This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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It was designed to sit in about 80 feet of water. If the river keeps climbing, it could replace many of the residences that own property over there. (Bad joke. I feel for those people. I was in Miami during Andrew. I didnt loose much except the beach where I…
Underwater Hotel??
Message #51122
A while back I downloaded an image called ATLANT.GIF. It is a rendering of an idea that started back in college as an architectural thesis. It is located in Library 9. I would be interested in hearing any comments on the image and the idea. The design, though fictional, is…
I have found that after putting a few animations to the same tape I start to get the same problem. I think that it has to do with a slight stretch that occures in the tape. 1/2 inch tape is not as rugged as 3/4" and 1". I usually use…
Sounds like an interesting project. A TV series is a lot to chew. Do you have production experience?? I would be glad to help, I can be contacted by E-mail here on C-Serv. I run a small animation company called Graphic Alchemy. Welcome. Andrew
I was under the impression that they have similair lawws in Denmark. We had a visiting proffesor from there when I was in school. Other markets that you might try getting into that relate to architecture is engineering and product designers. It is often easier to model and animate a…
As a former architect, I started into animation doing architectural renderings and animations. Adter devoting my entire time to animation instead of architecture I have found that architects are the biggest pain in the neck to do animations or renderings for. No disrespect to any of them, I used to…
Seventh "something". They all mean about the same at 12:00 midnight when I wrote that one. Two many hours in the studio with phosphor glowing in my face. Seventh Guest is a remarkable CD. I hope I will get a chance to sit down and go through it soon. Andrew
If your in a cruch and need a model or two built. Give me a call at my studio and I see if I can make it for you within your budget. I am a fast modeler and am always looking for quick projects to fill in gaps. Andrew McClary…
Basically my program is similiar in quality to what I have seen of Seventh Sign but it is more along the lines of an educational/reference work. I will give them a try.
Unlike Danger Hot Stuff and the other CD-Roms like it, my program is a complete multi-media work with research and a direction. Danger Hot Stuff was a great display of different animated works, but after you have seen it a few times it looses its appeal because there isn't any…
#Help? CD $$ Expectations
Message #49219
Ok you guys on this forum have all been great in helping me out and giving me a few laughs and deep thoughts in the past. So again I ask your for your help. After working with and even creating short animations for CD-Rom titles, I decided that it was…
An Oz solution with One transmitter and Two recievers to do cuts only editing was around $2400. It used rs422 controll lines. Video Media also has recievers that can control pro-summer decks like the the 1970, though these are not frame accurate. Yet in a low end editing suite they…
Rick, I recently bought the video media Oz/Animax package and couldnt be happier withit. The animax is a card with one transmitter and one reciever on the card. You could easily connect it directly into your Vlan network and have controll of your equipment. The Oz package is a easy…
I used to work for an Autodesk dealler for a while. Autodesk relies on their dealers for all of the support. The problem is that 3D Studio rarely ever sells for $2995. Unless the user doesnt shop around, he is crazy to pay that price when there are deallers that…
For airplanes, there is a friend of mine down in Florida that runs a company called Graphic Discriptions. He has quite a library of airplane models that he has created. You might give him a call, he is probably a bit less expensive that ViewPoint. His number is 305-791-6891. Tell…
Freelance Animator
Message #46954
Well, things have slowed down a bit and it is time to ask around for some more work. I run a small freelance animation and illustration studio and am looking for some more work. If anyone out there has any big projects going on and they could use a good…
They probably were using SGI Crimsons with Elan graphics boards. (Big dark Red box that sits of the floor.) The Indigo is just a much smaller version without the upgrade space and processor power. One thing to watch, is that the base machine on SGIs is only the biggining. The…
There is a good morphing program available here on compuserve in the graphics development forum I beleive. I was very impressed. I read about it in Compuserve Mag about 2 or 3 months ago and downloaded it. I would recommend checking it out.
If you are just getting started and are not experienced in 3DS or animation peroid, I can tell you that paying someone to output your stuff is going to be costly. Especially, as a beginner I can almost garantee you that your animation is not going to be perfect the…
You might try Image Resources at 407-843-4200. I used to work there, and as a big Truevision dealer. We used to take old Targas in on trade for new systems. When I left in January, they had a few old targas in stock that I am sure they would like…
Thanks. How much memory etc. do you need for it to play at a resonable speed? Andrew
Greg, I just added 16MB more of RAM to my system and now it sleeps less. Hey, could it be because it is not accessing the HDD. 🙂 Let me know what you find out. Andrew
I purchased a Sony SVO 9600 to use as a player/backup editor in my system. I was attracted to it for its price. I was a bit skeptical about it so I hedged my bet and bought it thinking of using it only as a player and backup. I have…
RCA to XLR Audio
Message #44070
I have a hopefully simple audio problem. I recently added pro S-VHS video decks (Panasonic AG 7750) to my animation studio at home. I would like to be able to dump audio from my nice stereo to the deck, but it only has XLR balanced inputs and mic inputs. I…
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Help
Message #44069
I did an animation like that one about two years ago using v1.0. I am going to have to dig out the old file and see how I did it. I dont remember it being that complex.
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#VL-Bus Graphics Boards
Message #41508
Kevin, There are a lot of companies out there that are selling 485DX50 VLB Motherboards. I bought one, let me tell you you have never seen such a fast redraw on 3D Studio, but sooner or latter the machine would hang. Watch out!!!
When setting up the TARGA+ to work with windows you must exclude the memory area you are using with you TARGA (ie D000-DFFF) by adding a line in the SYSTEM.INI file under [emm386]. This should correct your problem. I have used my targa+ in both 512×486 32bit mode and 1024×768…
3D animator 4 hire
Message #36456
Freelance 3D Animator with own 3D Studio based design studio. Looking for freelance work. I have a BA in Architecture and have been involved in digital illustration and video animation for 4 years. If your company could use a freelance animator call me at 317-849-0464 for more information. Andrew McClary
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