In timelines, at segment breaks, people sometimes need the same behavior as in the board, when you extend the same segment on multiple columns : the underlying media does not stop. It could be called Free run mode. The main difference with the copy mode, is that it is applied on specific files and not on all the layers of the timeline. You would never encounter cases where your cue is delayed (wait mode) or hidden (copy mode) by pending media : you just have a media running, where you have a media-container on the timeline.
Moreover, if you allow each media independantly to be in loop mode at the same time as being in free run mode, you can have different layers looping at different paces, like the waves of the sea on a 62 frames loop, and the clouds in the sky on a 155 frames loop. (In the current version, we have single loop length, set with the segment length from the intro to the end)

I have seen a developer kit to enable HTML pages to be created to control millumin, but wondered if it was possble to recreate the millumin GUI on a webpage, served by millumin. I don't see this as a programming interface, but rather a monitoring / triggering page where you could see the current state of clip playback and start new clips. Having the canvas window on the HTTP page wouldn't be necessary.

This would be useful for rehearsal/setup where the servers might be positioned off stage and you can't see the screen, and you could use an iPad or similar to fire the cues etc.

In the optimisation process of a show, we usually have to reduce "heavy" timelines (many layers or medias exceeding the size of the canvas)

I think that the following sequence :
1 - export timeline to a file (with or without alpha)
2- duplication of the timeline and reduction to a single layer (but keeping the segment breaks)
3- import of the file in the new timeline
could be integrated in Millumin as a "flatten timeline" function, in the timeline menu. Would be even greater if a link would be kept to the original timeline for further editing, in case of a recursive creating process.

Note that, so far I know, such an optimisation would not work with asynchronous timelines. Is there a workaround ?

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Je pense que la séquence d'opération :
1- export de timeline vers un fichier (avec ou sans alpha)
2- duplication de la timeline et réduction à un seul layer
3- réimportation du fichier dans la nouvelle timeline (avec conservation des segments)
pourrait avantageusement être intégrée dans millumin comme une fonction "mise à plat" dans le menu timeline. Le top serait d'avoir le lien vers la timeline multicouche pour rééditer en cas de besoin !

A noter qu'à ma connaissance, ça ne fonctionne que pour les timeline synchrones.

Millumin is getting used more and more as an extension to PPT and Keynote for live corporate presentations. IMHO - there are only 2 things preventing it from eventually being fully adopted as a complete replacement to PPT or Keynote:

1. The ability to select animation presets (glorified macros). For instance, select "move left" and the software automatically creates what is required to accomplish the effect.

2. The ability to quickly export a presentation to some form of simple PDF that can be distributed for client review.

#1 is something I would imagine would likely develop naturally over the product life cycle. However, there are probably a few more milestones that the product would need to meet before getting there.

#2 is my biggest vote in terms of what I would like to see product focus placed. The ability to export a dashboard to a PDF, where I can specify the following:

- Basis of the frame capture (eg. "end of segment")
- The ability to choose the layout on the PDF, including page size, rows and columns per page (also called the "up" in the production world)
- Ability to specify a range of columns or specific columns (similar to selecting which pages to print in a print dialogue)
- Millumin generates labels on the PDF for slide identification (item index + column description)
- SUPER BONUS - the ability to select a column to export as an interactive PDF object, so a client would have the ability to play a compressed version of the timeline(s) used in the column

If Millumin can ultimately capture more attention as a viable replacement to PPT and Keynote, the increase usage and subscriptions would likely be very exponential.