This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Ana: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ I will only use NT for 3DS exclusively. All the other applications that I want to use run native on my PowerMacs and I simply don't care about them on the PC __________________________________________________________________ Ah, most of us schlubs get to have only one computer on our…
Mark: Thanks for your message, exactly the kind of info that I was in need of. You've made my day. Bob
Jeff: Here, we are looking at things a little differently as 3DS is not going to matter much in our OS decision. We are moving to NT on Alpha's for our CADD work. Our choice for renderers will be one that happens to work incredibly well in this environment, MicroGDS…
Paul: The last time I did this I morphed between copies of the same object with different material designations. I don't recall, however, if I had to do it this way.
Thanks for the tip on Publish, Barnes and Noble is right across the street.
Jeffrey: Its all speculation on whether or not 3DS R5 will run on an Alpha, no official word has been issued. Seems probable to me but I am guessing. As far as P6 goes, Intel has tried to maintain backward compatibility so far, I don't know that they would risk…
Ana: Time to reel it in and stop with the accusations. I asked a number of specific questions of you as I have a real desire to know the answers. As I prepare like many here for the migration to NT I was looking for some insight NOT USELESS EMOTION.…
Ana: John mentioned that he probably wouldn't respond to the replies to his message but maybe you will succeed in bullying him into it. /_______________________From your message________________________\\ The problem is that I don't think this kind of messages benefit anyone, specially if it is intended to make people confident about…
Dave: Jump in any time! I'm trying to get a feel for how best to use Razor Pro for adding transitions to animations which I have already stored on my PAR drive. What would be the ideal scenario: 1. Render to .tga format, add transitions in Razor Pro, save files…
Richie: In Pstyler use IMAGE/SPLIT TO/CMYK from the pull downs. Bob
Do you have any suggestions on a quality cost-effective Recordable CD unit? So far the most recommended (to me anyway) unit is Kodak's teamed with Corel's CD writing software. This solution is over double the Pinnacle-Micro's cost, ouch!
Peter: PMJI, I appreciated your succinct description of using Razor Pro with the PAR. I am poised to make an RP purchase quite soon. I have a question for you about a method of operation. Let's say that there is little room left on your PAR hard drive and one…
Mike: One thing I forgot to ask you was whether or not you were creating tga output or fli/.flc files? If you needed a flic file you need to add one last item to your que (all of the previous queue entries should be outputting .tga files). You would need…
I don't have any additional information than what is advertised. I am also interested in the unit as the list price just dropped from $1995 to $1695.
Alex: Greg Pyros sells the Parout utilities and he is a forum regular. He should be able to give you more info including pricing. Greg … Bob
Mike: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ i do hope you are not referring to anything involving multiple rendering stations as all attempts to make that work have been unsuccessful. __________________________________________________________________ Ouch, no success in network rendering? I downloaded the file in the library on the topic and it made the process very…
David: The way to use the Net Queue on your multi-camera animation would be pretty straightforward: For Cam1 set your RANGE for frames 1-30 and chose NET-QUEUE as your destination. Give your process a name and your output file a name. Select ANY as your network destination. When you click…
Alex: PMJI, Greg Pyros offers a set of utilities for the PAR. Included with the PAROUT utilities is one called PARCTL which is an IXP which you operate from within 3DS r4. This utility gives you the ability to control your PAR without exiting from 3DS. Also, if you have…
Joe: I take it you tried the freeware AAPLAYHI? VPIC + SLIDSEHW (both shareware). My favorite which has all of the wipes, fades, fizzles, text/titles, sound, animation, etc. is a program called ImageQ from Image North. ProVantage will snag about $550 +/- for it but it really rivals most higher…
Alex: For now (before R5 arrives) there are several folks using Lantastic for small networks of 5-6 machines. Novell Netware is what our office uses. Success has been more difficult (judging by the messages here on the forum) for WFW and for OS/2 but there are a few people who…
Mike: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ (as there is no way currently to tell a camera to render say frames 1-30 and and then proceed to render 120-150). __________________________________________________________________ Sure there is, just render to the NET QUEUE. Bob
Dave: I've been having one of those '8 million things to do and only time enough for 6 million' kinda weeks. I haven't even fired up the PAR all week, so now I've got even more info and I should be guaranteed to get the windows driver running smoothly, right?…
Brian: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ I have had several requests to refrain from continuing the LightWave/3DS debate, __________________________________________________________________ Time to honor those requests. You've gone too far. Bob
James: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ Suppose you could eliminate it, though. Consider facing an object, and then flying over it and looking down. If you continue over the azimuth, your camera is now upside down — and you hit your head on the ground when you land!! __________________________________________________________________ This is exactly…
Darin: Altamira's Composer is quite good for putting lables on images. It'll give you text in any color with automated drop shadows also. Bob
Brent: Man, I hate this one, too. You've fallen into the quaternion abyss. If it is possible you can avoid this problem (forced camera roll at the poles) by rotating your whole model and camera, et. al. 90 degrees. Link them all to a dummy in the keyframer and then…
Dave: Thanks for your installation description, I think I got close but I'll have to try it again on Monday. I got through the Windows control panel part where I added the drivers as you did. When I fired up the Media Player I thought I would see the device…
Sebastiano: Turn off your Caps Lock, Caps means you are shouting in Cserve. As far as the Par problem it could be that your autoexec.bat/config.sys is still initializing the original par drivers. Did you install the new Par software in the same directory as the old version? I'd check the…
Steve: I have had luck in getting rid of flickering faces by using CREATE/FACES/DETACH. Worth a shot. Bob
John: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ 1-800-4ALTAMIRA. __________________________________________________________________ Typo? /_______________________From your message________________________\\ BTW didn't you get some kind of program that allows you to batch process in Windows? Have you tried using it with Composer? __________________________________________________________________ I got Winbatch but I managed to get my pressing project done and out the door…
Dave: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ I seem to remember Brick promising PAR scripting features a while back — in fact, I expected them with the 1.5 release — maybe they're waiting for 2.0, but I could really use 'em myself! __________________________________________________________________ That's what I thought. Hey, any chance you've got the…
Yo John: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ This is the second time I've seen something about this, so who knows? __________________________________________________________________ Thanks for the update, I'll keep my eyes open for more info. This could be good. Bob
Chris: Wow, what a hassle with all of that hardware! After I read your note I thought that it might be easier for you to use your PAR and its hard drive as the portable media vs. the MO and the DAT. Probably still need to get the property pass…
John: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ I just read Microsoft is coming out with an NT version, __________________________________________________________________ Yowsa! Where did you catch this great news? I'd love to check this article out. At SIGGRAPH Alvy was keen to mention all of the code which is already in Composer for editing a…
Phillippe: In case you don't see my message in the ADOBE forum: You can use Corel Draw to do the conversion or HIJAAK Pro. You can import EPS files into AutoCAD for a .dxf conversion as well. Bob
Chris: Was your large project imported to 3DS from a .dxf file? I've had most of the problems you have described with geometry created in a CADD package and then imported. You could mess around with welding vertices but you may try the opposite approach if you have rectilinear geometry…
Greg: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ We just figured out how to play the PAR by hacking the code, there is no specification from DPS as to how to do this. Maybe they'll develop one… __________________________________________________________________ Is there any way to script the PAR playback? Do you know anything about the installation…
Ian: >>1. Can the PAR be used for simple video editing? Yes, but it is limited to joining segments, deleting frames, copying frames including Ping-Pong, and other basic editing commands. You will need a software product like Razor Pro or Premiere to provide cool transitions and more involved overlay effects.…
Ang: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ AniStud (I love that abreviation __________________________________________________________________ Yech! I hope you're not considering the first part of the word to be a plural. 😮 Bob
Gary: I truly appreciate your response and thank you for correcting my misunderstanding of the Yost Group's involvement in the R4 release. /_______________________From your message________________________\\ You can be sure that _some_ of the more-general routines that are currently in the YG Boutique will be included in r5…This is a very…
Sanford: I just started using Photoshop 3.0 under WFWG and I agree it seems to work great. I have been checking into the ADOBEAPP forum, its where I saw all of the displeased NT user's messages. The one thing I can't seem to figure out in Photoshop is how to…
Mike: One of the Photoshop programmers had the Photoshop logo swap out for a Tiger Mountain logo. It was timed for April Fool's Day, it caused a bit of a stir on the Adobeapp forum as many thought they had contracted a virus. Bob
Ana: I take it you fired up Photoshop on 4/1/95? If not, set your computer's date back and check out the startup and logo. Bob
Ed: The combo I use for laying animations to video tape and for capturing video is the DPS PAR board with the TBCIV capture board. The combo requires a dedicated hard drive. There is a thread in the library which contains a debate about this card and the MAX system…
Steve: Shelling out to the PAR was available with the early versions of the PAR software. V1.09 was the last version I had any luck shelling out of 3DS to use. With Pyros Pictures PAR utility PARctrl you can operate an IPAS within 3DS to control your PAR with similar…
Mike: If you've got Photoshop 3.0 set your date back to 4/1/95 and fire it up. Someone on their programming team had a little fun. Thanks for the April Fool's grin. Bob
Gary: I know you probably can't comment so I'll be satisfied that you'll listen to what's on my mind. 3DS R5 is going to NT and will most likely include a whole slew of improvements. My understanding is that Yost Group improvements really didn't make it into R4 although the…
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Sanford: /_______________________From your message________________________\\ The center of my world is 3D Studio. The center of my 2D world is Photoshop. __________________________________________________________________ I just checked into the ADOBEAPP forum as I am new to Photoshop, been using Pstyler. There are messages all over the place about Photoshop not being able to…
MattMan: I don't have the 63mhz chip you have described but the comparison I am able to make between a 486/66 and a 586/66 seems to give me a 100% speed increase. I doubt that the 63mhz chip could be 4x as fast as the 486/66, my experience suggests 2x.…
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