glennl@cit-vlsi.Caltech.Edu (Glenn M. Lewis) (05/21/89)
[] I need to create an animation of a Steam Locomotive. I need the wheels to rotate, the pistons to move, the smoke to puff, and the bell to ring. It would also be nice if I could create a roundhouse with a turntable, drive the engine out onto the tracks, and then rotate it to the correct track. The animation has to be one minute long (1800 frames). Unfortunately, I have to have this finished in one month, and have it placed on Video Tape. I have an A1000 with 2 floppy drives and 2.5Megs RAM. I desperately need information on what Rendering/Animation software is available for the Amiga that would suit my needs. Z-Buffering would be preferred because of my lack of time (and access to only one Amiga). Could you PLEASE e-mail me your experiences with software of this type? It will not suffice for me to draw each frame with DPaint-III, and then pack it into an ANIM. I need to be able to specify OBJECTS such as the wheels, and then be able to rotate them as the train moves along the track. I very much appreciate your help. Thank you in advance! -- Glenn Lewis glennl@vlsi.caltech.edu
ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) (05/22/89)
In article <10750@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> glennl@cit-vlsi.UUCP (Glenn M. Lewis) writes: >[] > I need to create an animation of a Steam Locomotive. I need the >wheels to rotate, [ handwave, handwave... ] >The animation has to be one minute long (1800 frames). > Unfortunately, I have to have this finished in one month, and have >it placed on Video Tape. I have an A1000 with 2 floppy drives and 2.5Megs RAM. >I desperately need information on what Rendering/Animation software is >available for the Amiga that would suit my needs. [ ... ] Well, Sculpt-3D is right out for rendering, because it will take longer than a month just to render the frames, and I'm also told that it's a pig on memory. You can still use it to create your objects, though. Silver will also probably be too slow for you (although they've got a new version in the works which is supposed to be yet faster), and also needs a fair amount of memory. Methinks you should look at Videoscape-3D and Modeller-3D. You won't be able to do any 400-line stuff with 2.5 Megs. Doing HAM will also be a squeeze. Also, you should be able to get by with 15 frames per second very nicely, which will cut the needed number of frames down to 900. Sounds to me like you have a big job ahead. A month? Dunno, guy. But, hey, anything's possible if you're motivated enough (I managed to pull an unicycle out of a hat in just under four days a long time ago). If you'd like a head start, I have a locomotive object which I created a while ago for an animation that went over like a lead balloon. Maybe you'd have better luck with it. Good luck. _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Leo L. Schwab -- The Guy in The Cape INET: well!ewhac@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU \_ -_ Recumbent Bikes: UUCP: pacbell > !{well,unicom}!ewhac O----^o The Only Way To Fly. hplabs / (pronounced "AE-wack") "Work FOR? I don't work FOR anybody! I'm just having fun." -- The Doctor
ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) (05/23/89)
In article <11778@well.UUCP> I write: > Methinks you should look at Videoscape-3D and Modeller-3D. You >won't be able to do any 400-line stuff with 2.5 Megs. What I meant by this is that 2.5M is not enough RAM to create a 400-line ANIM file. You can certainly create stills, which can be saved off as individual IFF frames. You could also use GrabANIM to take those individual IFF frames and make an ANIM file out of it, once you quit Videoscape. However, this will be tedious. >Doing HAM will also be a squeeze. [ ... ] Again, with only 2.5M of RAM, you will be somewhat more limited in your ability to create an ANIM file (you won't be able to load too many complex objects). _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Leo L. Schwab -- The Guy in The Cape INET: well!ewhac@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU \_ -_ Recumbent Bikes: UUCP: pacbell > !{well,unicom}!ewhac O----^o The Only Way To Fly. hplabs / (pronounced "AE-wack") "Work FOR? I don't work FOR anybody! I'm just having fun." -- The Doctor