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From Andrey Khristov To All 12 March 1997

Hi, Max!

05 March 97, Max Romanoff writes to Dmitry Grigoryev:

DG>> And for 286, PV or ALCHEMY is just right :) The latter, by the way,
DG>> gives better results when converting to b/w than Photoshop, as
DG>> it seemed to me...

MR> Does alchemy know how to select contrast? Should it work automatically? A
MR> Does anyone know how to animate on 286?

Has Autodesk Animator been cancelled?

With best wishes - Andrey Khristov (ha...@robin.alt.ru)

[Team beer, girls & sofa]
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From Max Romanoff To All 15 March 1997


Hello Andrey,
In a message dated 12 Mar 97 you wrote to me :

AK> Has Autodesk Animator been canceled yet?

It seems like no one remembered about it...

Good Luck...


... Excuse me for butting in, but I'm interrupt-driven.

From Vladimir Kacev To All 16 March 1997

Hello Max! Luck...
What if they didn’t know about him? Like me, for example:( In general, there is such a desire:
Maybe someone will write a Faq on subj?
Or at least just everyone who converted with acceptable quality (and who is not lazy)
will write at least briefly what they used.

Bye, Vladimir :)


From Vyacheslav Mednonogov To All 20 March 1997

I don’t know how it will be suitable for this purpose.

The only acceptable (IMHO) tool is Adobe PhotoShop 4.xx, where
it is possible to set a macro and then apply it to any number of
pictures.

How to do it:
1. Load one picture, typical for this animation.
2. Select Windows/Action
3.Press the _record_ button (red circle)
4.Next, perform the sequence of conversion actions (see 1st letter
on subzh)
5. When finished, press the _stop_ button and collapse the resulting macro into one
line.

6. Then simply load all the animation pictures, and apply the
button to each _play_, after which you save them all.

Of course, all this can be done manually, but it’s very confusing.

With warm greetings, Slava.

ps\ and the first subj-letter follows...