Saving Animations

[Guest Shadow Dragon]

Hi. I work in different 3D programs and I have never had this problem before,

and it only happens in Vista.

When I create an image, my programs create the image, and I can save it with

no problem. When I create an animation, the programs need to save the file

after it creates each frame. Vista is blocking those programs from doing

this, and I need to have them allowed to create and save these files

constantly.

I like the security that Vista has, but is there any way to allow just

certain programs to do this while keeping that security feature on for

everything else?

 

Thanks

[Guest Malke]

Shadow Dragon wrote:

<span style="color:blue">

> Hi. I work in different 3D programs and I have never had this problem

> before, and it only happens in Vista.

> When I create an image, my programs create the image, and I can save it

> with no problem. When I create an animation, the programs need to save the

> file after it creates each frame. Vista is blocking those programs from

> doing this, and I need to have them allowed to create and save these files

> constantly.

> I like the security that Vista has, but is there any way to allow just

> certain programs to do this while keeping that security feature on for

> everything else?</span>

 

We're missing part of the story because Vista allows you to save anything as

many times as you want.

 

You have forgotten to give us the names and versions of the "different 3D

programs" and also where these programs are trying to save. I suspect that:

 

1. These are older programs that aren't completely compatible with Vista.

 

2. That because these are older programs they coded to save the animations

to a temporary file to which Vista restricts access. There is a big

difference between you actively saving a file and a program saving to a

temp file, for example as Photoshop does to a "scratch" disk.

 

If this was an accurate guess, you have a few choices:

 

1. Go to the various programs' websites and see if there are workarounds,

patches, upgrades.

 

2. Use different programs that are truly compatible with Vista.

 

3. Change the programs' temporary working directory to one to which you have

unrestricted access.

 

If you need more help, post back with missing information about the

programs' names, versions, and what their working temporary directories

are.

 

Malke

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