Tutorials

Tutorials

Tutorials cover the length and breadth of AMICO Sketchify. The tutorials are a combination of description and step-by-step video guides.

• 1. AMICO Sketchify: Basic Idea
  • Introduction
  • Sketching as Rapid Manipulation of Interactive Material with a Diversity of Tools
    • Conceptual Model
    • Integration and Variables
• 2. As Short Overview of AMICO Sketchify
  • Introduction
  • Defining Interaction through Transitions among Sketches
  • Presenting Variables through Active Regions
  • Updating Variables based on User-Triggered Events
  • Sketching as a Visual Coordination Language
• 3. Active Regions
  • Capturing Mouse Events within an Active Region
  • Presenting images in Active Regions
  • Presenting Text in Active Regions
  • Graphical Transformations on Active Regions
  • Embedding Sketches within Active Regions
• 4. Time and Dynamics
  • Active Regions Speed and Rotation Speed Properties
  • Timers and Animation
  • Macros
• 5. Advanced Options
  • Drag-and-Drop Support
  • Sketch Inheritance (master sketch)
  • Mouse and Keyboard Simulator
  • Mapping design space to display space
  • Filtering, serialization and aggregation of variables
  • History mechanism
  • SVG Support
• 6. Simplified Software Services
  • Introduction
  • Wii Remote Service
  • Text-to-speech Service
  • Speech Recognizer Service
  • Face Detector Service
  • Motion Detector Service
  • Face Expression Service
  • Google News Service
• 7. End-User Programming Support
  • Introduction
  • Spreadsheets commands
  • Scripting Support
    • Javascript
    • BeanShell
    • Python
    • Groovy
    • Ruby
    • TCL
    • Sleep
    • Haskell
    • Prolog

Videos

Direct link to videos available within the tutorials.

• Video: Basic idea of the predecessor of Sketchify (called AMICO Sketchpad, version 0.5) (YouTube)
• Getting Started
  • Video: Creating a Simple Sketchify Project (YouTube)
• A Short Overview of Sketchify
  • Video: Images in AMICO Sketchify (drawing, import, clipboard) (YouTube)
  • Video: Defining Interaction with State Transitions (YouTube)
• Active Regions
• Video: Different Ways to Create Images in Active Regions (YouTube)
• Video: Perspective in Active Regions (YouTube)
• Video: Presenting Text in Active Regions (YouTube)
• Video: Connecting Rotations of Two Active Regions (YouTube)
• Video: Detecting Overlap of Active Regions (YouTube)
• Video: Active Regions Transformations (YouTube)
• Video: Embedded Sketches (YouTube)
• Support for Dynamic Effects and Animation: Timers and Macros
• Video: Timers and Animation (YouTube)
• Video: Defining Sketchify Macros (YouTube)
• Advanced Options
  • Video: Drag-and-Drop Support (YouTube)
  • Video: Master Sketch (YouTube)
  • Video: Using Mouse and Keyboard Simulator (YouTube)
  • Video: Defining Interaction Spaces, Screens, Shape of the Window and Window Transparency (YouTube)
  • Video: Derived Variables (YouTube)
• Simplified Software Services
  • Video: Wii Remote Service (YouTube)
  • Video: Text-to-speech Service (YouTube)
  • Video: Speech Recognize Service (YouTube)
  • Video: Face Detector Sample (YouTube)
  • Video: Motion Detector (YouTube)
  • Video: Face Expressions Service (YouTube)
  • Video: Google News Service (YouTube)
• End User Programming Tools
  • Video: Working with Spreadsheets
  • Video: Working with Scripts