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      Ala, voîla! Not done very nicely nor is it bandwith nice, but it's up and gives you a good idea how to go. (url="http://"http://homepage.mac.com/meebo/strata101.htm")http://homepage.mac....o/strata101.htm(/url)

      400k+ of images to download, most of them unoptimized...

      If I ever find the time I'll make it a little easier to read and layout a design for the webpage.

      Till then, this is a good tutorial on how to animate your ships in Strata3D, 2.5.3, Pro, etc.

      If you have the older "free" versions of Strata (StrataVision 4.0, StrataStudio Pro Blitz+ 1.7.5) the basic principals are the same as well

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      Thanks again for your help... Your tutorial helped me SO much!!!!
      What's the best way to patch the seperate pictures together? I tried it with some programs like MakeSpďn but that kinda messed it up...
      Do you put them together manually?

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      Arrrrrrr, matey!!!!

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      Originally posted by Black Beard:
      **Thanks again for your help... Your tutorial helped me SO much!!!!
      What's the best way to patch the seperate pictures together? I tried it with some programs like MakeSpďn but that kinda messed it up...
      Do you put them together manually?

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      I'll post a tutorial up shortly, unfortunately, the program I use is no longer being distributed and I can't upload it since that would be pirating. What program is it? Macromedia Director 4.0.4. Much better than 8 because of it's simpler interface IMHO. Of course the best Macromedia Director applicaiton was called MacroMind Director 3.1. Man, that was a hi-quality app.

      If I figure out how to do it in other programs, I'll post more tutorials up. Till then!

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      "I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone."
      -Bill Cosby
      Star Trek Escape Velocity
      (url="http://"http://homepage.mac.com/startrekev/")http://homepage.mac.com/startrekev/(/url)

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