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Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-24-2009, 09:30 PM
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Posted By Jim Sachs
Well, two out of three. I don't like fantasy...

Well, two out of three. I don't like fantasy mixed with my science fiction. I'll be lining up a cadre of experts to make sure everything is scientifically sound.
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-24-2009, 04:03 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
When I first filmed the video a couple of years...

When I first filmed the video a couple of years ago, I spent about 50 hours with it in Premiere, trying to find a reasonable loop. Failing that, I came up with the idea of have "mini-loops" where...
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-24-2009, 03:42 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
Morgan has correctly listed most of the...

Morgan has correctly listed most of the challenges in creating the anemone. One minor point is the use of a travelling matte. I'd love to be able to do this, but alpha channels are not available in...
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-24-2009, 02:04 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
Minn - The technique we are referring to is not...

Minn - The technique we are referring to is not the mixing of 2D and 3D animation, but the projection of a 2D animation onto a 3D object. There are some good examples of this at Disneyland, in the...
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-24-2009, 12:44 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
I wasn't familiar with the term, either. ...

I wasn't familiar with the term, either.

Regarding the dreaded Adam Sandler - A few years ago, Jerry Lewis apparently wrote him a letter advising him to keep his humor out of the gutter (and the...
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-24-2009, 11:50 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
Ha, ha - No, it places you in the same category...

Ha, ha - No, it places you in the same category as me - someone who hates something so much they can never have anything good to say about it :) Perhaps the analogy would have been closer if I had...
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-24-2009, 11:18 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
Cliff - I believe that Adam Sandler will be...

Cliff - I believe that Adam Sandler will be personally responsible for the fall of Western civilzation. And I don't eat anything that's ever been wet. As far as rotating clocks, the idea is that...
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-23-2009, 10:04 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
Listening to Cliff on the subject Playlists is...

Listening to Cliff on the subject Playlists is like asking me which is my favorite Adam Sandler movie (or seafood restaurant) :)
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-23-2009, 09:00 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
Wouldn't THAT be nice?

Wouldn't THAT be nice?
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-23-2009, 05:29 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
Cliff - OK, I get want you're saying now. I...

Cliff - OK, I get want you're saying now. I disagree about allowing clocks in the rotation, though. I like the idea of:
"Logo1"
"Logo2"
"Logo3"
"Oh, by the way, it's quitting time"
"Logo 4"...
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-23-2009, 03:59 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
Thanks for the info. The ringtone I was trying...

Thanks for the info. The ringtone I was trying to use is actually from Apple. When syncing the iPhone, a box popped up offering some free ringtones, so we got one. It shows up in the Ringtones...
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-23-2009, 03:30 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
Derrek - I think I will remove jpegs from the...

Derrek - I think I will remove jpegs from the file filter for now. You can still load them, but they won't automatically show up in the Load requester. My program does not convert JPEGs to PNGs,...
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-23-2009, 02:23 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
Yes, we're communicating. You were pointing out...

Yes, we're communicating. You were pointing out that there is a lag when loading jpegs. While there's nothing I can do about the lag, I can do two things that will help.

1. Not allow jpegs to...
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-23-2009, 01:11 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
DeBoboMon - I am adding code to compare the name...

DeBoboMon - I am adding code to compare the name of the current file with the name of the next file, and if they are the same, ignore the change.

Cliff -
Clock: Are you saying that adding clocks...
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-23-2009, 12:21 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
Again - jpegs are much more complex to load and...

Again - jpegs are much more complex to load and decompress, so there will always be a lag compared to PNGs.

Maybe I should just remove jpegs from the file filter.
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-23-2009, 12:13 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
Yes, that could explain it. But just to be sure,...

Yes, that could explain it. But just to be sure, I put some more safeguards into the code. Beta9f will have them.
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-23-2009, 11:52 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
The Beta9f version will contain code which...

The Beta9f version will contain code which totally skips logos whose time has been set to zero, so unnessesary stuttering will be eliminated.

Regarding a pause when new logos are loaded, there is...
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-23-2009, 10:43 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
I'm totally open to suggestions, but I thought...

I'm totally open to suggestions, but I thought the playlist interfaces were pretty simple compared to the previous way of setting an alternate logo. I also thought that doing away with a clock...
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-23-2009, 09:42 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
I had to add these interfaces, Beta 9b was not...

I had to add these interfaces, Beta 9b was not ready for the general public. Now that it's starting to get wider disribution, it was unacceptable that you had to rename logos, copy them into certain...
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-23-2009, 02:16 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
I don't know what could make it stay on for 16...

I don't know what could make it stay on for 16 seconds instead of 10. It's programmed for 10 seconds, and that's how long it is displayed on my computer.

I don't consider this a big problem, but...
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-23-2009, 01:56 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
How did you switch to the clock - by pressing C...

How did you switch to the clock - by pressing C or putting a clock in the Logolist? When you press C, the clock should be on the screen for 10 seconds. When it's in the Logolist, it's onscreen for...
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-23-2009, 12:18 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
Ralph - Your issue #1 is normal behavior....

Ralph - Your issue #1 is normal behavior. Remember, the Logolist is just a list of filenames - the actual loading of the picture takes place when it's called up. After that it's not stored, so it...
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-22-2009, 04:37 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
I'm unable to duplicate that. Are you positive...

I'm unable to duplicate that. Are you positive your running Beta 9e? I guess it's possible that a bad Playlist entry is messing it up, but the code that I added should actually fix a bad playlist.
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-22-2009, 01:38 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
Dale - You've just described the behavior of...

Dale - You've just described the behavior of Beta9d and 9e.
Forum: Marine Aquarium 3 for Windows 02-22-2009, 01:30 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 43,180
Posted By Jim Sachs
Cliff - Yes, I'll work on that. It hadn't...

Cliff - Yes, I'll work on that. It hadn't occurred to me that people would want to load a bunch of logos, but only show one of them.
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