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Title: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: Dalemation on September 22, 2011, 07:08:59 AM
Hi All,
 
This is my first post here. In 1997 a friend and I made an animated film on A1200's that was shown on Central TV. At the weekend I found an AmigaGuide I wrote at the time (almost like a diary) on the making of. I decided it was time to post the film on YouTube. Although I find the film quite primitive and difficult to watch now it reminds me of very good times with the Amiga :)
 
You can watch just the film here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-VZOvsbKnQ
 
Or read the Making Of and view the film here...
http://www.dalemation.blogspot.com
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: yssing on September 22, 2011, 07:15:17 AM
That is really good. I like it a lot.
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: ChaosLord on September 22, 2011, 07:41:19 AM
Great voice acting and voice recording!  Also loved the Boar anim!
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: zipper on September 22, 2011, 09:15:16 AM
Wasn't it released on some mag CD -at least the the beginning? I think I saw all the short clips in Aminet.
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: Dalemation on September 22, 2011, 09:30:40 AM
Thanks for the kind comments.
Zipper - Yes there was an article in Amiga Format and some clips on the Cover CD. I think I did put some clips on Aminet. It's a long time ago now :)
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: Ral-Clan on September 22, 2011, 01:00:30 PM
That's fantastic.  Holds up perfectly today.  But the actual drawing must have been done on paper and assembled/scanned into an A1200, eh?

That's some of the nicest Amiga animation I've seen.

What software was used?  How was the A1200 configured?
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: Dalemation on September 22, 2011, 01:21:52 PM
Thanks ral-clan. Yes, we had a flatbed scanner. One of the cheapest at the time at just over £500!!
All info, if you want any more, is in the AmigaGuide that I retrieved that's now on my blog dalemation.blogspot.com
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: Rebel-CD32 on September 22, 2011, 11:48:11 PM
I remember reading about this in Amiga Format, that art style is very memorable. I love the whole piece, great work! I used to make animations and video presentations on my Amiga back in the 90s a lot, one time I animated a very simple cartoon for a high school geology project about volcanos, but this is really professional compared to what I made. It makes me feel nostalgic for the time when if you had an Amiga you were capable of creating anything you dreamed of.
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: Dalemation on September 23, 2011, 12:38:50 PM
Wow! Thanks Rebel-CD32 :)
I miss those days too. They were much more exciting than computing today.
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: XDelusion on September 23, 2011, 08:47:07 PM
Cool cool, thankx for the share!
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: koshman on September 23, 2011, 10:10:29 PM
Nice! Good job.
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: TheGoose on September 24, 2011, 12:04:08 AM
Wow that's so cool. Strange, I think I remember seeing this.
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: stefcep2 on September 24, 2011, 01:35:53 AM
Interesting: I'd never heard of the software "Take 2".
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: amigakid on September 24, 2011, 03:13:47 AM
Bloody Brilliant bro.  Loved it!!!!
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: PanterHZ on September 24, 2011, 03:31:48 AM
I remember seeing clips of this film on various Amiga Format CD's as well, but I have never seen the finished product before.

You and your friend did a good job Dalemation :)
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: koaftder on September 24, 2011, 03:36:45 AM
I thought the video was kind of boring and the rotating sketch/charcoal pattern visually nauseating.
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: Lutz G on September 24, 2011, 09:37:32 AM
Awesome clip! Thanks for posting! :)
 
Lutz
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: Plaz on September 24, 2011, 02:05:03 PM
Very clever work. The subject maybe dated, but clearly shows talent at work.

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I thought the video was kind of boring and the rotating sketch/charcoal pattern visually nauseating.


Exactly what I think of 99% of what's on cable currently.

Plaz
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: Dalemation on September 24, 2011, 02:18:56 PM
I never expected so many good comments! Thanks :)
I will have to sort out some more Amiga animations I did at the time.
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: smerf on September 24, 2011, 02:35:05 PM
Hi,

 Any how I enjoyed it.

smerf
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: Lutz G on September 24, 2011, 03:05:46 PM
Quote from: Dalemation;661031
I never expected so many good comments! Thanks :)
I will have to sort out some more Amiga animations I did at the time.

Great! Your making of is very interesting, btw...
 
Lutz
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: Ral-Clan on September 24, 2011, 03:22:03 PM
I'm surprised that there's some people here that don't realize how much work it takes do something like this.

Try animating just three seconds of hand drawn animation (45 to 90 drawings depending on frame rate) and you will soon appreciate the massive amount of skill required to do this.

You can't compare this to CGI animation...that requires skill too, but cel animation is at a completely different level.

Sure, the humour is subjective - to each his own - but you have to recognize that technically this is quite an accomplishment.
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: Plaz on September 24, 2011, 03:43:12 PM
Quote from: ral-clan;661040
realize how much work it takes do something like this.


Clearly they don't. Add in the age and skill level and budget of the artists at the time for bonus points.

Plaz
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: smerf on September 24, 2011, 04:05:48 PM
Quote from: Dalemation;661031
I never expected so many good comments! Thanks :)
I will have to sort out some more Amiga animations I did at the time.


Hi,

Oh Pleez,

smerf
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: bbond007 on September 24, 2011, 04:11:38 PM
Quote from: Dalemation;660524
Hi All,
 
This is my first post here. In 1997 a friend and I made an animated film on A1200's that was shown on Central TV. At the weekend I found an AmigaGuide I wrote at the time (almost like a diary) on the making of. I decided it was time to post the film on YouTube. Although I find the film quite primitive and difficult to watch now it reminds me of very good times with the Amiga :)


That really good and had excellent production quality.

I went to Berkeley CA once and went to a movie theater (forget the name) which was showing several short animated movies similar to this. I thought it was interesting and fun, but obviously not for everyone.

Don't let the naysayers tell you otherwise. Ignore them and the'll go back to Avatar and Transformers...
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: Dalemation on September 24, 2011, 04:47:37 PM
Quote
I went to Berkeley CA once and went to a movie theater (forget the name)  which was showing several short animated movies similar to this. I  thought it was interesting and fun, but obviously not for everyone.

Don't let the naysayers tell you otherwise. Ignore them and the'll go back to Avatar and Transformers...    

Thanks bbond007. Everyone's entitled to their opinion and you expect good and bad comments - especially on the internet. Doesn't bother me :)
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: paul1981 on September 24, 2011, 05:26:17 PM
Amiga users have always been a creative bunch.  This is great work for the equipment you had, and I'm sure would require one hell of a lot of time, effort and skill to construct.
The best I could probably achieve would be a stick man animation or something, and I'm guessing that would be about the same level of ability of some of the other amiga.org users on here. :)
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: smerf on September 25, 2011, 04:35:49 AM
Hi,

@Dalemation,

Don't take anything I said as real if you saw it LIKE ARGO DID, I was just trying to stir up the pot a little. I am one of the biggest trolls on the Amiga.org website. Just trying to have a little fun with the players on the site.

You know Argo is getting as bad as that Karlos, they don't want you to have any fun on this site anymore.

I don't know who is worse Karlos or Argo, Argo or Karlos, doesn't matter which way you say it.
It still comes out the same NO FUN.

So, Dalemation, if you felt that this was a personal attack on you, I apologize. I thought your show was pretty good. (Not as good as some of my stuff, I am prejudiced don't you know) but really it was really fun to watch.

smerf

Guess I will just go back to the boring tech junk, can't stir up the pot anywhere these days. Now I know why Franko left. (heh heh wanna bet)
Title: Re: Animated Film made on Amiga A1200 in 1997
Post by: smerf on September 25, 2011, 04:39:04 AM
Quote from: Dalemation;661054
Thanks bbond007. Everyone's entitled to their opinion and you expect good and bad comments - especially on the internet. Doesn't bother me :)


Hi,

Can't give any troll comments, big brother is watching

smerf