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Animation viewers
Message #97819
ONE-STOP SOURCE FOR ANIMATION PLAYERS NOW IN GRAPHICS SUPPORT 30-Mar-94 The 'Go Graphics' Group has established a section in the Graphics Support Forum (GO GRAPHSUP) to allow you to easily acquire viewing software for a number of popular animation file formats and computer systems. Players in the library include programs…
Matrox support
Message #97818
MATROX OFFERS SUPPORT IN GRAPHICS B VENDORS FORUM 30-Mar-94 Matrox, makers of high-end video cards for personal computers, is now offering direct techincal support and assistance in the Graphics B Vendors Forum (GO GRVENB) for their Graphics and Video Projects products. Matrox is an engineering company that designs, manufactures and…
Bergeron's ATR
Message #97817
JOE BERGERON ART IN FINE ART FORUM 30-Mar-94 Joe Bergeron, born in 1955, grew up in upstate New York. As a boy he taught himself to recognize the constellations using a cardboard star wheel, watching in awe as stars he had never before identified rose according to prediction. A few…
New multi-media
Message #97816
VISIONARY MEDIA OPENS IN COMPUTER ART FORUM 30-Mar-94 In August of 1993, Visionary Media was formed to produce and publish state-of-the-art interactive multimedia literature for children in the elementary school and middle school age groups. They are proud to offer networking and support for their software and electronic books in…
New GIF viewer
Message #97815
MULTIMEDIA GIF VIEWER IN SIGHT AND SOUND FORUM 31-Mar-94 GIF graphic images can now contain MIDI and sampled sounds, thanks to extensions to the GIF specification recently created by the Sight and Sound Forum. These extensions allow the embedding and performance of both MIDI sequencing and WAV digital sound data…
Cargoship in 3DS or DXF?
Message #97814
Does anybody have a model of somekind of cargoship or oiltanker. I need it to be put in the background of an animation. It need not be to mush details as it will not be in the center of the action. I have looked over the CD for 3DS 2.0…
I know whipping out Langenscheidts' was a nasty, dirty trick… . I flogged myself several times after, though – pennance . John Tissavary (LUNA cie)
>>movie scrim… dropping lumens instead of F-Stops
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#ATI Ultra+ PCI
Message #97811
Thanks for the info, I found quite a different experience, most of the S3 card had more problems going in and out windows (Diamond cards in particular) Well, I guest I can't have them all!!! And I though that software intergration is very sofisticate by now!!!. Tien Nguyen.
Nik, I buried the soundblaster & all my problems went away. Except of course that the previews are at half sceen size. Any possiblity of getting a 512×486 preview mode. Rick
No prob', hope you like it. ->Jeff
Alan, The libs are full, but I emailed it to ya. I'd like to get a few people going with it to make sure it works okay. Let me know. Mark
Greg, I can't get the file into the libs right now (el fullo), but check your email. Mark Great new book. I love the illustrations! (and the text ).
UPLOAD
Message #97806
Hi Sysop, this evening I tried to upload a file fpor the libraries, but there was the message, that there is nit enough room for the file. What happend? I would apreciate, if you could solve my problem.
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Montreal Users meeting
Message #97804
Roger: The meeting went very well, sorry you could not make it, I always post a notice of an upcoming meeting on Compuserve and on various Internet animation conferences for those who are not yet registered as members.
SMUCKERS vs SMACKERS
Message #97803
Aren't we paying customers ? how come the forum is full ! help ! ahh! Mark Where is the Smuckers, I mean SMACKES! Mark Schneider Montreal, Canada
Who Kidnapped Ed K ?
Message #97802
Where is Ed Kellerman ??? He hasn't cashed in his chips has he ??? Ed where are you ? We're ready to call in the Animator Find agents! Mark Schneider Montreal, Canada
i find anipro needs to be able to TWEEN more objects, like say text or objects, not only poygons! ahh! Mark Schneider Montreal, Canada It is a very amazing feature, but it just doesn't go far enough!
#TRILOBYE:FLC-PLAYER
Message #97800
To:72330,3276 Concerning: Trilobyte SVGA FLICK & Groovie Player. Copyright 1991 Trilobyte, all rights reserved. Trilobyte PO Box 1412 Jacksonville Oregon, 97530 (503) 899 1113 Dear R.LANDEROS / ALL and Anyone with Info !! ********************************************* Can you tell me if you still are supporting the PLAY program ? .. And if…
Noah, I'm assuming that you are familiar with the Tween Panel? Use that to set up your start polygon and end polygon. The key to making the tween change color is to define your ramp from white to black as the current cluster and then turn on Cycle Draw with…
It's not as much of a problem as you think. If DavidS has some time this week, he'll upload his example and all will become clear to you. I'd do it myself, but I'm so busy this week with final IPAS3 stuff that I'm a bit crunched. Toasted, – G
distributing aaplay.dll
Message #97796
Hello, I want to produce MultiMedia software for Windows, where I will include FLI and/or FLC files from other sources than Autodesk animator. Is it possible (from the legal view) to distribute the AAPLAY.DLL freely even if I don't own the Animator software? If not, does the Autodesk licence agreement…
Gary, the only problem I've found is that the cutoff is still opaque rather than alpha. I've tried both Alpha and RGB with intensity or Key color with mix results but have not been able to achieve a clean matte. Is there a way around this or is this just…
3D objects
Message #97793
Our company wishes to serve 3D Studio users in the best possible way. To achieve this we would like to know your needs. It would be very helpful if you could tell us what sort of objects you are looking for. Please feel free to discuss it here or via…
Greg, >> and thanks for the kudos on the book…
Daytona
Message #97791
Fred, On one level that's a scream! On another rather disturbing. How do you like NT? Was there a particular reason for having that OS? Just curious. -JE
< Ask for "Fulfillment Center".> Is that right? Sounds like one could get more than just docs there Thanks, David.
Attention all 3DS SIGs
Message #97789
To all 3D Studio user groups. Bitmap Studios Ltd will be publishing a new collection of 3D meshes for 3D Studio and other popular formats (LightWave 3D, DXF and Imagine). The CD-ROM disc will contain a set of 18th century interiors and furniture. All 200 meshes can be linked together…
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Gemuetlich
Message #97788
John, Ok, Ok, you win! Just as long as you don't get "ungemuetlich" . David.
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Smacker FLIC Compressor
Message #97786
A license to redistribute the playback utility is $1,495.00 per product. You can also get a Source Code License, but it is much more expensive. Thanks, ->Jeff
Nick – try posting your query on the AutoCAD Forum (GO ACAD). Section 13 "Applications" would be the appropriate section. The ones that I'm familiar with are Timberline and Softdesk Estimating, but you may hear of more on the ACAD Forum. Dave
thanks for the info!
Ed, The latest versions of all my programs are available on CIS. DMorf can be found in GRAPHDEV's morphing lib as DMORF.ZIP, DTA in GRAPHDEV's animation library as DTA.ZIP (also a beta called DT21PB.ZIP), DFV in GRAPHSUP's animation players library as DFV.ZIP, and BUILDSV both over in GRAPHDEV's animation lib…
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3DS2 out of env. space
Message #97782
Tim, Are you starting 3DS with "3DS" or "3DSHELL" ? The 3dshell program is designed specifically for times that you are shelling out of the program. Look on page 3-51 and 3-52 in the R2 manuals for more information. -Brian P.S. You might also be able to set environment variable…
ramp/tweening
Message #97781
Sorry for the basic question, but I'm no Animator "Pro" and under deadline: How do you tween between 2 polygons, while ramping between two shades of gray? I need one simple polygon to tween into another, while changing from white to black and vice versa. –Noah
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AVI to FLC and Back!?!
Message #97780
Stuart, From your Video for Windows VidEdit you can save the AVI file as a series of sequential TGA files. Then those TGA files can be imported into AAPRO using NUMPIC from the POCO menu. -Brian
Steven, > I always say it takes ~40hrs to do every mouse click and turn every page in the 3ds3 tutorials and 20 hrs to really read the ref. man. cover to cover. As a programmer, you may want to look into IPAS3 programming. Check out the lib section under…
The industry is saturated. There are CD-ROMs full of them. The problem for any one company creating them is that the costs outweigh the returns. Look for the CDs from Wizard Software.
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Mciaap.drv
Message #97777
Remember, the player window is really two windows. First there is the child window, the one you create from your application. Then there is a second borderless windows that is carefully laid on top of the child, only its not a child window, its a parent window of the AAPLAY.DLL.…
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FLI reader in ASM/C/C++
Message #97776
Mei Tien, You are correct. The easiest way to control the player, add sound, etc. is to control the MCI driver. This is fairly easy to do. Download MCIAAP.ZIP, there is a file which lists all the available commands. The MCI driver does not give you the most control, however.…
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Help! Aniplay
Message #97775
Ron, There is no way to change the resolution within a script file, however different script files can have different resolution flics. Then you can execute them all from a batch file. You wind up shelling out to DOS briefly, so you get a little flash of black in your…
No kidding. I *would* like to hear about that. I'll give you a call soon, and thanks a lot for the generous offer. Regards, BILL
Thanks Dave. I appreciate the input. BILL
Mark, you're terrific! Between light.pxp and kbdtrf.pxp, you've knocked about 50% of the wishlist items for r4 off the list! It looks like it's time for me to take a 6-month vacation! Hooray!! – G
REPLY
Message #97770
Unfortunately, without standing over your shoulder and watching every step you make (which you probably wouldn't want anyway ), I can't tell where you've gone wrong. But you can be confident in the fact that the tutorial works as written, in part because you're the only person to send a…
As DavidS said, it works quite well in practice. – G
I'll try to remember to do that. If I don't would you remind me? – G
#Dmorf & dfv
Message #97767
Dave can the programs Dave's Morphing Program and Dave's FLIC Viewer be downloaded and if so what file names are they listed as and in which forum and/or library can they be found? Thanks Ed Varner Stuarts Draft,Va. 74243,2065
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Union not unioning
Message #97766
Michelle, >>union, mirror, attach, and seams… I'm a little late on this (first free 1/2 hour in weeks!), but if I understand your problem, there is something else you can try. Assuming you couldn't get the boolean to work, and have done the mirror and attached the two halves, all…
> Library section "what's new" filename VIB3DS.zip. jonas[adesk]
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