CompuServe Thread

#animation

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#35750From: george hugginsNov 3, 1993 2:18 AM
First of all thanks to all who responded to my previous questions on file conversion between dos and amiga. I managed to downoad something that will help!!! Of course, I now have more questions. Im in an amiga graphics class at Columbia College in Chicago. (If there are any amiga artists at Columbia who browse here PLEASE RESPOND!) The final project in the class is a 300 frame animation. What I want is to download some Amiga animation(s) that I can bring to class and demonstrate. I am having a hard time locating amiga animations in this forum. Am I looking in the wrong place, or by incorrect methods? Steer me in the right direction and I will be very gratefull. Also, I would like to learn as much about Video Toaster as possible, can you help? Thanks again! dave
#35758From: Erik FlomNov 3, 1993 12:10 PM
The reason you don't see many anims is because of their sheer size. If you're willing to pay for it, I could upload a few anims, but the smallest is 3MB……. There _are_ a few anims up here though. The 'Amy the squirrel' or 'Aerotoons' series are great examples of using 2-D animation. Keep On Toastin' Erik Flom
#35768From: george hugginsNov 4, 1993 2:51 AM
Eric, Thanks for the quick response! I have a PC clone at home, which I use to access CompuServe, I am willing to download a 3 meg animation, but how the hell would I get it on to disk to take to school? If you have a method, then I will do it, but I sure cant fit 3 meg onto a disk. Is there a way to break up the file to multiple disks? In the meantime I will try 'Amy the Squirrel', and 'Aerotoons' if I can find them! Also I would like to learn as much about Toaster as possible, do you have any suggestion for reading material?
#35776From: Erik FlomNov 4, 1993 2:06 PM
you should be able to find some of the 'Aerotoons' or 'Amy the Squirrel' animations here on CIS. (The creator's name is Eric Schwartz, so you might want to 'GO AMIGAFF' and search for 'SCHWARTZ','ANIM','AMY', and/or 'AEROTOONS' (sp?)) I'll see if I can't find something to render that's fairly small. Do you have an AGA machine? High Density Amiga Floppy drives? As for Toaster stuff, all I read is VTU, and other video industry mags. I just checked out Lee Stranahan's tape on LW Modeler 2.0 (the old one), and it seemed very thorough in its coverage of all the features in the Modeler. (My only gripe is that it was very basic, and took 90 minutes – but hey, I've been using it for 2-3 yrs now. :^) Keep On Toastin' Erik Flom
#35814From: Nick DidkovskyNov 5, 1993 6:10 PM
Use MRBackup, which is a hard-drive backup program. It will split files up so that they fit on multiple disks, during a backup procedure. At school, you can run the restore procedure and MRBackup will piece the file together again. Nick
#35771From: Pat MulletNov 4, 1993 9:17 AM
Erik: I agree with you on the Schwartz Anims….great stuff. Now if only we could get the rest of his work online! -Pat "Cruising the North Coast on Autopilot"