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- Short: Imagine 2.9 project file for cometj2
- Type: gfx/misc
- Uploader: jay@tyrell.demon.co.uk (Jason Jack)
- Author: jay@tyrell.demon.co.uk (Jason Jack)
-
- 13th April 1994, London, England
-
- Readme file for cmtj2imp.lha
- ----------------------------
-
- Contents:
- pt3.imp - Imagine project directory
- pt3.txt - this file
-
- pt3.imp is the Imagine 2.9 project for an anim called cometj2. cometj1 was
- posted up on Aminet - the readme is at the end of this file. cometj2 is
- very similar; I changed the camera path, changed the particle spheres to
- multicolored spinning particle tetrahedrons, and doubled the frames. I was
- trying to blow up a 28MB 486... next time I'll use dodecahedrons ;-)
-
- Please - no private mail. All questions/comments/flames to the Imagine
- Mailing List (details at the end of this file). Share and enjoy :-)
-
- Notes:
-
- 1) This project file will run equally well on an Amiga or on a PC.
- Amiga: assign R: to where the pt3.imp dir is
- PC: subst R: to where the pt3.imp dir is
-
- 2) Save memory by changing the particles to spheres and ray-tracing it. Set
- the RSDP down to 2, add some reflectance and a global brush map - looks
- good.
-
- 3) Save memory by reducing the number of faces, and the emission
- percentages.
-
- The 'random' motions seen in cometj1 are less obvious here. To get a better
- view try freezing the peanut in space and watch the head from within the
- tail.
-
- I am definitely not a particle guru - the trick with the states and the
- effect on particles was a result of a failed experiment plus some further
- trial and error. Mad scientist mode. Yes, I have a machine in the corner
- that goes <!>BZZzzzzpt<!> (Must get around to rendering that ;-) )
-
- 4) Particles affected by [state] translations of their parent go all flat
- and wierd when the z-axis crosses the xy-plane. Its like the poles of
- the z-axis define the height? You can see that peanut.6 only moves
- slightly. Increasing this will stir things up :-)
-
- 5) You'll notice that there is an initial 'cloud' of particles that is
- noticeably denser than the continuous stream that comes off after.
- It seems that emitting particles _all_ emit on the first frame (a guess).
-
-
-
- Enjoy,
- Jay
-
-
-
- pt3.imp may be freely distributed so long as this readme stays with it.
-
- pt3.imp is Copyright (C) 1994 Jason Jack. All rights reserved.
- May not be used commercially without the written consent of the author.
- Applies to stills and animations created using pt3.imp
-
- ---
-
- Readme file for cometj1
- -----------------------
- This is a 300 frame anim of a Comet-like blob drifting past. It emits
- a cloud of particles which fall behind it and have a nice motion.
-
- Format is 120x96x5 - the full screen version is a wow but rather too
- large to upload :-)
-
- Designed and tested on an A2000. Rendered on a PC. Compiled into an
- anim on the A2000.
-
- Coming soon: Comet2.anim (gross polygon abuse) and the project file
- with some notes.
-
- Enjoy,
- Jay
-
- ---
-
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- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
- -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
- 84940 55577 34.5% 06-Mar-94 14:57:32 pt3.imp/objects/peanut.6
- 4082 1528 62.5% 27-Mar-94 23:18:26 pt3.imp/objects/saturn.3
- 1910 620 67.5% 06-Mar-94 19:02:40 pt3.imp/staging
- 3712 1825 50.8% 13-Apr-94 23:22:30 pt3.txt
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- 94644 59550 37.0% 16-Apr-94 01:44:50 4 files
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