[Resolved] Stuck, eBook/ comic

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

I’m trying to build an interactive children’s book that also incorporates some of the features I’ve seen in comics. I want it to start with a menu that has autoplay, read to me, and read myself options then when the narrator reads the text highlights in time. I also want each page to start with the text, then zoom out to include the text plus the picture, then zoom in on sections of the picture enabling new interactive components and adding new text as an overlay.

So, I’m stuck at figuring out how to change the view on each page while maintaining the level of interactivity I want to achieve. Which tools should I be looking into?
Thank you! [import]uid: 117117 topic_id: 34284 reply_id: 334284[/import]

#2

I’ve never made an e-book before, but for the zooming in and such, I’d just use the default transition library. [import]uid: 147322 topic_id: 34284 reply_id: 136343[/import]

#3

I haven’t made such an app myself, but here’s one tutorial that may help.
http://www.raywenderlich.com/19415/how-to-make-an-interactive-ebook-without-any-code [import]uid: 70847 topic_id: 34284 reply_id: 136358[/import]

#4

Using the transitions library might work for me. How do you specify zoom on an image or text? [import]uid: 117117 topic_id: 34284 reply_id: 136387[/import]

#5

I also found this perspective project in shared code that helps.
http://developer.coronalabs.com/code/perspective [import]uid: 117117 topic_id: 34284 reply_id: 136388[/import]

#6

That would be xScale and yScale. Up them to zoom in, lower them to zoom out.

I wrote that library :slight_smile:

Caleb [import]uid: 147322 topic_id: 34284 reply_id: 136402[/import]

#7

Thanks again, I’m making progress on my book once again. [import]uid: 117117 topic_id: 34284 reply_id: 136408[/import]

#8

I’ve never made an e-book before, but for the zooming in and such, I’d just use the default transition library. [import]uid: 147322 topic_id: 34284 reply_id: 136343[/import]

#9

I haven’t made such an app myself, but here’s one tutorial that may help.
http://www.raywenderlich.com/19415/how-to-make-an-interactive-ebook-without-any-code [import]uid: 70847 topic_id: 34284 reply_id: 136358[/import]

#10

Using the transitions library might work for me. How do you specify zoom on an image or text? [import]uid: 117117 topic_id: 34284 reply_id: 136387[/import]

#11

I also found this perspective project in shared code that helps.
http://developer.coronalabs.com/code/perspective [import]uid: 117117 topic_id: 34284 reply_id: 136388[/import]

#12

That would be xScale and yScale. Up them to zoom in, lower them to zoom out.

I wrote that library :slight_smile:

Caleb [import]uid: 147322 topic_id: 34284 reply_id: 136402[/import]

#13

Thanks again, I’m making progress on my book once again. [import]uid: 117117 topic_id: 34284 reply_id: 136408[/import]