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This type of notification system is all very well if it is set up without error. Someone entered my phone number into a malfunctioning system (with which I have no connection) and I receive an incoming phone call at 3:19 a.m. almost every morning. Of course Telecom cannot tell me…
MakePath Flight Director manual, page 15 "… value is in kilometers per hour, assuming a playback speed of 30 frames per second", which would make it NTSC animation speed, not PAL animation speed (25 frames per second), yes? You'll notice that 3DS enables the user to choose NTSC or PAL.…
Animation
Message #55586
The Disney program is called "The Animation Studio". Ali
It all sounds great. I have two PCs churing out 3DS/VistaPro as samples for a feature. I'd like to choose between PAL or NTSC timing in the animations, please. I'm still going through VP3, although I have done the review. One thing I noticed was if one lays in, say…
Best monitor?
Message #43126
Moi, aussi. You're doing pretty well. ALi
Best monitor?
Message #40433
My multimedia machine monitor has gone the way of all flesh (and technology). The machine currently has a local bus video 486-50 motherboard and this week has a TSENG (Mega EVA) local bus card in it. One piece of hardware or another is changed at least monthly and there is…
Thanks. I'll try that. ALi
Well, the makers told me that the Stealth 24 can't play FLICs. Thanks ALi
Morphed Letters
Message #31997
yep, got your letter. Its with all the others in my pile of "things to answer" in my briefcase. My original computing background is Retail Sales Analysis. I have discovered the following: (good, reasonably priced) new items sell; reducing the retail price can improve profitability. It's capitalism. "Isms in my…
The version I have exports a scene, not a recording. A new version is on its way, but I don't know what enhancements have been made. ALi
I wrote a feature on Animation for a mainstream computer magazine. I interviewed existing users and Autodesk staffers about issues as well as trying the product for myself. I have created cel animations in the past and had some experience with Animation software, including Autodesks. Perhaps after you have read…
I reviewed Mannequin twice. Once as part of a feature on animation that was uploaded to this forum. I've had it well over a year. I don't use it a lot because it needs a memory manager, and when I run that I can't run Ani Pro or 3DS. I…
Mannequin. ALi
I just have an automatic fear response to the word "proprietary". ALi
Oh, I didn't buy 3DS. I did plan my computer system with animation in mind. I reviewed 3DS etc. I have 2 copies of Animator, 2 of Ani Pro, and 1 of 3DS. (From two separate magazine reviews). I had six weeks to review all the packages in my feature…
I'm a long-time beta tester. Wishlists are my life. I am trying to free up enough time to seriously analyse the interface problems I am having and how the relationship between drawing the storyboard and creating the 3D scenes. I have phone numbers written in my manual. Is 332-2344 a…
I'd like to see cross-referencing of terminology, on-line assistance (especially with references to the page numbers in the manual/tutorial/etc). And the whole set file accessible from the menus, with an option "Session, Project, System Default". And examples of config.sys and autoexec.bat files, not just odd lines. You know. If you…
Ah, no. The Pro Audio Spectrum has a SCSI connector to the CDROM drive. Therefore you need one card slot for both sound card and CDROM. The attractiveness of the SCSI interface is that I can upgrade the CDROM drive as long as it uses a SCSI interface, and that…
Whereabouts are you hiding in OZ? Ali
The other version, Mannequin, can also output in 3DS format. Sadly it does not record in that format. ALi
The Media Vision kit does not require an additional card, unless you count the sound card. I bit the bullet even though it isn't Photo-CD compatible. The interface is an issue for me because I am a reviewer and my machine would go into shock if I didn't reconfigure it…
Jamie, I am so troubled by the interface that I rang from Australia to discuss it. I have real problems orientating and scaling in 3ds. I'd like a three-dimensional grid that I can 'stand' outside so I know what's going on. I'm never really sure whether functions are available under…
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#Creative Labs CDROM? ok?
Message #29760
The only thing to watch is the interfaces. If your CD_ROM sound card connection is proprietary, you can't upgrade one or the other with different brands. (Correct me if I'm wrong, anyone). I opted for the Mediavision pack because it uses a SCSI interface. Note: before you jump check for…
Thanks, I was using a macro.
#PCX to FLI
Message #28984
Is there a utility that converts sequential PCX files to FLI or FLC files? ALi
If the hackers insist on no confirmations: A setup option confirm Y/N, or Multi-level hold with an undelete type facility would be nice. Ali
The trouble with Mannequin is that you can't send the figures through a sequence and record them in the correct format. I tried to use Mannequin to study the movement. The record funtion in mannequin strings still images together into a fli file. My contacts who use Mannequin have all…
I wrote a feature on animation, including quite a lot a background. The response was very good. A number of people brought it to my attention (they didn't read the byline!) One of the problems I have is that it's too bloody easy to get lost in 3DS. And there…
Work a Novel concept? Does that mean it's a fiction? Ali
DStudio Book
Message #26697
Like the man said in Ghostbusters: "Print is dead." I'm waiting for the movie. Ali
#DStudio Book
Message #26696
I interviewed an animator working in Sydney, I think she wrote a book, but I've lost my notes. All I have is her name, Michelle Bousquet.
Bloody Animator Pro
Message #25639
I support a couple of thousand users. In no case is it standard to leave memory unconfigured. Corporate standards are to use a memory manager. Doesn't Ani Pro require unconfigured memory? I was RTFM'd on this forum over Phar Lap and error messages. Out of memory errors in Ani are…
I write tech documentation myself. Can I suggest that if you are going to keep Phar Lap that you index references to it? I'm giving up on the Ani Pro manual and going to try setting up 3DS to allow for ani pro. The configuration instructions there are even more…
The Installation and performance guide states: "Extended or expanded memory memory has been allocated through one or more statements in your config.sys file. You musrt remove any statements in your config.sys file that allocate either form of memory. A typical statement would look like this: device=c:\cemm.exe 1024 auto. Ali
but the MANUAL says take out the memory managers. I have error messages which, according to the manual require the removal of QEMM from the config.sys. Ali
Release 2.0.
My point is that since logically no one uses Ani Pro alone, there should not be the kind of prohibitions listed in the manual, to which I referred. I am in the process of rebuilding after substantial upgrades. I have Windows 3.1, QEMM, Ani Pro and 3D Studio, plus utilities…
#Bloody Animator Pro
Message #24671
Can someone please explain to me the reasoning behind denying all memory management to Ani Pro. I have 16Mb of memory which must be allocated as extended to Mannequin. I also run Windows (I evaluate programs for Computer magazines and most of them are Windows nowadays). I see NO reason…
The Journal !
Message #24664
If you have any idea of international subscriptions, please let me know, here or through MAIL. I am in Melbourne, Australia. Ali
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Graphics Tablet
Message #24663
I use the wacom tablet. So far I have had no trouble, I purchased it with the stylus AND puck. I just switch to the puck (and mouse emulation) for applications that would be inconvenient to use the stylus with. The only hassle is working with Ani Pro, if you…
#Need basic help
Message #24662
I am trying to create a simple flic rotating the fork provided with 3ds. No matter what I do (with or without cameras positioned) the tines of the fork are sometimes out of frame and the end of the fork is always visible. I want to have the end of…
To create presentations with FLIC files, you could try Santa Fe Media Manager, I think they appear in the Multimedia forums, oR 213 392 8441. However, I suspect that integrating FLIC files will be a standard in multimedia presentations under Windows. I have packed my copy of the Graphic Impact…
Pressuure Sens. Tablets?
Message #24193
The puck works fine, though … Ali
I use WACOM stylus/puck under Windows. I have a copy of Fractal Design Painter. Mind you the install program of FDP stuffed my Windows setup, fortunately I have setup file paranoia and on-disk copies of key config files. Ali
Thanks, I'll look for it. Ali
#WACOM stylus
Message #22320
Sorry to butt in on the thread, but could you please give me the publishing details of the animation article. I wrote an article on Animation on the PC for the September issue of Australian Personal Computer and someone mentioned seeing an article in a magazine, but gave no publishing…
#WACOM stylus
Message #22319
I have the WACOM pressure sensitive stylus and puck. Much of my initial trauma in using Ani Pro was a result of the difficulty in driving the program as a whole within the constraints of a stylus. You cannot switch between puck and stylus without changing the settings. The Ctrl…
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#Ani Pro and Windows
Message #11859
Does this mean that I have to run my Multimedia machine with both DOS and OS/2 partitions? Being a reviewer and thus loading alien software all the time OS/2 with DOS/Windows emulation seemed like a dream-come-true. Can someone explain Phar Lap, or is it hidden in the manual somewhere. I…
The DELL board sounds wonderful, I'm looking for just such a board. ALi
A pressure stylus uses degrees of pressure for left click, and the control key for right. So if I relax my hand, its a left click. Keyboard commands are much more my style. ALi
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