5. Basic Example
This little example illustrates the steps you must follow to start playing around with the Tupi Multi-artist architecture. We are assuming that you already have installed all the required software and that you are considering the diagram from the point 2 (Minimum Requirements) of this manual.
From Computer A (as sysadmin):
- Let's start running the server from a console
- Log in as user "tupi"
% sudo su - tupi
- To start the server, execute:
% /usr/sbin/tupid &
You should get an output like this
From Computer B (as sysadmin):
- Now, we have to open the Tupi remote manager and log in into the server [Reference #1] [Reference #2]
To start the application, open a console and run:
% /usr/bin/tupid-manager &
Or look for the launcher at the Desktop menu:
Applications -> Network -> Tupi: Remote Manager - Then, we need to add two users ("tom" and "jimy" in our case) [Reference #1] [Reference #2]
- And finally, we create a project ("test01") [Reference #1] [Reference #2] [Reference #3] [Reference #4]
From Computer B and C (as 2D animators):
- Open the Tupi client from console running the command:
% /usr/local/tupi/bin/tupi &
Or looking for the launcher at the Desktop menu:
Applications -> Graphics -> Tupi: 2D Magic - And log in into the server as users "jimy" and "tom" respectively, clicking on File -> Open project from server (from the top menu) [Reference #1] [Reference #2]
- The projects list dialog will show up, then choose to open the file "test01" [Reference #1] [Reference #2]
- Trace a black line in the workspace from Computer B and watch how it appears in the workspace from Computer C automatically [Reference #1] [Reference #2]
- Now, from Computer C change the brush color for red and trace another line and check how it appears in the workspace from Computer B [Reference #1] [Reference #2]
- Ok, let's try the chat window from the bottom panel (click on button "Communications"), sending a little message from user "tom" to user "jimy" and vice versa [Reference #1] [Reference #2] [Reference #3] [Reference #4]
- Tip: If you want to create new projects from the Tupi client, you can do it following these steps:
* Click on "New Project" button
* Pick up "Multi-artist project" option
* Click on tab "Network" tab
* Fill in the form with your data
* Click on "Ok" button
[Reference #1] [Reference #2] [Reference #3] [Reference #4]
After this first experience, we guess you are ready to discover and enjoy all the potential of Multi-artist Animation for yourself, so we invite you to be very creative!
Note: Feel free to send us comments, questions, suggestions, bugs reports or whatever you want to help us to improve this project.
