#Hi! I'm new here!
Hi, everyone! I'm new here and wanted to introduce myself. I'm a beginner on
3D Studio (been working with it for about 5 mos.) =and= a beginning animator
=and= a beginner with video. At least I am pretty comfortable with computers
(having worked as a Cobol,Basic, Fortran, and assembler programmer/analyst for
many years).
Amazing but true: even though I'm a rank novice, I'm already getting some
paying projects in 3D Studio (six months ago I couldn't even spell "animator",
and now I are one!). Of course, my B.A. was in fine arts, so I guess it's not
entirely a case of the universe randomly smiling on a =completely= undeserving
person <g>. All the same, I feel very lucky to be able to do something I
really enjoy doing, even if it doesn't pay as well (yet?) as my old job.
Right now I'm freelancing for a computer animation studio here in Atlanta,
which is great, but long-term I'd like to also be able to do work at home. I
am bewildered by the wealth of choices in video interfaces, monitors, and
graphics adapters, (not to mention vtrs, which are nearly a complete mystery to
me) and I'd like to make intelligent choices when I start buying equipment.
Can anyone recommend a basic text on video technology? I'd also ask for a book
on the how to understand and choose hardware for animation, if I thought such a
thing existed.
I can already tell that keeping up with what's going on in this forum is going
to add a lot to my education – so thanks in advance for how much smarter you
all are going to make me in the months/years to come!
Now I'm going to go download TAPCIS so I don't have to get a second mortgage to
pay my CI$ bill!
-Madeline
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