Just using the 2 actions named above, and I realise that the numbers you put into the boxes relate to the timings of each picture etc., but do they relate to anything in the real world, say 1000 in the Sequence Timer relates to 1 second?
The reason I ask is that the client is being rather picky about how long each picture appears onscreen for and I’m having a bit of difficulty working this out, apart from previewing and looking at my watch.
As always, thanks in advance for the great help you all give
Trev
Thanks Joe, and just to clear one last thing up so it’s all nice and
tidy:
The Sequence Timer timings are for each ‘slide’ and the Target Show/
Hide Layers numbers are for the transitions, is this correct?
Trev
On 2 Feb 2011, at 11:31, Joe Billings wrote:
They are seconds, if I recall correctly. So 0.5 == 500, 1 == 1000,
1.5 == 1500.
Joe
On 2 Feb 2011, at 11:16, Trevor Reaveley wrote:
Thanks David, and what about the numbers in the Target hide/Show
Layer action - any ideas?
Trev
On 2 Feb 2011, at 10:14, DeltaDave wrote:
1000 in the Sequence Timer relates to 1 second?
I believe that all these JS actions that involve setting timings
use milliseconds - so yes 1000 = 1sec
Thanks Joe, and just to clear one last thing up so it’s all nice and tidy:
The Sequence Timer timings are for each ‘slide’ and the Target Show/Hide Layers numbers are for the transitions, is this correct?
Trev
On 2 Feb 2011, at 11:31, Joe Billings wrote:
They are seconds, if I recall correctly. So 0.5 == 500, 1 == 1000, 1.5 == 1500.
Joe
On 2 Feb 2011, at 11:16, Trevor Reaveley wrote:
Thanks David, and what about the numbers in the Target hide/Show Layer action - any ideas?
Trev
On 2 Feb 2011, at 10:14, DeltaDave wrote:
1000 in the Sequence Timer relates to 1 second?
I believe that all these JS actions that involve setting timings use milliseconds - so yes 1000 = 1sec
That’s great. Thanks to Joe and David for clearing this up for me.
Simple for some, not so simple for others…!!
Trev
On 2 Feb 2011, at 12:16, Joe Billings wrote:
Yep, that’s it.
On 2 Feb 2011, at 11:36, Trevor Reaveley wrote:
Thanks Joe, and just to clear one last thing up so it’s all nice
and tidy:
The Sequence Timer timings are for each ‘slide’ and the Target Show/
Hide Layers numbers are for the transitions, is this correct?
Trev
On 2 Feb 2011, at 11:31, Joe Billings wrote:
They are seconds, if I recall correctly. So 0.5 == 500, 1 == 1000,
1.5 == 1500.
Joe
On 2 Feb 2011, at 11:16, Trevor Reaveley wrote:
Thanks David, and what about the numbers in the Target hide/Show
Layer action - any ideas?
Trev
On 2 Feb 2011, at 10:14, DeltaDave wrote:
1000 in the Sequence Timer relates to 1 second?
I believe that all these JS actions that involve setting timings
use milliseconds - so yes 1000 = 1sec
Hello again all, now the client is saying:
“can I have slide1 up for 8 seconds, slide2 for 4 seconds, slide3 for
8 seconds etc.” any ideas what action (or what I can do) to accomodate
this request?
thanks
Trev
On 2 Feb 2011, at 12:28, Trevor Reaveley wrote:
That’s great. Thanks to Joe and David for clearing this up for me.
Simple for some, not so simple for others…!!
Trev
On 2 Feb 2011, at 12:16, Joe Billings wrote:
Yep, that’s it.
On 2 Feb 2011, at 11:36, Trevor Reaveley wrote:
Thanks Joe, and just to clear one last thing up so it’s all nice
and tidy:
The Sequence Timer timings are for each ‘slide’ and the Target
Show/Hide Layers numbers are for the transitions, is this correct?
Trev
On 2 Feb 2011, at 11:31, Joe Billings wrote:
They are seconds, if I recall correctly. So 0.5 == 500, 1 ==
1000, 1.5 == 1500.
Joe
On 2 Feb 2011, at 11:16, Trevor Reaveley wrote:
Thanks David, and what about the numbers in the Target hide/Show
Layer action - any ideas?
Trev
On 2 Feb 2011, at 10:14, DeltaDave wrote:
1000 in the Sequence Timer relates to 1 second?
I believe that all these JS actions that involve setting
timings use milliseconds - so yes 1000 = 1sec
Hello again all, now the client is saying:
“can I have slide1 up for 8 seconds, slide2 for 4 seconds, slide3 for 8 seconds etc.” any ideas what action (or what I can do) to accomodate this request?
You could tell him to stop behaving like a complete client
So that’s a ‘no’ then? The reason was that some of the slides have a
good amount of text and he wanted them interspersed with pics which
didn’t have to be up there for so long.
Thanks for the info.
Trev
On 7 Feb 2011, at 12:29, DeltaDave wrote:
Tell him no - but he can have them all at 6.
Besides viewers will think there is something wrong if they display
for different time periods.
Hi Guys
I’m really new to Freeway, and just exploring the slideshow feature so go gentle…
Just a thought, but could you not duplicate the pictures that you want to appear longer? Ie 2 copies one after the other will display for twice as long as a single?
I guess this would only work as long as there wasn’t any fade between pics.
Now there’s a thought David. Next time I get to the job I’ll give it a
go.
Sometimes it just takes a fresh eye to come up with something that
seems fairly obvious!!
Trev
On 8 Feb 2011, at 18:32, David Wells wrote:
Hi Guys
I’m really new to Freeway, and just exploring the slideshow feature
so go gentle…
Just a thought, but could you not duplicate the pictures that you
want to appear longer? Ie 2 copies one after the other will display
for twice as long as a single?
I guess this would only work as long as there wasn’t any fade
between pics.
I have a Target/Show hid layer + Sequence Timer on a site. My transitions remain at the same speed whatever I enter into the ‘Duration’ box. Are you or other users seeing a change of speed of transitions when entering different values into this box?
Yes - I use the same combination of Actions and what you have to remember is the time interval measure is in (I believe) milliseconds, Therefore, you have to use large values and big changes to se any difference. For example, I use a value of Speed: 2400 on one site and to see any appreciable difference I would have to increase to say 3200 or more.
HTH Colin
On 9 Feb 2011, at 11:56, Richard Lowther wrote:
I have a Target/Show hid layer + Sequence Timer on a site. My transitions remain at the same speed whatever I enter into the ‘Duration’ box. Are you or other users seeing a change of speed of transitions when entering different values into this box?
The sequence timer speed I have no problem with (length of time the slide is displayed for) it is the duration of the fade or transition that seems to be stuck at the default which on opening is .5.
I will try it out on another empty page and see what happens, or maybe remove the action, republish and reapply.
I’ve replicated you problem - but don’t really know the answer. However, here are two observations.
I. It seems that the fade timing is uniform to the first set, if you vary the timing in each image - i.e. the Action only allows a the first fade duration it finds.
If you make long fade timings, (I tried up to Duration: 24), don’t forget to compensate in the Sequence Timer Action or fades will overlap and images change ‘mid-fade’. (I got quite a dreamy effect this way!).
HTH Colin
On 9 Feb 2011, at 13:48, Richard Lowther wrote:
The sequence timer speed I have no problem with (length of time the slide is displayed for) it is the duration of the fade or transition that seems to be stuck at the default which on opening is .5.
You are right in your observation Colin. I have two Target Show Hide Layer actions on one page. One is triggered by the Sequence Timer the other by a Rollover on click. The fade is taking its orders from the items higher up in the site panel. I have now swapped the order around to give preference to the slide show. What I wanted was a lazy slide show on the left and a layer on the right which, on click, appears with a bit more eagerness.
You can see it here http://www.richard-lowther.com/amanda/
The setting on the slide show is 3 and on the layer revealed when ‘Contact or Book’ is clicked is 0.5 but it follows the (almost dreamy) lead of the slide show. Can anyone, maybe the Softpress people, shed light on this?
Very nice site you are producing - makes me want to go on holiday right now! Sorry, I couldn’t help more, but I’m no Action expert, but I’m am sure Softpress will help if you get in touch direct, as these are basic, included Actions.Try Support via its website.
Colin
On 9 Feb 2011, at 15:03, Richard Lowther wrote:
You are right in your observation Colin. I have two Target Show Hide Layer actions on one page. One is triggered by the Sequence Timer the other by a Rollover on click. The fade is taking its orders from the items higher up in the site panel. I have now swapped the order around to give preference to the slide show. What I wanted was a lazy slide show on the left and a layer on the right which, on click, appears with a bit more eagerness.
You can see it here http://www.richard-lowther.com/amanda/
The setting on the slide show is 3 and on the layer revealed when ‘Contact or Book’ is clicked is 0.5 but it follows the (almost dreamy) lead of the slide show. Can anyone, maybe the Softpress people, shed light on this?
Thanks Colin (and thanks for the kind words re the site) I will drop Softpress a line if no one from there picks up on this thread. Maybe that is the way it is to be although Tim thought I might be able to change the transition speed when I posed a question in December about these two actions, although used in a slightly different way - see the thread below “More than one fading slide show?” which I have just reanimated.
