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#MAC FLI Player?

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#37598From: Tom WujecMar 17, 1993 12:38 AM

Does anyone know if there is a Macintosh FLI player, or a conversion utility that will translate a FLI file into a flavour of mac animation? Alternatively, does anyone know if there is a utility to convert sequential TGA files into QuickTime? Thanks in advance. Tom Wujec

#37604From: MARTIN G FOSTERMar 17, 1993 3:05 AM

Tom, A company called Equilibrium (415/332/4343) has a product called Debabelizer that runs on the Mac that may does this. Martin

#37613From: Chris Edgington @PanaceaMar 17, 1993 9:26 AM

Martin, I've got Debabelizer, and Yes, it does convert FLI and FLC files to quicktime movies. -Chris Panacea

#37648From: MARTIN G FOSTERMar 17, 1993 11:49 AM

Thanks for the confirmation.

#37684From: John DowdellMar 17, 1993 8:44 PM

Tom — There's an FLI Player for the Mac that's written by A.P. Maika — he has a CIS address, but I don't have it handy — should be at "GO DIRECTORY." Seems to work flawlessly. I found it on Planet BMUG. And Martin's right about DeBabelizer — it will handle both of the conversions you desire. But I've raved elsewhere about DeBab, and will refrain from further abuse of our hosts' hospitality. regards, jd

#37700From: Tom WujecMar 17, 1993 11:53 PM

Thanks everyone for the snappy replies. I will order debabelizer tomorrow. Any ideas where they got the name from?!? Cheers! Tom Wujec

#38006From: John DowdellMar 20, 1993 3:06 PM

Tom — The name "DeBabelizer" comes from the Tower of Babel, where people weren't able to communicate with each other — the program unites different file formats, color depths, frame rates, and platforms, but does not handle architectural files! Equilibrium and Autodesk are almost neighbors, both in Sausalito — I think it'd be cool if the app were ported to the PC. Anyone know of other FLI conversions, utilites or players? jd

#38018From: Tom WujecMar 20, 1993 9:53 PM

John, Thanks for the info. For your information, it seems that deBabelizer is the perfect application for a current project at the Royal Ontario Museum. We are developing a mac based interactive application which allows visitors to explore the optical properties of gemstones, including the sparkle of diamond, the chatoyancy of Cat's Eyes and Star Sapphires, and the play of colour in Opals. Visitors get the chance to change the properties of gems – the shape of a brilliant cut diamond or the index of refraction of a diamond – and see the effect on the light. We are using a variety of programs, ranging from 3D studio to Prisms (probably) to Persistance of Vision to Renderman to produce the animations. Then we are going to translate these sequences (and video sequences of real gems) into full-frame full motion Quicktime movies. Using a RasterOps MxTV board with the QuickTime accelerator, visitors will have a change to play with gems and see why they do what they do. Debabylizer – it hasen't arrived yet – should be the perfect translator for the project. Thanks again for the tip. I look forward to using it. (Are you sure you don't work for Equilibrium ?!?!? 🙂 Tom Wujec ROM

#38045From: Danny MercurioMar 21, 1993 10:49 AM

Tom, Any chance of seeing some of this "GEMS" stuff in a future User's Group meeting? Danny…