CompuServe Thread

Here's my introduction… Back in 1987 in the Amiga market, I started a company called Syndesis Corporation. Our primary product was and still is "InterChange," a program that translates between many different 3D file formats. (If you're a Mac user, think of us as DeBabelizer for 3D; if you're a PC user, think Hijaak for 3D.) A version of our translators are part of LightWave, the 3D program in the Toaster. We're about to release the Windows version of InterChange. We also make CDROM collections of 3D models pre-translated to popular formats. Many of the 3D models here in the libraries came from our discs. I'm also a freelance writer for several magazines. This past summer, I wrote and edited the 3D modeling and animation round-up cover story for AV Video magazine, as well as the summer "tricorder" cover story on future platforms and technologies for Digital Video magazine. Earlier this year, I wrote the DV article on video conferencing systems, and last year, I compared several motion JPEG boards for the PC. Years ago, I had a regular column in Compute magazine, and I was the technical editor of an Amiga magazine. As part of another company, I was one of the original designers and programmers of the Windows illustration package "Harvard Draw," also known as the F/X part of SPC's Harvard Graphics for Windows. Obviously, I haven't had a real job in years. 🙂 I live in Jefferson, WI, a two-stoplight farming town halfway between Madison and Milwaukee. I'm already tired of my 3-minute commute to the office. On my desk are four computers: a WinNT PC, a Mac, an SGI Indigo, and a Toaster'd Amiga. All are networked and in regular use. If you've got cross-platform file-conversion woes, I'm the guy to ask!