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Sat Dec 02, 2006 9:48 pm

I always wanted to make a diagram of a gun and animate it. Like a piston valve working.

What program is good for doing this and is free or at least cheap?
And once I've created one, how do I get it uploaded?
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Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:01 am

let me know if this works:

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Fuck... how I get to be a pic that's animated and not a link to a video??
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Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:50 am

it works, looks like a GIF type animation.
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Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:57 pm

now how do I post it so that the pic shows up here and animates?

I made another one by the way: http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r106 ... image2.flv
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Sun Dec 03, 2006 1:51 pm

I use macromedia fireworks for my gif images.
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Sun Dec 03, 2006 2:33 pm

Those were done in Zoner 5 or something like that. You use MS Paint to edit the frames.

Why did the piston one come out so fast?? It was perfect when I made it... photbucket sped it up or something.
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Sun Dec 03, 2006 4:08 pm

Making animations using POV-ray is pretty simple - either automated or manual - although you'll need a seperate software package to consolidate them into a animation.
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Sun Dec 03, 2006 6:16 pm

Yea it worked for me, just took a few minutes to load. I have a dail up connection. Thats pretty cool.
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