This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Congrats On New INFO
Message #4689
John, Congratulations on your 5 STAR rating in this month's INFO mag. (For Interchange). What went wrong on InterFont. It only got 4.5 Stars (grin). Keep Up The Good Work.
Interchange
Message #4597
Would it be possible to have a module written that converts from)6+lpt-animate to BOSCH? A friend of mine wants to know. — Colin —
Thanks, I might try that… the 'problem' I have is this: I have plenty of commercial logos that I have done via digitizers and paint programs, which are currently just IFF images… it would be nice to be able to load these to trace around to get the 3D effect,…
If you have a genlock & a camera, it eliminates the need to load pictures to trace. Just trace the video!
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John Foust here. Thanks for the kind words about InterFont! Your comments are much in line with what we're been hearing from other InterFont owners. As for tracing IFF images, we knew a lot of people wanted to do that, but couldn't justify it to be added to InterFont. It…
Alruism is Business!
Message #4402
Altruism is a tried and true publicity gimmic. Point: IBM is closing a plant in Colorado Springs, CO that presently employs about 550 people. They announce the plant closing well in advance. Furthermore they indicate that all laid-off employees will get two years pay, plus $25,000 re-location expenses, plus some…
Interfont
Message #4313
Harriet, many thanks for the word (both here and mail) about the compatibility tween Terrain and Silver. You are right; I must have been very sleepy the evening I convinced myself that they were not compatible. I am glad that you have made Silver 3.0 a first priority still, since…
I was just curious. As a matter of fact, not being able to convert from 3.0 back to 2.0 has bitten me at least once. Now that Syndesis is doing a TS 3.0 InterChange module, I'll be able to import things to other renders again!
Well…. 1) I THOUGHT that Terrain saved in 3.0 format, so I wanted one in order to convert the Terrain landscapes to other formats (currently INTERCHANGE does not support 3.0) 2) When I create objects in 3.0, it is easier to upload them to boards, etc in 2.0 format for…
Er, just curious….why would you like to have a TS 3.0 to 2.0 converter??
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Silver 3.0
Message #3970
Well……… I WAS WRONG, as I humbly admitted to Impulse. Terrain DOES generate 2.0 files, which your INTERCHANGE handles just fine… I must have been spaced out the last time I tried it, 'cause I'd of sworn that it made 3.0 files…. oh well…. In any case, the 3.0 module…
Stan, thanks for butting in… I checked and you are RIGHT, and I am WRONG about Terrain (natch, since you wrote it…) I suspect that when I tried it earlier, I saved the Terrain as a Silver CELL, rather than as an object… oh well, live and learn… thanks… –jp–
John – Sorry to butt in but Terrain generates our 2.0 file format not the 3.0 flavor. Terrain was available prior to 3.0 being shipped. Though I haven't tried it objects from Terrain should be able to be "Interchanged" to SC3D or VS3D.
Well, I'm working on it. The next thing we're doing is updating all the modules out now, so VideoScape 2.0, Sculpt Animate hierarchies, and Turbo Silver 3.0. Things take time. As for the fractal generator, have you seen the Terrain program from Impulse? Also, perhaps you could relay a description…
Silver 3.0
Message #3903
Hello SYNDISIS… how about Silver 3.0? I see on the IMPULSE messages that they are not doing to do any type of 3.0 -> 2.0 coverter, so it's up to you folks!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!! (BTW, why don't you folks develop a fractal landscape generator (ala your FONT…
Pat – You Betcha! Just make sure that you have the Turbo Silver Module. I've been messing around quite alot with Interfont that past several days, and it's a very slick package. Easy to use, nice interface, and with all of the weird stuff I have in my machine it…
So with Interfont, I could be able to use ZUMAFONTS with either Turbo or Sculpt!?? Pat.
InterFont is a system for designing your own 3D fonts, and then making titles with them… Six pre-made fonts are included, along with an editor to make your own. You just enter a word, like "AMIGA", and an object is created in the format you want – Sculpt, VideoScape, Turbo…
Pat – Fancy Fonts are pre-created font sets. They are 3D objects created for use with Turbo Silver (and the lesser programs). Interfont on the other hand is a program which actually lets you create 3D Text objects from existing Amiga fonts. With the interfont package, once you have the…
What's the difference between Interfont and Fancy fonts 3D???
#InterFont Arrives.
Message #3411
Interfont arrived today. Thanks. I'm planning to fiddle with it this evening.
#Windows screen font HVCO
Message #6668
I thought I had sent a message to you regarding this matter, but perhaps in my ignorance I sent it into never-never land. Anyway, I have downloaded the ARC'd file of Windows-oriented Helvetica Condensed fonts for use with Pagemaker, etc. and my AST TurboLaser/PS, which has HVC resident. All is…
Thanks for the info – I'm going to track the various page view problems for a while, and send you the results. As for Excel — I didn't say I don't have the problem there… rather, I was explaining to Richard that I have no problem seeing screen fonts in…
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#Screen Font Questions
Message #6624
I just finished speaking to the product manager for our IBM PC fonts. I explained to him the problems you are having and he believes this is a problem with the Windows font mapper (I know you have been following Richard Liu's problem and yours actually may fit into the…
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WIndows & Adobe Fonts
Message #6623
I do not know if Adobe is planning on coming out with separate fonts for monitors of different resolutions. If we had more point sizes available, the font mapper would probably decide that the font selected was the best match, but currently when it takes into consideration other variables such…
Screen Fonts
Message #6616
I am still working on your problem. I sat down with one of the technicians and tried to re-create it, unsuccessfully. We had the opposite problem actually, we were using Bodoni and it turned into Helvetica when scaled up. On VGA monitors at 24 pt. and above screen fonts will…
Color loss
Message #2442
John, Used the interchange program to convert the sculpt head to turbo without a hitch. The 3.0 version read the converted file without a problem. However, I used the smoothing program (I think its called reduced points) that comes with the disk. Apparently it changed the color of all the…
Sure, Stan. Go ahead and start rumors that snorting the Silver manual gets you high. Bush will be making a campaign stopin Minnesota, I think… 🙂
They're just as valid systems of coordinates. You can use anything for coordinates, as long as they are orthogonal vector spaces, as I recall from college.
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#Turbo-Silver 3.0
Message #2398
cylindrical? sperical? sounds like a round-about way of getting at a coordinate system… no? – Keith
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#Turbo-Silver 3.0
Message #2394
As far as an individual selling ours or any program that they have, when they get an update, We have no problem with that from either a legal or moral standpoint. THe bottom line is that we produce this stuff to make money ….. period. As long as the product…
Modeling programs
Message #2378
I'd like to start a new thread about 3D modeling and animation programs. There are so many 3D programs: Sculpt 3D, Sculpt Animate 3D, Sculpt Animate 4D, VideoScape 1.0 and 2.0, Forms In Flight 1.0 and 2.0, Silver and Turbo Silver 3.0. These are the ones you might have seen…
Jim – Upgrades don't get a new serial number. Only the new folks. We should be able to do the hookup at at the end of the week.
When we first started getting calls about it we thought about changing the names to UP/Down In/Out Right/Left, but that became a was when we added the ability to have local/world axis' and heierachical grouping.
Stan — btw, where is the serial number on 3.0? –Eet–
AH… when I first read the manual, I thought it was a typo… but then ther (there) were more and more of these 'typos' and when I finally ran the program (when I got back from vacation) I realized that TS actually used that coordinate system. It's had me puzzled…
Keith – That's perhaps caused the most points of contention about our program since we first introduced it! The truth of the matter is that we are correct…… but so are you!. On an international basis most text and reference materials list the correct coords with "Y" as the depth…
Off on another subject (kinda')… I'm confused… in Turbo Silver, the 'y' coordinate goes 'in/out' of the screen (depth) and the 'z' coordinate goes 'up/down' (height). I've always heard it the other way around… am I missing something?
Yes, Antic Software is now shipping the Human Design, Architectural and Future Design disks in both VideoScape and Sculpt format. The price is $34.95. Your dealer should be able to order them. Note that Antic is publishing these, not Syndesis, although we made the product. To get to Turbo Silver…
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Turbo-Silver 3.0
Message #2299
Just goes to show you how goofy we are, after spending all that money on design and 4 color printing, and not permanently afixing it to the binder. Oh Well….. Stan
Anatomy objects
Message #2298
John, Have you made the anatomy object set available yet? I would be interested in using it for both Turbo3.0 and sculpt.
The percentages I gave was % of folks who returned warranty cards. As far as marketing goes, when you don;t have to spend $ on advertising you cand factor that amount into pricing. The NeXt is indeed only $6500. not the 10-15K as rumored. I have a gut reaction that…
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Turbo-Silver 3.0
Message #2256
John – Thanx anyway. Unless it's a 50% increase, that sounds very reasonable. I was thinking in terms of $75. (err, 150%, I meant) –Eet–
I've read a lot of stuff about NeXT. One thing I heard was that they weren't planning on selling it to the public, only to educational institutions. Also, to get a reasonable system, sounds like $10-15 grand, even with the educational discount. Sure, I'd like one… As for percentages, I've…
I just bought Turbo Silver at LA Expo… what is the latest release? 3.0? do you have an '020/'881 version? Why do the docs say that an '020/'881 can't really help (because "We have jumped this hurdle" ???) ? Can I watch trcings in progress in 3.0? What's the upgrade…
The only things you have to remember about distributors, is that they really don't care too much about the retail pricing, as much as their percentage. We have some very large orders of Terrain going out soonly, and that is our lowest price product at $30 retail. You/Harriet also might…
You'd never guess who complains the most about our prices. Distributors. They say it's too low. They say they'd be willing to carry more product at a slightly higher price, and they're convinced we'd sell more, too. Also, Syndesis is gearing up in size, and we need to make more…
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#Turbo-Silver 3.0
Message #2197
Price Increase???? What happened the RAM chips in the Interchange MOdules go up again? BTW in the docs for interfont please put in a notation for TSilver users to be sure to set the objects to FACETS not Smooth. I got a picture today from Harv Laser with two objects…
InterFont lists for $119.95, and it includes InterChange, so you can use it right out of the box. The package includes InterChange, the Sculpt and VideoScape modules, the Aegis Draw module, the InterFont Designer, the editor used to make structured fonts, the InterFont module, used to enter text and set…
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