Short: Mars surface flyover. Imagine 2.9 Applique demo. Uploader: teds ms70 nuwes sea06 navy mil Architecture: generic Type: gfx/anim Uploader: teds@ms70.nuwes.sea06.navy.mil Author: teds@ms70.nuwes.sea06.navy.mil 5+ Meg HAM Interlace Overscan animation. This animation simulates the view from a spacecraft as it flies over a section of the surface on Mars, demonstrating the use of the Applique function in Imagine 2.9 to produce a 3D landscape from a 2D IFF overhead view image. The 2D overhead view image was first converted to a 16 shade grayscale which was used as a Flat X - Flat Z brushmap in the Applique function on a primitive plane object to create the displacement object. The 2D image was then applied to the object as a color brushmap in Attributes. I had to use the Imagine default starfield since I have not developed a starfield object yet. This is just a short test anim to show what can be done with the Applique function. The quality of the object could be improved by using more faces on the object and using 24-bit brushmaps. Since I only have an ECS A3000, the 2D IFF is only 32 color EHB. This is also the reason for the choice of HAM Interlace Overscan. I recommend using View 3.6 to view the animation at F6 speed or BigAnim if you need to view it from the HD. If you use this for some arcane purpose, please give me a little credit. If you want more information about how this animation was made or the Imagine staging file with the landscape object and the IFF, contact me through email or leave me a message on the Imagine Mailing List. Ted Stethem teds@ms70.nuwes.sea06.navy.mil 4/4/94