#animator gif acad12
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still trying to find a way to get 256 color renderings from acad12 to
animator (not pro). I would like to get close to the quality of the
animator sample file : portrait.gif the rnd/gif files i create from my
shaded images convert to the typical jaggy resolution of animator when
adjusted with flimaker or converter. there must be some way to generate a
gif file, that can be directly viewed by animator, with a resolution
comparable to portrait.gif
can anyone help with this one?
Tsuneo,
I am by no means an animator professional, but I do know a bit about
AutoCAD. The problem you are having is probably one of resolution. AutoCAD
is resolution independent (meaning that it will run and shade anywhere
within the limits of your graphics card and driver…..If you have the
capability of running 256 colors at 1600×1280 resolution, AutoCAD will
allow you to do it.)
Animator, on the other hand is very limited in the resolution it will
support. (I think it's 320×200 at 256 colors). If you must have the higher
resolutions, the only way to get them is by upgrading to Animator Pro or 3D
Studio.
As I recall, there are a few tricks that you can use to smooth out the
jaggies in Animator. But unfortunately, I never learned them.
I understand that animator pro is required to manipulate higher resolution
images but I just want to bring in a gif file with the same resolution as
the sample (portrait.gif) that is included with animator and can be view
with animator (not pro). do you know of any animator experts?
thank you for your help
I know Animator pretty well, but I don't know AutoCAD very well. The
problem is that your AutoCAD screen is 640×480, while Animator only accepts
320×200. While the digitized Portrait.gif looks pretty good at 320×200,
you'll find that a 320×200 version of your AutoCAD screen (with all of its
thin lines) is going to look pretty terrible. However, if you can output an
AutoCAD drawing in .gif format at 320×200 resolution, you can certainly
load it into Animator. Again, you'll need an AutoCAD person to tell you how
to get a 320×200 .gif file out of AutoCAD. (Any AutoCAD experts out there?)
– Jack
Tsuneo,
The max resolution that Animator will support is 320x200x256. So that is
the max resolution that you can bring in. This is going to give you a bad
case of the jaggies on lines that are near (but not on) the horizontal or
vertical. The effect on curves is not so noticeable. You can also minimize
this effect by using smoothing routines and anti-ailising (blending), but
you will still have only 320×200 resolution.
I read back over your messages, and it seems as though you are able to
import the images into Animator. It's just that they don't seem to have the
acceptable resolution that Portrait.GIF has. Well!!! If it's in Animator,
that's the resolution. The rest is work and effects.
Maybe we can get Gary, Jack or Jamie into this. I'm sure that they can
explain it much better……Jamie Clay is probably the premier expert in
Animator……his UID is Jamie Clay [Adesk] 76703,4204
Hi Tsuneo,
<<animator gif acad12>>
That combination has recently become of interest to me as well.
When I initially tried using the SHADE command to create images for AA, I
got the same jaggy results. But when I used the ACAD12 RENDER command, I
got *much* better results.
Are you using the RENDER feature of ACAD12?
The AA converted GIF files derived from ACAD12 SHADE GIF and ACAD12 RENDER
GIF files are as different as chalk from cheese. I'd be happy to send you
samples of both files.
KeithF
I have been using render. I would be interested in seeing your gif files
but i am not familiar with transfering files on compuserve. Is it a simple
matter?
thanks for your interest and help