RE: FLASH: 3d vector animation tool

[JD]

Hi ppl!


Wow, i didn't expect to open a can o' worms when

suggesting a 3d tool for flash!


I suggested rhino3D not because it renders so lifelike

or because it is so powerful or because it is *cheap*.

I suggested rhino3D because you can export its objects

in *.ai format. Which means, vector graphics! This

translates to the 'ol down an' dirty handtracing

techniques which i suppose vecta3d will downright make

obsolete(i hope!)


 Of course, if you guys want to experiment with other

3D programs and such, don't let me stop you. Sorry

that my first post was not clear on this.


~JD


>Ok, everyone should go to www.coolfun.com and

>download the demo of organica- mac

>or pc.

>Full version is only $150. It is the best,simplest

>metaball modeler I've used.

>Its trivial to create an organic shape with this

tool- >exports to Imagine and

>Lightwave object formats, rudimentary animation

>included.

 


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ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On

Behalf Of Chris Jester

Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 2:49 PM

To:

'flasherchinwag [dot] com

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Subject: RE: FLASH: 3d vector animation tool (NOW OT)




What about Truespace? I found that to be quite the

bang for the buck! And the UI

is no where near as complicated as most others.


Thanks,

Chris Jester

Flash Illustrator/Animator,

Meridian Partners, Ltd.




- -----Original Message-----

From: Richard McLean [

vorplen130 [dot] aone [dot] net [dot] au (mailto:vorplen130 [dot] aone [dot] net [dot] au)

]

Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 11:35 AM

To:

flasherchinwag [dot] com

Subject: Re: FLASH: 3d vector animation tool



>> The reason that I suggest A:M, apart from it having

features

>> to match softimage, Maya, Lightwave, etc, etc in

terms of

>> animation and modelling (seriously), would be

because has

>> a killer toon rendering system (for the smallest

Flash vector

>> sizes), is cross-platform, and only costs $199.

>

>I spoke with the folks at the Hash booth at SIGGRAPH

about Flash output...

>They said they didn't export swf, fla or eps and

weren't really planning on

>developing for Flash.

>

>Has that changed, perhaps? The application is really

cool and powerful by

>the way! ...and a steal for that price.



Nope, that hasn't changed, but looking at all of the

other solutions people

are suggesting (except *perhaps* Max & the Vectra

plug-in - which is

around 20x the price) Hash still comes out the winner

as far as I can see.


You could either export each frame as DXF and go

through Vectra (the

hard way) or render using the toon settings and

(auto)trace in Flash.


The other thing is that both the Hash and the Flash

formats are fairly

open. If the market was there, one of the third party

plug-in developers

(or Hash themselves) would come out with a product

that filled the need.


If you want to do 3D though, A:M is worth it anyway.




kind regards,

Richard McLean


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