Hi fellow animator (or observer of fine art forms!).                            
                                                                                
I have sent you the following 2 files :                                         
   1.  APC2.ANI      (372340 Bytes)           Download in binary!!!             
   2.  PLAYANI.COM   (2731 Bytes)             Download in binary!!!             
                                                                                
You can see the animation only on VGA and MCGA. Start the animation by          
typing PLAYANI APC2.ANI at the Dos prompt (keep both files in the same          
directory!)                                                                     
You can speed up and slow down the animation by using the up & down arrow       
keys. Press ESC to terminate.                                                   
Can anyone spot the "Bug" in the realism in some of the frames?                 
                                                                                
Just before anyone starts asking, the animation was Raytraced frame by          
frame, each frame taking about 40-60 seconds to generate on a mainframe.        
They were then converted, converted (again), quantized to a VGA CLUT, and       
fed into a delta animator. The animation cycles 20 frames only.                 
                                                                                
Please feel free to comment about any aspect of the animation. I would          
appreciate all "animation" questions be directed to the forum for all           
to see, rather than 20 people asking me the same questions.                     
Whatever you do with it, I would be interested to know. If you are              
impressed, I would like to know, so I can do better next time. IDEAS            
ACCEPTED !!!!!                                                                  
Enjoy!                                                                          
Jeremy Cooper. IBM Australia.                                                   
