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#3DSr3 Animations on Mac?

    09-Feb-94 23:18:51
Sb: #3DSr3 Animations on Mac?
Fm: Lee DeYoung 72321,3452
To: All
Can anyone offer insights into their success (or struggles) in playing back 3DSr3 (Targa) animations on an ImMix Video Cube post-production video workstation? I know that one definite option is to dub a frame-by-frame video tape to the ImMix just like any other video footage. But it would seem preferable to avoid the intermediate videotape step by transferring 3DSr3 targa files directly from the originating DOS PC to the Macintosh environment of the ImMix. A dealer told me that this can be done via a Mac-based graphics conversion program ("Babelizer" or something like that). Has anyone here tried this? Is rendering to Targa files the best way to do this, or would some other 3DSr3 rendering format be preferable? How good do conversions/transfers look by the time the animations are running on the Mac and ImMix? I'd appreciate any insights anyone could share. Thanks, Lee