This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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I am not a Corel fan although I use it alot for file conversions and auto-tracing. I can't for the life of me figure out how to print to the 650c for a size larger than 30"x30" out of Corel. If you got pointers on that one let me know.…
John: Hello again, here are a couple of ideas: Get a minimum of 16MB RAM Check out the new color displays which do a few thousand colors vs. the usually 256. Get a CD-ROM drive (maybe check the new Sony CD-ROM diskman). Get a normal mouse to plug in or…
Don: One of my last encounters with a MAC based printhouse included a phone conversation with an obnoxious MAC-head. The guy demanded that my image be re-rendered as he couldn't use an image which was 1 dpi. When I asked him why he didn't just change it to what ever…
Viewpoint has such a mesh of the Statue of Liberty, maybe they'll cut you a student deal on it. Failing that, I needed the same mesh awhile back and resorted to a bitmap image pasted to a 3DS "card" which worked great as I just zipped past the statue in…
Matt: I get those files when my workstation is rebooted whilst in the middle of running 3DS and other DOS based programs. I've always just deleted them and moved on. Bob
Don: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ Printing MAC heads can be so obtuse at times. __________________________________________________________________ "OBtuse" or "OBnoxious" Bob
Quebillah: Sorry, I had the need to give you a name, M&M just doesn't cut it for me. Anyway, have you checked out Lightscape for awesome radiosity based renderings which are not sooo slow that one would need a supercomputer? Maybe Lightscape is not true radiosity, I don't know, the…
Jerome: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ If you have long segments hanging around only one side of the building, it could make hiding unseen ones much easier. However, it still leaves the problem of having to render in short segments if you're poppinng in and out of various rooms on short notice.…
All things being equal and on the average machine I would expect the R5 renderer to be slower. As NT requires 12-16 MB of RAM for just the OS many machines will be swapping much sooner and therefore slower. If you had a ton of RAM to begin with then…
Greg: DOH! In VP it goes, thanx. Bob
Judy: Let me know when I should check the bookstore for your cover. Bob
Angelo: Send me some info on this Snappy device if you would. Fax me at The Hillier Group (609) 452 – 8888. Thanks. Bob
Judy: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ A publisher bought one of my images for a book jacket. __________________________________________________________________ Way to go! Let us know the title so we can scope it out. /_______________________From your message________________________\\ I have no idea what the final size will be. I just have to submit it to…
Jerome: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ I'd like to hear more about techniques people are using to save time on unseen objects and jumping from camera to camera during an animation sequence. __________________________________________________________________ For the first I use hide keys or I use the object colors to aid in using Display/Hide. For…
#Parout
Message #170414
Greg: I've just tried out PAROUT for the first time, no go. I've got a big render coming up and I'm gonna need to use it so HELP! Pertinent info: RAM=72MB QEMM Conventional memory used before starting 3DS 102 kbytes. I have tried starting 3ds with and without 3dshell. I…
Mark: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ I was at the computer store today, and the guy told me that they will be shortly getting a new card made by the same people that make the PAR card, but this one will also be able to edit real video, special effects, lots of…
Judy: You need to provide one more piece of the puzzle to determine what pixel dimensions to render for a 300dpi image. For instance if the dimensions you were after were 4"x5" you would render to (4×300) x (5×300) or 1200×1500. To set the dpi of an image to exactly…
Greg: The expense in going to frame by frame to a U-matic would not be worth it to me both in money spent and time spent in producing a video tape. Carlton offered the same advice I would offer, the PAR. Check out the FAQ in the library on the…
Greg: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ "all systems should have the same anout of RAM…" __________________________________________________________________ As long as you understand what pitfalls may be in store this isn't as big a problem as the manual might appear to suggest. Your computers with 16 megs of RAM will swap to disk sooner…
Jim: The logos on the CD's are stored in both bitmap and vector format. I don't have Impresiv's address handy, sorry. Bob
Greg: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ And the word you wanted is "gall", as in bile, not "gaul", as in Celt. __________________________________________________________________ Well, could be he was referring to your favorite illusionistic Italian baroque ceiling painter, Gaulli. Bob
James: For the logos you could try the CD-Rom collection from Impresiv. They have at least a volume I and II which include about a hundred logos from major companies and institutions. Bob
David: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ Just had to jump in here. This is exactly what I've been saying too. __________________________________________________________________ Suffice it to say that we are in sync. ;-} I really would like to hear from Jamie … Bob
Jerome: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ Not certain, but I would hope the least in:sync would do is continue to support their current version in NT for those who don't find the upgrade worth it… __________________________________________________________________ I'm with you on that one. Bob
Razor Pro for NT
Message #168751
I checked out In:Sync's web page this evening and found the following: Contact: Trish Naudon in:sync corporation 6106 MacArthur Blvd. Bethesda, MD 20816 (301) 320 0220 (301) 320 0335 April 21, 1995 in:sync corporation's RAZOR PRO for Windows NT (Alpha version) Spring COMDEX '95, Atlanta, booth #M7135 in:sync will show…
Ang: DPS is going to NT in a big way with the PVR, basically leaving the Windows and Dos world behind. In:Sync has staked its fortune on the success of DPS to some extent, making sure Razor Pro functions with the DPS compression boards. Where DPS goes In:Sync will follow…
Jerome: $700 for the Razor Pro NT upgrade would be the perfect way for In:sync to kill off what appeared to be a promising product. I can't recall a product virtually doubling in price for a platform migration or a feature upgrade. Looks like Premiere will be the only way…
James: 752 x 480 with an aspect ratio of .85 for PAR rendering. Bob
Eli: PMJI, DPS will send you a free demo tape if you call 'em (606)371-5533. Bob
Darrin: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ I did have trouble with an NCR PCI SCSI controller for one of my machines. __________________________________________________________________ Yikes, of course I have an NCR PCI SCSI card. 🙁 After I get my next project out the door I think I will have the opportunity to take the…
pHred: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ Just wondering if anyone could recommend a good way of outputting to a canon colour copier. __________________________________________________________________ Can I assume you are first taking your digital file through a Fiery RIP on its way to the Canon? If so there is an implied border for an…
Bill: Thanks for the info on Real 3D. I've narrowed my search for a decent modeller and have at least settled on one tool that is a keeper, MicroGDS. mGDS is really a professional CADD package and appeals to my methods of constructing models. Things like vertex snaps, midpoint snaps,…
pHred: During my past two summers I managed to make my vacations include an excursion to Canada. I've seen a little bit of Nova Scotia and Quebec. If I didn't like it I guess I wouldn't keep coming back. I like your idea of bringing SIGGRAPH to Canada. They probably…
#AMAZING B-SPLINE MODELER
Message #167550
Bill: REAL 3D???? Wait a second, I swear that I mentioned this program in a debate on whether 3DS should include more stuff in the base package. I remember distinctly running down its feature list only to draw fire. You were none too thrilled by this product and cautioned me…
Tyler: I'll see what info I have in the office tomorrow on Neko-Tech. The vendor from whom I bought my DEC PC was fairly helpful when I had questions but when I had questions he couldn't answer he put me in touch with a DEC technical guy who was terrific.…
Wade: If your original agreement did not stipulate anything about turning over your data files then DON'T, well at least not for free. I would charge a handsome additional fee if your client wishes to have them. As soon as you give up control of the files you should start…
Wade: Based on the way M&M responds to the forum messages I would expect him to show up at Siggraph but about a month late . Bob
Christophe: Thanks for the AniStud rundown. My toolbox is a bit bloated right now and for sanity I would like to keep the number of tools to a minimum. So far I have managed without Animator Pro, maybe I won't miss AniStud. If one could work directly with PAR files…
pHred: Anywhere in Canada would be fine by me. Siggraph, in the heat of August, would be much more palatable in a cooler climate. Bob
Tyler: The price you got from DEC is pretty much the same deal I was quoted with respect to the Alpha chip daughtercard upgrade. There are vendors which may be able to cut you a better deal. There is a company called Neko-Tech (or something like that) which sells a…
Christophe: With all of the products out there doing such similar stuff I kind of lost track of Animator Studio. What types of things are you doing with it? What does it do that Razor Pro or Premiere don't? Bob
Alan: There are two ways that I achieve what you have requested – to create animations on the PAR whilst using a client/server network without having the PAR on the server. The first way I do this is simply pile up all of the net-rendered .tga files on the common…
John: The sooner I can get away from an Intel based machine the happier I will be. I've been using a PC for less than two years. I was so used to workstations that I got spoiled. Multi-tasking was just something you did, not the big deal which has been…
Jose: MicroGDS runs on the Alpha. The price for the Multi-user professional package is $2,300. The Single-User version will be $300 but will not include the renderer. Bob
Brendan: Have you checked in with Rich Kelly from Adesk? He'll be able to help organize a group. If you can locate the meetings somewhere near Penn Station I may be able to drop in. Bob
Jeff: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ well, Bob, 3-DS is my principal application and animation is all I do. __________________________________________________________________ I wear too many hats, I envy you as you get to do only the fun stuff. A dual-boot mode could get you running NT ahead of 3DS R5. I'm going to…
Jose: MicroGDS is a 32 bit PC CADD package which was born out of a VAX/VMS workstation CADD system. Version 4.1 came out a few weeks ago and includes a Raytracing renderer/animator with full texture, bump, shininess, etc. mapping as well as a bunch of proceedural material types. The program…
Anna: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ I thought you had a couple of hundreds of Alphas sitting arround Just kidding. __________________________________________________________________ In my dreams! BTW, I just rechecked with DEC about the daughtercard 233mhz Alpha chip upgrade for the DEC xl pc's, cost is still about $2500. I'm sure a vendor will…
David: Just got the DV mag with the review of the CD-R packages. I really just need an archive solution which has a reasonable chance of being compatible with most PC's. A lot of the hardware/software solutions have capabilities which exceed my needs, not that this is a bad thing…
Dave: Hmmm, I think you are slowly convincing me that an additional hard drive would eliminate some future headaches. I'll keep your suggestions in mind when I finally get RP. Thanks. Bob
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