Short: A canal lock, with moving top gate Author: M.C.Askin@e-eng.hull.ac.uk Uploader: M C Askin e-eng hull ac uk Type: pix/anim Architecture: generic --== See a hi-res picture of the lock under pix/real3d/CanalLock?.jpg ==-- I produced this animation using Real3d 1.4, it took ages! I first started with making the landscape out of seperate blocks, but I had a problem of gaps, and steps on the ground. I then had the excelent idea of making a canal like they do in real life. Make some ground, and then cut (dig?) out the canal, lock chamber, gate recesses etc.. The ridged gates are made in a similar way, by making at first a solid door, and then using a tool to cut out the recesses. The canal/lock walls where the most fun. To get a different texture on the side of the object to the top I had to AND NOT with PAINT, the tool having the texture on that I wanted, for example brick, or piling. That left the grass on the top (in fact I added the grass using the same technique after I had done all the other cutting/texturing). I added some (rather poor) clouds over the top using a sphere with a picture produced from: Clouds30.lha gfx/misc 45K 143+Generates fractal clouds I converted the IFF24 frames that Real3d makes to MPEG using EasyMPEG: Easy_MPEG105.lha gfx/show 217K 57+Easy MPEG encoder rexx program w/GUI For playback I use aMiPEG: aMiPEG05.lha gfx/show 116K 17+MPEG player with support for CyberGFX Enjoy, Michael Askin ps. Is this the first 3d canal scene ever produced? I've yet to see another one.