This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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/* My local Autodesk rep is currently taking classes on the product. I've turned in my Animater pro disk 1 so I can be one of the first to receive a copy (cost to me $150.00) and my understanding is the product will be released in December.) */ I'm confused,…
Hi Kevin; The North American Autodesk Users Group has been working hard to incorporate multimedia into every aspect of itself; from the way we make presentations to the telecourses we offer. Kathy Clinton has been a great help too. It looks like we're offering 4 courses this coming semester… good…
/* Any words on Animator Studio.. Windows based-24 bit paint – 8 bit animation …Animator pro? fair summary? */ No way. That's about 10% of the story. 🙂 -dave
/* The NAAUG course materials for Animator Pro are available in Lib 14. I haven't paid, but maybe I'm missing something. */ Just a note, NTP is free, but if you find the materials and work of the volunteers valuable, please consider joining NAAUG. The dues are only $25/yr until…
/* Thanks for reminding me about the NAAUG courses. I've been meaning to check them out. Do you have to be a member of NAAUG in order to participate in the fun and games? If so, can I pay by credit card over the phone? I hate the mail. */…
/* documents that is NOT going to go away. Heck, it may even become mandiated by clients and angencies. */ Just a comment: "May"? In many cases it _IS_ mandated, especially in contractual work. Even in many government projects, CADD is mandated. 🙂
/* As Brendon said, I see plenty of architects who have no computer or a Mac at best and the AIA just issued a report that their members report no productivity gains with CAD. */ Who knows where this data comes from sometimes. I've worked for and consulted for several…
/* I' TRIYNG TO MAKE AN ANIMATED LIGHTNING SCENE BUT CAN'T GET A GOOD RESULT; I WAS TRIYNG WITH MATERIAL MORPHINGS (FROM INVISIBEL TO A WHITE SELF ILUMINATET MATERIAL) within a few frames. AS I CAN'T GET A SADISFIYNG RESULT I WAS WUNDERING IF THER IS AN IPAS TO DO…
/* Thanks for the comments on the book. */ They are well deserved. /* Congratulations again on being elected NAAUG president-elect!!! – I'm sure that the next two year's of NAUUG presentations will be true mulitmedia events . */ You can bet on it. I'm hoping Ted Boardman and the…
great book
Message #132159
Hi Phillip; It was a pleasure to meet you at the NAAUG party. I took MARTA out to the Lennox mall this morning and picked up a copy of Inside 3DS, just finished it tonight. Nice job, guy. Some great techniques, practical info, and I can't wait to get the…
/* price but left out features (even those I don't use) I wouldn't go for it. I like to try out all the new features in each upgrade even if I only end up adding one or two of them to my Standard Operating Procedure. */ I agree 100%. One…
/* I HAVE DONE BUMP MAPS BUT WHEN APPLIED SPHERICALLY, CYLINDRICALLY, OR PLANAR THE DIMPLES GET STRETCHED. THANKS FOR THE REPLY, CAN YOU HELP FURTHER? */ (my ears! turn your CAPS LOCK button off.) 🙂 Sure. Search all libraries using the word GOLF. There's a GIF file out there that…
/* This may sound simple but all I want to do is place the dimples of a golf ball on a sphere so that they are not stretched or scaled… ANY IDEAS… THANKS */ Bump map would make this a sinch. -dave
Hi David; Please understand my post is not in any way meant to be antagonistic. But I would be VERY interested in your response to a certain question. It isn't meant to "lead" the discussion anywhere, but it is a response I find very essential these days in my perspectives…
/* To convert lines into polylines in ACAD sounds like a manual process, yes? */ Don't mean to be rude or anything, just thought I'd add that there are plenty of routines to automate this in the forum… out of the box, yes it would be a manual process, but…
/* I am looking for a way to conver Quicktime Movies .MOV to Animator Pro .FLC format. In particular, the software "RedShift" will allow me to create great */ I won't swear to this, but try it, Laurence. Animator Pro imports a .MOV file format. Use FLIC pulldown, FILES option,…
/* one thing I'm worried about – the hardware developers & 3rd party developers follow as best they can what they percieve to be the direction software.is going. so if they think flcs are dying – then why should they struggle to develop a decent flc to tape solution? */…
/* information was available "probably on Eric". Do you happen to know what this means? I haven't a clue. Thanks again for the feedback. */ I am equally clueless. 🙂 -dave
/* Sorry but no.. I know that Mark G. and Jim Kent want users to define their own inks. I don't know where in the priority of things inks lie tho'. */ Fair answer. This is one of those things hanging there (for developers) which we could exploit the heck…
Let me preface this reply by saying it is not meant to be cocky, sarcastic or in any way negative. These are good questions and my response is purely intended to be constructive: 1. Does anyone know where I can find out how much animation (or other motion-media) increases an…
/* I take it that you'd like something more than the following..? Maybe something that compiles? File Info for INK.ZIP */ Yes, I would. Very much. 🙂 I downloaded this example a while ago, but I think you'll agree it doesn't say too much about it. Is there anything on…
/* please see my reply to jeremy. */ Did. Some of your complaints are very justified. When I saw AStudio "version 1", I was happy to not see it toted as "a replacement for ANI"… which it isn't. I am hoping that ANI will continue to be updated. Many of…
/* It is sounding like AutoDesk has decided to abandon Ani Pro and FLC development tools */ You probably won't get an official response about this type of thing, but to my knowledge ANI will continue to be sold and the FLC format will be with us for some time…
/* I think I'll spend more time here, that was very funny dave! */ Glad to have you in the forum. Crazy types hang out in section 4. 🙂 -dave
/* 1. Begins in darkness 2. Approaches a light source 3. The light source becomes Galaxies 4. Fly into and through a Galaxies 5. Stars/Solar Systems Appear 6. Fly into and through our Solar System 7. Fly by Saturn, Jupiter and other known planets 8. Fly into our Earth 9.…
/* "I downloaded WINPLA but it failed to install properly, says the disk's full ( I ot 40MB free ) any ideas why?" */ Jus summo suggestions: Use CHKDSK/F at the command prompt, convert any lost clusters to files and erase them. See if there are any and if it…
new routine–arrays!
Message #125186
Hi gang; I uploaded another POCO routine tonight which allows CELs to be arrayed in a linear matrix or in a polar matrix… something we've found pretty powerful around our office. Feedback welcome, but play with it a bit… there's a lot of capability in it that isn't obvious at…
/* Has anybody out there ever done a REALISTIC Dolphin? I'm not talking about the */ I haven't seen a dolphin, but David Stinnett CI$ 70214,774 did an incredibly awesome humpback whale. You might want to ask him about undersea mammal meshing! 🙂 -dave
/* COULD SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME IF AN HP LASERJET III, IV OR THE HP 7600 ELECTROSTATIC COLOR PLOTTER IS COMPATIBLE WITH 3D STUDIO RELEASE 3 OR 4….IF SO HOW DO I PLOT OR PRINT RENDERED IMAGES. */ You bet it is. The trick is having a program to make…
/* (didn't mean to fool you into thinking you were dealing with a Steve– he's a colleague who has allowed me to use his Compuserve subscription.) */ Hi Christina. Thank you the offer. My friend found a board yesterday and called me to let me know he appreciated my checking…
Latest releases
Message #124885
Hi Kevin. We haven't met before. My name is dave espinosa-aguilar, and I work with the North American Autodesk User Group (about 3500 members) as an execuitve board officer for the Local User Groups. For the past two years, Ventana has been sending us demo copies of their publications and…
/* (they were bought with a view to going into the animation business: instead, a full time job took precendence, at least for the time being!) */ I'll pass the info along to the guy who asked me to find out. Thanks for getting back to me on this. What's…
/* Diaquest DQ422 Plus, general frame output ISA Board */ Just curious… how much use does the DQ422 have on it? Is your documentation complete for all products still? -dave
/* Tell me more about NAAUG. Right now my partner and I are in the early stages */ Well, without sounding like a poster child, the basic gist of the North American Autodesk User Group is that it's a group of about 3500 people who get together for an annual…
/* And I feel so old now . BTW, I joined on April fool's day, a few weeks before system 360 was announced. */ Ah HA! So… that explains it. /* You mean something like: */ Yeah, exactly. "Trustware". -dave
/* I learned it at the "New Engineering Training Program" after joining IBM as an electrical engineer in 1964. */ Gads Ed. I was born the year before you joined IBM. I feel like such a neophyte now. 🙂 /* I recently read about defensive programming in "Writing Solid Code."…
/* Just following the principle of worst case design. . */ Gosh,you're not a programmer or anything like that are you? Hey, I took a look at the MPS.. fun stuff, Ed. I haven't even begun to change variables on it yet. Neato. Thanks! -dave
/* It probably won't be possible to acknowledge the individual contributors in the article. */ Why wouldn't you to credit the individuals? -dave
/* I would like you to upload it. */ It's there in Animator Library (I uploaded it last night)… it should be visible here shortly (if not already). Feedback welcome. -dave
#Anyone interested?
Message #123994
Hi gang. I saw somebody's request for an ability to type homemade fonts (and threw in a real doosy of a plug for NAAUG's NTP in the process)… but I was going through our utilities here at TFM and I found an old thang I wrote ages ago which does…
/* How do I go about upgrading from Animator Pro 1.3 to Animator Studio Release 1? */ Hi Lawrence. I saw your post, and I thought I'd throw out a bit of philosophy on Animator Studio regarding the age-old "upgrade" mentality. As incredible as Animator Studio is, long time users…
Hurray! Hurray! The news is finally out! Whew! -dave
/* I'm using Animator Pro to put together demo screens for a software project, and have created a "font" by hand for use in my menus. Is there some way I can convert this set of characters into a "real" animator font so that I can actually type with my…
/* I was responding to the *(and other's)* part of your msg. */ Got it. Sorry, I need a little quote once in a while to jog the memory, especially after a board meeting. 🙂 Cool. So we have more interest in POE segments for Mark's class. Glad to hear…
/* I think this'd be great. */ Sorry, Wade, I just got back from a NAAUG board meeting… what does tis refer to? -dave
/* Unfortunately that is something that I need to learn first. */ Okay. Let's get serious about this. Mark McGraw's talking about offering ANI2 next semester (NTP03) "Programming for Animator Pro in POCO". Should I ask him to do a segment (or 2) on POE since he does know this?…
/* 2. I wanted to write a POCO program to paste a cel so that its upper-left corner was in a certain spot. Maybe, there's a way, but I gave up. */ But, Ed, if I understand you correctly you do have this now, right? 🙂 -dave
/* nextstep, etc… don't run 3DS!!!!! So don't tell people that Dual pentiums will run 3DS any faster than one pentium!!!!!!!!! */ But Todd, 2 computers (even independently generating 1/2 of the total animation generate the final in 1/2 the time. "Fast" is a relative term. I know several consultants…
This protoscript works very well with ANI 1.3x. It also gives incredibly easy control over running any flic from the keyboard in any sequence. Tips to follow: // load all possible big flics into RAM for smoothest and quick transitions // i have 128 MB of RAM, but by using…
/* >Everything< Yipes, I sound like a salesman, don't I Dave. See you Friday */ All I can say is, you must have one heckuva big harddisk guy. 🙂 Have a safe trip. Looking forward to spending all Saturday with you. -dave
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