Lessons in ISWA Symbols

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
November 24, 2009

Hello Stefan and Adam!
I agree and I like both the animations and also still photos...so we  
all agree on the need for both.

That is one of the reasons I plan to create a book of all of Adam's  
individual photos and enlarged ISWA handshape symbols...so people will  
have a reference manual to browse through, to find all the handshapes  
and to understand their palm facings better...

And I also hope to place those on the web as well...the still photos  
with each symbol...so that is coming...

And I know you have done similar kind of work, Stefan, with your  
beautiful photos of hands and also illustrations too...you are so  
talented!

Now...I can teach you one quick trick right now, if you are interested  
in grabbing a photo from Adam's animation right now...you can...

1. Go on the web to one of the web pages with an animated GIF...such as:

http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/iswa/group01/01-01-001-01.html

2. Place your mouse pointer over the moving pictures...

3. Right click on your mouse on animated gif

4. Choose Save Image, or whatever it says in the drop-down menu

5. Open your saved animated gif in a program that can show you all the  
positions...in the Mac, a program named Preview can...here is an  
example, and then you can extract the individual photos and symbols  
from that if you are skilled...






Later we will do this for everyone, but for right now that will get  
you started....

Val ;-)

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On Nov 24, 2009, at 8:51 AM, Stefan Wöhrmann wrote:

> Hi Valerie, Adam ...
>
> Congratulations
>
> I love to see all these photos going along with the symbols of the  
> ISWA –
> I create worksheets that show almost the same structure – this is  
> interesting ...
>
> Just a question – do you have somewhere on your website a place to  
> show these graphics as not animated gifs?
> I would prefer stills photo and symbol side to side.
>
> It is difficult for me to look at the animations –
>
> Stefan ;-)
>
>
>
>
> Here is an inspiring story:
>
> One thing I am working on today is to create the Group 7 Handshape
> pages...for Adam's animated GIFs...as you know, Adam has been working
> on a big project, while he goes to school full time at CSUN...
>
> Here are Adam's animated GIFs to date...but tonight I hope to post
> Group 7...Yeah! Thank you, Adam, for this wonderful work...
>
> Lessons in ISWA Symbols
> http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/iswa/
>
> As soon as we have Groups 1-10 in animated GIFs, I am going to co-
> author a book with Adam called "SignWriting Hand Symbols"...that uses
> Adam's photos to show each handshape in 6 palm facings...so all the
> hands of the ISWA will be documented...on the web, and in book
> form...and I am thinking we could also create short videos for YouTube
> too...using the animated GIFs...a great way to teach SignWriting...
>
> THANK YOU, Adam!
>
>
>
>
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