This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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The company AKLAIM does use 3D Studio, that's actually how my conversation with them got started. I was talking with a guy I met at Siggraph and mentioned 3D Studio and this VP guy came over and started talking with us. I could tell he was quite impressed with 3DS,…
No, I haven't been reading Cyberpunk Sci-Fi, maybe I should. But on that vien, no pun intended, there is an excellent movie, called "Brainstorm" which is about linking people up to a recording device very similar to what you describe. It was the last movie that Natalie Wood did, and…
Dave – Another misspent youth no doubt. Yes, I would have liked meeting you as well. I was there two days and didn't see half the people I wanted to. But then the weekend before got fouled up with the completion of a project, and at the 3DS Party which…
Hi David, what's that from, sounds like a ryhme children would sing, can it be that old? -JE
Funny now that you mention it I do remember him, Mr Strange. He had a big snaugz. If flashed at me when I read your discription. No I don't think that I could have remembered Dewitt Frye, although that name sure looks like a memorable one. Kinda like "James Murphy".…
James – I remember Kitty and Doc and that other fellow who was always twanging (Festus?) but not Sam. And Dewitt Frye rings a bell buried in cob-webs, Jeez going back a few, most of that stuff I saw as re-runs because I was out of the country in those…
Don – now that you have the new drivers for your BJC-800 and you're getting WYSWIG output, how readily are you able to translate these values to the wild and wacky world of Never The Same Color? -JE
My My James that is a bit of esoteric trivia. I'm impressed. I'm a fairly big movie fan as well, but I'm not sure I've seen that one. Didn't really get into the Science Fiction Movie Genre until 2001. But read a few science fiction books growing up. Did you…
Hi there Don! That's very similar to what I do except I use Corel Draw, but thanks for the thought. Another capability I have is with the EVO-9650, I can do a 9 frame grab and select which 9 frames I want included, into a 9 frame matrix. (another nice…
James – So who is Michael Renny and why is he saying all those terrible things! -JE
Greg – Great! I've noted the number and will give you a call. Thanks -John
ARRRRRR Matey where be that damned Starfighter…. Know I parked it behind one of these blasted asteroids, but they all looks alike… Actually I think we all feel like aliens sometime -JE
Gary – one of the bonuses to the 200 + new features no doubt, kinda hard to calculate the number of permutations and combinations on new features . Thanks. Patiently awaiting R3! -JE
Thanks Greg, Suprise, Suprise, didn't expect to hear from you 🙂 I, like alot of people, am very much looking forward to R3! I'm very impressed with what I've seen. So maybe in, what, 6 to 8 weeks if I'm really lucky. Say would you be interested in doing my…
Now James – That's certainly a conversation stopper. Did I put my foot in my mouth? I guess that depends on how you feel about it. I amuse myself by my nature, which has both its good and bad points. The Scotts are fiercely independent and good warriors. Its a…
#Multiple View Renders
Message #54683
Hi Gary & Co! Not knowing if this has been suggested and if there's a work around, I'll just put this out there. It would be nice to have the ability to do multiple view renders onto a single frame. I'm thinking that this feature would be used for still…
John – And be sure and let us know your experiences with the Sanyo, that company has had an interesting history of bringing inexpensive quality consumer products to the masses. Thanks for your input! 🙂 -JE
James – I will, but be forwarned I'm 3/4 Scottish, a wee bit Irish and a tough bargainer to boot 🙂 -JE
Marin – By all means! let me know what you find out. 🙂 -JE
John – Sounds like a reasonable approach to me, and should give you alot of options. I'll be interested to hear how you think the Sanyo holds up against the AG-7750 in terms of picture quality and dropout. I think its great that you have the option to return it…
Martin – You've raised some interesting points that warrant further investigation. The issue of field rendering is an important one and could be a limiting factor in the decision to acquire a compression type system like the DPS. When and if you get a definitive answer on this I would…
Martin – , That's O.K. by me, actually makes alot of sense, get fast proven drives integrated into the process, but I can understand that some people would like to be able to use their existing hard drives. I looked into a CD-ROM burner awhile back, same story, need a…
John – The cost break down as Martin Foster has calculated it is a good argument for the Abekas approach, maybe it wouldn't be necessary to take any other approach, and just use a Hi-8, Sanyo, AG-7750 or DPS approach for the previews. I think there is a definite advantage…
Martin – I got the impression from Brad Nogar that it was available for the PC currently as he was taking orders. With regard to taking a closer look, I'm satisfied that its a good product as it has been well tested on the Amiga and its really just a…
Jim – Thanks for the clarification, I belatedly realised the error. But there are others who need to know that its the 8500 series. I agree that even at the list price of $2595 the Illum-Pro is a good value. I am very interested to hear about the Movie-Xpress product…
Martin – Strong opinions are good especially when they come from someone as knowledgeable as you 🙂 Thanks for jumping in, your opinion is highly valued in these quarters. And yes what more could you ask for? (Well I can think of a few things, but lets get real )…
John – I think we see pretty much eye to eye on this after your clarification. One of the problems of trying to help a novice like Vernon Shultz is that, there is no perfect answer. Try building a consensus with this thread alone. This poor guy has come here…
Bill – Point taken but we were talking about animaton controllers, not editing systems or Character Generators with V-LAN and there are far more PC's doing animaton than SGI's. I believe 3D Studio has in the short time its been around taken over a third of the PC market, they…
And of course it depends on the compression scheme and the amount of compression. Just because it uses JPEG doesn't mean you're going to see artifacts especially in such a clean medium as video . I do however disagree that it cannot be used as more than a preview tool.…
Bill – I can appreciate what your saying and if Bill Stickney had promoted the merits of the V-LAN, I for one would have felt that his interest was more than partisan. But to claim that V-LAN is used more than all the other controllers combined, I believe to be…
David – As you've read the thread, I'll elaborate and give you a contact # for further info. Basically with the ASDG Abacus driver you are able to convert your rendered animation to the Abacus Digital disk CCR-601 format. The conversion is done to the Exabtye 8650 tape drive. This…
Martin – Try 606-371-5533 and ask for Brad Nogar he's the V.P. Sales and Marketing. So how's it going Martin? -JE
Boy are you on some kind of trip! I'd like to see you back that one up! -JE
Vern – The DPS system is a total system unto itself. It is designed to record animation sequences directly to hard disk and then play them back in real time. So basically you render your animation to disk in say a targa format, then push it through the DPS board…
Vern – No problem, glad to help you get started on the right track, feel free to drop me a line. Happy hunting 🙂 -JE P.S. if you're happy with your Video VGA you might just want to consider going the Image compression route, which will give you as I…
Vernon – I appreciate you situation, there is alot going on in this area and things are changing fast. You have some other options available to you which we can explore but first lets answer your questions directly. If your going to go the video frame accurate route, I would…
Jim – Soundblaster has an MMPLAY that is packaged with their product that allows you to do this. Probably if you contact the company you can get a hold of it. It many not be as simple at typing an .exe though, I think you have to create a small…
Vernon – Not knowing the current pricing on the Lyon Lamb but having had experience with the PRO-VAS and Lyon Lamb in general as well as experience with the Diaquest, my vote is resoundingly for the Diaquest. Soft VTR is another excellent alternative. Many reasons why, support is a big…
Ana – I appreciate that people have had problems with DOS 6, I am just really curious to know what the "real story" is. I noticed that IBM has come out with DOS 6.1 Is this like the days of DOS 4. That one was a real nightmare in the…
Ana – This one about DOS 6, is one I have been missing for months. I have two of the most complicated systems around, and use the disk compression etc. and have had NO problems with the exception that Windows has to have uncompressed disk to virtual cache. Both my…
J=UIz UAQ%=9 95*$+W.]Z3y quite a bit of it and a tax write-off as well. Of course you have to put the money out up front but anyway… thanks for your input. If its not as lucrative as you would like, I would bet that if you stay with it, its…
Gary – Don't know what happened by I re-zipped the images seperately ie: cloud1.zip, cloud2.zip…, and everthing seemed to tranfer O.K. This time I sent 4 Images. Enjoy.. -JE
Well Don, sounds like you've got your hands full. I can grin 'cause I've been there with the marketing types but 18000 frames, that's another story. By the way how do you like the Leadview, and would you recommend it? Let me know how it goes with this "Ben Hur"…
Greg : Thanks for your interest. They've been uploaded and should be available soon. (Clouds.zip Forum LIB 1) -JE
Gary – I've uploaded 3 TGA's zipped under the name CLOUDS.ZIP, in Library 1, you can imagine a transition between 1-2-3. Hope you like! I trust they have been uploaded O.K. if not please let me know. Enjoy. 🙂 -JE
Don – The original suggestion was to try using smoke for clouds. You know way back when. The clouds can actually be placed on a 2d plane (no box), like a rectangle directly imported from the shaper. It does not actually take up volume. Which indirectly answers the query about…
#Clouds
Message #50831
Don – I thought you might like to know I got that Cloud / Water project and bought all the IPAS, and got some terrific clouds from the smoke IPAS using the technique I suggested. Did you know that you don't have to use a box, just a single plane…
Ron – I particularly like the fact that it supports Alpha Channel and TGA output, which is my primary format, and even for those without a Targa who want to create FLI files this is handy, because you can morph images and then composite them over a background with no…
Ron – I've caught little blrubs about you books, and am intrested to know more about them. Have you used WinImages Morph? Its pretty good and they're continually revising it. Blackbelt has had quite a few years experience with Morphing on the Amiga and like alot of software companies these…
Price for Animations?
Message #50518
Greg – glad to be of help. Depending on what part of the country you're in you might even do better. I'm in the So. Cal area and its become more competitive, not from other animators but because of budgets. Its a hellava lot of fun as work but you've…
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