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#5911-
Byte articles on 3D
Message #5917
hehe -John
#5868-
Byte articles on 3D
Message #5906
Thanks for the pointer John! I'll have to read a Byte. I don't think I've even read JP in years. -John
Thanks for your advice Reg
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Newcomers to 3D
Message #3271
>> 2D to 3D
If you like, just send me your co-worker's postal mailing address in private e-mail, and I'll send a catalog. We do support LightWave scenes and objects. In fact, a subset of InterChange is bundled with every Toaster and LightWave out there today…
#InterChange
Message #3161
tell me more about interchange. i'll pass it on to my asst at work who works in lightwave (amiga) I'm a freelance writer, too. video pro has a c-serve address and i will get it for you. remind me if i dont. stu
If you are thinking LW and have the bucks, get an ALpha 275 MHz or 330 Mhz workstation. They beat the competition hands down in bang for buck and raw speed. 128 bit bus to memory, 64 bit internal, two/four instructions per cycle with up to 2 meg cache. One…
Last I heard, LW 4.0 will be available for PC, SGI, Alpha and Amiga. I haven't heard anything about a Mac or PowerMac version except "maybe after the other ports". The RISC Alpha workstations are the fastest LW engines available, according to reviews in LWPro. The 100MHz Pentium is supposed…
#Mac or PC?
Message #2636
Would you know which one is faster with working in 3D? Who renders faster? Many say RISC is a screamer in 3D, is this true? I plan to work in 3D and I heard that Lightwave 4 will be available for PC or Mac so all I really need to…
Thanks Bob, Robert M.
The Big Four networks what all programs on 2" videotape, 1" videotape or, sometimes D-1 or D-2. Those are two of the Digital Video formats. Local cable station and low-power stations will often accept programs on 3/4" Umatic or Beta-SP
The Personal Animation Recorder is manufactured by: Digital Processing Systems, Inc. (DPS) 11 Spiral Drive, Suite 10 Florence, KY 41042 (606) 371-5533 FAX: (606) 371-3729 This is their US location. There is also a Canadian and European office. I think they originated in Canada. They also have a BBS where…
Thank and where can I find info on the PAR? Address of company or such? Robert
Great Thanks, What does D-2 stand for btw? Robert
Kent …hmm…maybe Superman, thanks yet again:) Robert
>>can you create say an animation, output it with the PAR and hand it to a broadcaster like NBC, CNS, and etc. have it aired?
The M-JPEG PAR is totaly Broadcast Quality, as a mater of fact the NBC affiliate here in Denver just got one for production. MPEG, which operates by compressing every 10th frame or so and saving info. about what changes are in between, does not lend itself to editing systems. Where…
MPEG still requires a $10-20K board to do the compression of video. Most desktop editing systems use M-JPEG (Motion JPEG). Systems like the Fast Video Machine DP/R and Avid use a pair of disks to provide Beta or better quality. 1:3 compression is now possible, and hard drives are still…
Robert, Um, we've about reached the limit of my technical expertise. 🙁 Very loosely, VHS has about 225 lines of resolution, Hi-8 about 400, S-VHS about 425. (These numbers are to the best of my recollection). Also, Hi-8 and S-VHS use a component signal, keeping the luminance element seperate from…
Thanks agian, Hmm, I suppose what I am trying to say is can you create say an animation, output it with the PAR and hand it to a broadcaster like NBC, CNS, and etc have it aired? Also you refer to "Beta quality"; What are the different quality ranges? I…
>Can you get prime time NTSC broadcast quality with one?< Well, I have yet to see a true definition of "broadcast quality", other than meeting the technical specs for signal transmission. The Amiga PAR is, from what I have heard, Beta but not Beta SP quality. However, this was based…
Thank Kent, The only thing being is that Mpegger are lossy Compression algorithms which means a lot of data is thrown out, so can you get prime time NTSC broadcast quality with one, hmm? Robert
PMJI, There is a board called the PAR (Personal Animation Recorder) which will play 30fps/60 fields from a dedicated hard disk. Manufactured by DPS. Don't know what the PC version costs, but the Amiga version, with drive, is about $1800 (I think). It uses motion JPEG. I usually hear the…
Dear Lou, Thanks, I just picked up my first issue (Jan). I be looking for Feb. Question about the magazine; My understanding at this time of output of video from a computer is that the only way to get close to 30fps (not counting fields) is to use MPEG and…
#828-
Looking for car meshes
Message #1289
I'm not the one who started the thread here but thanx for the info 🙂
I thought I was trying to get some answers to questions posted. We devoted most of the Feb issue to 3D programs… Its possible there might be useful things there!
I plan on stopping by regularly, and no, I don't think I got a press kit…
To See examples of Real World use of Lightwave watch Television, Shows like Seaquest DSV, Robocop and Babylon 5 all use Lightwave genreated FX. Newtek has a section in Amigavend forum tho reps from Newtek are RARELY there.
Ahhh I see what I meant by "GASP" …Do you remember when we did the first Amiga Gang tape? Most folks were talking about doing LOGO animations and I was like "I don;t do Logo anims" so now that I've been doing Logo Animations it sia SHOCK hence the "GASP"
thanks, Are you sure you're not just trying to sell your mag:) Robert
Yes, I saw that one, too! 🙂 Lou, are you going to be a regular visitor to this forum? Has the sysop sent you a press release kit yet?
Or you might want to check out the latest and greatest in 3D, and in great detail I might add, in the latest issue of DV Magazine. We look at 14 of the best packages for PCs, Macs, Amiga and SGI. Lou Wallace DV Magazine
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Razor for Windows
Message #1162
Joel, The bundled version of Razor is version 1.0 which isn't nearly as powerful or user friendly as the *current* version of Premiere ver. 4, although it is probably on par with Premiere ver.1.0. However, the latest version of Razor is an excellent program (but then it sells for about…
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#3D Studio vs. Lightwave
Message #1144
That's a big question! It's not easy to answer. For detailed comparisons, you might want to check out recent magazine comparisons of dozens of 3D programs on the newstand now, in magazines like New Media.
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What is Lightwave
Message #1143
Careful… LightWave does include a little ray-tracing like ability in terms of imitating refractive objects, but it's not a "ray tracer" in the technical sense. An example of a popular ray tracer is POV-Ray, available in the p.d. for several platforms.
#891-
Models of Space ships
Message #1142
My company sells several inexpensive CDROMs containing hundreds of meshes. Some are available in the library here. If you'd like more info, please send me your postal address in private e-mail and I'll send a catalog.
I think I was rambling about doing the Animation and the was sorta a joke
Yep, sure is … my fingers ran away with that one.
sja, that's Imaging. jmb
Sorry Danny, I do not understand. You may be asking where there is online art and/or programes to manipulate that art? If you can translate to english I guess you would have… hmmm. Sorry. -John
coucou je cherche des images de synthese et meme des programmes pour faire des images de synthese
NewTek maintains a section in AmigaVendor Forum (GO AMIGAV). However, they have not been very active. Their section there IS active with all sorts of Lightwave and Toaster users including a bunch of guys from Amblin Imagining. -sja
I agree. I don't know how both Allen and Stuart find time to do everything they've done, including the creation of such fine sophisticated software. I'm hoping that corners have not been cut, but I'm pretty confident that the ported versions will stand up against the original Amiga version (except…
There is a NewTek forum in AmigaVendor (GO AMIGAVEND). RE: LW vs. 3DS. I have only run the demo for 3DS. Never used it professionally. However, I do use Lightwave daily here at work and I'd have to say that, as far as I've seen, the only thing 3DS has…
Paul, One comment I would have after using a number of 3D modeling/animation programs including Lightwave, but not 3D-Studio, is that Lightwave was the first 3D program that I could actually make do something pretty. Really, the interface that Lightwave provides the user is very intuitive and setting surface attributes,…
#Lightwave for Windows
Message #484
Wondering if anyone can comment on how Lightwave for Windows will stack up against Autodesk's 3DStudio rel 4 (I currently use 3DS4) The price is great at under $1,000 compared to $3,000 for 3DS, but what about performance and features. I have read that ease of use for lightwave blows…
Stephen, Could be…. I'm not sure where I got the idea that they wouldn't ship all at the same time, however, gosh, Allen must sure be the busy camper if they do. -John
What's a "gasp" animation?
Ye GODS!!!! 200 Models!!!! Very Nice. I guess I best get my Buttocks in gear eh? Please do send me a submission form when time permits. I'm sure I can come up with some useful models in Time for submission. I've been rather Lax of Late. Tis a Shame that…
I believe NewTek's main number is (913) 228-8000.
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