This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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FRED Compositor
Message #71242
I have been attempting to composite two sequences of images in FRED using a third greyscale sequence as an alpha to "punch a hole". How do I set up the compositor to do this ? The manual is very unclear about how to set the mix values, whether to list…
Lightwave Mapping
Message #71067
John, I recently decided to try to understand how diffusion mapping and texture mapping work in Lightwave (I'm still using the old version), but with little success. I looked at the texture map which accompanies the Spacefighter model supplied with Lightwave, found that I couldn't make heads nor tails of…
#DPaint BustAnim
Message #71026
I'm having difficulty trying to convert a DPaint anim (640×400) to individual, scaled (752×480), JPEG'd frames using FRED. I'm assuming I need to use the "BustAnim", "Scale", and "Save as JPEG" scripts. However, one of the problems I encounter is that I need to catch each "busted" anim frame for…
DPaint/ADPro Help
Message #36909
Can anybody give me the steps needed to convert a DPaint III anim (640×400) to individual, scaled (752×480), JPEG'd frames using ADPro/FRED ? The frames will ultimately be laid to tape via the Toaster and Personal SFC. I've been attempting to use the FRED scripts "BustAnim" to convert the anim…
DPaint/ADPro Help
Message #36908
Can anybody give me the steps needed to convert a DPaint III anim (640×400) to individual, scaled (752×480), JPEG'd frames using ADPro/FRED ? The frames will ultimately be laid to tape via the Toaster and Personal SFC. I've been attempting to use the FRED scripts "BustAnim" to convert the anim…
I haven't gotten the Jan. issue in the mail yet, either. I just happened to be in a magazine store in Hollywood on Thursday and saw a bunch of them and figured I'd get one anyway. BTW, there's also another review of Montage in the Aug/Sept 1993 issue of Video…
I saw you were looking for a review of Montage. I haven't used it, but I just got the lateset Video Toaster User magazine and there is a comparison of Montage and ToasterCG on pg. 73 (Jan. '94)
#VTU
Message #36873
Jim, I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy Video Toaster User. It's by far the most useful and informative magazine I've ever read. It's amazing the number of times I've developed a question about something, then skimmed through the back issues and found an article which explains…
DPS TBC's
Message #36500
Has anybody compared the DPS TBCIII and TBCIV ? I've got a TBCIII, and I'm wondering if the freeze frame on the IV is any better. Also, I remember asking the rep from DPS at the NAB convention whether they were offering any upgrades from the III to IV, and…
Brian, Thanks a lot for the help with the problem I had with Rename. I never would have figured that one out.
Matt, NAB '94 will be Sunday, March 20 thru Thursday March 24 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
#AmigaDos Help
Message #123802
I'm trying to rename all the files in a directory using the AmigaDos rename command, and nothing seems to work. The command I'm using is as follows: "rename pic#? pic.#?" It's telling me that pic.#? is not a directory. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've tried about 100 different…
#Pegger
Message #69476
BTW, about your Pegger/SFC problem, don't forget to set the pegger to Run Length Encode (RLE) the files upon compression if they are going to be read into ToasterPaint. It can't read the file otherwise, and that might be the reason it's locking up. It talks about it in the…
I talked to Terry and also to the Pegger folks. It seems that the SFC software from about ver. 2.0 and later automatically reads JPEG files directly, so you don't need Pegger for that. I tried it and it works fantastic. If you do want to use Pegger, Terry says…
Pegger
Message #69338
Has anybody used Pegger for automatically decompressing JPEG'd files for use in single framing with the Toaster and the Personal SFC ? I'm getting an error message (I believe it's from the Personal SFC) when I try to set up a sequence of frames for laying to tape. Immediately after…
I called the support line yesterday, and I guess it was closed for the holidays. I think I've narrowed my problem with the SaveAsJPEG script; it seems that when given a group of sequentially numbered images to JPEG, the script reads each in and performs the JPEG, but when it…
Thanks. Running Rexxmast did it. As you can tell I've never worked with AREXX before. I've spent the entire day trying to use Sentry and the supplied SaveAsJPEG script to automatically JPEG frames generated by VistaPro, but I've had little success. I've got it set up to JPEG each frame…
#ADPro Help
Message #69154
I've run into another problem with ADPro that I was hoping you could help with. I'm attempting to invoke Sentry to run one of the supplied FRED scripts (SaveAsJPEG) to JPEG some images. I'm following to the letter the procedure in the ReadMe file. However, when I get Sentry all…
#Memory Help
Message #37893
I'm having some difficulties with a program I just bought which uses only the available "contiguous" expansion memory for an image buffer. My A2000 has a Progressive '040 card with 8Mb of 32 bit ram, and a Grand Slam hard card with 4Mb of 16 bit memory. It seems the…
Thanks, John. BTW, what is Gigamem ?
Thanks. I tried running ADPro from the CLI as you suggested, and I still couldn't get more than 4Mb for the buffer. Now when you say that 8Mb will be the most that ADPro can grab with my configuration, how would I get the additional 4Mb ?
My memory configuration is 1Mb of chip ram, 4Mb of 16 bit ram on a IVS Grand Slam hard card, and 8 Mb of 32 bit ram on a Progressive 040 accelerator card. I'll try your suggestion of starting ADPro from the CLI tonight. Thanks.
Thanks Brian. I tried a version of MergeMem called JoinMM (I couldn't find MergeMem on my 1.3 disks), but it said I've already got 12Mb, and it couldn't do any merging. I think you were right that AmigaDOS 2.1 already merges it; however, ADPro doesn't recognize it for some reason,…
Thanks for the response on my memory problem. I tried upping the MAXMEM limit, and even removed the limit altogether. However, it didn't change anything. It seems everything else recognizes my 12Mb except ADPro. Any ideas ? Thanks.
#ADPro Memory Help
Message #68860
I recently purchased ADPro 2.3. I attempted to load a large IFF file and got an error message saying there was insufficient memory to load it. I have 12 Mb of RAM, composed of 4 megs of 16 bit memory in a hard card, and 8 megs of 32 bit…
Lightwave Pro
Message #66907
John, I just got the first copy of Lightwave Pro, and I noticed it was mostly focusing on LightWave 3.0. I'd like to subscribe, but only if it will be dealing with 2.0 also. I don't forsee being able to cough up the cash to upgrade to the new version…
DPaint/Tpaint Help
Message #66846
I've been trying to figure out how to bring images made in DPaint III into ToasterPaint so that the image fills, and is centered in, the video screen. I've set the DPaint screen size to 752×480, but that still doesn't fill the t.v. screen. I suppose I could fill in…
Thanks, John. Your tips are, as usual, very helpful.
#Ripples Help
Message #65782
I've been having trouble for the longest time trying to understand how the various parameters which define the "Ripples" bump map affect the appearance of the ripples. I think I've boiled it down to these problems: 1. What is the "texture size" ? How is it related to "wavelength" ?…
Thanks for the reply, Arnie. I made sure that the .PFB file was renamed to the exact name specified in the .PFB file with all the fonts I tried to convert, and it never worked. My only guess is that the fonts I'm trying to convert are not in the…
#PostScript to Bmap Help
Message #116477
I am trying to convert some Postscript (.PFB) fonts to Amiga bitmap fonts using the "mkbmap" program. The .PFB files are brought over from an IBM PC using CrossDOS. The error message I get is "post: error: undefinedfilename, command –run– mkbmap: post.library interpreter error" The only lead I have is…
Help-DPaint/ToasterPaint
Message #34803
I'm having difficulty with images drawn in DPaintIII, then imported into ToasterPaint. When rendered to a video monitor from Toasterpaint, the image is shifted to the upper left hand corner. I've tried changing the Workbench Overscan setting, and am using high resolution overscanned DPaint images, all to no avail. Any…
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