Sounds interesting. I personally am trying to dig up the issue with Poser on the cover
CD (I found Digit and Computer Arts from
information from a Curious Labs ref), but they still haven't replied. Do you have any
idea how to get a back-order? Their website is
about as clear as "rgbt 0" ;)

"Andrew Cocker" <big### [at] mariner9fsnetcouk> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> To all who are interested, UK mag DIGIT is giving away the full version of
> Life Forms 3.5 character animation software, as used in Jurassic Park etc. I
> have just installed it, but have yet to delve deeper than looking at a few
> of the demo files (of which there are lots).
>
> I mention this here, as I feel that such a tool would open up the
> possibility of character animation within POV-Ray to those of us who are
> less mathematically gifted.
>
> What's needed, I think, is software to convert .bvh motion files (or
> whatever other format it outputs) into a text file that POV can deal with.
> Then instead of having to deal with POV-code IK systems, just use a macro to
> build your character from it's joint coordinates (you could have figures
> dancing around built from strings of shifting blobs etc)
>
> This is all theoretical at the moment.. I'll try to come up with animations
> soon, but it all rests on hacking the .bvh files into a POV-friendly format.
> Anyone care to write a utility? Please..... ;-)
>
> Comments? Anyone else interested in this?
>
> All the best,
>
> Andy Cocker
>
>

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