New MSAgent

Baerdric · December 17, 2009, 06:13:33 PM

Thanks, got it!

I kept looking for "Vintage" in the name, I knew there was something like that but I couldn't remember the name.

lightspeed · December 18, 2009, 08:57:26 AM

don't let that snowman fool you he's a super genious too !![:D]

ramccoid · December 20, 2009, 04:11:26 AM

Hi Baerdric,
I know that Ulead GIF animator allows you to save each frame of a GIF animation as a BMP and does it easily in one step. It also permits you to do the same with AVIs and other such movie files.

Roy.

Baerdric · December 20, 2009, 06:15:18 AM

Thanks Roy!

I used to own some Ulead Products including the Gif Animator... I wonder if my license is still good...

Good to see you around.

ramccoid · December 20, 2009, 06:31:47 AM

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Good to see you around.

I thought I'd drop in and see what was happening here and maybe get back into script writing again, now that I have got some time on my hands.

Roy.

Baerdric · December 20, 2009, 06:38:41 AM

Yeah, nothing wastes... I means fills... the time, like banging away at code. I'm afraid I've got too many projects started right onw, I don't seem to be making much progress on any of them, plus I have to refresh myself on VBS and Povray scene description language as I go.

It's starting to come back to me, but slowly.

ramccoid · December 20, 2009, 06:42:28 AM

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It's starting to come back to me, but slowly

It's like riding a bike, once you get into it, it all comes back to you.
I was thinking, maybe you could make a MSAGENT of a real person by using the frames from movie files.

Roy.

Baerdric · December 20, 2009, 07:32:04 AM

I've seen that done, but usually in a pornographic way. I bet that stop motion photography of a small model might be a good way to get some nice animations. Like an action figure or something.

Hmm... I'll have to try that.

Well, now I'm up to five projects that are each to big for me....

ramccoid · December 20, 2009, 07:47:30 AM

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Well, now I'm up to five projects that are each to big for me....

I know you, you'll breeze through them all. You like a challenge.

What are the other 4 projects that you are toying around with at the moment? Something ingenius and thought provoking, I reckon.

Roy.

Baerdric · December 20, 2009, 10:29:58 AM

1) Still trying to rig up a good shopping list plugin.
2) Making the Mech MsAgent as per this thread
3) Learning "Carol of the Bells" on ukulele like this guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7eCz8SC86U ... before Christmas!
4) Figuring out how to program for Mobile Phones in VB
5) Stop motion animation green screen studio in my hall closet.

BTW, am I the only one having trouble making the formatting tags work on this forum?

ramccoid · December 20, 2009, 10:57:11 AM

I was impressed by the youtube video (but I reckon that guy needs a bigger instrument with those chunky fingers of his) and a couple of other versions that was in the list that followed. Do you consider that you will be able to perform it before Christmas? (4 days to go) You'll have to film yourself and youtube it so I can see how well you had accomplished your goal. Is it planned as some special xmas perfomance? (a big get together in the town square)

Roy.

Baerdric · December 20, 2009, 11:24:18 AM

I've got it about 90%, if Christmas were in 6 weeks I would be fine. I'll play it slower and my Church group is more forgiving of my playing than I am...

ramccoid · December 20, 2009, 11:45:29 AM

Phew!!! Lucky it's a church group you're playing to .... They're so polite and you know there'll not be a bad word mentioned. It's always much better when your debute performance is to an agreeable audience .... There'll not be one dry eye in the parish hall that evening.

Roy.

Baerdric · December 20, 2009, 12:16:54 PM

Yeah, but meanwhile I am so scattered with different projects that I rarely get any real progress on any of them.

I should be working in Povray right now, but instead I have been playing with "Pencil" 2D animator.

I need to focus.

ramccoid · December 20, 2009, 12:39:33 PM

When you're a jack of all trades, it's hard to specialize in one.

I've just read up and downloaded this Povray program, I'd never heard of it, until you just mentioned it in your post. It's sounds interesting a re-release of Ray Trace. That was once an industry standard in the printing world as I recall.
I'll have to give it a try. I've been using Blender for altering the meshes of game characters (I've become a Fallout 3 fan), which is also free and see which I like the most.

Roy.