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#3ds V3 backgrounds

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#194791From: Jane F. SilvermanOct 10, 1995 9:02 PM
I need help! I have made 8 backgrounds in either AniPro or with other graphics programs. I have named them BG_1 through BG_8. When I want to use BG_2 for the background in the 3D editor, it does not pick that backgound but another background. I can view the BG_2 background in Render View but when I render the .gif I do not get that background. BG_2 is a simply b/w line drawing but I get another .gif that is a gradient. I have checked this BG_2 gif in many other programs, AniPro, PSP V3.11, Photoshop, Fauve Matisse and PCTOOLS File Manager and it is there, And correctly named. (BTW BG_2's background is 191,191,191 if that has any clue to the probem). All other background show and render perfectly and are correct. The 191,191,191 background of this .gif was added in PSP v3.11. As I am still having problems getting a .gif to render a correct 191,191,191 background. I have gotten close using Gamma 1.47 but that leaves with with 192,192,192. That I guess I will have to solve through experiment. The missing background has me stumped. Any help appreciated..and Thanks……………………..Jane
#194853From: Larry MintonOct 11, 1995 2:14 AM
are you sure that you don't have another file called bg_2 in a directory which is in the map paths before the one you want? LAM
#194983From: Jane F. SilvermanOct 11, 1995 9:25 PM
Larry, Well sometimes I am smart, and sometimes,DUMB. And sometimes the old brain is busy with other things and is not working at all. The problem, which my brain decoded overnight, was that I did not have the directory in the 3DS.set at all but did have another gradient in AniPro with the same name. When I first set up these Backgrounds I added the directory in 3DS program and forgot to add the directory to the .set file. SO, all was not lost, I discovered a great gradiant that I had forgotten all about in ANIPRO/tutorial. And it was such a goodie that it now has a name all to itself…JaneDumb! 🙂 Thanks for the reply……………………………………………….Jane