Hi All,
I just discovered a way use Moray to make an explosion, that is, to make an
group of objects appear to be moving away from each other, without having to
move each object individually. See  "Explosion" posted in Moray.binaries.
I posted a question on this newsgroup a long time ago about this, and since
I never got a reply, I assume that I must have come up with something new.
Lutz gave me the idea when he answered my post about rotating multiple
objects. This requires the Enzmann animation plugin. It's so easy, just use
the duplicate dialogue to create multiples of one reference object, then put
them all in a CSG. The illusion is created by moving the CSG toward the
camara, then selecting the reference object and making it smaller, thus
making all of the objects smaller, but if done correctly, it appears as if
the objects are staying the same size and flying apart from each other (see
Explosion.mpg in moray.binaries). This is a simple example, but I can see
many creative possibilities.
Steve Shelby

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Steve Shelby wrote:
> 
> See  "Explosion" posted in Moray.binaries.
> 

Hi, Lutz may be able to answer this, but I cannot find Moray.binaries, I
didn't know there was one.
I have had a look through both the Moray and PovRay newsgroups, but to
no avail.

Thanks,  Alex.

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Hi Alex McMurray, you recently wrote in moray.win:

> Hi, Lutz may be able to answer this, but I cannot find Moray.binaries, I
> didn't know there was one.
Hmm. Depending on what newsreader you are using, you may need to
refresh the groups. Agent has a menu time called "Refresh Groups
List". Look for something similar in your reader.

- Lutz
  email : lut### [at] stmuccom
  Web   : http://www.stmuc.com/moray

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> > Hi, Lutz may be able to answer this, but I cannot find Moray.binaries, I
> > didn't know there was one.
> Hmm. Depending on what newsreader you are using, you may need to
> refresh the groups. Agent has a menu time called "Refresh Groups
> List". Look for something similar in your reader.

He's using MS Lookout Excess, so I don't know where the appropriate 
option lives, since I don't use it.

But if he was using Gravity, the appropriate route is Newsgroup -> 
Subscribe IIRC.

Bye for now,
     Jamie.

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Lutz Kretzschmar wrote:
> 
> Hi Alex McMurray, you recently wrote in moray.win:
> 
> Hmm. Depending on what newsreader you are using, you may need to
> refresh the groups. Agent has a menu time called "Refresh Groups
> List". Look for something similar in your reader.
> 
Thanks Lutz, found it, I had been looking via the Povray and Moray
websites, and not through the newsreader.
I very rarely use the newsreader to search for news sites, that I always
overlook it. Thanks again.

hi Jamie, No I don't use M$ OE, I use Nescape 4.7.  works for me.

Alex

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> hi Jamie, No I don't use M$ OE, I use Nescape 4.7.  works for me.

Oopsie, I was looking at Steve Shelby's headers whilst replying to your 
question...

Bye for now,
     Jamie.

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