Conference hydra::amiga_v1

2058.0. "MovieSetter OH boy!" by MAMIE::LEIMBERGER () Thu Dec 29 1988 07:11

    	I have just picked up Moviesetter by Gold Disk,and so far it looks
    like a winner.While I haven,t had time to really do a lot with it
    the few things I have done all worked well.The program seems solid
    an is designed to work on both 1meg+,and 512k machines.They
    accomplished this by takeing a modular approach.Moviesetter comes
    with four seperate programs
    	1:moviesetter (intergrated,containing all below)
    	2:movieplayer (freely distributable)
    	3:SceneEditor
    	4:SetEditor
    If you have 512k you must use the programs seperatly to allow use
    of 32 colors.The manual is brief but informative,however you are
    incouraged to experiment to see how different things interact.The
    tutorial section will get you to the point where you are able to
    do simple things,and feel your way around the program.Also contained
    is a second disk with MovieClips,productions,and sets you can use
    right off.I feel the only thing lacking is MY creative,and artistic
    ability.I will need to purchase Deluxe Paint or such to assist me
    in building sets.(sets consist of pictures that the set editor allows
    you to merge together)The SetEditor,and SceneEditor do allow you
    to do amazing things an supports some unique features.a person could
    very well do with these but because you import IFF images  you could
    really do neat things with DigiView etc.I will try to put a quick
    movie together,and upload it with movieplayer as soon as I figure
    out the best way to do it.(what needs to be on a disk to make it
    fully functional as far as Ados libries etc)
    	This will interest you power monguls out there.When you boot
    the disk it puts up a notice something like
    	Alert patched
    	Layers patched
    	EXEC 020/881 execptions patched
    This same message also is included in ComicSetter so it looks like
    Gold Disk is going all out to keep it's products as up to date as
    possible.I imagine the upgrade to Professional Page will also have
    this support.I Am still having problems with printer output with
    Pro Page,and comicsetter but at least this is not a problem with
    MovieSetter.ALL in ALL a very neat package.I will answer any specific
    questions that you may have on the technical side with info in the
    manual,and follow up as my knowledge increases.
    							bill

    HNi Bill,,
    
    are you still playing with Moviesetter ? I purchased a copy yesterday.
    Thought it might let me do something different with my computer.
    
    Just tinkering with it last night, I added sound events and when I
    deleted the track they were associated with they seemed to get left in
    the movie ????
    
    Am I doing something wroung ?
    
    Still, I am quite impressed with the package though. It let's you do
    some pretty interesting things very easily.
    
    Regards
    	Mike