On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 08:22 -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote: > In any case, I've worked on these training videos before at my job, and > they are higher in complexity by *several* orders of magnitude over > what's required for written documentation. Script-writing, lighting, > directing, camera work, sound recording, editing, mixing, scoring... > this is why media houses exist! :-) I agree about not getting sidetracked, but I want to recognize the growing value in what are being called 'screencasts.' These are short, usually Flash movies that show someone using a piece of software to accomplish tasks. It can include a narration. Something like this can be produced using basic desktop tools. However, I doubt there is a fully free toolchain, and if there is, the output format isn't an open one. Still, something to keep our eye on. If making useful screencasts was someone's entire preference and they wouldn't participate otherwise, I'd say we should embrace them and see what can be done. We can still have open source documentation that compiles into a non-free format and possibly still be within the spirit of the project - Karsten -- Karsten Wade, RHCE * Sr. Tech Writer * http://people.redhat.com/kwade/ gpg fingerprint: 2680 DBFD D968 3141 0115 5F1B D992 0E06 AD0E 0C41 Red Hat SELinux Guide http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/selinux-guide/
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