This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
February 15, 1995 8:16 AM
Hi John, No that picture was not "morphed" I really am that handsome (VVVBG)! I answered the phone when you called to order the stylize pack, but then I handed it to someone else before I knew it was you. After the order was taken and I saw who it…
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
February 14, 1995 12:51 PM
I just downloaded the "moving Alpha Channels" example that you posted. It is excellent! I encorage anyone who has PM2 to take a look at your project. -Ed
PM2 Video Online
Message #4274
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
February 14, 1995 12:48 PM
I just uploaded a 3 minute video that "shows off" some of PhotoMorph 2's advanced features. I know it's HUGE (12 Meg) but it really shows off the software (Including Motion Morphing, Blue Screening, Alpha Channels, Multiple Filter Layers, etc.) Since I did the video, I will entertain "How Did…
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
February 6, 1995 8:25 AM
Hello: The fine people at Intel uploaded that driver. Although I know v. 3.2 works with PhotoMorph, I have not tested this perticular installation. When I do, I'll let everyone know. For now, its a "use at your own risk" download. -Ed
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
February 2, 1995 8:57 AM
Woah…… PhotoMorph 2.02 DOES NOT have support for .WAV files. It would be nice, but no. I kept the music "in time" by figuring out the number of frames needed through trial and error. I could have used some of the more advanced features of Adobe Premere but that would…
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
February 1, 1995 8:43 AM
I would LOVE to do a Morphology 202. I can't PROMISE that one will exist, but it is something we're considering……
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
January 31, 1995 9:26 AM
>>Lets hear from you all on what YOU use flying masks for. I make music videos…. Let me explain, I just finished doing a piece for some promotional stuff we're doing. In a former life, I was a rock musician. So I took one of my old songs and made…
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
January 31, 1995 8:40 AM
My, we're having quite the conversation. This is GREAT! 1. CODECs…. The 'right place' is embedded in the codec itself. There's no way to change it. Trust me, 2.02 will make it better. 2. The AVI as input duplicates first frame and drops last frame bug…. This is the #1…
#Beamup with getup
Message #3667
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
January 31, 1995 8:29 AM
>>Now why didn't I see that! Brilliant. I am always trying to save a filter. >>Sometimes I have wished there was a 4th Filter. Actually, sometimes I wish I had five or six. One 'work around' is to render the AVI file, then re-use it to apply more effects. Some…
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
January 31, 1995 8:23 AM
>>Now why didn't I see that! Brilliant. I am always trying to save a filter. >>Sometimes I have wished there was a 4th Filter. Actually, sometimes I wish I had five or six. One 'work around' is to render the AVI file, then re-use it to apply more effects. Some…
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
January 30, 1995 8:33 AM
Hello again! The drop down list of CODECs in PM2 suffers from an inconsistancy in the AVI spec that Intel chooses to implement oddly. In other words, if PhotoMorph doesn't see the CODEC version number in the "right" place, it gets confused. If you have more than one listing for…
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
January 30, 1995 8:14 AM
Great to see some discussion!!! Actually you can combine your filter 1 and 2 combinations to be 1 filter: Filter 1: Start: FROG.JPG, End: FARM.JPG Filter: Transition: Faders: Both Random, Direction arrow on start image: UP (or Up left, or Up right) Options: Start Mask: FROGMSK.BMP, Movement Speed: -80 Filter…
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
January 25, 1995 8:51 AM
Hello again, The folks at Intel have placed the latest version of the indeo compression (v 3.2) in our library. If you install it on your system, you'll be able to use it with PhotoMorph. Indeo 3.2 is a much "cleaner" compression than 3.1 and will compress AVI files that…
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
January 23, 1995 9:19 AM
Hello! Unfortunately, PhotoMorph 2 requires either a single image, or an .AVI file as input. Thus, to use frame sequences for input, they must first be converted to an AVI file. There are several porgrams around that do this. Or you can use PhotoMorph by using each frame as a…
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
January 18, 1995 9:36 AM
Thanks, I try to write from a "Useful How To" perspective. More than: 'press this, do that, etc." But instead: "Press this because….". Other documents like this would be "Video in a Window" (available on-line here). Chapter 9 in the PM2 manual (the only chapter I wrote) was written from…
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
January 16, 1995 8:21 AM
Hello, Welcome to CompuServe, we're glad to have you aboard. When large collections of files are stored on CS, they are typically stored with a program called "PKZIP". PKZIP is a shareware compression program that takes numorous files and makes a single, smaller file. "Zipped" files typically have the extension…
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
January 13, 1995 8:17 AM
BTW, I did not forget your other question: "How do I do 'Beam Up' effects?" Sometime today a new file should appear in the library: BEAMUP.TXT. It descibes exactly what is needed to create the effect. Look for it and use it! Good Luck, -Ed
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
January 13, 1995 8:12 AM
The BEST way to send them to me is to zip up all the images, source video clips, and the .PMP file(s) and email them to me (74774,1423). Use the "Options" so that 'receiver pays'. This way large AVI's don't have to sent around and I can re-render them specific…
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
January 12, 1995 8:50 AM
PhotoMorph is most definately a product you can grow with. We are always working to enhance the product. For example: 1993 – PhotoMorph 1 was released. The best Morphing & Warping for Windows at that time. 1993 (fall) ver 1.2. Adds 18 distortion effects to PhotoMorph 1. Free update to…
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
January 12, 1995 8:32 AM
The due date is ASAP. The video is going into production early next week. -Ed
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
January 12, 1995 8:31 AM
Oooops, wrong word! We will be COMPENSTATING with free software. However, you have to use PhotoMorph 2. ER use doesn't count. 🙂 -Ed
#Need Examples of PM2 Use
Message #3069
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
January 11, 1995 8:12 AM
Hello Everybody! We have need of some finished .AVI clips that people have created with PhotoMorph. These will be used in a national video promotion. If anyone is intrested, please give me a email or a call (508-392-1362). We will offer **free** software as retribution. Thanks, Ed Lecuyer
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
January 11, 1995 8:08 AM
Hello, FLC file (as well as sequential frame) generation is selected in the "Animation Parameters" section of the Project Editor. To open the animation parameters, click on the 3rd icon form the left (the one that has 2 arrows pointing to the right, coming out of a movie camera). There…
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
January 6, 1995 3:58 PM
Hello! One of the versions of 2.02beta did not read old .PMP's. Unfortunately there is no way for me to know if this is the one that you got. My advice would be to hold tight until the real 2.02 is released. [Hopefully next week]. Otherwise, I can email you…
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
January 5, 1995 8:37 AM
Hello, Unfortunately, Conversion Artist's YUV support is minimal. Your best bet for information may be to look at other forums on CS for more help. Sorry I could not be of more assistance. Sincerely Yours, Ed Lecuyer Manager, Technical Support
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
January 5, 1995 8:31 AM
Hello, If you want a cheaper way to get your effects to video tape, there are boxes and adaptors that will convert VGA signals to video signals. Those sort of converters are less expensive. However, they do not provide hardware assisted video playback. For more information about those devices, check…
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
January 5, 1995 8:27 AM
Hello! 2.02 is in the final stages of beta testing. It will be available shortly. Keep your eyes posted….. Thanks for your patience, Ed Lecuyer PhotoMorph Techincal Support
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
January 3, 1995 8:50 AM
Hello! Just as one would need a scanner to digitize images, a Video Capture Card is used to digitize video. Video Capture cards start at around $200. For output to video tape, the best low cost solution is to get a video capture card that also prints to tape. These…
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
December 12, 1994 8:47 AM
Ahh… Thanks for the feedback. Powerful, ease of use is something we strive for in our software. I'm glad to hear that PhotoMorph 'out-morphs' the other programs in your experience. -Ed
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
December 9, 1994 4:38 PM
Hello! Our president has been in touch with the CompuServe people about the CD. However, I don't know what (if anything) has been decided. Being sensitive to large downloads, our demo actually contains a crippled version of PhotoMorph 2 with instructions on previewing the 40+ projects that ship with PhotoMorph.…
#German Support
Message #2218
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
December 5, 1994 8:00 AM
This forum is handled by Andover Advanced Technologies, the US sales, marketing and technical support agency for North Coast Software. Although I'll be happy to help anyone with support questions, I cannot guarantee that the PhotoMorph Update program in our CompuServe Library will work on international versions of PhotoMorph. As…
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
December 2, 1994 8:32 AM
PhotoMorph has a storyboard feature that allows you to create full movies of special effects. In fact, PhotoMorph 2 can double as a digital video editor. In the example you gave, you would like to morph from a circle to a triangle, then the triangle to a square. This would…
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
December 1, 1994 8:59 AM
Hello, There are many morphing and special effects packages for the various computer platforms. They range from simple point based image morphing, to full-featured spline based dynamic morphing. Of course, the simpler products are lower in price. In this forum, three companys represent the mid to high end morphing packages.…
Video in a Window
Message #2147
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
November 30, 1994 12:34 PM
I had a user ask me how to make PhotoMorph 2 do "Video in a Window" effects. ie: like on the news where a video clip is placed over the newsperson's right hand sholder. After giving it some thought, I came up with VIDWIN.ZIP, a .PMP file that accomplishes this…
User Uploads
Message #1632
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
PhotoMorph Support Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
November 8, 1994 8:24 AM
Hello, After some thought and discussions with the members of the Compuserve staff, we have decided to allow user uploads into the PhotoMorph Support Forum. This will be a great oppertunity to share tips, techniques and talent with other PhotoMorph users. After the file is uploaded, I will make it…
Update
Message #1566
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
PhotoMorph Support Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
November 4, 1994 4:21 PM
I have verified the problem and resubmitted the update. Typically there is a one-business-day turnaround on uploads. Therefore, PhotoMorph Update will be available sometime Monday. Sorry for the problems. -Ed
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
PhotoMorph Support Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
November 4, 1994 8:17 AM
As we discussed over the phone, I'll send it to you via snail mail. I'm also going to try downloading and unzipping it again myself to make sure that this doesn't keep repeating itself. -Ed
PMorph Update is ready
Message #1493
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
PhotoMorph Support Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
November 2, 1994 11:18 AM
The program, "PhotoMorph Update" is now available in our library. It patches early versions of PhotoMorph to the most current versions. For PhotoMorph Classic (version 1), this updates versions 1.01 and 1.2 to 1.2a. 1.2a fixes a number of 'bugs' and adds some new features. All users of PhotoMorph Classic…
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
PhotoMorph Support Forum
· North Coast Sftwre
October 26, 1994 7:12 AM
Lisa: Good to see you on line! The update is waiting final approval from "the powers that be" at the development office. The inherent problem is that by distributing an unencrypted program, anyone could download a free copy of PhotoMorph. Obvously, that's not a good idea. We have a program…
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· New Anim. Vendors
September 28, 1994 5:25 PM
PhotoMorph 2, [PM 2] is a complete video special effects solution for the PC. Besides providing Morphing (ie: EXXON Tiger/ Car commercial) and Warping (as putting an image on a sheet of rubber and stretching / contorting it in any way) PM2 provides 22 Distortion effects, 256,000 transitions, Blue Screening…
#PhotoMorph's Presense
Message #889
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Ed Lecuyer [NORTH COAST]
Animation Vendor A Forum
· New Anim. Vendors
September 22, 1994 7:37 AM
Greetings! I just wanted to let everyone know that Andover Advanced Technologies is in the process of opening a Forum for PhotoMorph users in this section. I will be feilding questions, providing sugestions & general support, as well as providing updates and the like. PhotoMorph is a Windows digital video…