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#AStudio v1.1
Message #197187
Doug, I just got through deleting the AAS directory ( including all sub-dir and icons)and when I install 1.1 from scratch it the set-up program still said it detected earlier installed version. Do you have any guess why or if it matters? Thanks. Barry
Soundlab w/ R1.1
Message #197186
Nik, For some reason the soundlab that came with R1.1 is practically unuseable; i.e. crashes often on both "saves" and "close" with "AUTOWAVE" error. On both prior releases it ran much better. I'm trying to understand if it is something specific to my set up, or just things that needs…
Dave, Thanks for trying, but… Are you saying that the only way to consistently keep sound and video tied together is to use a joint lossy playback AVI. If so, I think that we are in trouble because the quality of the lossy codecs is not useable for my needs.…
#Sound in Sync
Message #196716
Dave, As always, thanks for the response, but this time you lost me on a couple of things. 1) How do you edit the animation and sound separately, and after editing, recombine them into a "playback edition"? I am already using Studio for animation (of course) and Soundlab for audio.…
Dave, Thanks for the help with keyframing a sprite. It is working beautifully. Now I've got a couple of questions about the soundlab. 1) When I reopen a previously saved session, the audio track often slips quite noticibly out of sync with the animatin frames. Is there anyway to prevent…
Stretching a Sprite
Message #196258
Dave, Is there a way to use the stretch command on a sprite? For instance, I have a sprite that is a walking person, and want to have the person "grow" (stretch) as it walks forward. I can get it to walk or stretch, but not both at the same…
AS Hardware Config
Message #195848
Will, Question for you about the configuration to get AS to run well. I'm getting ready to upgrade RAM. (Currently running 16MB on a Micron PCI 90). Do you think it's enough to jump to 32 or is it worth the extra cost to jump to 48MB instead? I'm planning…
Animator Studio Tips
Message #192547
Dave, Was planning on drawing cartoon but am very interested in your suggestion that clip art could be adapted. This is probably a dumb question but how would I acquire the animated images to work with? Like a horse and cart (Budweiser or other)? I think I get the clone…
Dave, Thanks for your reply. To be very specific, I'm animating a horse pulling a wagon. I'd like to build the horse and wagon as separate sprites and then lock them together when necessary (this way I can use the horse without the wagon at times) This is probably way…
Dave, Thanks, I'll give it a try. Barry
Charles, Appreciate your response.. Let me know is you find anyone with experience getting both A& V to PAR since I'm hoping to dump them to video simultaneously. Thanks. Barry
#Help on Dissolve How To
Message #191722
Dave, Could you help me figure out why I can't get a dissolve to work by following the How To procedure? I realize there may be something I'm missing but I've followed then to the letter as far as I can tell. The specific problem comes when I paste the…
Charles, Thanks for taking the time to respond. I understand the stuff about the frame stack of .TGA Files vs. an AVI file. Can you tell me, does this mean that you do all sound work after the animation is already in the PAR? I guess I 'm a little…
Martin, Thank you very much for your relpy. Glad to hear I'm on the right track and that I can get "fabulous" results with the PAR. But, I'm pretty new at this so could you please review a couple of points. First, I've got an .AVI file rendered on my…
#AVI vs. DIB Frames
Message #191006
Dave, I've noticed that when I open files in SoundLab, it sometimes says that the video stream is a "New Animator Studio AVI Stream" and other times it will say something like "DIB frames starting with filename.tif ". It seems that the AVI streams run more smoothly than the DIB…
#AAS Output to Video
Message #189536
Just purchased AAS in hopes of using it to produce animation for output to video. Can you tell me what it will take to get a decent quality for reproduction on tape (not broadcast quality, but needs to be good enough for one generation of dubs) like 640X480 output to…
Animator Studio Tips
Message #189293
Looking for people with basic knowledge (but beyond tutorials and the intuitive or oblivous) about using Animator Studio. Need some simple tips like how to tie sprites together to get them to chase each other. Barry
#help with some tecniques
Message #189292
I'm interested in anyone who can help with some nuts and bolts techniques on Animator Studio. I've used it for a few week, and bugs aside (and that's quite a bit) the documentation leaves me wondering if and how to do certain things. For instance, can sprites be locked together…