[SML] Text Projection for LifeSpan of a Fact

[Pietrie, Joe]

Sometimes you can change the time from 0 to 0.1 and it will increase the
speed.

On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 8:55 AM Steven Mclean via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Thanks for all the support concerning the ETC Color Source SPOT deep blue
> fixtures.  They are off at ETC for Warranty repair.  Only cost a little
> over $1000 to ship them to Wisconsin.
>
> However, I have another question for the wisdom of the list.
>
> The little theatre that I am working with in South West Florida intends to
> mount a production of LifeSpan of a Fact in late October.  After minimizing
> the issue early on, the director is now pretty insistent that we project
> the "texted" portions of the play on 2 or more screens (we are in the
> round).  For those not familiar with the play, at certain points some
> variation of the 3 characters text (or email) each other with questions &
> responses.  The "action" involves the appearance of typing of letters &
> words, backspacing, deleting in real time.
>
> I have briefly played with an old copy of PowerPoint & am not satisfied
> that I can get the animations to emulate real-time typing & editing.  The
> timing between keystrokes is too long (even set at 0) & I haven't been able
> to reverse the effect to delete letters one-at-a-time.  This may be a
> function of my old version of PowerPoint as I don't get the same screens as
> shown on tutorials & not as many options.
>
> Can anyone on the list suggest a source for the text already prepared in
> PowerPoint or other non-proprietary format, or suggestions as to how this
> may be accomplished?
>
>
> --
> Steven J McLean
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> stevenjmclean at gmail.com
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