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This is the first release of Dave G's Animation System (DGAS). DGAS is FREE. It is not shareware or demoware. It is, and always will be free.

For a first release I'm declaring this beta level software. It works. It does what it sets out to do, but there are probably some bugs I haven't tracked down yet. While I continue to search for bugs I am also writing more scene files and demos to show-off what DGAS can do. For now it ships only with the scene files mentioned in the included tutorials.

Version 0.95a corrects a bug with bouncing particles in version 0.95.

Here is DGAS version 0.95a (DGAS095A.ZIP) (131k).

After you download and unzip the archive you will have a collection of files.

• Five *.INC files that are the system itself
• Four Adobe Acrobat Document files. DGAS.PDF is the document that explains installation and points the way to the other documentation. The PDF files require version 3 of the Acrobat reader.
• A collection of *.POV files. These are the scenes mentioned in the three tutorials (so you don't have to type too much). However in this release there are no other demo files.

I am planning to include the documentation as text files if there is enough demand. Even if there is no demand I am write short text files explaining the DGAS which can act as short documentation for people without an acrobat reader.

Future plans

I have hopes to expand DGAS into a larger system. And that's where you can help.

• Is there anything you've wanted to do in POV-Ray to make animations easier?
• Is there some glaringly obvious omission that I can add to DGAS?
• If you could dream and add any feature possible to POV-Ray what would it be?

Please, let me know. The more I hear the more I'll do. If you think these files are a bad idea and they can't do what they claim, let me know. I'll do my best to prove you wrong.

Have a new idea on how to use the system to create wonderful effects? Tell me so I can pass it along to everybody else who's interested.

Its as simple writing me an email.

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