@database CHASE
@author "Simon Brewer"
@$VER: 1.0 (27.09.97)
@node MAIN "CHASE2 Demonstration Animations"

@{b} C H A S E  2 Demonstration Animations
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@{b}Created by Simon Brewer@{ub}

Since ending my course and completing <CHASE>, I have been creating some 
scenes for a sequel!
Unlike <CHASE>, I`ve had masses of time to set up each scene in LightWave and 
I have tried to make the animation smoother as well as add in a whole lot more 
detail.

@{b}Sliced.anim32@{ub}
A shot of the alien ship being sliced in two by some sort of laser beam.  To create 
this shot I used two versions of the alien ship - one complete and one which I had 
cut into two and added some interior detail such as decks and pipes.  Both ships 
(Complete and DamagedHalf1 and DamagedHalf2) were loaded into Layout with 
the Damaged ones parented to the Complete model.  A laser beam was positioned 
to slice the Complete ship into two at a certain frame, and under cover of three 
lens flares (explosions), the Damaged ships were dissolved in and the Complete 
model dissolved out. The two Damaged halves were keyframed to bank outwards in 
opposite directions, and a few bits of 'wreckage' were added in to fly out towards 
the camera.  Lastly, a particle ball (stretched on the Z axis) was added at the point 
of the explosion, expanding over the next few frames and finally fading out.


@{b}SpaceFighters.anim32@{ub}
A pass of four 'SpaceFighters' (I`m useless at making up cool names) going by the 
camera.  The fighters used LightWave's morphing features to make the wings 
deploy into attack mode, and the side guns to deploy.  The model is based on the 
Hero`s ship I built for <CHASE>.

A few scenes from <CHASE> were included on AF CD-ROM #17 (Thanks guys!) if 
you want to see any more of my work.


The nice nebula in the background is one I found on a CD somewhere.  Thanks go 
to whoever drew it!

@{b}Running the Animations@{ub}

These are BIG anims and are in HAM8 Hi-Res interlaced for best quality to video.  
They are set up to load Viewtek from C: and run just by clicking on their icons.
Viewtek will run these from the CD-ROM if you don't have enough memory to load 
them in at once, but you will have to experiment with the 'Buffer_Size' tool-type.  Otherwise, you 
may need BigAnim (On the GFX Sensations CD, or Aminet probably) to run them.  Also, go to your 
Prefs/Icontrol and make sure Mode Promotion is Off, as this will speed up the display. Try changing 
your screen mode to 2 colour low-res or something to free up as much chip ram as possible if you still 
have problems.

I hope that you can run them and enjoy them!

I would appreciate any comments about my work.

If you would like to commission me then please phone or fax!


@{b}LEGAL NOTICE@{ub}

@{fg highlight}These animations are NOT PUBLIC DOMAIN and MAY NOT UNDER 
ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BE DISTRIBUTED TO AMINET, THE INTERNET OR ANY 
OTHER SOFTWARE LIBRARY. ONLY AMIGA FORMAT MAGAZINE HAS CURRENTLY 
PERMISSION TO DISTRIBUTE THESE ANIMATIONS VIA THEIR CD-ROM 
EDITION.@{fg text}

CHASE, the animations and the model designs are © Simon Brewer 1996-1997, and 
may not be used for any other project without written permission.


Simon Brewer

Tel/Fax 01279 434533
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