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#3DS

    22-Jul-93 09:52:06
Sb: #3DS
Fm: gary tilton 71021,1415
To: Gary E. Tilton
Regards 3 A ARegards 3D Studio: What combination of hardware gives us the speed necessary to produce animations in the shortest period of time? Is there a driver to use HP's Paintjet XL300 the tabloid size device, a step up from the A-size tabloid? What other plotters have drivers available, like the HP600C? What is necessary to take pictures with a standard camera, place the photo on an HP ScanJetIIc and using DeskScan, produce a satisfactory .tga file for backg Cround or maps in 3DS? So far 3×4 glossy photos give poor results. My copy of Deskscan is 1-2 years old and does not translate directly to tga. Am I loosing much in translation using HiJack? One minute animations of complex models produced in AutoCad Rev. 12 AME and DXF'd to 3DS takes 48 hours on 486/33 16 meg RAM, 500 Meg HD (d (doubler chip is used). Help, we need speeeeeeeeeeed!