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#Public Demo Team
Message #294
Fred, > Maybe if there's several people who want to get some demos together, we should > form more than one demo team or sub-teams or whatever. Why not, let's go for it. Just one thing though, I'm stuck with '286 code and Turbo Pascal is my only "real" compiler…
#Name of the group
Message #293
Ok you guys, I have a question. You're working on a demo. Now, as the demo starts you'll prolly want to have an effect or two, and then have the titles. The name of both the demo, and your group. Now the demo is yet unnamed, and may well be…
Under Windows, the most likely generic format to deploy an embedded animation in would be AVI (Video for Windows) since you can ship a free runtime engine along with your app. MS makes such available and you can be fairly certain that it will work on current and future versions…
#Ray Dream for Windows
Message #289
I read in PC Week that Ray Dream is being ported from the Mac to Windows. What can anyone tell me about this package? Is it a ray-tracer? Does it provide animation capability? What are its strengths/weaknesses? TIA, Chris L. Rudolphi
David, 32-bit anims would be useful for storing individual layers with alpha information (for compositing). –dkm
#Beginner needs help!
Message #287
TO anybody who can help!! I am looking to create some animation intros for some windows programs we are developing for a LARGE corporation. Here is what we would like to do: 1. Using the companies LOGO, we would like to display this logo rotating along its axis. 2. We…
#HOF
Message #286
Hi Matt, is Jim doing the HOF here, too? I mean the animation HOF? -David
I don't think it would be that useful. Imagine can (just like Polyray) output wire frame images and they are 16 color. So I thought I can make a 4bit fli from them, but then I never use wire frame rendering at all, so just forget about it 🙂 What…
Hi Fred, I can understand your POV, but if I have worked two or more month on a great assembly-routine I would like to know who can download it… I hate computer-kids who download great sources and replaces the 'written-by' or 'copyright by' – statement. Have a nice day, Nils
Leon, Personally, I'm still trying to get a handle on QT myself. The installation on my machine went flawlessly, and I'm trying to nail down specifics on a few problems, including your message of the 28th. If there's any QT experts hanging out in the forum, please speak up. We…
I can get 25 megs a day from CompuServe. Wanna race?
Hi Brian, Can anyone contribute to this demo? Please let me know. I work with 3D Studio and I would like to be a part of this. Thanks in advance. Alex K.
Hi Fred, Please, can you tell me that exactly the DEMO TEAM is? Thank you in advance. Alex K.
Hi Philip, I think I can answer your questions: >> I plan on purchasing an SGI Indigo II, and either Alias or SoftImage or ? Big production houses such as Industrial Light & Magic use Alias for modeling since it has the most comprehensive modeling tools and in a platform…
Hi Terry, I can tell you that if you're looking to work ith slides and make a slide-only presentation, the ONLY program to work with is called Microsoft PowerPoint. However, if you're looking for more of a movie-type presentation, there's Premiere by Adobe Systems. This lets you bring all types…
David, I think it's CADVUE.EXE Tracing With A Twist Rollie
George, That will be the filename as it is to appear in the forum. It is limited to 6 characters.3 characters or less such as MYFILE.GIF. Any more characters will be clipped off so that NAMEIS2L.ONG would become NAMEIS.ONG. It doesn't need your path reference for your machine as you…
Tim, Thanks… since you may not read this soon, I'll talk to you in EDRIVE. I'm sure it's just a matter of time…. Best, lwm
Fred, PMJI, but… >> … right about true 32-bits being faster than the DPMI-type >> 24-bit stuff. But it was the original Windows that led to this >> bastardization in the first place. Now they're finally "fixing" it >> in Win95 … Actually, the evil geniuses at Microsoft aren't responsible…
>It may not be the most popular (only because of IBM's poor advertising compared to Microsoft) If you think thats true, then you (and everyone else anyways) should read the Dr Dobbs article in the Undocumented Corner, "Microsoft's Grip on Software Tightened by Antitrust Deal" in the October 94 issue.…
I'm starting to stock the Imagine UG over in GUGRPA with objects from the internet with Andrey Zmievskiy's help. If you have objects to contribute I'd love to see them there.
I just got a CD named "Computer Animation Madness" it only costs about $20 – $25. On it they have a workung demo of True Space. The full version costs about $500 – $700 but the only major difference is that you can not save objects. However you can export…
Paul, Ironic that you should say that … Regards, Fred Trafton
Rob, A very interesting message! In all seriosness, I have a couple of questions for you. 1. Just 'cuz Win95 isn't out doesn't mean you can't write apps for it? It doesn't? How can I interface with Win95 if I don't know what the "hooks" are yet? Are there books…
Lily, No prob. I sorta hang out here anyway, just to listen to the demo chit-chat. Maybe if there's several people who want to get some demos together, we should form more than one demo team or sub-teams or whatever. At any rate, I just sorta wanted to trade code…
>> SETUP would not run > got their EVIEW.EXE.
>> especially through the contribution of 3D models in formats which can >> be used for animation! I could upload faster than you can ask CIS for new space thanks for the new section! -David
Hi Norton, I am sorry for my delay in answering your request. If you would like to be on the demo team, please correspond with us here so we will put you on the list to be considered next time there are openings. We are looking for people willing to…
I am sorry for my delay in answering you. I am sure you can get on the Demo Team when they have new openings. Just watch this section and keep prompting us to make sure you're on the waiting list! That probably sounds like a lot of trouble, but it's…
>>something youll find having a hard time doing without getting into windows is >>doing REAL 32bit programming……. Why don't you try OS/2 ??? It may not be the most popular (only because of IBM's poor advertising compared to Microsoft) but it is by far the _BEST_ operating system with the…
Matt, I've been having the worst time in years at my PC trying to get Quicktime movies running. You know about the problem I had with the Apple version. I tried Eview.exe from the EDRIVE forum (see my message to Tim Hitchings; it runs but won't recognize movies as movies,…
Tim, I took your advice to Andrew and went EDRIVE and got their EVIEW.EXE. SETUP would not run so I had to manually expand all of the files. I finally got the program to load, but when I selected a movie it said something like Unable to Open Movie! Most…
Heh!
David, thanks for the tip. I'll check it out. AD
Thanks for the suggestion. ~~Richard.
Thanks Dan! ~~Richard.
Thanks Matt…I did….GV
speaking of oxymorons, here's one… >>—Windows Application—
Frank, DTA and VFD will create FLI and FLC anims from an image series. VFD also creates AVIs. Both are in the Animation Sources lib archived as DTA.ZIP and VFD.ZIP -Bob
David, You're soaking in it. Check out section 19.
Louise, We have a few such images. GO GRAPHFF and enter the keyword FLAMENCO, or the keywords SPANISH and DANC*, for a listing.
David, Not yet. Right now you can do 1-, 8-, 15-, 16-, and 24-bit. I've been thinking of adding 4-bit and 32-bit, though. How useful do you think it would be? –dkm
Thanks for your reply. I called Macromind and ordered the demos of both director and macromodel. I am looking forward to trying them out. Mike
#Image of flamenco dancer
Message #236
Does any one know how I can find this in compu serve
Matt, if it's not too difficult I think a 3D modeling Section is a good idea. -David
Hi Philip, pesonally I would get Alias. I haven't used SoftImage, tho. Softimage still has better animation control, but I'd say Alias is the better all in all package. At Siggraph I saw several motion capture system. Also some for the face. They had small reflectors on the lips and…
David, is it possible to do 16 color (4bit?) flcs? -David
Andrey, Could you run the VESAINFO program that comes with DFV and send me the resulting VESAINFO.LOG file? –dkm
Ask and ye shall receive. Section/library 19 (Modelling) is now open. Dive in and enjoy – especially through the contribution of 3D models in formats which can be used for animation!
George, Please upload to the "New Uploads" library of this forum, not any other. Most libraries here are closed to uploading in order to properly route files through our new-contributions showcase.
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