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> Amiga Gang Tape Well, as you know I just bought Imagine a few weeks ago, so the animations I made so far are not exactly perfect I have uploaded three animations to the graphic developers forum Sec 14, but they are more first results than really what I want…
>> dudette ROFL 😀 Hey, I'm doing some free things, too. It always depends on who you are working for and what he is going to do with it. -David
#attribute morphing
Message #64136
Hi, In my animation I have a road morphing into the letter S. I used a texture (what is called brush in Imagine) that I made in a paint program on top of it that gives the road look. Now I found that the road brush is not morphed. It…
Tony, I canged the movement a little. I make the final movement not with the camera any more, but with the logo. I finished the first part of the animation quite ok now. -David
#compressed .TGA files
Message #63906
Hi Mike, It might be late (hope not too late). I have a suggestion for the PC version of Imagine 3. Could you at Impulse please make it an option to write .TGA files either compressed or uncopressed. Uncompressed 24 bit files can be huge! I haven't found any program…
Blaq, Yes, moving the path points have a big effect on the camera orinetation, but it seems to be unforeseeable how. -David
Tony, I think I rebuild the whole sceene from scratch again, with the right orientation this time. Since I have all Objects and pathes saved I just have to load them and place them new. Maybe that cures the problem, but I think of other situations, where you have to…
Tony, thanks very much for you help. You guessed right. The camera is following a path as well as the TRACK object does. I tried to use the 'final y rotation' and it worked ok for the final position, but it seems that this value comes into effect very late.…
Peter, what axis do I have to turn (by transform -> rotate -> axis only)? The track the small axis of the path? Hm I guess the track axis. I don't have time to try it now (have to work and earn some money), but I'll try as soon as…
Hi Tony, thanks for you reply. I think now I understand how to place object and how to move them between key frames (although I have to say that it could be done easier like other programs show). Also that you always have to make a path in order to…
Thanks Blaq, I think now I understand how to use position or alignment bar. Placing and moving object (also along several pathes) is no problem any more. I just needed one more day trying different things to understand how stage and action editor work together (or not ). The only…
Peter, I worked any other day on my first complex animation. I just learn by doing. Now I think I know how to place objects where I want them. It really complex for my standards. The only problem I have right now is the rotation of the camera. It makes…
Charles, see my message to Peter about buying attributes. -David
Maybe you are right. OTOH I have to make my own experiences with the attributes (and of course other things). If I could just go into a store and get it there I would buy it, but I don't want to spend $20 extra for shipping to Germany. -David
Hey, sticking a small calculator on the keyboard is a good idea! Why did I never thought about that…
Thanks Peter, I managed to center the axis of an object by calculating the center. I just thought Imagine has something like 'center axis'. At least my super low cost animation software has it 🙂 -David
Charles, do you have a beta copy of 3.0? Anyway this spline curve to control any movement/rotation sounds very useful. Let's hope it will be possible to save these curves to disk in order to use exactly the same for different object and movements (like the rolling wheel). Movement is…
>> You really know how to hurt a guy David I just try to do some simple things Looks like I have to wait for 3.0 as well. -David
unknown terms
Message #63678
Hi everyone, I have heared some terms that I don't understand. It was in a comercial of an animation software called Prisms (for Silicon Graphics). Any explanaiton is very much appreciated. Ok, what is… Modeling: Metaball Lattice deformation Animation: invers kinematic limb operation Materials: dent and wave shaders Rendering: interactive…
Thanks Peter, after trying ten or more times to get the object positioned as I wanted it, I switched off the PC frustrated. When I booted today to continue -BINGO- it was at the right position! Dunno how, but now it's there 🙂 I remember I tried to use 'position…
>> adding ground good idea. I still have to make more experiences with Imagine. Thanks -David
buying object attributes? Are you kidding? Why should I pay for a set of 8 numbers? -David
No Amiga, sorry, I have a PC without multi tasking under DOS. But I do have a calculator (you know a real one that you can touch 🙂
I know what you mean. Let the object do several cycles while following the path. BTW I have another problem. I have a wheel, that I want to roll along a road. I made it follow a path with acceleration. Now I want to make the wheel _roll_. The problem…
Hi Debbie, Try GWS for Windows or DOS. It converts almost every bit mapped file to .TIF format which work with the PC version. The only thing you have to do is tell GWS to write the .TIF files uncompressed. GWS (Graphic WorkShop) is shareware and you can find it…
#rotating the camera
Message #63603
…and the next one… 🙂 To algin the camera I simpla add an axis (which is automatically called track). Ok now I made a complex camera movement with 2 paths for the camera and 3 for the axis (track). Unfortunately in the final camera position the logo looks rotated anti…
#position the camera
Message #63528
Help! What am I doin wrong? I'm trying to do a very simple animation, with no camera movement. In the stage editor I have added all my object (camera, light, object, track axis for the camera). Ok then I decided to position the camera a little different, I select the…
I understand that non linear movement works only along a path, but can I make a path in the cycle editor? I wanted to make a spider walk and I just failed. It looks more like it is dieing then walking I think it helps if I go to the…
This global map is really nice to avoid raytracing. I tried it and it looks quite ok. Just have to do a little fine tuning. What is "Louis Markoya's Surface CHROME"? I used the chrome attribute that came with Imagine. -David
Oh, I have to do it with my head Thanks -David
#chrome look?
Message #63436
Hi everyone again one of my never ending questions. How do I create a real good chrome look for my flying logo… oops I mean for my super detailed starship animation 🙂 🙂 I tried to add several light sources, but still it's exactly what I want. Is the texture…
#center axis?
Message #63435
Hi, sometimes I would like the axis of an object to be exactly centered in the object. How can I do this? -David
#Imagine Particles
Message #63434
Tony, thanks for the hint. I'll try it right now. Ok it works. I made my own buttons. Is it possible to assign two things on on button like Save and change to Stage Editor? -David
Peter, what I mean is you can set key frames and Imagine calculates the inbetweens resulting in a linear movement from key frame 1 to key frame 2. I haven't found any way to make an acceleration. The guy from the animation company said there is a tool on the…
#Imagine Particles
Message #63241
>> You can make wind blow anything anywhere Mike, make sure to send the first packages of Imagine 3.0 to Germany -David PS: is it possible to set my own hot key or button to change from stage editor to action editor. it's really a PITA to allways go through…
#path movement
Message #63240
Toni, the menus are exactly the same as in the amiga version (today I saw an Amiga version), but some fuctions don't have any effect on the PC version. I don't mind as long as they don't have any negativ effect -David
Peter, I'm "upgarding" from a $100 animation program. 🙂 It wasn't that bad, but both the included objekts and the modeler are poor. May I bother you with my questions learning Imagine? -David
I just called Amiga Oberland. He couldn't give me any specific price for Imagine 3.0. He estimated 600-800 DM (which is $360-$480). The price you told me ($695) would be 1140 DM! This would be the very first time that a program that comes from the States is more expensive…
Hi James, you are not the only one who is interested in OS/2 support. 🙂 -David
Rick, Thanks, I'll call you (even tho it is very expensive from Germany). -David
#order info, please!
Message #62165
I don't know if you are the right person to contact. I would like to order Imagine 3.0 for the PC. Do you accept credit cards? What is your FAX number? Do you see any problems to send it to Germany (by Federal Express)? How much is Imagine 3.0? adTHANKSvance…
Hi Peter, have you ever made any .FLI or FLC files? I have a PC so I can't play any Amiga files, but I would like to see some animations made with Imagine. TIA -David
Mike, two simple questions 1. how much is Imagine 3.0 2. can I order directly at Impulse from Germany? TIA -David
Imagine in Germany
Message #60803
Hi animators in Germany, I found the german distributer of Imagine. It's "Amiga Oberland" Tel. 06173/65001 They said, that the german version will not be translated, but will have a german documentation. -David
>> When they release Winimages:FX get that too. hehehehehehehe
ImageMaster sounds very interesting, but I can't buy a Amiga now. Looks like I will buy Morph. -David
>> Its for the Amiga only at this time.
Peter, I think you confued it with dxf23ds.zip, but the description sais it converts dxf files to 3ds files, not vice versa. I haven't d/led it yet, but I think it goes only one way. I posted a message in this forum. 3DS can export dxf files, so there is…
>> Imagemaster can morph – but is much more.
No I don't have 3DS. I have a smal animations program that can inport .DXF, but not .3ds files. Now, is there a program that can convert 3ds to dxf? -David
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