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From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 3d animation systems
Message-ID: <5815@well.UUCP>
Date: 26 Apr 88 22:07:48 GMT
References: <39845R38@PSUVM> <5785@well.UUCP> <1853@ut-emx.UUCP>
Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
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Keywords: 3D Animation Length

In article <1853@ut-emx.UUCP> bph@emx.UUCP (hine  butler) writes:
>Are all of them limited in the length
>of the sequence (in seconds) to the amount of memory you have?  I know
>this is true for Sculpt-3D, but I don't know about any of the others.

	Well, as far as the scope of ANIM files goes, this is the case.
However, the software generating the images is capable of far longer
sequences than ANIM files will ordinarily permit.

>If this is true for all of them, does anyone have any recommendations
>for a way of recording single frames at a time, to be played back at
>full speed later on?  Single frame capable VCR's with flying erase heads
>are one way to do it, but a better way might be to use the new WORM drives
>coming out now.  [ ... ]

	Oh my GOD!  An actual use for WORM drives!  I never thought of this.
And it'd probably be cheaper than frame accurate editing decks to boot!  I'm
gonna look into this...

>If frames were recorded onto a WORM drive, could they
>then be played back at full speed?  [ ... ]

	Compact Video Interactive (is the the right buzzword?) is capable of
standard video rates (30 fps).  However, I think they pull some strange
tricks to compress the information on the disk.  I don't know anything about
it really, except that a friend of mine has seen it working.

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