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In a message dated 95-09-06 12:54:49 EDT, [e-mail] (Jerel
Smith) writes:

>Has anyone seen the lws of a shark swiming along a path shaped like an S
>in which the sharks body follows the path like it is swiming?

The problem with using a Dmap for swimming is that it distorts the body of
the shark.  It is not really bending, but being pushed into a sine wave by
the dmap image.   OK for some viewing angles, not OK for most.  A better way
is to use a series of parent/child bones and stagger the angles of the bones
along a (more or less) sine wave.  This is much more complicated than it
sounds, and can be tedious to develop.

Fortunately I've done it for you in my Bones and Organic Motion tape.  See
Below

Bart Palamaro
Dark Horse Productions

+++ WARNING WARNING WARNING +++

Crass commercial follows:

My company produces a series of results oriented (not tool oriented) training
tapes on Lightwave.  In addition to covering the basic principles and tools,
each tape contains a series of projects in which you model and animate
objects and scenes.  These tapes will shorten your lightwave learning curve
to days instead of months.

You also get phone support from me on any LW, Flyer or video question  you
may have.

All tapes are 120 mins.

Flying Logos: From print to video.  How to take a customer LOGO on printed
material (or any printed font), make a Lightwave object from it and animate
in a logo sequence.  Extruding, beveling, surfacing, reflection maps.  Using
the null object to control animation.  Perfect tape to learn Lightwave from,
but enough advanced control and surface info to make it worth while for a
knowedgable LW user.

Bones and Organic Motion: Make a Logo walk, make a shark swim, make a tree
sway.  Getting realistic, natural motion with bones and bone heirarchies.
Bone basics and concepts.  Constructing objects to work properly with bones.

Displacement and Bump Mapping:  Water surfaces, underwater, pouring water,
pools, making landscapes from contour maps or DEM files, waving flags, flag
image maps, get objects bulging and bursting through walls.

Modeling and Animating Machines:  Constructing and animating gears, shafts,
bearings, cams, cam followers, rocker arms.  Building and properly sizing
machinery from photos.  Model and animate a Back Hoe.  Machine surfaces.

Modeling with Metaform:  Metaform basics and how to control the Metaform
process.  Making and controlling curves, angles and creases.  Controlling
slope angle.  Building objects that will metaform properly.  Avoiding the
"blobs".  Three projects:   Automobile side view mirror; Snoopy head and 4WD
vehicle from shilhouettes.

Each 39.95 + shipping

2 tapes   69.95     save $10

3 tapes   99.95     save $20

4 tapes 129.95     save $30

5 tapes 159.95     save $40  (It's like getting one tape free!)

Objects, scenes, images, maps also available:

Now available from Dark Horse Productions

"Swimming Shark" scenes (1 disk set)
As seen in the "Bones and Organic Motion" tape The phenomenal swimming shark
scene including the Gray Reef Shark model.  Includes two complete scenes with
bones and motions to swim the shark straight ahead or turning, the complete
underwater landscape with surfaces, textures, sunken boat, wave action,
bubbles, murky water, etc.  Bonus scene: "Walking Logo" model with walking
bones and motions.


"Moving Waters, Bursting Walls" Scenes (2 disk set)
>From the fabulous Displacement & Bump Map tape, the complete set of
displacement and bump mapped scenes and models.  Includes the morphing
landscape with fly through and cloudy sky object.  Plus moving pool water in
both bump and displacement map versions, pouring water models and the
fantastic "Bursting Wall" scene. With all surfaces, objects, bump and
displacement maps including fully choreographed flying wall pieces!.

"Machines" scenes (1 disk set)
Gears, bearings, shafts, cams, and a complete operating model of a Back Hoe
arm.  Includes all scenes, objects, motions and surfaces from the tape.  Even
the complete scene from the "Caliope Madness" opening.

Diskettes 29.95 ea set plus $3.00 S&H

Order from:

Dark Horse Productions
1-800-442-9660
1-610-838-2905
2887 Fairfield Dr.
Allentown, PA 18103 USA


Bart Palamaro
[e-mail]






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