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From: seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: THANK YOU!!!! (was: Re: Animation:JOURNEYMAN)
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Date: 21 Sep 90 22:36:12 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from baer@qiclab.uucp

 
Finally, a package I can really USE!!! :')
 
What you just described sounded awesome.  Thank you for the information, it
sounds like JUST the package I need.
 
I agree, frame-by-frame editing would have been possible (it would have been
possible on a 1MB A500) RAM-wise...but not usefull for what we needed.  The
way the animation was setup, VS3D generated color wireframes which represented
the boundries of the objects, grass, road, a fence, etc.  Then, we were to use
the animated fill option in DPaint3 to go in and fill the road with a pebbly
texture, a ditch with a graduated fill, grass, etc.  Ok, this would have been
fine going frame-by-frame.  BUT, we also had to go in and add other effects
like dust (it was a collechee (sp) road) and tire-marks.  This would have been
possible without it being loaded completely, but so tedious that Clayton and I
would be in the funny-farm afterwards.  Also, the expert witness kept jerking
around changing sections of the animation...he didn't realize how much this
effected the production cycle, and we were already on a tight time-table. 
Even up to the day I called to say "sorry..." he didn't know exactly what he
wanted.  So, from now on, we're going to make sure our clients give us FIRM
specs on what they need BEFORE any part of the production starts.
 
I've rambled enough...thanks again for the info.  Hopefully I'll be able to
get the cash together to get me JMan SOON.  
 
Sean
 
PS> Someone can only purchase JMan from HASH direct, correct?
 
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