Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!ria!stonehenge!peter From: peter@stonehenge.ccs.uwo.ca (Mr. Peter Budgell) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: bit-BLT in Sunview Message-ID: <2346@ria.ccs.uwo.ca> Date: 21 Feb 91 21:22:31 GMT References: <2760@sparko.gwu.edu> <2812@texsun.Central.Sun.COM> Sender: news@ria.ccs.uwo.ca Organization: University of Western Ontario, London Lines: 32 In article <2812@texsun.Central.Sun.COM> John.Slater@UK.Sun.COM writes: >In article <2760@sparko.gwu.edu>, darken@seas.gwu.edu (Rudolph Darken) writes: >|> Does anyone know of a good method of bit_BLTing in Sunview? I'm creating >|> a series of images and need to flip through them quickly. I've done this >|> in X but it seems to be very slow. I would like to get a smooth animation >|> if possible. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. > >It Can Be Done under X. The SunMovie module of SunVision exists for just this >purpose. Or you could brew your own using XGL. Both solutions will give you >good performance with the GX graphics accelerator under OpenWindows. Contact >your local Sun sales office for details of these products. > >John Slater >Sun Microsystems UK, Gatwick office > >Disclaimer : Of course I'm biased! I work here! You could look at movietool. One source is on the ftp host titan.rice.edu under the directory sun-source. Get the kits for revision 1.2. This program runs under sunview and is quick with monochrome images. I haven't tried it with full colour. Peter Budgell peter@engrg.uwo.ca Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com