Changes between Version 40 and Version 41 of GROUP_TIMELINES_R0

Timestamp:

06/22/09 13:08:01 (16 years ago)

Author:

sveto

Comment:

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GROUP_TIMELINES_R0

@@ -18 +18 @@
 
  * the title bar of the timeline flap should display the name of the selected object.
- * a channel for the frame's visibility property; more channels will appear in later revisions of this task.
+ * activation channels or a visibility channel; more channels will appear in later revisions of this task.
  * (If more than one frame is in the group, each frame in the group should have its own set of channels.) 
  * a playhead that can be moved across the timeline from 0:00 to 1:00.
@@ -28 +28 @@
   * a "hide all" button: if clicked this will make the frame invisible for the complete duration of the timeline.
 
-By default, all frames on the page are shown all the time. If the user changes a frame's visibility, this will be reflected in the frame's channel. If the user moves the playhead, the page should reflect the visibility of the text frames at that particular point in the timeline.
+Activation for a frame or a group of frames means the time span when the frame's own timeline is played. The channel for activation allows to set these periods in the parent timeline.
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+By default, all frames on the page are shown all the time. If the user changes a frame's visibility, this will be reflected in the frame's channel at the point in time where the playhead is currently set. If the user moves the playhead, the page should reflect the visibility of the text frames at that particular point in the timeline.
 
 In future revisions of this task, other kinds of frames will appear on the timeline. Other frame properties (example: margin types) will appear as channels for each frame; each of these properties should probably have its own dedicated control bar (e.g., color & width settings for margins). 
@@ -38 +40 @@
   [[Image(source:/branches/private/danvisel/sophie2-platform/doc/spec-diagrams/TimelineWireframe2.png)]]
 
-Tthe properties of the selected frame or object appear as channels. For this revision, it's just visibility. The channels can be selected; in this wireframe, Frame A's visibility is selected. (In the future, we'll want multiple selection.)
+The properties of the selected frame or object appear as channels. For this revision, it's just visibility. The channels can be selected; in this wireframe, Frame A's visibility is selected. (In the future, we'll want multiple selection.)
 
 The control bar of the timeline interface has fields for start point, end point, and four buttons. If the user clicks the "Hide All" button, the frame will be hidden from 0:00-1:00. If the user thn enters 0:10-0:20 and clicks the "Toggle Visiblity" button, the frame will be shown from 0:10-0:20.