Does anyone actually USE the Animation Builder?

[Devin Asay]

Okay, I got my hands on a Windows machine running Rev 2.1 under Win 
2000. The animations run reasonably well outside of the Animation 
Builder, so this appears to be a Mac (PPC?) issue. Can anyone else 
confirm that this works okay under Windows?

Devin

On Feb 20, 2004, at 9:31 AM, Devin Asay wrote:

> All,
>
> I'm trying to figure out why animations built in the Animation Builder 
> perform so miserably once you've left the AB environment. I've 
> searched the archives and have found several queries on this subject, 
> but no one seems to know the answer.
>
> Specifically, if you create an animation in the AB it plays back 
> smoothly as long as you are in that environment. But as soon as you 
> close the Animation Builder window and try to play back the animation 
> using revPlayAnimation, the playback is jerky, jumpy and generally 
> unacceptable. This behavior does not improve when you compile the 
> stack as a standalone executable.
>
> So back to my original question: Can animations created in the 
> Animation Builder actually be used in applications, or is the AB just 
> a fun toy to play around with?
>
> Devin Asay
> Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
> Brigham Young University
>
>
Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University