Any help...!!??

Hello,

I've got another idea which I do not know if it can easily be done or not!!

A client asked me to display "3D" images of some of his products on a webpage. Now as
far as I can think I can just as well take 3,4 or however many pictures of this product (from
different angles etc) and have the image display for a second or two with each different
angle. IE. the image turns or flips (or something) to show each side of the product.

Is my idea correct?? Is there some software which can easily do
this (maybe create animated gif's or something)??

Any other ideas on how I can do this??

Any ideas/suggestions will help!! I know this might not be directly related to ASP/Jscript, but
bare with me on this one.

Thanks,
T

I'd put a standard picture with links that would change it to "rear view", "top view", "side view", etc, just like you're saying. I'd give the user a choice of view rather than use a timer or animation. I've been to computer sites that give inside/outside front/back views of cases that way that worked pretty give.

If your just looking to do it as an animation, I would suggest getting a GIF animator and load the frames into it and make it an animated GIF. It will be smoother than if you swap out the images yourself.

Thanks for the suggestions guys!

I like your suggestion monte96 - does any specific software(gif animator) jump to mind??

Cheers,
T

Here's One:
Ulead Gif Animator

Although there's probably cheaper ones out there.


Chris

I use Animation Shop 2. It comes bundled with JASC Paintshop Pro.

I do believe that there is a way of doing it so that it is controllable by the user and so the user can rotate it..... I will have a look for the code... I'm sure that I have seen it somewhere before. :) Other than that the Gif Animation Idea could be also done in Adobe Image Ready.

There's a VRML or something that I've never used.

Thanks all,

I got my hands on a demo of Selteco Gif Animator, which works pretty well. I am however VERY interested in chrismitchell's code. I have also seen something like that before, but cannot remember what/where.

Thanks,
T

I know of one way (I talked to a friend of mine) he said that it can be done in Flash (very complicated ActionScripting - not recommended if time is a real issue) and he knows of a way of doing it in Director (the same but will be more interactive)... I am still looking for the code... I believe that the code calls a set of gifs or jpegs and makes it into a 3D image, my last recollection of it was quite blocky but I will continue to look...

Can you do it in Flash or Director?

Hi,

A friend of mine uses Flash pretty often - I have never used either of the products yet however.

I have looked at one site and it recommends to use Java. I will find some thing. I would ask your mate to see if he knows enough Flash to do it... It is very complicated ActionScript... It has to call loads of variables.... which is nice!