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Ii GRAPHICS MEM0 1 management II The instructions say that to get the most out of Deluxe Paint 5, its best to have 4Mb of RAM or more. The absolute minimum you can have is 2Mb of RAM - in aM honesty. this simply isn't accurate. When using the likes of the camera movement option in the animation section with a hi-res detailed picture. to even generate five frames of movement on a full screen image produces a not enough memory' message. And that's on a 4000 with 16 megs of RAM. While using higher resolutions is always going to eat up the memory, for professional uses hi-res is absolutely essential - no client is going to fancy watching the logo for their new company in low resolution. With this in mind. I'd say the absolute minimum for animation work is 4Mb, with a recommended amount being in the 8 meg region. manipulated. tilted and moved via the numeric pad 4 and then, with a press of the return key, whatever changes have been made are recorded and become the key frame for the animation. All numerical inputsare automatically updated by the computer. This approach makes the whole process so much easier and removes any frustration at having to do it numerically through interfaces. Add to this the slow in and out options when an animated object comes to the end of its path and you have the potential for creating some very flowing moving images without any hassle. For perfectionists out there, once the animation has been 'rendered you're able to play the piece back and, if your computer can't maintain a specified animation rate, a speedometer can be called up at any point while it's running to provide you with an estimated animation rate. A small but useful idea. 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Y o u Try as hard as / could, couldn't get the hail-Mite mode to work though The DishistePtayer now comes with variety of inwrOlniM,Onts-FMm dispia&MManIdadetted AMP,. and playing then, directly ofl the hard drive to providing full support for Allem., the DelusePlayer is still a handy addition to the Detuse Painting package J . f " : i t 1 . 4 Vol uries Parent Canc e I —ea Amiga Computing MAY 1995 _ F-47-12111 rut I••••• • i n s a r•L••.•• • 714 •• tir7771. S c 7 0 . 1 . $ 1 4 • iteig•oisv Enimma •••••.•• dom.•-butto....• 4 t i r jLido. u • • • • • . irms•t it. Fur g l Ele 1...4117 r . f n i n a • i t s • •" — , W ri a r : 1 P AT EC * O 1 6 . • aaaaa • • 1114•.•• • mr u m, and save multiple palette animations, something that the likes of &Mance boasted over DP4, and play them back in the improved DeluxePlayer that also allows anims to be played direct from the hard drive. One of the most revolutionary ideas to be implemented is the camera movement, In the past, it's only been brushes that could be shot all over the screen but now you can have the 'camera' pan. zoom in and zoom Out of a scene. The process is as simple as animating a brush, with the same key framing routine and X, Y, Z co-ordinates_ Two 'pages' are needed to create the likes of scrolling so that the computer can wrap round to create the illusion of a seamless routine. GOOD AND BAD On the whole, the end results are rather good and I can imagine the facility being of real value for game's development. Scala presentations and the likes. Its only shortcomings are zooming nght in. where everything becomes incredibly pixelised because it doesn't render each frame but simply uses the original. In turn, this affects the camera movement as it becomes horrifically jerky and slow. The other bad point, which is perhaps understandable. is when using the cam movement in higher resolutions. Slap up a medium-sized logo and you'll be tine for moving and zooming in on, but it trying to move on a screen full of detailed graphics, no matter how much memory you have. you'll run out - the computer's chip RAM can't handle it. Other than these limitations, the camera movement is a welcome inclusion to DP5's range of features. For those wanting to print their tine-tuned + results, full printing options are available and include an animboard feature - this facility allows certain frames to be taken from an anim and printed out as a storyboard for reference work or for showing to clients. An idea like this is invaluable for professional work. All these features add up to a very attractive proposition for animators who want a versatile 2D animation package. Verde The rivalry between Deluxe Paint and Photogenics has the potential to become as lull blown as the constant battle between Wordworth and Final Writer. Like the two word processors. it's a case of what you need the package for. While both boast extensive painting facilities for image making. when it comes to animation or image processing, neither shine in both departments. Animators will have to stick with, and in most cases be very happy to have Deluxe Paint 5. There are faults with memory management and lack of speed but its painting facilities are smooth and easy to operate, gleaning convincing and in some cases rewarding results just from moving the watercolour brush over a light canvas background. The main problem with the software Is twofold - speed and lack of image processing tools. Photogenics on the other hand has these in an abundance but lacks any kind of animation facilities. Perhaps some readers are sitting there shaking their heads and thinking these are two different packages for differing purposes. Correct in some ways. but if one of the enterprising companies involved could create an art package that encompasses all of the above. we could be looking at something exceptional and not just very good. Until this happens, decide what y9u need - in both cases these are high calibre packages. with Photogenics just pipping the post for all-round professional excellence and sheer value for money. 5 1 0 5 Any Amiga 1 8 Mb 0The bottom line 1 Product: Deluxe Paint 5 1 Price: E89.99 Ease of use EImplementation 9 8 Value for money Overall M I R 9 8 RED _ EssF• BLACK. Recommendea or more for 24-bit buffer editing Supplier: All good Amiga retailers 1
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