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Crank Storyboard Suite 1.1 is now available from Crank Software Inc., an innovator in embedded user interface (UI) solutions. Compared to older, traditional electronic design automation tools, Storyboard enables R&D teams to quickly and collaboratively develop rich and dynamic graphical user interfaces while optimizing hardware performance.
(PRWEB) May 30, 2010 --
News :
- Enhancements available in Crank Storyboard Suite 1.1 provide functionality that enables R&D teams to accelerate the design cycle resulting in faster times to commercialization.
- Storyboard 1.1 gives teams extended platform support for new operating systems and architectures
- Storyboard 1.1 delivers unparalleled performance though the use of industry standard graphics API's
- Storyboard 1.1 gives teams extended platform support for new operating systems and architectures
- Storyboard 1.1 delivers unparalleled performance though the use of industry standard graphics API's
Product enhancements :
- Extended platform support for Storyboard Engine
- Linux support increased to include Renesas MPU SH4A
- QNX 6 support increased to include PPC and Renesas MPU SH4A
- Windows CE 6.0 support for ARM platforms
- Linux hosted development for Storyboard Suite
- Lua debugger integrated into Storyboard Designer
- Performance optimizations by leveraging graphics acceleration though industry standard API's including DirectFB and OpenVG
- Linux support increased to include Renesas MPU SH4A
- QNX 6 support increased to include PPC and Renesas MPU SH4A
- Windows CE 6.0 support for ARM platforms
- Linux hosted development for Storyboard Suite
- Lua debugger integrated into Storyboard Designer
- Performance optimizations by leveraging graphics acceleration though industry standard API's including DirectFB and OpenVG
'Crank Storyboard Suite 1.1 is a result of listening to our customers and delivering the new functionality that they require to perform their jobs more efficiently. Storyboard is enabling R&D teams to more quickly prototype and simulate user interfaces to streamline the development cycle and release products with richer, more complete experiences for their users.' -- Jason Clarke, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Crank Software Inc.
Tags/Keywords :
user interface development, ui development, embedded graphical display, crank software, crank storyboard, gui
Links :
Crank Storyboard Suite
Crank Storyboard Designer
Crank Storyboard Embedded Engine
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About Crank Software Inc. :
Crank Software is an innovator in embedded user interface solutions. Our products and services enable R&D teams to more quickly develop rich graphical displays for resource-constrained embedded devices compared to traditional electronic design automation tools. Today, time is wasted in the development lifecycle because the design goes back and forth between UI designers and embedded systems engineers. The Crank Storyboard Suite enables UI designers and engineers to work in parallel. Storyboard manages the entire UI lifecycle—from UI design to simulation to being optimized for the device. Storyboard delivers competitive advantage because streamlining the development lifecycle enables companies to get products to market faster, with higher ROI, and lower TCO while delivering a superior customer experience. Visit us at www.cranksoftware.com.
Contact :
Jason Clarke
Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Phone +1.613.595.1999
Email Jason(at)cranksoftware(dot)com
Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Phone +1.613.595.1999
Email Jason(at)cranksoftware(dot)com
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This is a plugin repository for Sketch that allows a design file to be exported so that it can be imported into Crank Software's Storyboard Suite
The plugin will generate a Storyboard Engine runtime file (*.gapp) and associated images resources such that it can be imported directlyinto Storyboard Designer and then refined with interactive actions.
Using the Storyboard Sketch Plugin
This plugin provides two additional menu items under the Plugins menu
- Export All Artboards to Storyboard
- Export Selected Artboards to Storyboard
Depending on the nature of your Sketch design you will either want to export the entire design (if no artboards are being used) oryou may prefer to only export a portion of the content by explicitly selecting those artboards that you want to use.
In either case you will be prompted for a directory where the export can take place. This directory is where the plugin willcreate a fixed Storyobard Engine file and create an
images
directory where generated content from the Sketch design willbe created.Importing To Storyboard Designer
The output from the plugin export is a file
sketch_export.gapp
that can be imported directly into Storyboard Designer viathe File > Import > Storyboard Embedded Engine (GAPP). This will create a new model design file within Storyboard Designeralong with all of the image assets.For more information on working with Storyboard Designer:
Things To Keep In Mind
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- Currently the GAPP export from Sketch does not support text render extensions
- Instead of the contents/controls of the group being offset from the group's origin, they are offset from the app's 0,0
- Limit the depth of groups in Sketch to match the fact that SB can’t have nested groups
- The Storyboard/Sketch plugin does not support third party animations/actions being imported.
The purpose of the Sketch plugin is to transfer the design of the UI and then build up the animations and interactions in Storyboard Designer.