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[piggy classy <thisispiggy@xxxxxxxxx>]

Cassidy, I just went back and reread the SVG screenshot email. I think
that's fantastic! Now I can just take a screenshot of whatever feature I
want to show off and zoom in as much as I want. Then, the only thing we
need is a high resolution cursor for animation.


On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 12:38 PM, piggy classy <thisispiggy@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Cody, I get this when I run jockey-gtk:
> (jockey-gtk:4230): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_icon_set_render_icon_pixbuf:
> assertion `icon_set != NULL' failed
>
> (jockey-gtk:4230): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_icon_set_render_icon_pixbuf:
> assertion `icon_set != NULL' failed
>
> Also, this screen pops up (Attachment)
>
> Cassidy, ouch that sucks. I've been too spoiled by tablets and phones and
> just kind of assumed that elements would size as well.
>
> Okay, we have to improvise. When I was making the first Luna video four
> months ago, I asked the people on metafilter how the Google videos are
> made. You can see it here: http://bit.ly/Z0lrxj
>
> One person kindly took a screenshot of the video and overlayed it on top
> of the screenshot of a real display: http://imgur.com/QoNrg and concluded
> that the video is indeed made with photoshop/after effects instead of
> recording.
>
> I went back and re watched the video (and many others) a few times and
> noted that during the parts where things are zoomed in, there are very
> little animations. As you can see here: http://youtu.be/kcOUWjkGBUY?t=38s,
> it's mostly made of very simple UI with a hovering cursor and a key press.
> I think we can do the same thing here, since we have so many great
> designers.
>
> Anyway, I already have an idea of how things would go in the video.
> Hopefully, I can get this recording thing to work and make a quick draft. I
> think it's going to be a killer video!
>
> Piggy
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 8:41 PM, Cody Garver <cody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> According to xrandr, your second display does not exist.
>>
>> You can disable your drivers using jockey-gtk, it should already be
>> installed, just put that in a Terminal and it will launch.
>>
>> Then try configuring the monitor as well as xrandr -q again.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 8:36 PM, piggy classy <thisispiggy@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Not sure if my last reply was to all or just Cassidy, but here it is
>>> again:
>>>
>>> Cody, how do I uninstall my proprietary drive? Sorry,, I'm not very
>>> familiar with Linux. Also, I get this response with the command:
>>> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192
>>> LVDS1 connected 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
>>> 344mm x 194mm
>>>    1366x768       59.6*+
>>>    1360x768       59.8     60.0
>>>    1024x768       60.0
>>>    800x600        60.3     56.2
>>>    640x480        59.9
>>> VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
>>> HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
>>> DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
>>>
>>> Cassidy, the mirror box is blanked out. I've attached a screenshot of
>>> the Display window.
>>>
>>> UPDATE: I just booted up my Windows, and my TV was instantly recognized.
>>> I'm now typing this message with 1920x1080 resolution.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Cassidy James <cassidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I know the UX of that Ubuntu Displays plug can be confusing... And this
>>>> sounds like a "duh" thing but I overlooked it all the time: is the little
>>>> "mirror" check box on the right checked? If so, uncheck that. ;)
>>>>  On Feb 27, 2013 6:36 PM, "Cody Garver" <cody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Uninstall your proprietary drivers and see what happens, at least
>>>>> regarding the lag. I have a little experience with xrandr and dual
>>>>> monitors, what does this output when your tv is plugged in?:
>>>>>
>>>>> xrandr -q
>>>>>
>>>>> This is a very strange case if your tv is HDMI and not working
>>>>> automatically.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On Feb 27, 2013, at 6:07 PM, piggy classy <thisispiggy@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > Hi all,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I've been working on making the launch video. One of the things I
>>>>> had hoped to do was to connect my TV to my laptop as a secondary monitor.
>>>>> This way, I can record with a higher resolution and thus can zoom in to
>>>>> particular parts of the screen without things getting blurry.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > This is my laptop:
>>>>> > Dell XPS 15-L502x
>>>>> > Geforce GT 525M
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I'm connecting my TV to it via HDMI. But nothing shows up.  Only my
>>>>> laptop is shown as available in "Displays," Clicking "Detect Displays" does
>>>>> nothing.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > It would be great if I could get some help from you guys.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Piggy
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>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cody Garver
>>
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