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#881-Animation Program Message #965

From: Andrew McClary Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 16, 1994 9:04 AM

The last version of 3D Studio just shipped about 2 weeks ago. There probably aren't many people with R4 that want to get rid of it at this point. Your best bet would be to try the the Autodesk Forum at Go ASOFT.

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#168-FLC or FLI -> MPEG Message #964

From: Joe Walsh Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 16, 1994 8:02 AM

Try XING-CD… XINGIT is the company…. We convert .tga as a atream into MPEG… Don't really know if it does FLC's???

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#841-Converting Beta and 1" Message #963

From: Joe Walsh Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 16, 1994 7:58 AM

Yup! Optibase… about $14,500 toady will get you some great cards that will make really good MPEG stuff or ther are houses that Optibase is connected with that will dump MPEG 1… not MPEG 2 (Broadcast stuff) onto a CD-ROM Pretty neat stuff… You gotta look at delivery rates when…

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Need Info on C-CUBE Chip Message #962

From: Joe Walsh Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 16, 1994 7:52 AM

The new PlayCD (CL480VCD C-CUBE is out! Anyone used it? Avaialble in a backplane card? PCI, VESA? Looks interesting… MPEG for everybody… Is it in a Notebook yet? Help!

3D Clipart Message #961

From: Mark Buddle Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 16, 1994 7:15 AM

Does anyone know :- a) Are there any '3D Clipart' CD's that I could buy to load shareware objects into Imagine(3.1) – ( In the UK ) b) Are there any other areas within compuserve that hold 3d objects. c) Are there any monthly magazines published on 3d rendering software…

Animation Icons Message #960

From: Monir ElRayes Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 16, 1994 6:07 AM

I am looking for icons that display animation behavior (e.g., a printer with paper coming out, or a card scanner with a card being scanned in). I am also looking for development tools for capturing video images and displaying them from within programs. Can you help? Thanks.

#917-Assembler: The A-Flag Message #959

From: Nils Pipenbrinck Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 16, 1994 5:41 AM

HI Geoffrey, I'll post my question in the IBM-PRO forum.. There are really assembler-wizzards. I'm sure they know what the A-Flag is… By the way.. At the moment I guess that the flag has something to do with nibble or bcd-arithmetics (maybe a nibble-overrun). Have a nice day, SUB By…

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#946-Public Demo Thread Message #958

From: Nils Pipenbrinck Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 16, 1994 5:41 AM

Hi Lee, Gutem Morgen, Yes of cause you can go to the toilet if you find it 🙂 Cheers, Nils

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#940-Public Demo Thread Message #957

From: Nils Pipenbrinck Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 16, 1994 5:41 AM

Hi Fred, .. I don't know what the other forum-members are thinking, but I think we have to switch back to english.. otherwise they become upset because they don't know of whom we are talking about (I hope this is more or less readable..). Viele Gruesse an Deine Mutti! Nils…

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#916-irony of new location Message #954

From: Nils Pipenbrinck Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 16, 1994 5:41 AM

Hi Chris, I worked on a small polygon engine.. Drawing triangles is fast.. but if you draw two treangles to simulate a 4-n-polygon (4-sided) it's of cause faster to use the 4-n-polygon code.. Why? Simple answer: + | \ | \ This is our triangle.. We have to calculate 3…

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#911-irony of new location Message #953

From: Nils Pipenbrinck Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 16, 1994 5:41 AM

Thanks, I'll try to find them with the filefinder. Should be no problem. Regards, NIls

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#937-irony of new location Message #952

From: Brian Reed Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 16, 1994 5:05 AM

> So, you gonna work on an algorithm using it? I've wondered if it could be >used to speed up filled polygons, but haven't really played with it. 'One of these days', perhaps.. Bri

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#922-Imagine Message #951

From: Philip Shenk Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 16, 1994 4:33 AM

David, >>>what is the date of the drivers in WUGNET? To tell you the truth, I don't know. The file summary in the library will tell you when it was UL'd though. Version is 1.43 if that helps. Philip

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#925-3D modeling Message #950

From: Troy G. Jeppsen Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 16, 1994 2:55 AM

Thanks, I'll try that. Troy

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#941-IMAGINE Message #949

From: GreG tsadilas Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 15, 1994 11:27 PM

>> Any Ideas why sometime the camera come back to center point in the stage editor even after you save it… Alain, Are you also modifying the new camera position before you save in the stage? Any time you move, scale, or rotate an object you must update that objects…

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#818-Name of the group Message #948

From: Josh Rodman Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 15, 1994 9:26 PM

>> Hardwired is an Amiga demo (by Silents?).

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#724-irony of new location Message #947

From: Josh Rodman Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 15, 1994 9:26 PM

>> PMJI, Wasn't the first part of Airframe a voxel based sequence? It looked very reminicent of 'Comanche'. I STILL can't believe it was 62K…

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#940-#Public Demo Thread Message #946

From: Lee TAylor [Demo Team] Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 15, 1994 8:07 PM

Guten Morgen Darf ich bitte zur al toilette (or something like that) The only german I remember from my language exploration year in high school.

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Imagine Message #945

From: Alain Alherbe Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 15, 1994 7:58 PM

Philip, I put a new card a S3 vlvga 32 bit with 2mb and he works great. I f you find the book by Philip Shaddock "3D MODELING LAB'edited by the "WAITE GROUP" you can get IMAGINE 2.0 FOR $45 and the book is a great tool with a lot…

#934-PRISMS software Message #944

From: Anton L. Pickard-Ferguso Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 15, 1994 7:58 PM

Thanks. I'll give them a call. regards, Anton

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#882-Alias vs. SoftImage Message #943

From: Anton L. Pickard-Ferguso Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 15, 1994 7:58 PM

I spoke with Side Effects today and I think I will stay with Alias for the time being. I am just gettting started with an SGI Indy and I am not doing character animation. PRISMS is a full blown package which is comparable to Alias's Power Animator. I am going…

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Imagine Message #942

From: Alain Alherbe Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 15, 1994 7:49 PM

David, thank,s but I put a new card a S3 vlvga 2MB and it works great. Do you have IMagine also? Alain.

#IMAGINE Message #941

From: Alain Alherbe Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 15, 1994 7:44 PM

Greg, I am working on one, now that I got evrything working well I can begin learning how to use IMAGINE. Any Ideas why sometime the camera come back to center point in the stage editor even after you save ti go to the action editor when doing a animation.…

#898-#Public Demo Thread Message #940

From: Fred Trafton Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 15, 1994 7:01 PM

Nils, Wir sind alle Deutche. Aber ich wohne in Dallas. Ich bin nur halb Deutch, meine Mutti hat von Berlin gekommt. Aber ich kann ein bisschen sprechen. Viele grusse (mit kein umlaut?) Friedrich Trafton

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#916-irony of new location Message #939

From: Fred Trafton Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 15, 1994 6:54 PM

Chris, I agree. I didn't really mean "squares", I meant rectangles. You could build up 3D objects with both of them cleverly used, but not just rectangles alone, that's true. I was suggesting that you could have different optimizations for each, so it may be faster to call "DrawTriangle" 4…

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#915-irony of new location Message #938

From: Fred Trafton Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 15, 1994 6:48 PM

Chris, CT datasets? You a CT tech or something? Hmm … have you ever considered how cool a 3-D rotating pelvic bone would look in a demo? If you've got the data for one laying around, that is … Regards, Fred Trafton

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#908-#irony of new location Message #937

From: Fred Trafton Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 15, 1994 6:46 PM

Brian, So, you gonna work on an algorithm using it? I've wondered if it could be used to speed up filled polygons, but haven't really played with it. Regards, Fred Trafton

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#899-irony of new location Message #936

From: Fred Trafton Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 15, 1994 6:45 PM

Nils, Sure, here it is: Graphics Gems edited by Andrew S. Glassner, Academic Press, Inc., Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers. ISBN 0-12-286165-5. There are at least 2 more books, Graphics Gems II and III, though I don't have those. The code is in C and is available for downloading somewhere around…

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#794-#PRISMS software Message #934

From: Jim Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 15, 1994 5:12 PM

"I'd like to hear from anyone using PRISMS software on the SGI. How does it compare to alias? What are it's strengths/weaknesses? What use is it best suited for? Best platform for best performance? I have a call into Side Effects for info, but would like to hear from users.…

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#310-3D Modeling Message #933

From: Jim Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 15, 1994 4:59 PM

Hi Dwayne Can you please tell me where I can get in touch with 'Shablamm' Thanks again, Jim

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#884-Video Animations on PC Message #932

From: Philip Shenk Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 15, 1994 4:33 PM

Hi Ed, Take a look in the libraries here. (Try a keyword search using "Video for Windows" or "Quicktime" or whatever format you want to play). I just DL'd Playit v. 1.51 the other day and it works fine as far as I can tell. I've also used Vidvue 3.1……

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#886-Imagine Message #931

From: Philip Shenk Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 15, 1994 4:33 PM

Alain, Glad to hear you fixed your problem. Did you put in a new card, or just change the drivers on the Cirrus card? No, I don't have Imagine. I had an early version (1.0) a long time ago on the Amiga… now I'm on the PC. TTYL, Philip

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#920-3D modeling Message #929

From: John N. Jordan Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 15, 1994 3:20 PM

>So it's not in 3DS, but an extra package. People tend to say "3DS can do that", but it's not 3DS, it an IPAS (=extra $$$). < Well, yes it's 3DS. You can't do that without 3DS.. nor can you take the IPAS and plug it into another program. Sure…

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#877-Public Demo Thread Message #927

From: Jim Bucher Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 15, 1994 3:08 PM

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#866-Public Demo Thread Message #926

From: Jim Bucher Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 15, 1994 3:08 PM

I saw a 486/66 motherboard with CPU for $270 recently. The rediculous part is memory will cost more than the motherboard. Simms run about $40 a megabyte.

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#896-#3D modeling Message #925

From: John N. Jordan Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 15, 1994 2:00 PM

I have not done any flag type work myself, and I don't use LW, so I could have led you astray. Mabe the quality of the 3DS flag moving doesn't compare to LW's.. I haven't seen anything from LW except the stuff on tv. I knew it was possible to…

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#912-Quick Time Download Message #924

From: JohnEMcKean Forum: Computer Animation Forum November 15, 1994 1:35 PM

Well, Robert, Your question was put to the greenest of the green. I'm an architect who has taken a wild hair to become a master of animation. So far, I've managed to make 2 short five section animaitons which parallel the tutorials in the manual of StratVision 3D, the volkswagen…

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#888-3-D MODELING Message #923