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#Solar System
Message #12163
Stephen, I really enjoyed NITEFLIT.JPG. I like the quasi real/surreal/cartoon look about it. Some great work in there, especially the spiral galaxy. Speaking of which, nice segue eh? I looked at the tutorial you posted about how you created that spiral galaxy/solar system. Nice job on the tutorial…the inline images…
Joe, By default, Imagine Loads in a DXF file as faceted. Enter the Attributes requestor and click on PHONG. -GreG
Victor, Imagine has _no_ dongle. Like you, I detest them…but put up with them when I have to. The programs that I know of that have dongles are 3DS, Animation Master, LightWave. There may be others that I don't know about yet. -GreG
>> The sphere will leavc a trail behind it not to dissipate. I anticipate exploding the sphere at conclusion of path but want the 'trail' to remain; possibly to morph to a fog object. Am newish to IM but grasp Povray type modeling.
Chris, I don't have Win95 installed, so I can only show you a portion of my CONFIG.SYS as I use it. I know others have been able to run Imagine with a DOS BOOT in Win95, hopefully they will chime in. Here are the relevant portions of my config.sys that…
>> Cheesey and blocky but still yet, mine!!! Doug, Glad you got it going! Bones just get easier from here now. Well….mostly. Sometimes ya gotta think ahead about how the bones should be defined before you actually build the object, usually when you have a complicated section of geometry. -GreG
>> Could you give me more information on PAR. Does it record to VHS? Does it require a VGA-TV converter? Average price?
>> I did not even know that those options existed. Darin, Tell me about it!!!! Up until about 6 months ago, I kept finding new functions that I never realized were there! Now that I know they are there, I just try to find new uses for them. >> It…
Victor, Take a look at the files FEATUR.TXT and IM31.TXT in the Imagine section here for a quick overview of what Imagine offers. If you have any further specific questions, ask away. -GreG
James, I haven't used Premiere or any similar software, so I can't help you with that…sorry. Leave a message in the TrueSpace section here….seems several people have experience with Premier, and another package called Razor and Razor Pro. >> I saw Pemiere bundled with an M-JPEG card. I know that…
>> Don't tell my that this will select the next connected point? I'll scream if you do!!! > Hey this game stuff I'm doing is fun. Not to mention I'm learning a lot too!!!
>> my biggest problem with Imagine is that the rendering quality wasn't there when compared to LW.
>> Made it follow the path again but nothing. I don't get any up down motion from the cycle.
>> How to send a light object (sphere) along that tube/path and leave a trail of light? The tube/path is an arc.
Darin, The robust DXF import/export is not documented in the manual because it was introduced in Imagine 3.1. To load in a DXF object that has seperate entities check the following boxes only: NEW ENTITY -> NEW OBJECT LAYER CHANGE -> NEW OBJECT COLOR CHANGE -> NEW OBJECT Note, that…
Hi Ted, First search the Imagine file library here. There are a number of Imagine objects that can be found. Scan using the keywords "OBJ" or "IOB" Next, GO COMANIM and scan using "DXF". There are quite a number of well crafted objects from Viewpoint & other sources there ranging…
>> I would have thought that would look not like movement but like, uh well, morphing?!
>> I've seen some stuff on key framing in the action editor, but as far as I can see, that won't take me to where I want to go. Can I key frame between states in the stage editor, or is there another way of putting these scenes together for…
>> Not anymore. I have just uploaded my 3DS-to-Imagine converter. Check it out.
Tim, I've asked for it a couple of times in the past but the need for a higher or no limit altogether, for me anyways, has increased. I know that they're planning it, I just hope it happens. -GreG
Ted, The best object conversion software I've seen so far is InterChange from Syndesis Corp. It can convert between about 30 different formats, maintaining hierarchies and object attributes when it can. IC is a commercial product, if you'd like further information about it you can contact John Foust/Syndesis at 76004,1763.…
>> I did go overboard with the fracturing. I had all portions of the combined head object saved in separate pieces before I fractured anything, so I load'em all back in. I used add faces to add enough faces here and there to be able to color the head the…
>> I have a Reveal video card (ISA) which uses a bios extention to conform to vesa. Imagine is set to SMOD=0 & 256 is set to false . Every time I start Imagine (3.2) , I get a message box that says : Requested display mode is not supported…
>> Babylon 5 used to be the Lens Flare Variety Hour; now, it's the most watchable Sci-Fi show on TV.
>> Thanks a lot for the encouragement. I really appreciate it. Heck Michael, I really enjoy your work very much, thanks for sharing it. -GreG
>> Try 2*pi*radius. Thanks Stephen, And ya know, thats what I recalled, but wasn't confident enough to commit to it. Thanks. 🙂 -GreG
>> I had trouble because I didn't DEselect my first edge line before selecting the second.
>> My kingdom for a good reduction/optimization/smoothing routine. Hey, keep pressing Alf about it. I do recall Mike H. saying that they will be increasing the point/edge limit, or doing away with it alltogether. -GreG
Al, I just uploaded the tutorial to the Imagine section. It should be available some time on Monday. Hope it helps. -GreG
Douglas, Check the Imagine section on Monday. I just uploaded it and it should be available sometime late in the day. -GreG
Hi Barrie! Glad you made it over! Jump in anytime. -Greg
Douglas, I'll look for the scene. And yes, the HUMANOID dataset is a great investment. -GreG
>> Were they also pretty dark? Darin, From what I recall, Daisy was fine, and Hell train needed some minor gamma adjustment to make some more of the detail stand out. >> Do you think it could just be the upload or is that even posible? That's not possible. The…
>> Some of the episodes have had plot twists that have left me speechless. I've seen roller-coaster rides, revelations, sinister foreshadowing, and intricate plot development like I've never seen on any SF show.
>> Is that the right way to do it? James, Basically yes. If you want object1 to morph into object2 over 30 frames, you'd place object1 in frame1, and object2 in frames 2-30. This will cause it to morph. >> Would you happen to know how to figure how many…
>> we, or at least, I, was hoping to find a magic wand to assemble limbs in bone figures without getting "Star Wars action figure/Barby/ GI Joe" type joint lines… perhaps a way to tighten up the skin to lessen the discontinuity…
Doug, Have you snagged my bones quickie tutorial that I posted some time ago? It'll walk you though boning a cylinder, which would lend itself nicely towards being applied to teh shark. Let me know, and if you missed it I'll e-mail it to ya. -GreG
>> heard something about you created an egg with cracks and lights…? Wouldn't mind seeing it, to see your representation.
Darin, Yep, image was too dark. I couldn't even see the front plate with the turn-knob untill I turned the brightness all the way up. Other than that, great piece of modelling and coloring/texturing. It looks just like the real thing. -GreG
Bill, Check my reply to your other message. Also check out Sam's, same basic info. -GreG
>> The FIND REQUESTOR does list the objects in hierarchical order from main parent down to the lowest level child. I may have been wrong before when I said it listed the order objects are `loaded into the editor'.
>>Yes…BUT…overall the ensemble cast worked very nicely together And I promissed I'd stay out of this thread. Yes, the cast worked great together, but only AFTER about the first season. During teh first season the character development was not there. The actors portraying the roles didn't have a sense of…
Stephen, If that's all the touch up you did, the smoke curl & enhancing a shadow, who cares! The really important stuff such as the lighting is what I thought you may have psot-processed. Nice to know they were done in Imagine. -GreG
>> Thats what the aliens say, just before they beam you aboard to experiment on your body. Ha! Sure, I will do that.
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Your Images
Message #11425
So that spark was done in Imagine with objects? Wow! I though it may have been post-processed! Ummm…this may be asking a lot, but do you think you could upload the spark objects so that we can disect it and learn from it? If not, that's O.K. too, I could…
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BUSTER.JPG
Message #11424
>> Also, I'm assuming the probe does not need to be in contact with the object being digitized? As in, "I want this point this far off the actual surface" ?
>> What if, for example, I do a line drawing in a paint program and CONVERT IMAGE into the detail editor, … can I use the FILL TO EDGE LINE?
>>Is this the right way to do it? Thats the right way to do it if you want to describe motion for the "parent" object. However, there really is no need to define states for motion of the object as a whole. This is done in the Action editor by…
Rich, Imagine _currently_ has an edge limit for each object. I believe it's 32K edges per object. The only thing to do is to reduce the point count of the objects in order to be able to join them. I do have to ask though, is the head object extremely…
>> Back from the Caribbean. Steve, why on earth would you want to come back!?!?!?!? Im3.3 is shaping up real nicely. I don't have a specific date, but when I do I'll mention it. Any delay will be worth it though, I've seen what's being put in…and it'll be sure…
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