CompuServe Messages

I've done some flying logo type stuff for a video for my company. As well as played around with the typical SF type space scences. Am currently working on an office set animation for a marketing video. I output to DCTV usually a DCTV-3 as I have no single frame capability :-(. Record to Hi-8 then edit to VHS. The texture mapping I love and find pretty intuitive. The modeler is good in many respects but is missing some useful functions. Like the ability to multiple select individual points on a polygon and move them as a group. You have to move individual points or the entire polygon. I also wish there was a way to name groups and select them. The animation capabilities a very extensive. The rendering speeds are pretty good on my 2000 with GVP 030 at 40 board the great thing is it will render directly to DCTV or Opal so I don't have to wait for the entire frame to check changes. Just hit the escape key and E the return to editor to adjust and make more changes. It really encourages experimenation. Other software – Imagine 2.0 🙂 I just gave up on this one. And just bought a Toaster for Xmas so I'm looking forward to learning LW. But am going to miss the ability to render directly to my DCTV. BTW if you plan to use Aladdin I highly reccommend subscribing to the "Magic Lamp" newsletter. I was a Draw4D-Pro user and found the newsletter veryt helpful and well worth thge $36. Also if you can find someone with a Draw 4D-Pro manual it is much-much better than A4D for learning the modeler and basics thought the handling of attributes and textures has totally changed. —Robert—