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#AMI anims to MAC

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#22322From: pat fallonOct 3, 1992 6:34 PM

IS there any way to convert dpaint anims that were created on the Amiga to run on a Mac? Any help appreciated. Thanks Pat

#22334From: Marlene Zenker/SYSOPOct 4, 1992 11:14 AM

I don't really know of one, but then I'm not a Mac user. You might try asking over in the Macintosh forums. Steve

#22335From: Matthew J. W. RatcliffOct 4, 1992 12:48 PM

Try finding Equilibrium software in CA. They have or will soon have a product called deBabelizer which will do anim conversions from mac pc and amiga. I can't find their number, but I believe they are in NoCal… 415 area code.

#22343From: Jonathan HirschmanOct 4, 1992 5:46 PM

Arnie, What platform does deBabelizer run on? Sounds like a great product… Jonathan Jonathan, via AutoPilot // Only Amiga makes \\// it possible…

#22407From: Matthew J. W. RatcliffOct 7, 1992 4:43 PM

It's a Mac program… the number is: 415-332-4343

#22409From: Jonathan HirschmanOct 7, 1992 8:49 PM

Arnie, Thanks for the info. Will be calling soon – can't wait to show them macheads how animation is really done…:) Jonathan Jonathan, via AutoPilot // Only Amiga makes \\// it possible…

#22352From: Steve Bennett/SYSOPOct 4, 1992 8:54 PM

I'm unaware of any means for doing so which runs on the Amiga side. You should ask over in the Macintosh forums: They may have such a conversion program for the Mac side. (I honestly doubt it, though…) –>Steve Bennett

#22365From: Miguel ChavezOct 5, 1992 10:47 AM

a rough way of doing it would be to save your anim as individual IFF frames, bring them over to the Mac side and then read them into Photoshop (they have an IFF plug-in somewhere) and save them as whatever (PICT I suppose). THen use a quicktime friendly program that can create an anim from PICT files. I hear the IFF plug in is only for the old IFF formats i.e. upto 640×400 hires, so anything higher might not work. (of course, you could do more of the work on the AMiga end and convert it using ADPro or ImageMaster into a TIFF or PICT (if they can do PICTs?). Hope this helps. Miguel Chavez

#22375From: Black Belt SystemsOct 6, 1992 12:36 AM

Imagemaster's TIFF support isn't ready yet – be a week or two yet, at least. PICT support for Imagemaster is readily available from Syndesis. –Ben …via AutoPilot

#22386From: SyndesisOct 6, 1992 7:38 PM

Uhm, Ben – can we please let Syndesis announce products on its own, if and when we decide to release that?

#22389From: Henry LowengardOct 6, 1992 8:56 PM

Ben & John: I wrote a Q&D BB PI WrTiff module a few months ago … mac reads it fine. I'm sure you guys put in the compression (Huffman/Lzw) which I left out, but it was good enuf so I could make a hokey conversion chain for my animation last summer. Looks good on Mac and SGI, too! My NeXT comes tomorrow, but it's B&W. They also like TIFFs. TIFF is great. I'd rather standardize on that and get it over with. J H H L not whapping ot autopiloting, just typing.

#22395From: Black Belt SystemsOct 7, 1992 1:02 AM

Sorry – my mistake entirely. –Ben …via AutoPilot