EMAIL: wolfgang@beuck.de NAME: Dr. Wolfgang Beuck TOPIC: Dancing COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. TITLE: Animation & Dance COUNTRY: Germany WEBPAGE: http://www.AniDance.de/ RENDERER USED: PovRay 3.1g TOOLS USED: "StepWin" and "MAGIX Video Deluxe" CREATION TIME: 6 hours HARDWARE USED: AMD Athlon XP 2400+ VIEWING RECOMMENDATIONS: Best viewed with "Windows Media Player" ANIMATION DESCRIPTION: This animation shows a couple performing the Latin dance Cha-Cha-Cha. Actually the couple is dancing the Cha-Cha-Walks with Hip-Twist. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS ANIMATION WAS CREATED: The animation of the two wooden persons is done with the Delphi program "StepWin" which I have developed in the last years. The software is part of the project "Animation & Dance" which is online at "www.AniDance.de". "StepWin" calculates the POV-files and controls the batch rendering in PovRay. The sound is done by a little synthesizer I have programmed in "StepWin" too. Finally I have used "MAGIX Video Deluxe" to create the MPEG file. Today the project "Animation & Dance" presents the basic steps of 28 ballroom dances free of charge. In the next months the videos of more than 100 advanced dancing steps will be added and bought on a small fee. In parallel work I'm going to restore the videos in a reduced size to offer it via IMode and UMTS. As soon as all videos have been completed I will compile it on a CD/DVD. You are always welcome at: Animation & Dance The Virtual Amateur Dancing School http://www.AniDance.de/