Re: Flash vs Traditional Screen shot tutorials

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 11:04:42 +0100, John Colby <John.Colby@uce.ac.uk>  
wrote:


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles McCathieNevile [mailto:charles@sidar.org]
>
> Captioning things is something that is learned.
>
> <snip />
>
>  They do take some real effort and time to learn, and while I am
> prepared to use my captions and descriptions in place of nothing, I would
> rather have a professional do the job for me...
>
> OK if you can afford professionals.
>
> Not being deliberately cynical - we have a whole load of movies to make  
> - and just need to learn how to do it - however badly at first.

Right - exactly the reason I ended up learning how to do it myself. I  
would suggest (following the implications of what Joe Clark says) watching  
as much captioned and subtitled stuff as you can, getting a feeling for  
the differences, and talking to users, as well as just getting in there  
and doing it.

Good luck :-)

cheers

Received on Monday, 28 June 2004 06:13:19 UTC