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I have a FAST Video Machine for video editing. However, it does not have any 3D effects. I also have 3DS. I am looking for something to do editing effects such as page turns and multiple picture in picture among other things. I would like any ones thoughts on using…

May be I missed it but what is the difference between the release I received as the update to R4 and R4c1? What does it change/fix? Do I need to worry about it? Thanks.

I find it odd that -I- receive two (2) mailings on new products even though I have called AD and told them about it (as they request you do). Also, I received 2 mailings on R4 -AFTER- I had upgraded from R3, that is over a month after. (FWIW may…

Pardon if this is a 'dumb' question… The problem, so I have heard, is with floating point calculations. I thought that most graphics packages use floating point a lot. With out too much detail why will 3DS not be effected? Thanks (Inquiring minds want to know).

Can the PAR be controlled by an 'external' edit controller? That is, can it be used as a VTR in an AB edit setup with 'tape' VTRs? If so, what type of 'drive' does it look like? Is there a developers kit so that drivers and other controllers can be…

While working with the tutorials I tried something that worked, some what. I put an omni light in an object (a glass and a box). The results were what I expected. The 'inside' of the glass and/or box had the color assigned to the light. However, some of the shadows…

I may have missed this somewhere in the book. I am setting up a camera path to go around an object. That is, start on the left, go up and above, come down on the right, go down and below and back to the starting point on the right. That…

Using PostScript, I would like to print text in a 'special' way. I do not know if what I want is possible without designing a font, which I do not want to do as I am not sure how. This may be a little hard to follow, but here goes.…