#Amiga and PAR
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Mike, one other find (bug?) with 3.1 in field rendering mode on the Amiga.
Lets say you are moving a logo around the screen and you want to have the
first and last frames on screen for a couple of seconds before you start
to play and stop recording the animation. I feel the first and last frames
should be rendered in frame mode so the image is not flickering back and
forth on the screen. Currently I rerender the first and last frames in
frame mode and then append them to the amination. Can't this be done in
software?
Until the Amiga version 3.1 field mode to PAR problem is corrected I am
rendering to a directory on my hard drive and then importing the frames
with the PAR software. Another bug I found is that the last frame renders
in Impulse-24 bit format, not IFF, the rest are in ILBM format. I double
checked my setup and indeed I had ILBM-24bit selected. I even tried it a
couple of times with the same results. I end up reading the last frame
with ADPro (which reported it to be in Impulse format) and saved it in
ILBM format.
Jim R. Ollick
Using AP from Bergenfield, NJ
I also found the problem of the last file rendering in RGB8 format, on the PC
version of the software. Now doubt that'll be fixed soon, Impulse is pretty
good about fixing such things quickly.
See also my message on rendering fields with Sentry and the PAR. I think I
have a workaround.
Jim Shields
Regal Rodent Development
I tried your Sentry suggestion and it worked. I am forever greatful.
Thank you,
Jim R. Ollick
Using AP from Bergenfield, NJ
James,
whenever I have a problem with the last frame of an amination, I simply
create the anim in Action with an extra frame, render all frames, and
disregard the last frame. (This solution also applies to looping
animations, at least before Imagine added a "looping" button.)
With regards to your current problem, simply create your animation so that
the first 2 frames and last 2 frames have no motion in them. This way, the
first and last frames will not flicker, regardless whether they've been
field-rendered or not.
Blaq!
Thanks for the tip, I'll take you up on it, however, I feel that the
program should take care of it.
Jim R. Ollick
Using AP from Bergenfield, NJ
Jim
I suppose it can be done in software, but this whole thing of field
mode is new to us all, or at least to Imagine, I am sure you can appreciate
that we are learning right along with you. I will mention this situation to
the gurus and get a response and get back to you.
Mike
Thanks for looking into it and adding Field Rendering, it added a great
feature to a great piece of software.
Jim R. Ollick
Using AP from Bergenfield, NJ