janzen@ant.dec.com (Tom 296-5421 LMO2/O23) (09/11/88)
Micro Magic sent me a letter, as I am a registered Forms-in-Flight user, anouncing an improved version , F-I-F 2. The upgrade is $25 (tax in CA). The suggested retail is now $119. Features: Surface patches (smoothing facets) Spline Curves Phong shading (smooth shading on curves) Texture mapping (from IFF) Save as IFF Fast Flight 2 player program Library objects Hierarchical animations using paths UNDO Extrusions copy move camera IFF fore/back grounds overscan/pal support 1 to 4 views at the same time 2d/3d modes snap axes visible on screen . Note that FIF is numerically exact if you want, or freehand. The demo is $8, full-featured but with limited complexity for objects. Maybe I'll get it. I have made a rotating sign (like a Shell gas station sign) for a local cable TV outlet. The amiga played it in real time. But I am not an artist and haven't used it much since. Also, remember that FIF doesn't seem to do organically shape-changing animation, just moving objects, but it does that pretty well. Tom Janzen Digital Equipment Corp 111 Locke Marlboro MA 01752 USA Performance Art is just real life with Publicity