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@jim said:

And it can't play Flash? Every site on the Internet uses flash in some way small or large.

No it (the iPad) can't play flash, but for very good reason. Flash is hideously out of date, is a power hog, owned by Adobe (who seem to be out playing golf everyday, rather than developing flash), you can't link flash to a separate website, within a browser for eg. 9.9 times out of 10, it will be flash that crashes your browser (Mac or PC). Flash is utterly useless for blind people, because it can't be read by a screen reader. Probably the only thing left that flash is good for is watching porn! In a nutshell, Flash is shit.

However Apple and Google (oh yes ) believe that HTML5 is the way forward. According to Steve Jobs, "Adobe are lazy";

@unknownuser said:

They are lazy, Jobs says. They have all this potential to do interesting things but they just refuse to do it. They don’t do anything with the approaches that Apple is taking, like Carbon. Apple does not support Flash because it is so buggy, he says. Whenever a Mac crashes more often than not it’s because of Flash. No one will be using Flash, he says. The world is moving to HTML5.

To be honest, I've had an iPhone for over a year now, and I haven't missed flash at all. Rock on HTML5 then.

@steved said:

" There is a new program that allows the user to write award winning movie scripts! it is called microsoft word"

Hi Steved. Pardon my ignorance, but is there an even better, and freeware application called "Open Office", which unlike word, won't cost you a penny? Or am I missing something here? "Movie Scripts"??? What's "movie scripts" got to do with SketchUp? A nifty little viral marketing plug for Microsoft perhaps?!

Hehe! Chuck! My main man!!

YOU have just illustrated exactly why i will be getting an iPad, when they come out! Really, there is nothing revolutionary about the iPad, except that it has a bigger screen. This is just phase two of Apple's iPhone/ touch revolution

I think Tim summed this up really nicely in the iPad thread elsewhere on SCF;

@unknownuser said:

And what's with the idiocy about "it's only a big iPod touch"? Are people on this forum - mostly designers - really not aware of the difference in effective functionality that changing size can cause? The bigger screen allows different usage modality to that of the iphone/touch. A still bigger screen - say 30" - would allow still others and would prevent some that are convenient with a 10" screen.

But I do agree with Mike, I too had problems with NaviCAD, and was considering getting Unity 3D to do pretty much the same thing. I suppose I need to have another go? Thanks for the 'heads up' as they say!

Thanks for the tip William

iPad is a better name than "iSlate". "Slate" was already used by Steve Ballmer, when he demoed the new HP Slate. But one thing I don't think many Americans realise (as I found the term is NOT used in the USA) is that in English slang, to 'slate' something is to 'put it down', or belittle it.

slate

Definition of slate in the Idioms Dictionary. slate phrase. What does slate expression mean? Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary.

TheFreeDictionary.com (idioms.thefreedictionary.com)

Actually, it looks like "to slate" is used inAmerica, but not so much any more

So "iSlate" would have been a bad choice anyway?

iPad? "My Pad"?- a tampon? "iJamrag"?!? ......no I don't think so!

Have you noticed that the iPad with attached keyboard, bears more than a passing resemblance to the Xerox Parc computer?

(at least with the orientation of the screen. Perhaps this was a wry nod in the direction of the Parc design? A subtle joke from Jony Ive perhaps? )

Great info Chuck. Thanks! I've bookmarked this thread too.

PNG files, yes- love 'em! The bloke I work with refuses to accept that PNG are the new JPEG's (They are great for photography too). It's all very infuriating!

best,

Tom

PS, the 'upped' export looked great too (1400x 933)

@unknownuser said:

Tom, are you not getting the option window? or is it just not affecting the resulting export?

Chuck, I've just got QTPro, and I swear this info wasn't there before- but now it is I'm now exporting a film, after upping the resolution

It's a shame I didn't know this before I did the iMovie film, but there you go. You gotta just do it, learn from your mistakes right?

Any recommendations on which export resolution ratios to use?

@gaieus said:

No, it is also the free version. What Chuck suggests here is not to export as mov file but as image sequence (pull down the file type line to change the export format). Adjust your settings and export as standalone images then put the movie together outside SU.

Wow. I can do that with Scene animation??

I'm frantically working on my website right now. I could upload the film I've made already (with iMovie and Keynote, and my father-in-law, playing one of Handel's harpsichord suites, in the background!!), but I think it may exceed my quota. The film will be accessible on the website. It's pretty basic- I've hardly included any materials/ photos- but this was to keep costs right down.

@mike lucey said:

Steve Wozniak gives his opinion of the iPad and the future of the entertainment industry.

I think he's right. I want to leave my computer at work, not bring it home with me (like I do right now with my laptop). But to have something to curl up with in the evenings while I write stuff on SketchUcation, or some fun interacting with my kids (my youngest loves Autodesk's Sketchpad), or watching a film, or writing email to my dad etc etc, then something like the iPad will be great. I also agree with Jeff, as at the moment, carrying around a laptop, is a risk, especially as it did cost me £1100 when I bought it. It's not insured (pretty stupid yes), and I'm really slack when it comes to Time Machine (yes really stupid- but I do back up though). It would be nice if it had a camera- but then again, there are those Wi-Fi SD cards out there....

PS, I do still prefer a 'real' book to a gizmo!

@solo said:

and may reduce the negativity you have with MS.

My negativity?! What about yours?!

But seriously Pete, I have so much software for Mac, to now use Windows, I would have to start all over again. I'm in my 40's, and have been using Mac's for yonks, both as a designer, a photographer and as a musician. For example, I own the entire Logic Pro suite. It took me the best part of 5 years to work out how to use Logic (including the Environment). Now development for Windows has been dropped, there would be little point in buying into a new DAW (like Cubase for eg), and having to learn the whole shebang all over again.

Another copy of Windows will cost me another £170 or so (maybe less as an OEM off the bay?). The only reason I really need Windows is for software like AutoCAD. I'd rather spend that money on some more Apple software- or even an iPad, or another lens, or even buy something for my kids

@solo said:

@unknownuser said:

I'm a user of both XP and Mac OS X).

Time to upgrade to Windows 7.

Why?

@remus said:

Still cant really blame microsoft if vendors are writing bad drivers for their products.

I'm not blaming microsoft. I would imagine that the X1600 was designed with a very close relationship between Apple and ATi. It was probably never designed to work with Windows. I would also imagine that there is also a special relationship going on now with NVidia and Apple. I think this is what always trips up the non-Apple users of this community (windows users), as they probably see those same cards as 'not as good' as other cards- ie 'underpowered', when actually, because they are running on a closed system under mac OS X, they behave just as well- if not better in certain situations (like rendering). I know I'm about to get flamed for that last remark, but so far i've found that to be true (I'm a user of both XP and Mac OS X).

I seem to remember the spacebar being set to the select tool, and can't be changed, which is a shame because I too would have preferred the spacebar to be used for other purposes. Tim, perhaps you should email the SU dev team about this one? Being disabled does have some advantages too!

Tom

@remus said:

@tfdesign said:

...is nowhere as bad as the performance using two displays when running XP.

Off topic, but thats likely due to a slow graphics card rather than any inherent fault in xp.

Works absolutely great on Mac, with BOTH screens going. So is that the graphic card's fault, or just that the ATi XP driver for that particular card (X1600) just happens to be bobbins?

And you can operate your iPad, without being seen!

Hmm, this has got to be a SketchUp Pro thing

Come on, admit it...we all want one. a car that also doubles up as a plane?? AND one that's legal on the roads too???!

Apparently this was designed in Solidworks, partnering with Catia (and a whole load of FEA data too!) Either way, I bet it costs a small fortune ($10,000 gets the deposit), but I'd love to draw up for some petrol (gas) in this beauty

More here;

http://www.terrafugia.com/

Hi Chuck.

Sorry for not getting back sooner- this site has a habit of not notifying me about posts unless I check the box- something I always forget to do!

The problem I was referring to was that SketchUp only appears to output a file which is 640x480, or near about, as it seems. Can this be changed if I upgrade to Pro? What's on screen looks great, but what's chucked out via Quicktime is fairly poor in quality (or not what I would have liked). I'm hoping to upgrade in the not too distant future

regards,

Tom