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Avalon CD halted
Message #84137
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Prices removed for CompuServe posting…) SYNDESIS DISCONTINUES AVALON CDROM AT VIEWPOINT'S REQUEST Announces sale price of $XX on remaining discs Jefferson, WI – July 5, 1995 – Syndesis Corporation announced today that it will discontinue its popular Syndesis Avalon CDROM product, an exact archive of the Internet's…
#59557-Draw it in 3d first…
Message #59637
Roberta, I'm joining this thread late…but you may be interested in Fractal Design's Painter for Mac/PC. According to Mark Zimmer [Comart/Lib 10] the new version – a.k.a. X3 – will allow you to paint on 3D objects! The objects can be imported as .DXF files [from most CAD packages]. He…
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#59619-Draw it in 3d first…
Message #59630
48 megs – It makes my heart beat faster! I've got the 24 bit color. Now to research costs, etc.. Did you say this program is called 'Alias Sketch'? Who makes it??? Thanks Steve Roberta Read action !
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#59280-3D Animation is no ART!
Message #59627
Hi, I just had to say something about your comment on 3DSR3. I will grant you that it is a nice package. I think you might pushing it a bit when you compare it to SGI. I have used 3DS3 and also have a SGI IRIS workstation with TDI software.…
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#59599-Painting onto a 3D Obj
Message #59620
Mark – allow me to say 'hello' first of all, then to bow, scrape, grovel and generally acknowledge a true maestro of the software! I've recently bought Painter 2.0, and sent in my registration, which you should receive in a few days, but I have to say that it is…
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#59596-#Draw it in 3d first…
Message #59619
Sorry, a quadra is a mac. But your 486 will be fine — most of the time the program has a good feel. It pauses slightly just before you start drawing _onto_ another surface but otherwise, good and responsive. I've got 48 meg but Sketch is quite happy in about…
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#59600-Painting/3D Obj Cont.
Message #59618
Mark! Wicked stuff!! Can't wait!!! Just one question though. You're using DXF for imports. Will you try out importing some Swivel models in DXF — I've had problems swapping models around in this format. How about supporting Swivel directly? Cheers Steve M 8) Read action !
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#59599-Painting onto a 3D Obj
Message #59612
Mark!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will try to contain my excitement about X3. It appears that you're trying to go Pixar's ShowPlace one better. The ergonomics on X2 are so well thought out and certainly one of its great strengths. Will you be able to get the same ease of human interface with…
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3D modeling affordable?
Message #59609
Sorry: I meant, what is the least TOTAL cost (hardware+software) for a system that will allow me to deform wire meshes interactively and animate them in real time, collision detection included? Thanks! Francisco. Read action !
3D modeling affordable?
Message #59608
Has 3D modeling become affordable? I don't need photorealistic rendering –Gouraud shading suffices– but I DO want mouse-deformable wireframes with real-time animation and collision detection. What is the minimal hardware I would need? How upgradable would it be? Yours truly, Francisco. Read action !
#Painting/3D Obj Cont.
Message #59600
G-Buffers A G-Buffer is a buffer (like a conventional Z-buffer, used in hidden surface rendering) with extra information in it. The following information is needed for each pixel of the 3D painting window: z depth (32-bit floating point) photometry index (8-bit index) texture index (8-bit index) texture map coordinates (X…
#Painting onto a 3D Obj
Message #59599
Dear Painter Users! This is a document describing one of the new capabilities of our upcoming upgrade to Painter X2, which we lovingly have code-named Painter X3. I'll be uploading other feature peeks as time goes on… This isn't the only new feature! Just one of the many ground-breaking new…