[Sw-l] Question about wrist side-flex

Wed Nov 16 14:29:48 UTC 2022

Hi Uta,
Sure, I can show you!
It will take me a few days, as I have other responsibilities to do.
But it will be my pleasure to show and explain!
Smile,
AnnaGrace

On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 9:01 AM Uta Meißner <uta.hielscher at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi AnnaGrace,
>
> I heard for the first time that you can write SW via keynote.
> Can you please show us some pictures from the keynote of what it looks
> like.
>
> Thanks!
> Uta
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 2:06 PM Ms. AnnaGrace <msannagrace20 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Valerie,
>>
>> The sign for "two of us" that you attached has the proper spelling, I
>> believe.
>> This particular sign moves the wrist back and forth, that is, to front
>> and back.
>>
>> As for technology, I see online courses on Photoshop being offered at
>> Udemy.com at lowered prices. They look good to me.
>> Photoshop uses pixelization which can be problematic when an image is
>> enlarged. It becomes "rasterized."
>> However, Adobe Illustrator uses a vector system which does not pixelate
>> when enlarged and solves the rasterization problem. Udemy.com also offers
>> courses in Adobe Illustrator. I have recently started to learn how to use
>> Adobe Illustrator.
>> Files saved in Adobe Illustrator end with ".ai" file extension.
>> (Photoshop has .psd file extension.)
>>
>> Also, I've been using Mac's Keynote (it comes free with the MacBook) as a
>> tool for SignWriting symbols. It's another way of writing SW besides the
>> SignMaker.
>> Keynote acts like a vector program. I have had a few problems with
>> pixelation and rasterization in Keynote.
>> For the most part, I have been able to enlarge and reduce the image sizes
>> without them becoming pixelated.
>> When I'm done creating SignWriting spelling,
>> I use the shift+command+4 to make screenshots of the images in Keynote to
>> create png files.
>> With these png files, I am able to drag-and-drop them on emails,
>> documents, etc.
>>
>> Hope this helps! (For anyone else reading this email, hope this helps
>> you, too!)
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> AnnaGrace
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 1:44 PM Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> SignWriting List,
>>> November 2, 2022
>>>
>>> Hello SignWriting List,
>>> and thank you Anna Grace and Adam and Hector for the questions and
>>> writings of wrist side-flex.
>>>
>>> It is true that our current Lessons in SignWriting Textbook, which was
>>> published in 2014, only mentions Wrist Flexing, on numbered page 150, for
>>> forward and back and up and down. The side-flex was not shown in diagrams
>>> in 2014. This is one of the many reasons why I am bringing out a new
>>> version of the Lessons in SignWriting Textbook in 2023, to include these
>>> new trends in the writing system.
>>>
>>> You will find, for example, in the old SignWriting Lessons books from
>>> Spain by Steve and Dianne Parkhurst, that in 2010 and earlier, we were
>>> placing a line for the arm, connected to the handshape, and that, along
>>> with arrows, would mean wrist movement. But that changed over time. Now the
>>> line for the arm has been moved to the Wrist-Flex symbol itself, and it is
>>> your palm facing, in the written sign, that indicates what direction the
>>> wrist flex goes - in the sign for CHEESE in ASL for example, the two hands
>>> remain contacting, while the Wrist Flex symbol shows the direction of the
>>> flex - the arrows show the movement of the hand in that direction without
>>> any other movement of the arm - it is solely the wrist. These are read well
>>> and it is more accurate than adding an arm line like the old days… but we
>>> need more instruction and examples in a more advanced book.
>>>
>>> So here are some diagrams and I hope this helps - thank you for the
>>> videos, Anna Grace and Hector -
>>>
>>> Please excuse my poor diagrams - I am not skilled at the new Photoshop
>>> and I obviously need to take some instruction on the new technology -
>>>
>>>
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