
                                RETURNS.FLI
                          Created by Mark Chambers
                    Copyright (C) 1994 Mark L. Chambers 
                            All Rights Reserved

                           From The Batboard TBBS
                             Columbia, Missouri
                                Public lines:
                               (314) 446-0475
                               (314) 446-0596



License is granted for private viewing only - this animation can be freely 
distributed as long as it remains unaltered.

RETURNS is a 68-frame demonstration of the animation process called 
"morphing", where a image is gradually remolded onscreen to match a second 
image. You've seen this effect most recently in the blockbuster film 
TERMINATOR II -- where most of the "liquid metal" scenes involved 
sophisticated morphing.

The three images used in RETURNS were at 320x200x256 grayscale resolution. 
You'll need a copy of any popular .FLI-format viewing program that can 
handle 320x200 VGA to view the animation.

Thanks are due to Mr. David K. Mason, the author of DTA (Dave's Targa 
Animator) and DMORF (Dave's Morphing Program) -- if you're interested in 
creating animations like RETURNS yourself, I highly recommend these two 
superb shareware packages!  They're truly "Hollywood material"!

By the way, if you'd like to tap into the best collection of Caped Crusader 
files -- from TV, film and the comics -- then drop by The Batboard TBBS! 
We've got a library of original raytracing, morphing and other animations 
that'll knock your socks off, 2 CD-ROMs online 24 hours a day... and 
customized Batman-related GIFs, sound files and text files you can't find 
anywhere else!  Drop by, won't you?  Membership is free, and you can 
download on your first call!

If you enjoy RETURNS, check out CAT2CAT.ZIP and SKINDEEP.ZIP, the two other 
morphing animations in this series.  They're available on The Batboard TBBS 
- or a quality BBS near you!

"See you in the morphing grid!"

***** Mark Chambers

