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Kamlesh Trivedi		kam@nPOINT.com		Nov. '92    

SlideShow (v1.0)

SlideShow is a BackSpace view that allows a .anim directory to be used as a slideshow directory. The following options are allowed:

· bounce button allows you to specify whether the images will bounce around the screen or stay stationary in the middle.

· seconds/side show a slide for whatever numbers of seconds you specify.

· .anim path tell SlideShow which .anim directory to use.  A .anim directory contains .tiff files in numerical order.  For example, 1.tiff, 2.tiff, etc....

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Important Files...

· SlideShow.anim contains a bunch of images that were modeled in nPOINT, Ltd.'s Frontface modeler. In fact, this BSView exists because nPOINT needed a slideshow-type app quickly and BackSpace was the only free and quick way to do it.

· Makefile type make install to install the entire BSView into your ~/Library/BackSpaceViews directory.

· SlideShow.[hm] is where all the work is done.

Installation

To install, type make install in the SlideShow directory (where the Makefile resides.)

To unload, remove the SlideShowView.BackModule from the BackSpaceViews directory that you installed the view in initially.

Notes on the Images...

· Teapot/Coffee Cup is a box with the standard RenderMan teapot and a surface of revolution with a semi-torus attached to it. The item to notice is the environment mapping of the cup on the teapot.

· Yellow CSG has many torus' that are inside of a sphere. This demonstrates the power of modeling by  CSG and also how transparency can be used for a dramatic effect.

· Face/Column/Bush demonstrates environment mapping, shadow mapping and multiple lights of varying colors. The face, courtesy of Chuck Carter and imported into Frontface, has a shiny metal-type shader on it to demonstrate the effect of RenderMan's least used and powerful capabilities.

· Long Nose/Chin Face is here to show how patches can be modified slightly to come up with a radically different image. 

· Altar shows off RenderMan's shading language. The fire, sky, bushes, and bricks are all done through a few custom shaders. 

Thanks	

Sam Streeper!

Bye	

Please send bugs and / or comments to kam@nPOINT.com.

Email info@nPOINT.com to receive more information about Frontface and the images that are included in SlideShow.

SlideShow is freeware. You are free to distribute it, and to reuse all source code included, as long as you leave this help text within it, and credit me if you reuse the source. Also, the images have individual copyrights which are owned by the respective persons and / or companies.

Even though I do some work for nPOINT, SlideShow should not be considered in any way a product of nPOINT, Ltd.
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