This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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John, > I saw a copy of your winimage running on an NT machine lastnight and I was > curious can it batch process a diretory full of lightwave IFF's so they could be > loaded to a PAR or back to lightwave. Basically I need to say expand/colorize >…
Ed, We're always looks for suggestions. If you've got ideas for new types of operations, we would love to hear them. Ben Williams for Black Belt Systems ———————– bwilliams@blackbelt.com WEB Site – http://www.blackbelt.com/blackbelt/bx_top.html
Hankm > Do I detect a hint of sarcasm?;) Um… no, perhaps you're seeing the sharp edges of a cynical nature, though. :\ Ben Williams for Black Belt Systems
Jeff, > would you consider altering the Imagemaster GUI so it will run on all > the popular Amiga graphics boards that use the screen modes database? We've done more than consider it – we have such a project about 1/2 done. We called it v10. The v10 project was…
#Imagemaster R/t
Message #121787
Everyone, I am very pleased to tell you that we have collated the results of the response to the upgrade of IM R/t, and they have far exceeded our expectations, given the current state of the Amiga. As a result, we are now planning the next IM R/t upgrade, most…
IM 1.6
Message #119578
Charles, It should be in the next version – 1.7. As for time, lets see how the mailing does – it's out there now. Ben
#IM 1.6
Message #119577
Dean, Thanks. A simple "hang on, we'll get to you" would be fine. Dead silence is a little too… dead. Ben
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Palette Manipulation
Message #5575
John, > With all those extra features for handling color palettes, I hope you're promoting WinImages > among the game developer crowd… they're always asking for more and more and more color > palette features. It's been mentioned 'round thataway. 🙂 Ben
#WinImages on TV!
Message #5334
If you've been watching the TV series "Sliders", you've been watching some of our WinImages software special effects… the same software we've been talking about here for a while now! Fun, fun fun!
Palette Manipulation
Message #4695
Black Belt Systems is pleased to announce that WinImages 3.1 is now shipping. Windows users have been heard to express (justified) concern that under Windows and Windows NT, no application provides the ability to extensively manipulate, control and utilize color palette information. Our WinImages 3.1 product is intended to address…
Paul, I've seen some (3-4) comments on it – all are very positive so far, no complaints. Have not seen it myself, but I have fair confidence in PLAY, the company that's producing it… they're good people, very capable.
I've not had much time to work with it; I want to, but it's pretty arcane. 🙂 I'll figure it out. Ben
Michael, > Now the problem … I run in to it often: > The top of your dino's head is black (0,0,0), as are parts of his eye and earhole. > They match the black (0,0,0) background so my composite shows thru these areas. WinImages F/x can fix this using…
I'll see to it that you do, Anthony. Ben Williams for Black Belt Systems
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#Windows NT ?NFS?
Message #3689
John, Chameleon is one of the worst Intenet suites out there; just bottom-of-the-barrel garbage. They don't respond worth a darn for technical support, either. I own it; wish I didn't. "Internet in a Box" is a much more powerful, much less limited package with more flexibility and some serious capabilities…
John, Chameleon is one of the worst Intenet suites out there; just bottom-of-the-barrel garbage. They don't respond worth a darn for technical support, either. I own it; wish I didn't. "Internet in a Box" is a much more powerful, much less limited package with more flexibility and some serious capabilities…
Steve, > I recently downloaded and installed the WinImages demo on my Pentium. Very > very nice piece of software. Having worked with Imagemaster R/T on the > Amiga, I felt right at home. Glad you liked it! > BTW, the plasma suite is amazing, especially the fire filter. Will…
Chris, No problem. ER is great software and I'm sure you'll get good use out of it. If you're curious about our software (WinImages), see DL8 of the ANVENA forum. Lots of answers and info there. Ben Williams for Black Belt Systems
#WinImages Spotted…
Message #3247
If you watched SeaQuest DSV last night, you saw WinImages special effects… the "aura" around the bad guy was from our plasma suite of effects. Ben Williams for Black Belt Systems
Chuck, ALL pending orders will be shipped by this coming Monday. ALL of them. So you should have your copy by the following Friday. I'll not go into the various jumping through hoops we've had to do for this release, I will simply say that no one at the company…
Yes, I'll check for you. Ben Williams for Black Belt Systems
Dan, Thanks for the reports – this kind of detail is very useful, and although I'm truly sorry you've run into these things, it gives us a chance to show you how fast we can respond… > Some Help buttons in dialogues give me Invalid Keyword errors from help. I…
> I remember reading that the acceptable window length was lengthened to 45 > days last year, for credit card orders. You might want to check into verifying > this, and let us all know. 🙂 30's probably enough in any case, barring "interesting" events like GifGate. I hear Perry…
If you only ordered it a week ago, I don't even have to check – it's not gone out yet. We're not quite that caught up. All orders should be caught up, even given the current sales rate, by next Monday, the 20th, which means everyone should have the goodies…
Charles, > In Winimages F/X when I click on HELP– getting started, or display quality or keystrokes I get an > informational message ! INVALID KEYWORD. Our fault, and you can't fix it – this was only in the first couple of hundred disk sets shipped. I've told Dave in…
Mike, Regarding the 2-day mail, I'll talk to them about it. Thanks. Your order was shipped yesterday. Ben Williams for Black Belt Systems
Ken, Your order went out today. Ben Williams for Black Belt Systems
> Mark me number three, at least. I ordered about three weeks ago and guess what….? > The operator said it would ship the next day and should take about three to four days > to get there. My how time flies. I would appreciate your help in getting me…
Mike, First let me say that I'll look into this and get it taken care of immediately, whatever needs to be done. Now I'll adress your specifics, I think there are some critical misunderstandings here. Your, ours, I don't know all of the details at this point – but let…
Michael, I'll see to it that either it has already shipped, or will ship tomorrow. While we're at it, anyone else who's been long delayed, speak up. Between GifGate and the R4 features we jammed into R3, it did get a little long in the tooth. Ben Williams for Black…
yeah… in fact I've done quite a few things to try and get it going. So far, no success. Ben
John, > With all the other gizmos you've made, I'da thought you would have made a seismograph > from a 6809 and three inches of baling wire. 🙂 Could there have been someone walking > across the room upstairs? Was it morning when the slab wall might be warming, or…
Breanna, > Looks like WinImages does not "like" the Targa format output by Animation > Master – my main animation tool. Ok, here's how we solve this: First, make a couple of representative Targa files from animation master and email them to me, zipped, with the adress of the company…
Matt, I – no, we – thank you very much for your kind words. 🙂 🙂 🙂 > I would only ask that you consider a Twain complient scanner driver and Photo-CD > capabilities in the near future. Twain is absolutely planned, and PhotoCD is possible… we've got some looking…
John, > A few ideas come to mind: waht was the outdoor wind speed when it started to rock? Zero, according to my heath weather station. > Is there a floor above this room? Yes. > Do you know how the walls were fastened to the concrete slab? > (Over…
Tim, > I'm coming over from the Amiga, and looking for something to replace what > I've been doing with Art Department/MorphPlus. Obviously, I'm also looking into ER > as well. Fair enough. Here are your answers. If you have more questions as a result, please fire away. With regard…
Doug, Thanks for the pointers… I'll go scout around the internet now. A-webbing we will go, a webbing we will go… 🙂 Ben
Ah… never mind. 🙂 Ben
Michael, > Is the problematic pedestal located in an area illuminated by the sun? If so, I think you have a phototrophic trophy. Ahhhh….. no. 🙂 > You might check with the Fort Peck Reservoir tour guide folks. I would imagine that a > reasonable seismic study was done of…
Doug, That map, at least _a_ map, was in a recent Time. Ben
Doug, > How can convection be less than furious in a magma ocean with savage temperature differentials? Viscosity? Ben
And I'll add to that, the Raptor family is VERY fast hardware! We love ours. 🙂 Ben Williams for Black Belt Systems
#Jiggle, jiggle…
Message #165374
Recently, I pulled some trophies out of the closet where they'd been languishing. One of them has come a bit loose… (if you've never seen how trophies are constructed, basically there's a bolt or several bolts holding things tight vertically… if the bolts are loose, the trophies have about as…
See my answer in General Information… 🙂
Dr. Botha, > I am trying to scan some color photos on a Scanjet IIcx. The pictures, however, come up with > some "pixelization" or pixel blemishes, reminiscend of scanning from magazine photos. I am > scanning at 125 dpi, with normal sharpening and millions of color settings. I can…
3 demo AVI's uploaded
Message #2423
Three AVI's that demonstrate some of WinImages R3 capabilities are now in the Windows/NT library. One shows you FIRE. One shows you LIGHTNING. One shows you a _really_ tough transition morph… but makes it look easy. I'll upload one that shows layer morphing, next. Ben Williams for Black Belt Systems
Kamron, > The remaining earths crust has major faulting some that penetrate down to the base of the > continental crust. All rivers follow these faults. All the canyons were large cracks that opened > up in the crust and the rivers just follow the natural lowest points. _All Rivers_…
Ore House BBS
Message #164772
Hey! Cool!
Effects Demos
Message #2336
I've posted a couple of 1280×1024 res JPEGS showing 38 effects samples created with our WinImages product in the Windows / Windows NT library. Ben Williams for Black Belt Systems
John, > At some point it would probably be good to have a forum for rockhounds. Might be nice, indeed… a lot of the geology info here is over my head; and I have neither the time nor inclination to get deeper into it. My interest is based on the…
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