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3D Animation

Infinite vistas of countless worlds stretch out to the end of space and time, or frustration wells up as I try to get a ball to bounce over there. I play at 3D animation with periodic fits of enthusiasm, like I do everything else. Click on the pictures below to see some experiments. A larger version of Robots is included on the Robots CD. 3ds Max 7 comes with Character Studio. Click on the Biped picture to see it walk in a Real Video.

While making these animations, I looked around for information and programs on the web.  Here are some links about doing animation on your computer, including freeware and shareware 3d animation programs.

http://www4.discreet.com

http://www.virtualdub.org/index great free video editor

http://www.mpeg.org/MSSG/#source free MPEG software

http://members.cox.net/beyeler/bbmpeg.html free MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 encoder

http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_main.html excellent free MPEG-1 endoder, limited MPEG-2 encoder

http://go.to/flaskmpeg free mpg to avi converter

http://www.dvgear.com/choosecodec.html about dv codecs

http://www.hauppauge.com/ maker of video capture cards, TV cards

http://openfx.org 3d animation software offered free under GNU General Public Licence.

http://www.amabilis.com/products.htm Offers free and low cost 3d animation software