account/I.D. and realized I put the wrong e mail. I was having trouble correcting my I.D on the Ipad so I went to my laptop and make the proper changes/slash e mail address I wanted for my apple ID. I got back to my ipad and try to download an app I can't because I have to sign in my apple account and I can't because it still has the irrelivant I.D/email address..
So, i did what you said.. went to setting>app store> tapped on my e mail.. it asked me to sign in (with my invalid emails address showing). I signed in with the password I had created. It said "incorrect".. I went to reset password. I reset password, tried to sign in and it says again "unvalid password".. this is getting irritating. I have been asking and no one knows what to do. -
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I had a drive failure and lost the iWeb file along with other things.
I did manage to save a lot of user file documents but I don't see or
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I'm trying to find a way, using version 2.0.4 of iWeb on a different
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[email protected]Unfortunately iWeb cannot read or import previously published files, only generate them. You'll have to recreate your site from scratch.
However, Chapter 2.3 on the iWeb FAQ.org site has tips on using some of the existing files, image, audio, video, etc., from the published site in the recreation of the site.
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Where are addresses kept on MAIL? I don;t like the new format at all. Frances
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Subject: Re: - Old computer I had is OSX Snow Leopard with Entourage. New one is OSX Mavericks. Using Mail where are my addresses and old address book. Transferred old computer backup by Time Machine and other things work? Can't see a symbol for address book.
Date: August 25, 2014 at 9:46:01 AM EDT
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Old Entourage is POP and new Mavericks MAIL is IMAP I believe. I don;t know how to export in the forms you mention. Frances -
My iphone 5 won't charge and it's in perfect condition, I dont drop it and it's not cracked. I tried multiple chargers, none of them are damaged and my outlets work with other things so the problem is my phone. What's wrong with it and what should I do? Please help me I need my phone for work.
Make sure there's nothing blocking a contact in the charging port of the phone.
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Help with Guilloches and other things?
Heya, i've used Illustrator before for a few things, but i'm still quite new to it. Hope you can help.
Ok so what im trying to do is make bank note from scratch. Dont worry, its for a college project and it'll be an entirely new design so theres no chance of anyone mistaking it for real money (althought I do want it to look real)
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I've experimented using shapes made of lines and using the blend tool to create multiple lines in between them, but it doesnt give the same effect. Is there a better way to achieve these results?
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ThanksSorry, but Illustrator is really not ideally suited to banknote design.
I designed the current series of Icelandic banknotes so I know all about the problems involved.
You can make something that "looks" more or less like a banknote, but doing the actual artwork for a banknote is a totally different kettle of fish.
Illustrator (although a vector application) has pixel-based output (rip), whereas real banknote designs never use pixels, only lines.
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You can do guilloches with blends, repeat rotations and all kinds of distortions, but getting them to "ink" properly in 4 separations using gradated bands of colour is extremely complicated. It will cost you much hard work to produce a passable semblance of a banknote if you use only Illy.
You mention cross-hatching in a portrait. This again is fiendishly tricky to reproduce in Illustrator because engraved lines in intaglio are not of a constant weight. You can get part of the way using various brush strokes, but frankly I would advise you not to attempt it unless you are prepared to spend several weeks doing the job. It takes a skilled engraver up to three months to do a good portrait (with a burin on a steel plate, a few lines per day). I have always sent photographs or detailed pencil drawings to the engravers. Specialized applications are available that can produce a semblance to hand engraving, but they are really not very good and the outcome invariably involves a lot of manual tweaking. If you are good at drawing it might even be better to do the portrait by hand, but copying the style of engraved lines is very tricky unless done in considerable oversize.
May I suggest that it is considerably easier to produce colour banding effects using gradients in Photoshop. Copy Illy line work into Photoshop, lock layer transparency and colour with gradients. To do things correctly you will need 4 gradients - one for each offset separation plate - for each side of the note. Calculating the colour range for each plate will prove much more work that you suspect. And remember that each gradient should run the whole width of the note and only horizontally.
Depending on how real you want your "banknote" to look I suspect you need to study security printing carefully before you embark on this job. -
hi. my MacBook pro went off without me turnng it off. i tried turning it on again, but it wouldnt come on. i also tried doing the SMC thing, no avail. please any other thing to do ? (This notebook is still very new for anything to be wrong with it).
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Apparently not more than you.
Adobe has given up on mobile flash for any device. They announced this a while ago.
They admitted mobile flash is a disaster and are jumping on the HTML 5 bandwagon.
Adobe has moved on, why can't you?
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