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From: baer@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Ken Baer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Animation Journeyman
Message-ID: <1991Apr8.184058.24386@qiclab.scn.rain.com>
Date: 8 Apr 91 18:40:58 GMT
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In article <977@celia.UUCP> celia!neil@usc.edu (Neil Richmond) writes:
>I tired to email you a letter, but it was returned.

There's been a lot of that lately.  My domain address is: baer@qiclab.UUCP,
or try sun.com!nosun!qiclab!baer.  BTW, nosun is in Portland, rather
appropriate I think. :-)

> What I want to know, is
>how does one get a demo of Animation Journeyman?

We've been wanting to make a demo version of the choregrapher (Direction),
but just haven't been able to get to it.  We've getting close to finishing
our film (Joyride), and plan to make a tape with it followed by a 
demonstration of the software.  That way we can show it in the context of
making a real film, which is what it's for.  In the long run, I think that'll
make more sense for us, since we don't think of JMan as being platform
specific  (it will soon be running on IBM's and Macs as well as Amigas,
though we still prefer the Amiga).  Our film will be done by early June.

> It seems that no one carries
>the thing. How much is it?

That's because we only sell Journeyman direct.  There are many reasons for
this, but the main one this that JMan is directed at a VERY specific market
(character animation film making) and we've found it a lot better to deal
directly with our customers.  There are some great dealers out there who
do a good job dealing in the high end video market, but unfortunately,
there aren't enough of them right now to justify giving a the 60% cut that
all dealer want.  This may change in the future, but right now dealing
directly with customers has been a good thing.  It certainly helps us 
improve the software faster.

Animation:Journeyman is $500.

> And where do I see some images generated by it?

The May issue of Amiga World has a full review of Journeyman (I haven't seen
it yet).  The image to look at is a frame from our Joyride film, which is
full 24-bit, that we sent them.  There is a BIG problem with some of the
images they printed.  There was a bug in the version we sent them for
review (due to the lead time, that version is now 6 months out of date).
When the renderer saved in 24-bit mode, it didn't save reds.  That was
fixed quite a while ago, but we didn't realize the reviewer had this version,
and he never looked at his 24bit pics, he just sent them on to the magazine.
OOPS.  So, keep that in mind when looking at it.  As soon I can borrow our
DCTV for a few days, I plan to upload some DCTV pics to PeopleLink.  I could
also drop a few IFF24's to you in the mail if you want.

>Neil F. Richmond         INTERNET: celia!neil@usc.edu
>Rhythm & Hues Inc.       UUCP: ...{ames,hplabs}!lll-tis!celia!neil)


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