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not yet Still trying to collect some old debts, and create some new ones dave
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#Planet Studio
Message #135424
Andrew I got a note from Barbara G. of PS on monday She indicated that second issue should be out in about 2 weeks I'm waiting by the mail box too. Ed K has 2 articles on POCO. don't know what else Stay 'tooned dave
Hi Maura. safe zone there are 2 "legal" def of safe [SMPTE recommended practices RP 273 – iff you realy care!] 90% for action – 80% for text I made some pencil marks on computer monitors bezel draw diagonal lines from corners make 2 squares 80 & 90 % of…
Glad to help word of caution – I have seen these statistics thrown about with out much regard to what they mean (though I'm sure I don't know myself either ) They basicly support possition that well crafted presentations are more effective than poorly crafted ones. But most important is…
AApro animated opac maps
Message #130268
Frank I saw other replies – may be what you want, if what you want is just to change evey thing in flic to single color (two actualy like black & blue)? you might try palette squeeze over time. to 2 colors The one color option for cel animation pastes…
Anim=Mind Food?
Message #130267
Tyler yes – sort of.. original study aka Warton Study 1981 – "43% more persuasive with visual aids" 1986 Universty of Minnesots & 3M Corporation Study 1992 University of Arizona study Animated with transitions -> 16% improvement of preceptino of presenter 10% improvement in Comprehension 16% improvement in Agreement with…
James 'cuse me for butting in… but I think I may be interested. snail mail address Wyeknot inc 560 McMunn South Lyon, Mi 48178 phone 810 437 9445 I am looking to up grade thanks dave
who knows what evil lurks in the heart of man?
G 'cuse me? isn't this the Autodesk Multimedia forum? am I missing something? where are boundries? 2D vs 3D? specific products? Perhaps this would explain a few things.. thanks dave
I heard a rumor from well placed source: Bill G. is planing all out assault on AutoDesk. – just a rumor. "money can't buy you love" but you can rent a reasonable faxsimile. …stay tooned. dr dave
Robert sorrry I took so long to get back with you – I can't tell you which way to go – sort of depends on where you want to end up. – i sort of forgot the question in all honesty PCs are presently the last choice of many professional…
Thanks Dave yep – I think they need to hear both the good and the less so. 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…
Hi Michael I think I agree mostly agree with you. mind a question or two? do you realy need 24 bit in Pro? or is it the 8 bit palette hassles ? like if colors were easier to make [or made themselves] and no palette flash in playback would 16…
Jeremy Thanks for message – I don't mean to sound grumpy- and I'm not interested getting into a major contraversy over this- or flame autodesk BUT The lack of complete & total support for 8 bit FLCs doesn't give me any confidence that 24 bit will be the answer. I'm…
dave please see my reply to jeremy. I appreciate your enthusism Me, I need some solid 8 bit solutions and I'm tired and broke. dr dave
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Fonts for use in AAPro
Message #127540
If you have Coreldraw – there are a mess of them on CD (release 4 ~ 750 i think -) the trick is finding them the one you want – the files have goofy names Like I use "Paradise" on biz card & letter head – so I want it…
#Inks and tools Ani Pro
Message #127440
Any folks out there with experience making Ani Pro Inks? If so any words of advice – helpful hints? and if you are a user – are there any Inks you wish you had? Not sure if I'm going to try to dig into this – but can't wait much…
Robert Yes this is Very advanced. 1. you posted on Animator forum I assume that Ani Pro is what you have to work with 2. You said you "need" to do this I assume either your boss or a client has requested this treatment. I assume that means you also…
Particle System
Message #127096
got the pool ! wow! I don't have enough space & budget on CI$ to down load all the new flcs your posting -yet will have to ask for increas in allowance from Julie…. She thinks particle system is cool too! negative mass? ah ha! more later dav
glad to help and glad you made it! been there -done that! best regards dave
#Cel clean up problem
Message #126637
Brandon – didn't want you to think I had forgotten your problem – at least the one you sent message about. I've been doing some poking about in some books, and confering with Ed Kellerman about some ideas.. but let me see if I'm sure understand the problem… you have…
Steve Yes you can use color cycling in Ani Pro to make things look like they are moving BUT depends on how snifty you want flc to look. Using 3DS and waves and spending lot of time creating meshes and rendering can get you a very high level of realism…
Kevin yep! thats how i do it. [first set screen size for as big as video card will go, but you can use 640×480] next step is to make HUGE cel use flic, NEW or RESET, SET SIZE button although sliders only go up to 1200 x 1200 – supposedly…
I couldn't find an easy way right off You want to save single frame as a .PCX out of multi frame .FLC, right? the thing that is doing work (in NUMPIC) is PCX.PDR – located in resource directory I think. some things that could work are: 1.- bugger up NUMPIC…
Dave definetly maybe. for many years – they have been using artists sketches and drawing – In fact one law group I know prefers using "real" artist vs computer artist – because humanoids are rendered in a fashion that jury can identfy more closely (law firm represents plantifs in torts…
Shaun will do ! by the by – when is next user's group meeting? say hi to frank & gloria! all the best Dr Dave
Shaun just thought I'd butt in and say "hi" Hi! dr Dave
I'm not with autodesk – just a poco head trying to help… but I think you're hose'd. {sorry to be so blunt – but better to be honest than lead you on.} I do not think Poco has a simple comand to play a .scr (I just lookd again in…
Hi Min-Wei sounds to me like problem is "palete flash." it caused by grinding of digital gears when new palette is loaded for new segment. Yes it is very ugly! if you are using either Hi or Low palette options in 3DS there is no guarentee that last frame of…
PAR Scripting Language
Message #125443
Brick Am not presently PAR owner… lack of scripting is one of reasons – presently use AAPlayhi and VTV2000 – very crude – but sort of affordable I use AA script language – and features – and use most of features 1. Nested loop – presently I only go 3…
no problem – get some sleep … things allways work better in morning. dave
Hi Liz at risk of starting a monster religious war : If end product is to be PC I seriously sugest you start, end and all points in between on a PC. There is a POCO routine called Show'em that does text stuff pretty good. Or CorelDraw. It's not that…
Brandon I think I have a tempoary solution for you. you can probably reduce it to a macro 1. insert extra frame or use swap screen save you cel if you are going to need it again 2. clear screen 3. turn on One Color option "1" is hot key…
not sure, but sounds like problem may be Clear KEY Color is off .. the K button should be illuminated refference manual 2-9 or where you are selecting G &H is not on Key color background. select opaque ink Cel Move over the button you should see G &H over…
Brandon Hummm…! not quite sure if I know precicely the effect you have in mind. Is it like first paste a cell, and then apply an Ink – like smooth, UnZag, Unbuzz just to edges of cel paste? any signifigance to width of overlap (like 2-32 pixels) as adjustment ?…
#MPS104
Message #124607
just had a chance to play some with 104 getting beyond excellent! I tried -exponent 1.6; Mass_scale 0.111 6,000 particles 200 frames I think rest were default advanced then did a post of Flics- effects -trails – transparent very great I need to play with some more variations – like…
POCO Beta testers wanted
Message #124549
Wanted! some folks who want to play with a new routine – I need some feedback – how's it work for you – does it break- any changes in function, interface – what ever. I just up loaded a demo to show some of what it can do – HeatX.zip…
POCO survey
Message #124546
Ed glad to help out. < Did you figure out why you didn't get the addendum to the POCO manual.> No – maybe I did and lost it – (though I doubt if I'd do that on purpose) What's it look like – 8 1/2 x 11 – stapled or…
September 17, 1994 Ed, thanks for the up date – will try to look at it tonight. a few suggestions for your article 1. list of reference materials & where to get them. POCO Programming Language – AutoDesk The C Programming Language – Kernighan & Ritchie – Prentice Hall {ANSI…
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PLYGRD.ZIP
Message #123799
thanks – I've been messing about with this for a while – and then trying to get it up loaded ! the next version has some other nifty things – gets past 32 pixel width limitation, and makes grads … designed to start with one set of colors and smoothly…
Super delux! thanks Mark. by the way how did Mark Luther's video come out? was he happy? I have some of the drawings and stuff you left here – do you need them back? keep up the great stuff!
I believe I have some experience with problems your facing. The short answer is "probably not". background is automotive lighting – instrument clusters, exterior & interior lighting – if what you want to know is how much light and where – quantitativly or qualitativly then you are better off starting…
A function to draw grad poly-lines – works for showing flow in pipes etc. works sort of like VGRAD or HGRAD, Or Radial Grad, except lines can go around corners & at angles etc. also does color cycling for you I have a delux version I am working on that…
ed I found a way to determine XY size of cel Use GetScreenSize() page 63 for the cel screen… then do a bit off simple math wtih the center and you can paste corner where ever . if this is vague I can send you some code fragments via what…
yep! I think I'll give wincim a try – my wife uses it – I just haven't been dragged into the 90's & windows yet… (don't you just hate those cutsie icons?) any way… I've had simular frustrations… I "invented" a replicant of "Spray" just to see if it would…
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#Survey for article
Message #123139
Me too – I'd like to learn about how to POE [i poco a bit now] I'm unfamilar with publication – how where to subscribe – how much etc? any special tricks or neat code fragments can often be useful! I get a lot out of down loading the stuff…
ProCom Plus It seems to work – not very fancy but functional basic questions – are zip'd files up loaded as binary? protocal of Compuserve B ok? using 2400 even, 7 bits & 1 stop (hah! probably should be 8 bits ?) why is file name shortened to 6 characters?…
#help – uploads
Message #122761
Help! am trying to upload a zip'd poco routine & demo flc using PCPLUS with compuserv b protocal sending as binary all i get is error message & bad blocks…! can up load text files with no problems and down load zip'd using same set up what am i doing…
Mark Any plans for doing an Video? Look like a great set. need script, a music score, and a few actors. eh? let me know what happens Dave
Very Cool Amusement Park
Message #120816
Mark Just saw the 3D Studio Demo disk cover Art — Very cool a couple of questions about how long did it take you to creat the mesh for scene? did you develop the light IPAS to control all those lights? I haven't seen it from any other camera angles…
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