#Animation Standard?
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Well I felt it was time to get on my soapbox and complain about the lack of
3D rendering and Animation standards for the Amiga. The only 3D rendering
program that I have at this time is Sculpt 3D, and I've been wanting to get a
Animation program, but don't think I will until some kind of standard is set
by the industry. I have the Director, but it will only animate frames created
with VideoScape 3D. So if I want to use animation in my Director scripts,
then I have to purchase VideoScape. But then if I want to create animations
with Sculpt 3D, then I have to get Animate 3D also. I haven't seen or heard
too much about Silver, but I imagine they use a different format also. Then
if I do purchase VideoScape, then I would also have to purchase Interchange,
so I could port my scene's between VideoScape and Sculpt. So the bottom line
is this:
IT REALLY SUCKS, and if the developer's at Aegis, Byte-by-Byte, Impulse, The
Right Answers Group, and elsewhere can't get together and create a standard,
then they are going to hurt the future of the Amiga and animation. I, for
one, will absolutely refuse to purchase a Animation package until some kind
of standard is set. So its going to hurt you until you get something going in
that direction. So, now I feel better in getting this off my chest, but I can
only hope that the developer's out there are listening.
John Gager