Hi all,

This animation is of a simple optical integrated circuit, in this case an
all-optical router. The main requirements are that the animation get a
scientific point across to an intelligent lay audience, be visually
appealing, and be no larger then 5MBs. For the visual style I was aiming
for an electron microscope effect.

I need to fix the spelling mistakes in the captions, and I think I'll add
labels in sync with the captions so the viewer knows which component I'm
talking about at each step. I also need to add in the optical fibers I
mention in the captions.

If anyone has any feedback or constructive criticism I'd love to hear it, I
have no doubt you all at least pass the intelligent lay audience test :p

You can download it here:
http://www.guidetomp3players.com/test_watermarked.avi
It is encoded using the open source Xvid codec: http://www.xvid.org/

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On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:42:53 EST, "scam" <sca### [at] mailusydeduau> wrote:

>If anyone has any feedback or constructive criticism I'd love to hear it, I
>have no doubt you all at least pass the intelligent lay audience test :p

The animation look very good, great job on that.  As a presentation, there are two
things I would change, though.  First, the text is displayed for too short of a period
of time.  Second, it is
difficult to read the text and watch the animation at the same time.  What I would
suggest is to display the text a little longer, while the image is not animated, and
then animate the image to show
what you describe in the previous text.  It should then be easier to follow along.


Kyle

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Kyle <hob### [at] gatenet> wrote:
> The animation look very good, great job on that.  As a presentation, there are two
things I would change, though.  Fi
rst, the text is displayed for too short of a period of time.  Second, it is
> difficult to read the text and watch the animation at the same time.  What I would
suggest is to display the text a l
ittle longer, while the image is not animated, and then animate the image to show
> what you describe in the previous text.  It should then be easier to follow along.
>
>
> Kyle

Hi Kyle, thanks a lot for your feedback.

You are right that it is difficult to follow the text and the animation at
the same time. At the moment the viewer must watch it several times to get
the idea, which indicates that the information isn't being conveyed
efficiently. You're suggestion to pause the animation is a great idea, and
I think combined with some labels to highlight which element the caption is
referring to it should improve things a lot.

Thanks again,
Sam

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