xiaojiang216 Posted January 20, 2007 at 08:16 PM Report Posted January 20, 2007 at 08:16 PM 大家好， I downloaded the newest version (v1.23) of eStroke. I was really happy to see that this version can export stroke sequences as GIF animations. However, every one I export cannot be opened. Is there something I am being stupid about? 谢谢大家！ Quote
nubix Posted January 21, 2007 at 12:24 AM Report Posted January 21, 2007 at 12:24 AM xiaojiang216 the 2d and 3d versions of the animated gif work fine for me. How are you testing them? I dragged them from export directory into my browser. Quote
xiaojiang216 Posted January 21, 2007 at 03:16 AM Author Report Posted January 21, 2007 at 03:16 AM nubix, I tried clicking and dragging them to my browser, and they work fine. However, when I try to open them in a program (Windows Picture and Fax Viewer), I cannot view it. What are the exported files meant to be used with/for? 非常感谢你！ Quote
nubix Posted January 21, 2007 at 10:00 PM Report Posted January 21, 2007 at 10:00 PM ahh, xiaojiang216, I see. Microsoft Picture Viewer will only show the first frame of the animation. Browsers show animated gifs fine and animated gif editors will play the gif as well. Animated Gifs are mostly for browser use though you can use them in some multimedia authoring packages. If you wanted to create some online content for Chinese Language learning or revision animated gifs in the web page can be very useful. I have used the eStroke characters in a different way: to help some others in my class who had little Hanzi writing practice. Right-clicking the estroke character and choosing copy allows me to paste the stroke animation as a picture sequence directly into Microsoft Word. This can then be used to create a hanzi practice sheet with the stroke animation sequence at the top of the page for students wanting to practice their writing. Quote
xiaojiang216 Posted March 25, 2008 at 06:49 PM Author Report Posted March 25, 2008 at 06:49 PM Does anyone know if eStroke works on Macs? Quote
imron Posted March 26, 2008 at 01:12 AM Report Posted March 26, 2008 at 01:12 AM From their homepage: eStroke runs on Windows 2000, XP and Vista.However, if you use something like Parallels, you can run Windows programs in a virtual machine, and they work perfectly. That's how I access online banking with my Chinese bank, which only supports IE for logging in Quote
tooironic Posted March 27, 2008 at 02:27 PM Report Posted March 27, 2008 at 02:27 PM Wow they only support IE? Crazy ! lmao Quote
imron Posted March 27, 2008 at 06:08 PM Report Posted March 27, 2008 at 06:08 PM Yes, all Chinese banks that I'm aware of, and many Chinese websites, only support IE. Quote
singlung Posted August 20, 2008 at 07:20 PM Report Posted August 20, 2008 at 07:20 PM xiaojiang, a mac os x version is available! Quote
david808 Posted October 24, 2008 at 09:24 PM Report Posted October 24, 2008 at 09:24 PM Alternatively, you can use Arch Chinese. The stroke animation is free and runs on all major platforms (Windows, Linux and Mac) and browsers (FireFox, Safari, IE, Google Chrome and Opera). Quote
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