Hi-color flics
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F16 — it's a player, with a demo version available in this forum.
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File Info for F16DEM.ZIP
Section: What's New! Contributer: 75230,1215 Size: 1350200
Submitted: 14-Jan-93 Type: Binary Accesses: 48
Title: F16 VESA Hi-Color Animation Builder/Player
Keys: F16 TARGA ANIMATION VESA HI COLOR HI-COLOR
New product demo! Next generation flic file format called "F16". Takes
sequential 16 bit Targa files and composites them for real time Hi-Color
playback. Requires a Hi-Color VESA driver. Includes two sample 15 bit
(32,768 color) animations. CD-ROM based demo also available containing
several hundred megs of F16 flics. Works great with 3D Studio.
. .(Approximate download time at 2400 baud using CIS B: 1:40:00)
Thanks. How much memory etc. do you need for it to play at a resonable speed?
Andrew
Andrew,
PMJI, I downloaded the demo and the 2 samples play fine on my system,
BUT, very little is actually changing on the screen. It uses delta
lossless compression, like fli's and flc's so you would have to be
cautious with pixel changes/movement between each frame. I've never
seen a system yet that could play even 8-bit flics at hires (640×480
for example) with every pixel moving between frames and not show
tearing or slowing of some kind. Therefore the problem is going to be
compounded with more colours. Rainbow Technologies who write the
program are working on a 24-bit version which while it sounds
exciting will be limiting in what can be done with it. Like I said,
many of the principles that we learnt when creating flics will apply:
don't have too much of the screen in motion at any one time, rotate
the objects in place rather than moving the camera around the object,
particularly when you have background detail, etc…