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From: seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Making a DCTV anim.
Message-ID: <1991May24.233618.22972@crash.cts.com>
Date: 24 May 91 23:36:18 GMT
Organization: Crash TimeSharing, El Cajon, CA
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In-Reply-To: message from DEB110@psuvm.psu.edu

 
My partner and I just finished a DCTV anim that got us invitations to see
Kings X at a local club this weekend (haven't slept for the past two days
working on it!)
 
MakeANIM and ANIMBuild, and other programs of their ilk, just make your
standard ANIM file (read: don't move anything too big or you're looking at
5fps screen updates).
 
We broke the piece up into chunks that varied from 15 to 45 frames and
compiled them with MindWare's PageFlipper Plus/FX.  To get the best
possible playback speed, we used PFX's TURBO compression.
 
PFX lets you tweek your compression scheme several different ways (ie:
TURBO, vertical compression, horizontal compression).
 
The animations came out great.  One thing to remember when using PFX and
DCTV is not to use DCTV's highest VERTICAL resolution (736 pixels).  PFX
chops off some of the control information, which destroys the animation.
Render to about 704 pixels across for compatibility with PFX, and with
DPaint III.
 
Sean
 
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