CompuServe Messages

Nik, Here are the steps I have been going through. 1) Rendered the animation on "high" in 3ds to create a good pallet for the 3DS model. 2) Used the AAWIN program to "Convert the animation for windows playback" 3) Used Animator Pro to load this converted animation in and save out a single GIF image and a .PAL file for use in re-rendering the 3DS model. 4) This .GIF image saved in the last step was loaded into BitEdit (The simple paint program that came with Video for Windows.) and the pallet was extracted and saved as a windows pallet to be used in all bitmaps used in the final program. 5) The .GIF file was then saved as a windows .BMP file for use as the background in the VB form. When the program is played in a 256 color windows mode, there is a flash and part of the .flc file can be seen with what appears to be red instead of the black, then the .flc plays fine. But this flash is annoying. I I convert the .FLC to a .AVI file using the same pallet. There isn't any flash at the start of the .AVI. (But the AVI file skips frames and the animation looks jerky.) I am going to be playing around more with it today and I will try doing it with just one frame to see if I can figure out what is going on. Thanks for your assistance. Andrew McClary