This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Tim: Re: the Video Flyer /_______________________From your message________________________\\ I'd stay away from it for strictly 3D work. The quality isn't up to the PAR standards IMHO. The PVR will be even better. __________________________________________________________________ Sounds like the reason why it hasn't been mentioned here. I'm kinda partial to my PAR myself…
Clay: The type of movement you are looking for (the following trays) is nicely described by Steve Elliott in the '3D Studio Special Effects' book. What you need to do is set up the animation of only one of your trays, then use OBJECT/TRACKS/COPY and finally slide the keys back…
Doug: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ I guess the best way is to make several animations and then tie them together much like the editing room of a motion picture. __________________________________________________________________ Yep, that's the approach I've settled on. Hope things work out for your finished piece. Bob
Tyler: Thanks again for bios upgrade info. Alright time to mess with DEC's BBS. Here goes nothing… Bob
Tyler: Thanks for all of the info! My NEC 3XE cannot yet read PhotoCD discs, I should try again to find a cure. Nobody wanted to hear about it at NEC or NCR the last time I brought it up. /_______________________From your message________________________\\ I fixed this by simply upgrading my…
Tyler: I come from the same backup school of thought that GregP and Dave Marks hail from, the '+' school. Every time I am about to make any kind of major change to a project or any change which would be painful to redo I do an incremental project save.…
Doug: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ Can I do this with one camera? __________________________________________________________________ Well, yes you could but it may be easier to do what you wish with a couple of cameras. If you use one camera you will need keyframes on adjacent frames and you will want to mess with…
Thomas: I don't know much about the Miro board but I know that since Adobe's Premiere was bundled with it a bunch of folks have 'em. You could find out more info about the board in the ADOBEAPP forum if no Miro users come to your aid here. If the…
Chuck: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ Why is Autodesk only going to support 3DS in the NT environment with its next release? __________________________________________________________________ Autodesk has stated that they will continue to support r4 for some duration in the DOS environment to smooth the transition to NT. There is a file "3dnt.txt" in…
Larry: Thanks for the script outline, I'll check into the supplied scripts. It would be nice to have one ready for editing right under my nose. Bob
Tyler: I noted that you have installed NT on your XL. Do you have the NCR SCSI controller card? If so, any problems/oddities with your NT intall? If so, can you read PhotoCD format files on your NEC CD-Rom drive? Let me know what gets you around the 64mb RAM…
Brent: Sounds like Murph' may be sending you the motherlode but you could peruse the PERFAQ file in the meantime. It is in the library here and describes the new PVR from DPS. 3DS and the PAR work very nicely together and many folks, including me, have this setup. Support…
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Architectural imaginings
Message #175077
Jerome: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ So many who create architecture in 3DS are doing so either subordinately as mere background for something esle they're creating, or are simply plugging in someone else's designs for an architectural visualization they're doing for someone else. Yet, surprisingly few are pursuing CG animations and modeling…
Lee: I'll have to monitor the video card ads and specs as I gotta make sure that the new office computers are NT ready. Thanks for waking me up. Bob
Chuck: Lots of RAM (32mb's or more), don't settle for 100mhz get a 120mhz or a 133mhz pentium if they are out there yet. Are you running a network? If not, you'll want to investigate this as well because your animations can be distributed over as many computers as you…
Doug: I'm not a Microstation user but I do use another CAD (GDS) modeller to build my architectural models. I have learned to avoid all boolean subtractions and most concave shapes in general whilst modelling. Using simple shapes has yeilded no import problems and I used to get a bunch…
Greg: Tempo eh? That's gonna cost me. I'll take a shot at scripting it as Larry suggests and if I run out of steam I'll let my wallet bail me out. Thanks for suggesting an option. Bob
Larry: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ It would be real easy to write up a simple keyscript that interpolates and saves the camera position at each frame, or across a range of frames. That way you could have the camera exactly in the same spot after modifying a range. __________________________________________________________________ Oh boy,…
Jonas: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ In the Track Info Dialog box. you can "Add" any valid type of key inbetween existing keys (see 8-23 in the Ref Man). After "adding" the key, you can adjust the tension/bias/continuity to refine the shape of the path further. __________________________________________________________________ This is exactly what I…
Anne: You gals get bridal showers and bachelorette parties, this wedding stuff is so geared to the ladies it makes me yearn for the days of the dowry! Angela and I already have those computer access time battles, even more reason to register at a computer store rather than a…
/_______________________From your message________________________\\ Interchange will not convert u,v coordinates. __________________________________________________________________ Send a wishlist item to John Foust. Sounds like you've got a lot of work ahead of you. 🙁 Bob
Mark: Thanks man, hey is it inappropriate to setup a bridal registry at CompUSA and Tower Records? Why isn't it called a groom registry? Bob
Lee: Which video card makes sense for 3DS and NT? Do you know of any cards which support truecolor under NT? I hadn't anticipated this issue, yikes. 🙁 Bob
Bob: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ If you go to the frames just before and after the ones you want to update and place a key there, won't that take care of your problem? __________________________________________________________________ This causes the path to change dramatically and causes the misaligned camera I described. This would work…
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David: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ Gary, are you any relation to Kevin Gibson or were you both sharing the same fallout shelter during some atomic testing? __________________________________________________________________ ROFL Bob
The PAR and Aspect Ratio
Message #174376
Ted: 640/480=1.3333—- Normal aspect ratio 640/752=.851—— Normal width divided by PAR width You are correct, sir! Bob
Jesus: Just wait, you'll get all of your building all set up and rendered nicely and then you'll want to take a stroll around it. I bet you'll animate a flyby/walkthru of your building as it will be so simple when you have brought your model into 3ds. Anyway, back…
Keyframer/Insert Editing
Message #174263
Suppose you have a long animation 3000 frames. Suppose you render all of the frames and you like what you see on your PAR but you find one flaw in the camera motion for about 100 frames. Suppose you must change the path for the camera for those 100 frames…
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Jesus: John's got some great advice, his approach describes how I interface with 3DS although I don't use ACAD. Grouping objects or modelled pieces based on their eventual material designation makes for a very organized 3DS file. If you can anticipate the need to break up the pieces further then…
Bob: If you are going to add a few machines I would buy the fastest pentium machine available 120mhz or 133mhz, whatever. Actually, I would buy a DEC box as you can get them with dual processor motherboards which will accept another pentium chip at a later date or can…
Scott: The simplest way to achieve your goal is to use Network Rendering EVEN IF YOU HAVE NO NETWORK! Sorry for the all caps but using a single machine to queue up (or batch process if you will) rendering jobs is easy and will allow you to swap cameras in…
Ted: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ Work hard, be thrifty, and always wear clean skivvies!! __________________________________________________________________ Must be these dirty skivvies holding me back . Bob
Ed: You could probably just run your meshes through Syndesis Interchange and save yourself a bit of programming. Bob
Ted: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ I've been through Avon B.S. and yes, that is a pretty area. Lot of big, old money houses as I remember? __________________________________________________________________ Zackly, Angela and I walk around and dream of owning one of those houses someday. Bob
Tasha: RAM – Here's my take. 8MB's and 3DS will run but just barely. 16MB's will get you out of the woods but nothing too complex – lotsa swapping to disk. 32MB's and you can get a variety of maps and lights and could be all you need. 64MB's will…
Gary: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ The model-work in the film (Newark skyline, etc) was pretty pitiful. That must've been the lowest point in the budget. __________________________________________________________________ I agee. To be honest, I first thought that the 'model' look was intentional but quickly realized that it was an effect that failed.
Even Newark isn't all bad, Branch Brook Park in full bloom is nice but the town needs some serious help. There are enough nice parts of Jersey to keep the pits like Newark in check.
Ted: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ Aren't you supposed to be getting married!? __________________________________________________________________ September 9, on the beach in lovely Avon-By-The-Sea, N.J. Angela says "hi" Bob
Been doing several all-niters and I'm trying to get back to normal hours. Anyway, yep, we run VAX/VMS and also OpenVMS on the Alphas. The modeller I use is GDS, it runs on both OS's. GDS offers no animation and I know of no other choices, doesn't mean that there…
Dave: Looks like I've given you some bad info, that should read PERFAQ.TXT not PERFAQ.ZIP, sorry about that. Bob
Gary: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ the film was produced with Canadian money, __________________________________________________________________ Could this account for Newark looking so Torontoesque?
Martin: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ Dolph Lundgren was probably the most appealing character as the assassin priest. __________________________________________________________________ I couldn't get Burt Lancaster doing Moses out of my mind when Dolph was on screen. I nominate the best supporting actor award to the actor who played Jones. Bob
Gary: Caught Johnny Mnemonic this weekend, they must have really cleaned up Newark to get it to look that good! . My unbiased friends thought the computer graphics were great, the combo of the music and the incredibly fast "jacking in" speed of the animation caused a collective "WHOA!" We…
Tasha: As you are aware, you can't spell Norm Abrams without R-A-M! Bob
Chas: To contact Insight here on CIS drop a note to Russ Wood at 75206,1333. Bob
Jose: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ I downloaded the UNIVBE software and it works in my Toshiba. Thank you very much, __________________________________________________________________ Glad I could help. Bob
Don: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ I find there are two types of Mac users, and for that matter PC and Amiga users too. Those that are dedicated to the artistic discipline of their profession and those that are dedicated to their hardware. __________________________________________________________________ I concur, this is quite a common yet…
Jose: If you know which video card is in the Toshiba (Cirrus Logic, maybe?) you should be able to load the VESA driver as you have on the Pentium. If you need a driver there is a file called UNIVESA or something like that here in the library which should…
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