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From: noring@netcom.com (Jon Noring)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation,alt.binaries.pictures.d
Subject: Looking For DOS Program to Make .DL Files
Date: 18 Nov 92 17:32:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: netcom.1992Nov18.173217.19168
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

Hello,

I am looking for a DOS program that will make .DL animation files from a
sequence of .GIF images.  (If the DL maker requires another format for the
input images, then I guess I'd also need a format converter as well). 

Using Archie, and scanning all of the MSDOS archives I know of, I've found
the DL viewer, but not the DL maker.

Any help here?

Thanks.

Jon Noring

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Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation,comp.graphics
From: joes@lpi.liant.com (Joe Stewart)
Subject: Re: PHIGSPC
Reply-To: joes@lpi.liant.com
Organization: Template Graphics Software (TGS)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 14:31:55 GMT

In article <12NOV92.13815682.0034@music.mus.polymtl.ca>, CT37@music.mus.polymtl.ca (Charles Beauchemin) writes:
|> Hello!
|> 
|> Does anybody know if there is a version of PHIGS available
|> for DOS or something in the Public Domain that looks like
|> that?

You may want to take a look at Template Graphics Software's FIGARO+,
our implementation of the ANSI/ISO PHIGS standard.  FIGARO+ is available
for DOS and comes with both a C and a FORTRAN API.

If you want the usual marketing literature, send a note to info@liant.com.
If you have technical questions, please send them to me, joes@lpi.liant.com.

Joe
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From: wilmshurst@reg.triumf.ca (WILMSHURST, PETER)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
Subject: 3D Studio - Books?
Date: 17 Nov 1992 08:01 PST
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Distribution: world
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Keywords: 3DS 3D Studio
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

  Hello readers,
	Does anyone know of any books on AutoDESKs 3D STUDIO.
  I'm looking for more examples / etc., and I find the manuals lacking.
  I know of several books written for AutoCAD ie: Inside AutoCAD / 
  Inside AutoLISP / etc. Is there an Inside 3D Studio out there somewhere ?!?
  I've looked in a few local bookstores, but so far nothing...

 	I'm pleased with the program (3DS 2.0), however I too am having problems
  generating mirrored surfaces. I've even used the same material CUB100 
  (as found in CUBEDEMO.3DS materials library) and I get no mirror effect.
  WHY... WHY... WHY...  Unfortunately, I don't get enough time on my friends
  machine (486-25) to try many combinations= of materials/properties/etc.

				Thanks in advance... Pete

  PS:  Please reply here,  I think this info may help others. =:)

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From: Robert.T.Warfield@dartmouth.edu (Robert T. Warfield)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
Subject: gl for mac?
Date: 20 Nov 92 20:53:26 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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  Is there a program for the mac that will run gl,dl,and fli files?
Thanx

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Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
From: bosch@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Gerhard Bosch)
Subject: Fonts for *.gl-files for higher resolution screens
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 07:23:08 GMT

Hi guys out there,
I'm using a special version of xviewgl on an HP 720 and it a great tool for
doing animation. After using AVS on a Ardent on DTA on my 486 I think it a
really great tool. AVS 3.0 is very slow and takes a wast amount of preparation
time and computer storage. DTA is great for just adding *.gif-files, without
writing text to the animation. DTA is really fast and anybody who knows Dave
should invite him at least for a few beers ( Sorry I'm one of these krauts ).

I started now using "xviewgl" with improved screen size of 800*600 pixels
and 1024*768. xviewgl is sufficient fast and has nice features. But I got
a small problem with the fonts I could find. The are usually for low resolution
screens. Using these fonts I can see them on the monitor itself. After copying
the stuff to the video with a scan converter they vanish, because the 
resolution of the VCR on the TV screen is not high enough for these tiny 
letters.  So my problem is the following :



=================> Does anybody have LARGE fonts to be included in GRASP- 
                   scripts.


Thanks alot in advance, Gerhard
From: kpm8447@tesla.njit.edu
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
Subject: 3ds books..
Date: 23 Nov 92 13:20:59 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology

You all forgot the fact that we use 3-d studio at school/work and the wonderful
people at these institutions will NOT let us take the manual home to read up
on information.  Sure, I could take the manual home, but then I'd screw over
the next guy that would want to work on the package.  A _book_ on 3ds would
be helpful as an out-of-lab reference.
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Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
From: acmcde@gsusgi2.gsu.edu (Claude D. Edwards)
Subject: FLI viewer for Windows
Summary: I need a Custom FLI viewer for Windows
Keywords: animation
Organization: Georgia State University
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 00:27:27 GMT

I need a custom FLI viewer for Windows.  The viewer must open a Window, show
the animation, and go away.  No Menu, No slider, no gadgets.  It would be
nice to have a second window with two buttons, " Play" and "Rewind", and 
maybe "Stop"  that sends messages to the other Windows.  I would write it
myself if I could get hold of a FLI library that would handle the actual
playing of the file, and I would handle the stripped down user interface and
library calls.  If anyone can help me, I am at

acmcde@gsusgi2.gsu.edu

P.S.  A viewer program that has no Menu etc, but that has a Macro language of 
some sort may work for this.

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Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
From: flip@cgrg.ohio-state.edu (Flip Phillips)
Subject: Re: question about pixar's "knick knack"
Organization: OSU Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:22:10 GMT

In article <1992Nov23.041346.5295@vort.cuc.ab.ca> mike@vort.cuc.ab.ca (Mike Nemeth) writes:
>what was the title of the music and who wrote/performed it? just heard
>something by al jarreau that sounded very similar...
[...]

It is Bobby McFerrin. He did it for us 'custom', improvised while he watched
the film and as such, has no 'real' title. 

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Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
From: seal@leonardo.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (David Seal)
Subject: Any conversion programs for .LFF format (LucasFilm)?
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 07:01:25 GMT

Are there any programs that will convert an .LFF file (LucasFilm
format) to some commonly used type, i.e. GIF, JPEG, PICT (macs) etc?

I believe Adobe Photoshop will do it, but i hoped for something 
cheaper.
regards
ds
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Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
From: kkt@philabs.philips.com (Kim-Kiat Tan)
Subject: pov
Organization: Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff, New York
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 02:44:04 GMT

	I heard there is a version of pov specifically for 386/486 that
run in protected mode, anyone knows where can I get it ?
From: scott@ryptyde.cts.com (Scott McClure)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
Subject: Re: WANTED: 3D and animation software for SUN
Date: 16 Nov 92 05:22:56 GMT
Article-I.D.: ryptyde.1992Nov16.052256.19193
Organization: Ryptyde TimeSharing, San Diego, CA

Macbeth@cardinal.sc107.wesleyan.edu (Macbeth) writes:

>Does anyone here have a copy of some 3D and/or animation software that would 
>work on a SUN IPC that they don't want anymore? And, if not, what software 
>is there available for this platform? Having worked with 486es and SGIs all 
>my life (but recently purchased a SUN) I am trying to get the SUN to work as 
>a medium-capacity rendering and animating machine, however, I do not know 
>what software is available. Any information would be highly appreciated.

Related question:  

I'm looking for the same thing for a Sun 4/260.  As Macbeth says,
"any info is appreciated".

Thanks!

Scott
 
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Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
From: yang@mtu.edu (WHY aKs WHY)
Subject: Wanted:  FAQ for this group
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:50:17 GMT

hi, guys!

is there any one who can send me a copy of the updated FAQ for this group?

thanks in advance!

yang
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation,comp.multimedia,rec.video.production,misc.entrepreneurs
From: ekershen@nyx.cs.du.edu (Edward Kershenbaum)
Subject: Freelance animation and graphics work
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 20:46:51 GMT

I have a few questions about doing freelance work with 3D Studio.

How much can a freelance animator make?  Who are the potential customers?
Is there a lot of work available?  How does one get started?

What is the minimum hardware and software configuration necessary?
Is a frame-accurate VTR required?  What about PC graphics hardware?

Thanks for the info.

Ed Kershenbaum
kershenb@gsc.gsi.com
From: blue@sequent.com (Gil Delavous)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
Subject: 3D Modeler for POV 1.0???
Date: 16 Nov 92 09:46:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: sequent.1992Nov16.094624.16284
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.

Does a 3D Modeler for POV 1.0 exists in public domain? If so, what are
the ftp sites I could grab it from?

Thanks in advance,
gil
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
From: cegarcia@gbroagfran.MIT.EDU (Carlos E Garcia)
Subject: Help: phigs/PEX setup
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 00:51:32 GMT

I've compiled a motif/phigs program but I can't seem to run it.  The
error message says something to the effect that my display doesn't 
support PEX.  Is there some environment variable (PEXAPIDIR) that I
have to set?  Anyway what is the complete setup to that I can run this
program?

			Carlos E. Garcia
			cegarcia@athena.mit.edu
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
From: zap@lysator.liu.se (H}kan Andersson)
Subject: Re: FLI viewer for Windows
Keywords: animation
Organization: Lysator Academic Computer Society, Linkoping University, Sweden
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 21:53:50 GMT

acmcde@gsusgi2.gsu.edu (Claude D. Edwards) writes:

>I need a custom FLI viewer for Windows.  The viewer must open a Window, show
>the animation, and go away.  No Menu, No slider, no gadgets.  It would be
>nice to have a second window with two buttons, " Play" and "Rewind", and 
>maybe "Stop"  that sends messages to the other Windows.  I would write it
>myself if I could get hold of a FLI library that would handle the actual
>playing of the file, and I would handle the stripped down user interface and
>library calls.  If anyone can help me, I am at

>acmcde@gsusgi2.gsu.edu

>P.S.  A viewer program that has no Menu etc, but that has a Macro language of 
>some sort may work for this.

I suggest you get the Autodesk FLI viewer for Windows. It has an AAPLAY.DLL
or some similar name that you can use in your own programs to play FLI's. It
also interfaces to the MCI extension of windows, and thus playable with the
multimedia player that comes with windows.

It's available free of charge from AUtodesk. Just call 'em.

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Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
From: clane@libws1.ic.sunysb.edu (Charles F Lane)
Subject: Re: Persistance of Vision
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 16:40:39 GMT

In article <92322.222021TJR122@psuvm.psu.edu> TJR122@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>Has anyone heard anything about the program 'Persistance of Vision'?
>It is supposedly an amazing new 3D graphics/animation program for the
>PC (386) that does all sorts of those 'professional' spline motion,
>reflection, surfacing, lighting, etc. for a VERY low price.
>
>If anyone has even heard ANYTHING about this, please let me know.
>
>'Thanx.'
>
>Tom Rusnock TJR122@PSUVM.PSU.EDU

	It is quite an impressive program.  It makes Ray-traced
images and can write them to a 24 bit Targa file, raw files of r,g, and
b values, and one other, I think.  It is available for dos, amiga, and
C source, as well.  Has many sample files for rendering images.  It can
take a LONG time to render images, though.  I rendered an image to a
targa file with 320x200 resolution and it took 2 1/2 hours on a
486 20 MHz (no math coprocessor, which they say can increase rendering
speed greatly).  You can use IMPROC41 to view the targa file on a pc
with vga, supervga, but I'm sure there are other programs out there to
view them.  You can display the images while the rendering occurs, too.
Some modes are: VGA 320x200x256, 640x480x256, 1024x768x256, others.
Check the docs for more info.

  Try ftp'ing it from oak.oakland.edu in the pub/msdos/graphics
directory (if my memory serves me correctly!).  Look for:

   povdoc.zip -- documentation, a must.
   povibm.zip -- executable for ibm dos.
   povscn.zip -- sample files for rendering images.
   
   optional: povsrc.zip -- c source code.  Compile to use POVRAY on
                           UNIX, SUN, etc.

             improc41.zip -- Image Processor (Something like that!)
                             basically a paint program with some
                             advanced image processing and drawing
                             functions.  Read targa files straight
                             from POVRAY to display on VGA/SVGA.

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Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
From: cohen@quartz.ciw.edu (Ronald Cohen)
Subject: windows PC software for Lyon-Lamb animation controller
Date: 20 Nov 92 19:48:24 GMT
Organization: Geophysical Laboratory, CIW


Does anyone have or know of a Windows 3.1 driver for controlling
a Lyon-Lamb animation controller over a serial line?  Thanks,
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Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
From: mike@vort.cuc.ab.ca (Mike Nemeth)
Subject: question about pixar's "knick knack"
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 04:13:46 GMT

what was the title of the music and who wrote/performed it? just heard
something by al jarreau that sounded very similar...

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Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
From: jdunning@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (John Alan Dunning)
Subject: Any books on using Alias v3.1?
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 02:02:56 GMT

I posted this question to comp.graphics, but I haven't gotten a response
yet, so I thought I'd try here.  Has anyone seen any books on using
Alias modeling software?  The manual is atrocious.

Thanks,

John
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
From: jonathan@rahul.net (Jonathan Heiliger)
Subject: Re: Any books on using Alias v3.1?
Organization: a2i network
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 08:44:22 GMT

In article <1992Nov20.020256.9497@Princeton.EDU> 
jdunning@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (John Alan Dunning) writes:

>I posted this question to comp.graphics, but I haven't gotten a response
>yet, so I thought I'd try here.  Has anyone seen any books on using
>Alias modeling software?  The manual is atrocious.
 
   Well, I thought I replied to you!  Perhaps that was when we had the 
core-dump.  In any case, as far as I know there is no existing third party 
documentation.  Mainly because of Alias''s offering of training classes, 
good/decent documentation, and 24hr technical support.  If none of these can 
help; try calling me!  I'm nowhere near an expert but I do know some things.
 


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Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
From: rthomson@mesa.dsd.es.com (Rich Thomson)
Subject: Re: Stupid Question: What Resolution Do I Render At?
Reply-To: rthomson@dsd.es.com (Rich Thomson)
Organization: Design Systems Division, Evans & Sutherland, SLC, UT
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 92 00:37:03 GMT

Don't forget about aliasing as well.  A simple approach to removing
aliasing from your synthesized images is to "supersample" the scene
and downfilter the supersampled image to the desired resolution.  This
is how many high-performance anti-aliasing hardware works -- by
supersampling.

Sampling theory indicates that you should increase the resolution by at
least a factor of two.

Also, don't forget that if you're rendering for video the color gamuts
of RGB monitors and NTSC are not the same.  Make sure your colors fit
inside the NTSC gamut and that they are still distinguishable in NTSC
space if they need to be visually different..

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Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
From: good@pixar.com (If you tell the truth you won't have to remember anything.)
Subject: Re: question about pixar's "knick knack"
Organization: Pixar - Pt. Richmond, CA USA
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 22:34:39 GMT

In article <1992Nov23.162210.10237@cgrg.ohio-state.edu> flip@cgrg.ohio-state.edu (Flip Phillips) writes:
:In article <1992Nov23.041346.5295@vort.cuc.ab.ca> mike@vort.cuc.ab.ca (Mike Nemeth) writes:
:>what was the title of the music and who wrote/performed it? just heard
:>something by al jarreau that sounded very similar...
:[...]
:
:It is Bobby McFerrin. He did it for us 'custom', improvised while he watched
:the film and as such, has no 'real' title. 
:
:-- flip

As Flip said, Bobby McFerrin scored the film for us in a single session
of improvisation.  That's why he has the huge credit at the end of the
movie for "Original Music".  But nobody reads credits...

...which brings me to Today's Anecdote.  Bobby improvised to a temp version
of the film which was partially rendered and partially still wireframe.  In
place of the credits, I put in some film that just said "Blah, Blah, Blah".
On one of the tracks when the temp credits came up he started singing "Blah,
blah, blah..." as a part of the music, so we re-timed the real credits to
match his blahs.  It is through this convoluted path that I lay claim to
having written lyrics which Bobby McFerrin sang.

		--Craig
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Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
From: nowinski@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (NOWINSKI A - OPTOMETRY )
Subject: pixar questions
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:32:05 GMT


Hi,
   my name is Jack Nowinski this is my first time using this user
group, I have a problem that I cannot figure out, I am working
with computer to video.

1) What kind of graphics screen resolution does the computer      
   graphics company PIXAR use. On tv I see lots of advertisements 
   that are made by computer I would like to know what graphics   
   screen resolution do they use. From time to time I see tv      
   programs that are about space, a couple weeks ago I saw        
   computer animation of Voyager 2 from NASA what kind of         
   resolution do you think it was. How do they make the           
   animations look so realistic.

2) What kind of computers are used to make these animations.
   How do people record  animation to video tape from a Macintosh 
   computer and what resolution do they use.

3) I would like to know what POV is or what it stands for, if it  
   is a software program, how could I get it.

4) Are there some software programs that can strech my graphics   
   screen horizontaly and vertically so when I tape my graphics   
   it will be full screen.

I would really appreciate some help on this.