dale@b24a.ingr.com (Dale Rogers) (06/24/91)
I have been working with my new copy of Imagine and, being new to the 3D animation world, I am having difficulties using lighting and material attributes. The documentation provided with Imagine seems to be geared toward people who are already familiar with many of the concepts. What I'm looking for is an independent document that can give me more info on using Imagine. Something more than a simple explanation of a command. I work in the 3D CAD field so I comfortable with 3D coordinates and CAD in general. However, lighting, setting up an animation, image wrapping, and other animation specific concepts have me somewhat baffled. I suppose I'll figure it out eventually through trial and error, but it would be nice to start animating while I'm still a young man. Manuals on 3D animation in general (not C code, but higher level concepts an animator would need), and Imagine specifically would be welcome. Thanks for the info.
johnh@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (John J Humpal) (06/25/91)
In article <1991Jun24.150505.15714@b24a.ingr.com> dale@b24a.ingr.com (Dale Rogers) writes: >I have been working with my new copy of Imagine and, being new to the 3D >animation world, I am having difficulties using lighting and material >attributes. The documentation provided with Imagine seems to be geared >toward people who are already familiar with many of the concepts. What I'm >looking for is an independent document that can give me more info on using >Imagine. Something more than a simple explanation of a command. > >I work in the 3D CAD field so I comfortable with 3D coordinates and CAD in >general. However, lighting, setting up an animation, image wrapping, and >other animation specific concepts have me somewhat baffled. I suppose I'll >figure it out eventually through trial and error, but it would be nice to >start animating while I'm still a young man. > >Manuals on 3D animation in general (not C code, but higher level concepts >an animator would need), and Imagine specifically would be welcome. Two video tapes are available for Imagine. I have not seen them but I've heard from folks who have and there are mixed reviews. One of the tapes is from Impulse and received only fair-to-middling reviews. I forget who produced the other video but I heard that it is generally better than the Impulse tape. For general help, I strongly recommend Steve Worley's tutorials. They are free and available by anonymous ftp from hubcap.clemson.edu (130.127.8.1) in /pub/amiga/INCOMING/IMAGINE. Steve also moderates an Imagine mailing list which you can join by sending him mail at spworley@athena.mit.edu. John J. Humpal -- johnh@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu -- short .sig, std. disclaimer