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From: marco@hprnd.HP.COM (Marco Gonzalez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Animation in 2D and 3D.
Message-ID: <2550010@hprnd.HP.COM>
Date: 29 Aug 89 16:29:07 GMT
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 ccea@gmv.es (Carlos Escrig) /  3:45 am  Aug 28, 1989 / writes:

           
>           We're a couple of lads that have been selected to create animations          using Sculpt Animate 4D and De Luxe Paint III. Multiple problems have           arised since we started this elaborated job:
>        
>        1) Once the animations were created we would like to know how could
>           we execute them in a given sequence.
 First of all, if you already have the animations compressed (SA4D) there is
no way to play them back in a given sequence (that's because the ANIM file
contains only the changes from one frame to the next). In Deluxe Paint III is
easy to change the sequence because the compression is made "on the fly".
 Now, If you are talking about combining both or many animations created on
diferent programs, you should get a program like THE DIRECTOR (Right Answers
Group) or ELAN PERFORMER (I haven't used this one). The Director lets you
combine pictures and animations to form presentations or demos using an script
programming language simmilar to AMIGABASIC. I think Elan performer also allows
syncronization with IFF sound and music files (not sure!).
 Deluxe VIDEO II from Electronics Arts is suposed to be out pretty soon (if it's not right now) and it supports all resolution modes and music files from some
music programs, it's VERY user friendly! and looks very powerful for most
presentations needs.

>        2) Also, using the multitask property, music must be added while the               animations are showed on screen with a certain synchronism.
 See response above. ?B^)
>
>        3) We realize that the CLI editor can do these sort of things but at               first sight it doesn't seam that it has got all the instructions that           we need although we hanen't got a proper manual of this editor!!
 No, CLI has nothing to do with combining animations and music. It's a command
based interfase to AmigaDOS';similar (but MUUCH better than) MS-DOS on the
I*M PCs.

>
>         4) Our objective is to show all this in a sort of presentation of our
>           company so thats the reason why we want it all in a well arranged
>           way.
 Sometimes is better to record the animations and graphics and music and everything on a VCR (Video Casette Recorder). This way, you only need a T.V and VCR in the conference room, instead of taking all your programs and disks and AMIGA and
everything to it. For this you will need an encoder (PAL, of course) if you have
an AMIGA 500 or 2000 (You don't need it if you have an AMIGA 1000).

>            
>           Obviously we need some help.
>           >Thanks in advance.   
	Por nada .
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	Creo que entienden ingles, pero hay algunos terminos tecnicos que
probablemente no entiendan; si es asi, no duden en escribirme (por correo
electronico) en espanol y con gusto les respondere cualquier duda referente
a la AMIGA dentro de mis limitaciones (NO soy un experto). Dado que en
Espana utilizan otro sistema de video (PAL) diferente al de la mayor parte de
America (NTSC), puede ser que algunos de los programas que mencione no esten
disponibles en este formato (Aunque estoy enterado de que a ustedes les llegan
los programas nuevos BASTANTE rapido, a juzgar por sus revistas). 
 La mejor forma de obtener informacion referente a un producto en particular
es escribiendo a las companias que los producen y leyendo comentarios en 
revistas como INFO, AMIGA World, etc.  
 Yo vivo en la ciudad de Guadalajara, en MEXICO; pero el correo electronico
envienlo a la direccion indicada.

          Saludos Amigos!.
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