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Peter, >> THERE IS however a Freely Distributeable prg from Autodesk >> to convert to/from DXF to/from 3D Studio. That information was worth a whole month on CI$!! 🙂 You don't have the name of the file? Never mind, I'll scan the Lib in ASOFT right now… -David
Peter, what is Imagemaster? Is it a morphing program, too? Remember, I only have a PC. TIA -David
# 3DS to DXF converter?
Message #44796
Hi, I'm looking for a tool, that converts 3DS files to .dxf files. Is there any in the Libs here? TIA -David
Ben, Now you convinced me! I must have this program! I'll check if I find a dealer here in Germany first. thanks -David
Peter, I'm a "fiend", too I have to admit 🙂 If you have this converter you could convert some of the 3ds files from the 3D-Studio Forum into .dxf. The animation program I have can only import .DXF files, so I would be very interested. -David
#morphing in motion
Message #57652
Hi, I've tried the demo of WinImages:Morph. It's quite easy to do mophings with it. But it can only morph still pictures. How does morphing of a moving object in film work? I could take the frames of each of the two films and morph each frame pair, but that…
>> When the time comes to make more purchasing decisions, call me at >> Syndesis at (414) 674-5200. Would you mind if I would prefer to contact you via Cserve? 'cause a call from germany to the USA is very expensive. I have you ID. -David
>> Time on my A3000/25: 18 minutes! That's *** 4 times longer! ***
Peter, This converter is sure a very good tool, but as long as I don't make animation commercally the simple .dxf in and out has to be enough. …unfortunately -David
Tony, I don't know how much you have to reconfigure you system, but maybe a boot manager like in DOS 6 will help you. >> to make short animations to explain the project to >> investors/regulators etc That's the other big market for manimation besids of the entertainment sector. People…
Peter, I don't have version 2, and I'll wait for version 3 and hope that the doc will be better than what I've heard from v2. -David
>> …does motion blurring. Imagine 3.0 looks like it will, as well.
James, >> that was composited into a single picture using an increasing amount of >> transparency for each frame. pretty clever idea. I'll have to try that, too. -David
Ben, wow! Looks like this program has some very nice features! Maybe you at Black Blet should at least add some basic documentation to the demo, that people understand what this program can do. Do you know any dealer in germany (I don't mind an english version, actually I prefer…
Hi Quinten, Thanks very much! I'll contact them next week. Good to know there is a dealer here in Germany. OTOH mostly the software is much more expensive in Germany than in the US. There won't be a german version, right? thanks again, -David
>> Which formats are important to you? I think .DXF and .3DS are the only imortant for me so far, but I have to admit, that I don't know too much about what other formats might be interesting when working with Imagine. But before we go on, I don't have…
Peter, I tought about the Syquest. I really need a medium to store all my animations (not only the animation, but all the single pictures). OTOH the Syquest is a bit expensive just using it for backups. I don't even have a streamer -David
Tony, Are you using Imagine for commercial purpose, or do you have it "just for fun"? -David
>> 3d studio eats up much much more space >> than Imagine! And it eats up much more money as well 🙂 3DS is out of reach for me at the moment aynway… -David
I have seen the picture "strike" with the falling bowls, but I don't think it is don't with a raytracer only. I haven't heard of any raytracer that makes the typical blur of a photo taken with low shutter speed. I'll wait for the next Imagine version anyway. It wouldn't…
>> I still havn't solved all the difficulties of running on my PC but when >> it runs the results are superb. Oh, what does that mean? What problems do you have? I plan to buy version 3 when it's available. Maybe the problem will be solved (or there will…
Sounds interesting. At the moment I don't have Imagine at all, I'll wait for version 3.0. .DXF import and export is very important, IMO. What formats does you converter accepts? Can it also read the files from 3DS? -David
Vance, >> You might consider an A1200 as a cheap way to get broadcast quality.
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#WinImages:Morph
Message #57374
>> I'm not aware of the bugs you mention… >> perhaps it's a system problem or a compatibility problem with the demo. Ben, hard to say. On the Amiga, you don't have to care about s many variations. Is there any documetation for WinImages:Morph? Basically I know what to do,…
WinImages:Morph
Message #57326
Hi, I posted this message in graphdev forum (when I found the demo of WinImages:Morph). Now I try it here one more time…
James, thanks for the info. I was just interested, I don't want to buy a computer for Imagine. At the moment I have a small animation programm, with a slow raytracer, and "only" a 386/40+387, but speed is not the problem, it's more the disk space (I only have 230mb).…
>> Egad's MAN, Don't I feel the fool. I just told David Hoffman that NO >> VERSION of Imagine supports DXF's directly. oh well. Peter, never mind, I'm happy, that you are wrong and that Imagine 3.0 *does* read and write .DXF 🙂 A lot of my objekts are in…
Hi Vance, thanks very much for your detailed answer. At the moment I don't have the money to buy an Amiga4000, so my PC will have to do. I'm sure Imagine will become my favorite renderer, but I will wait for version 3.0. Have you ever worked/tried 3D-Studio? How does…
Rick, thanks very much for the info. Good to hear that both version will come out simultaneously. I know it's a difficult question, but can you tell my what the price will be for version 3.0 for the PC? If you hear anything about a distibuter in Germany please let…
Thanks for the info. I have never worked with an Amiga, but it always seemed to be a "play computer" to me. I had to change my mind when I got more infos about it. Is the Amiga version faster than the PC version? -David
Hi James, there is a very good .fli and .flc player (play.exe)for DOS. It's from trilobyte and it's available in the autodesk forum or in the graphdev forum. It uses as much memory as available on the computer and if not enough to hald the whole animation it plays form…
Tony, did you buy your copy of Imagine in England or did you get it my mail order form the states? I'm asking because I'm wondering which way is the best to get Imagine in Germany. adTHANKSvance -David
Hi, I've just heard that Imagine is available for the PC, too. Finding this forum I heard that there is a version 3.0 coming soon. Does this mean there will be a version 3.0 for the PC, too, or will the PC version comming later? -Does Imagine (PC) import .DXF…
WinImages:Morph
Message #22419
Hi, I posted a message to you just a few days ago, but got no reply so far. Maybe the message got lost somewhere in the buggy CI$ software… so one more time: I d/led WinImages:Morph here from this forum. It looks very interesting. It's much easier to place points…
#.dxf files
Message #25869
Hi everybody, I have a small animation program that allows me to create objects, animat them and finally the animation can be rendered or raytraced. Although it has a 3D editor it is very difficult to make objects. But it also has the posibility to import Autocad .dxf objects. My…
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