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(...) That is a good point. Take a look at the .png format. They have made a fully extensible format which covers the simple, and covers the complex. I would suggest that any animation format should be based on an equally extensible format, probably (...) (19 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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(...) Get ready for a book... You've started to describe exactly what I want to avoid. 1. Doing something so simplistic would never be able to hold my interest, and I suspect it would not interest anyone else who intended to do anything complex. (...) (19 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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(...) In this context - a very simple or basic extension language could be used to add an animation block with keyframe/timecode information. Then, when you need to break out the big guns, you can embed POV code into it for complex techniques. The (...) (19 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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(...) If we followed that logic, LDraw would never have existed in the first place. When LDraw started out, there were already plenty of 3D modeling systems. Heck, there were already lego-brick subsets of 3D modeling systems. Yet LDraw does exist, (...) (19 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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(...) Agreed. (...) Ewe!!! I'll just throw in here that doing animations from text files is possible. But it is a nightmare once you want anything slightly complicated. I re-rendered the start and end keyframes in the PCS Dogfight animation so many (...) (19 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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| | Re: The Minifig Macro - walk that minifig
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(...) Yes, I started my LDA2001 project in the second half of the year 2001. In September 2001, I put the project on ice and have just made a handful of lame attempts to restart it. I may have the time to pick it up by the middle of September this (...) (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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It appears from this discussion that methods already exist, its just that they are not particularly easy to use or accessible. Whatever solution we choose, we need to think about usability. I am a developer, and even I dont like having pull things (...) (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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(...) Unfortunately, I am very busy right now. Once again, I have to move and it sure takes its toll from my resources. But I'd like to repeat what I've said earlier on creating LDraw based animations. We have LD4D, we have POV-ray's support for (...) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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Could someone make a list (and post it somewhere...) of all tyhe different walking (or other) animation options available? I can think a few more examples: * MLCad has some support for creating minifig walking animations. * LD4DModeler can model (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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(...) Hmmm... assuming that all the parts eventually get wound correctly, it would be nice if L3P did this automatically. It would then be possible to do CSG operations on models. (19 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Brickfilms Animation Contest (entries to be showcased at Brickfest)
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(...) Yes, I found that after I posted my message here. I (obviously) don't normally visit brickfilms.com, so I missed out -- a few months ago I probably would have made an attempt. Next year I'll remember to start poking around in the spring. Best, (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-05, to lugnet.animation)
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(...) if you follow the URL : (URL) to the discussion and this one: (URL) to the announcement, you'll find out that this contest was announced back on March 1... at brickfilms.com. The people that hang out there have presumably known about it for a (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-05, to lugnet.animation)
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(...) Sounds great! But the deadline (June 13) is less than four weeks away. That's not much time to make a very polished product -- not for me, anyway (though I'm sure some others will pull it off). Next year, could we have something more like 6 or (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-05, to lugnet.animation)
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The theme for this year's big animation contest is "Heroes and Villians". Your film should portray someone who is Heroic, or someone who is Villainous. You as a director must decide to tell a tale of virtue, or a story of evil. All genres are fair (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-05, to lugnet.animation)
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(...) This movie should have been included in French Official Selection for Cannes 2005 ;o) Philo (20 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.animation)
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(...) I just cannot believe that Joe Vig has actually made it into a film - and a foreign film, at that!! Congratulations on a job well done!! (...) Please keep those Joe Vig vignettes coming!! (...) Interesting article... Thanks for sharing! "Big (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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Hi, After his successfull appearances in amazing vignettes, Joe Vig is starting a new carreer in this short humourous brickfilm (also starring BrickDarthVader) as a movie star. (URL) Of course Joe Vig will also continue vignette appearances ! PS : (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.animation) !!
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| | Re: Film Contest at HoB canceled
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For several reasons, the animation contest at HoB has been canceled. This was in part due to the low interest generated in this forum and also finding that the legal aspects would have to be stricter than we had originally envisioned. Its been (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.animation, FTX)
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Hi all, I am (still) working on an animation tool (LD4Dmodeler 2, www.rolandmelkert.nl...4DModeler) Thinking about the large amount of controls (for controlling hinges, position and rotation etc), it might be interesting to support a tablet. The (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Heads up- Film Contest at HoB
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Jon Gilchrist and I are putting together an animation contest for House of Bricks. While we're still putting everything together, I wanted to give everyone a heads-up of what can be expected so everyone can begin planning. The contest will have 2 (...) (20 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.animation, FTX)
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