hi,
following my time with arduino, i have a project that i have decided that processing is probably a way i can get it done!
i use a mac, but the machine running this will be windows (xp). processing is cross platform, so i think ive got a good chance of it working :)
current situation;
i have a photobooth, you press a big button, the booth counts down, then takes a photo, and then at the end of the day i trawl through 1000 images, delete the rubbish ones and then upload the rest to facebook.
the unit is installed in the ceiling, is networked up, and the photos live in dropbox
i sync the photos and process them "remotely"
i would like to add to this by having a touchscreen computer next to the booth, with a carousel of the images recently taken and an input box. the user can touch the image they want, input their email address and hit send, and like magic, their photo appears in their inbox.
where am i up to;
i have downloaded processing, and have been googling like mad!
i have created a dynamic screen size, added some large text, and have imported the last photo taken (of the dropbox folder), and have this reasonably sized on the screen.
i have researched javamail, and have found the email processing blog (
http://shiffman.net/2007/11/13/e-mail-processing/) which looks useful
i have researched ofxkeyboard,
http://code.google.com/p/ofxkeyboard/ http://openprocessing.org/sketch/10188 which looks amazing, and whilst the demo loads, the downloaded version does not compile correctly. this chap has now delved off into something called open frameworks, and trying to piece this together feels like im going about it the wrong way.
what i need to do;
when the photo is taken (image1), this is first in line, its nice and large
when photo2 is taken, photo1 moves from large position to next position,
i must make space for say 8 photos
when you touch the image you wish to email, the image should be brought in full scope, if you touch the keyboard the letters should be large and visual.
if you click off the image, it returns to its previous position.
if you click on the image and then take forever to type in your email address, following photos should not disrupt the sequence.
all email data entered is to be saved to csv, either one long file per day, or individually
where i am stuck;
the on screen keyboard. once i have this done, i can map the images around it.
can anyone see things that processing fundamentally cannot do, and should look for a different option, or just some project guidance :)
code can be supplied (albeit its not very interesting!)
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