Animatics
                                P.O. Box 158
                              Oakhurst, NJ. 07755
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Thank you for purchasing our Bisclips, 3D object library
for the Toaster.  This library was prepared for the retail
level video studio seeking 3D objects that are applicable 
to retail video applications.  Our objects are not scaled 
drawings and do not contain an abundance of detail. Instead, 
our objects are designed for graphic backgrounds and are almost 
cartoon in character, lending themselves quite well to intros 
and logo work.

There are three types of objects in our library.  In addition
to standard, self contained objects, we have included a variety 
of Morphing objects, and objects that come in elements as to 
allow animated movements between parts. For example, our turntable
(in the A/V directory) comes both as an assembled object 
(should you not require element motion) and in elements so that 
you can assemble it yourself and create a spin of the platter 
and movement with the tonearm.  You can recognize an element 
object by the extension of ".EL".   A Morph object will contain 
an extension of ".MORPH".  MORPH OBJECTS THAT WORK WITH EACH 
OTHER WILL CONTAIN THE EXACT NAME FOLLOWED WITH A NUMBER AND 
THEN THE MORPH EXTENSION.  

Some Morphing Tips:  It is important to load the morph items 
into the scene in reverse order.  In other words, load the 
item that you wish to end up with first, and then load the 
starting object.  In the case where you will load a none 
morphing element in addition to your morph, load these first, 
then the morph items last and in the correct order.  For example, 
to use the Morph T.V. screen (also in the A/V directory), you 
would load the T.V. chassis first, then the ending object 
(either screen 2 or 3) followed by T.V. screen 1.  You will 
then have to enter layout and mount the screen 1 into the 
chassis and move the screen 2 (or 3) out of camera sight.  
Press "make preview" to check your results.  Always use the 
"selected item" gadget when setting key frames with morph.  
Lightwave has a tendency to become confused otherwise.  
Don't forget to choose the morph item in the object requester 
and set your envelopes.  Full details in a Lightwave manual 
near you.

Element objects require some assembly (batteries not included).  
Some of this assembly can be very exacting and tedious and you 
certainly do not want to go through this procedure more times 
than you have to.  For this reason, after you go through the 
procedure of assembly once, you should save the sequence as a 
scene file.  This way, next time you need that object, all you 
have to do is call the scene and then custom it for your 
particular needs.  You will find the auxiliary views (XY,XZ,ZY) 
in layout quite helpful with exacting assembly procedures.  Use 
the zoom/view function of these views for detail work.

Directories:  The A/V directory contains audio/visual items 
like a camcorder, camera, strobe and light stand, light beam, 
film projector and more.  The Flyby and frame directory contains 
logo tools for visual interest.  The Flybys are geometric pattern 
shapes used to "fly by" logos and other graphics as seen with 
some high tech, network logos.  The frames are used to place in 
front of other items and to reveal them as the frames move closer 
to the camera (the camera shoots through the opening in the frame).  
Morph items are placed in their respective directories, however, 
some morph items do not have dedicated directories as of yet.  
These objects are placed in the Morph directory.  The household 
directory contains some basic items like a champagne glass, 
a wine glass, a shotglass, a vase, flower, table and table cloth, 
and more.  The religious directory is where you will find two 
slightly different churches, a cross, a podium, wedding rings, 
and a subdirectory containing Hebrew words and items.  The 
churches come with door elements that can be made to open and 
close.  If the camera were to move inside, you would see the 
texture of the outside of the church.  This may be what you 
desire, however, if not, we have included a "church sleeve" 
which is placed inside the church to hide this texture in place 
of jet black.  This allows for a good transition from the inside 
of the church as a fade from black.   The Roman Numeral directory 
is self explanatory.  The building block directory contains 
basic shapes not easily created in modeler.  For those of you 
who get into building objects yourself, this will be a great 
time saver.


Copy all directories (with exception of the texture map directory) 
to your Toaster/3D/objects directory.  Copy the texture map 
directory to your Toaster/3D/images directory and you are in business.  

Bisclips is an ongoing venture.  We are currently building more 
objects and have plans for other types of Toaster libraries.  If 
you have any special needs or requests, please feel free to contact 
us by mail at the above address.  We look forward to hearing from you..................




Bisclips is a trademark of Animatics, P.O. Box 158, Oakhurst, New
Jersey,07712.  Copyright 1991 Robert Cohen.   The user may not
duplicate any objects from this library for purposes of profit in
the computer market.  The user may freely distribute any video
products created with objects from this library.