Hi,
On Saturday, May 31, 2008, at 08:10AM, "Christopher Wright" <email@hidden> wrote:
>> Recently, I had some thoughts about embedding 3D data in Keynote. I
>> have made an enhancement request to Apple (for info, 5967419), but
>> I was a little frustrated to be bound to "wait and see".
>> So, I have made some experiments that were rather successful, using
>> Quartz Composer as a bridge to display and rotate a 3D model from
>> within a document.
>
>You might end up being a bit disappointed: Keynote only allows "Safe-
>Mode" patches, and any plugin you create will not load in safe mode.
>Thus, you cannot write a model loader plugin, and have it work in
>keynote (unless you choose to use the unofficial API). We've
>(kineme.net) been working on this same thing, with fairly good
>results. http://vimeo.com/805673
>
Christopher, I'm getting a 'This video has been protected' warning when I try to watch that video. But I believe you ;-)
Peter, I appreciate what you're trying to do, but Christopher is right, a generic 3D interface would end up only supplying the end user with those features that are common between 3D applications. LightWave, for example, does a lot of things differently than some other 3D apps. It goes all the way down to the philosophy behind the type of 3D data we want to interact with. And our users have pretty high expectations of what they'd like to be able to interact with outside of the app. If Apple were to do something like this, I'm sure we'd support it, but I think there's a better way to get what you're after...
What if Keynote natively supported QuickLook? Then any 3D app developer that made a QuickLook plug-in for their app would be instantly supported, as well as any form of data you don't have the application for. Let's say you want to display an Excel spreadsheet, but don't have Excel. QuickLook can do it. So embedding QuickLook data in your Keynote document would get you more than just 3D, it would get you anything there was a plug-in for.
-Chilton
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