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- In article <3rhvtg$8u4@news.primenet.com>, Brady Caverly <Brady@desktopimages.com> says:
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- >Uh... let me try this again. Netscape toasted the response
- >portion of my reply last time. Went something like this:
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- >Iain Colledge <iainc@imc-a1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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- >>Ok, the thing that I would really like to know is...........
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- >>How the hell do they keep track of the thruster exhausts on
- >>the Starfuries? I have do a ship with a similar engine layout
- >>and setting up all the envelopes by hand after getting the
- >>motion right is driving me nuts.
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- >
- >I'm curious about that too.
- >
- >Our currnet Thornton title include Modeling and Surfacing
- >the spacecraft. One thought is to add another title to the
- >series on Animating the Spacecraft. In it we would cover your
- >request as well as camera movement, frame composition and
- >lighting techniques.
- >
- >Another possibility is a title specifically on sci-fi FX:
- >Lasers, Projectiles, Warp FX, propulsion systems and explosion
- >techniques, not covered in "Pyrotechniques." Not sure if there
- >is enough interest for a title that specific.
- >
- >Thanks for your interest.
- >
- >BTW: Foundation Imaging also does a lot of work with animated
- >robots and other mechanical creatures and they've developed
- >some interesting techniques for moving them around. Anybody
- >interested in that?
- >--
- >
- > Brady Caverly Instructional Videotapes for
- > Desktop Images Desktop Video, Computer Animation,
- > Windows and the Internet.
- > **ORDER 1-800-377-1039**
- > Or http://www.desktopimages.com/desktop/
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- >
- I am wondering where these tape(s) are available? Please let me know how informative they are to a new
- user and where are they. Thanks
- -John Sonedecker
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