This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Dear Ed, Piggybacking on what you said to Greg Pyros concerning manuals for Animator Studio.. Let's be clear: Animator Studio has the equivalent of the Tutorials manual in Animator Pro plus an introduction to animation concepts. It DOES NOT have the Anim Pro equivalent of a Reference manual. The idea…
Randy, Thanks for your response. According to an answer to my question that I had just previous to your letter, the difference in what we experienced with like systems may be in your use of 16 bit color (Autodesk recommeded that as a possible solution). I have not yet had…
#Animator Studio Guide?
Message #170266
Dear Animators: The May 1995 Morph's Outpost has a review of Animator Studio which mentions that the author had a pre-release version without a Reference Manual. My box only had the Tutorial Manual. Should I have received a Reference Manual? I first thought that perhaps you were letting your hot…
#Animator books? Videos?
Message #170263
Yes, Garry, I'm interested in knowing about the instructional videos for Animator Pro. I've never seen any mentioned and would like to know about them as I'm teaching a course on animation based on this program. I'm not really interested on anything for Animator, just Animator Pro. Of course, next…
#Animator books?
Message #168929
Dear Animators, While I am now using Animator Studio, I will soon be teaching a course on Animator Pro. Anyone know of any books on Animator Pro? I've seen plenty of 3D Studio books but never any on Animator Pro. The tutorials for both programs are great, but I would…
#Anim Studio Questions
Message #168927
Dear Fellow Animators, I just got Animator Pro and after finding that the CD version has to be installed from the CD and not the diskette drive as the documentation indicates, it works fine for the most part. I think it is a good step up from Animator and Anim…
#Animator Studio HELP!
Message #168108
Dear Tech Support, I just bought Animator Studio and installed it. Problems right off the bat. First particulars: CD-ROM S: drive INstalling A.S. on D: drive Windows 3.1 is on my C: drive Runnign on a 486-66 with 16 meg, DOS 5.0 I put diskette in A:, CD in S:,…
When going through the tutorial for Match Perspective, make sure to try to enter those numbers in the order they are shown and see if – when you are done entering numbers – the Camera Absolute numbers you started with havent changed drastically. Maybe they were supposed to change? Still,…
Im using the drivers that came with R4 (that is unless update installation does not substitute all the files it should). So again, I have an ATI Graphics Ultra Pro w/Mach 32 on a 486/66 and I have tried both the Mach 32 and Ultra Pro drivers and had system…
Former & New R$ Questns
Message #132437
Dear Brain, Thanks gor getting back to me about my question concerning problems I found in the IK tutorial. Any solutions so that I can use this tool effectively? Another question, this one concerning the Match Perspective tutorial: I sused the settings on page 21 of the manula after trying…
BACKGROUNDS IN 3DS R4 ??
Message #132435
Dear Jonas, Thanks for responding to my question concerrning my system hanging when rendering with backgrounds in the 3D Editor and Keyframer. You asked about my vibcfg settings and if I had tried using vanilla VGA settings. I have a 486-66 with an ATI Graphics Ultra Pro with Mach 32…
3DS R4 Questions
Message #131727
Dear Brian, Thanks for getting back to me about the R4 IK tutorial problem. I eagerly await the solution so that I can learn and make use of this feature. By the way, Gary mentioned that I should direct questions to you, Jonas and Nik. Is there a general Compuserve…
#R4 Tutorial Questions
Message #131536
Dear Gary, I just got R4 yesterday (went hungrily to my dealer a couple of hours after they called to say they just got it in). The first tutorial I tried was "Randy, the Walking Egret." I immediately ran into problems. I tried following the instructions three times and encountered…
MESH FILE REQUEST
Message #108193
Dear 3DS users: Anyone know of a company or individual who has a mesh file of a koala bear? Strange request I know. Any help appreciated. Viewpoints catalog didnt list one. Best Regards, Peter Nowell
#.FLC on Sun wkstns
Message #98782
Hello 3DS users and tech support, Does anyone know how to get .FLC files to play on Sun workstations (Unix)? I know of an authoring package for the Sun that can play MPEG files, so how would I get .FLC files into MPEG format? Or is there an even more…
#Stereo views for 3DS?
Message #80285
Dear 3DS users: Anyone at Autodesk or elsewhere know of commands within 3DS or commercially available routines for generating stereoscopic views (calculating the camera positions according to left and right eye, hyper-stereo depth, etc.) ?? Perhaps an IPAS routine? Any help appreciated. Sincerely, Peter Nowell, 70534,1374
#.FLC into .AVI files?
Message #61704
Hi 3D Studio Users: I seem to remember a file a while back telling you how to make a .FLC into an .AVI and how to add sound etc. Anyone know of the file or able to tell me the basic steps to take. Your help is greatly appreciated!
#3DS under OS2 or Win NT?
Message #56215
Dear 3D Studio users: Does 3d Studio run under OS/2 ow Windows NT and – if so – does it run without a significant performance hit in the all important area of rendering? I am considering those environments since Windows has given me no end of trouble interacting with accelator…
#3DSTUDIO-Targa
Message #906
Peter Nowell 70534,1374 August 5, 1991 Dear Autodesk Sysop: I have 3D Studio and have a question regarding Targa files. A friend wants me to render a 24-bit Targa file from a picture I have created in 3D Studio. I do not have Targa hardware so I must produce it…