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What vesrion of PAR software are you using??? There has been some trouble with backing up files, however what is your Block Limit??? Normally the backup problem should be solved soon with the next release1.38 I was told. It could also be you harddrive however I doubt that some people…
good thought…….
Notebook advice
Message #146700
I will be in need of a notebook soon due to work outside my country, however I have looked into recent notebooks, like the Toshiba 4900 P75, NEC Versa etc… However all these notebooks use specially designed RAM setups, however does anyone know of a notebook using standaard 72PIN RAM…
Jonas, What about english international versions of4.01 in europe??? Christophe
Yeah alright forgot you guys, Sooooorrrrrrryyy. That is what makes the difference, but one question do you do this for Adesk during weekends or just because of ……. Christophe
> NONE I'm looking forward to get your product soon
I think you are comparing something you can not compare. Miro DC1 is for amateurs. I would not call PAR for amateurs anymore.
I had something similar during frame grabbing a few times but it occured only twice and never again. I captured with my camera a squence, then I captured a second sequence and playing it it was a copy of the previous capture, no matter how many recordings I made they…
If you can split your DXF up in different files each representing one or more layers and join them that might solve the problem unless it is what Jonas mentioned. Christophe
Thanks for letting me know Christophe
You should use the utility Makeifl. Somewhere it is in the manuals, it creates automatically an ifl with incremented frame numbers with different options Christophe
why theo, I already got R4 3 weeks ago I had no problem getting one here in Belgium. You probably have to find a multimedia registered Autodesk dealer with a good relationship with the Autodesk people. BTW it's well worthwhile for the IPAS add ons, I haven't used them fully…
Great and I still say if they need any feedback to solve we are here. BTW I certainly do not accuse them because I only have been in contact with people in the forum my dealer. And I know DPS is aware and even faxes to the dealers reports about…
Replying to your suggestion to robert to put the PAR in another PC. I did that with mine and the problem stays the same, at frame 896 after copying to DOS drive and back to PAR the file is corrupt. First the PAR resided in olivetti M4-82 Pentium60 PCI/ISA with…
PAR backup?
Message #143001
Yes and I m sure the problem is not related to PAR.EXE It has to be the PAR drivers that cause the problem. However your P90 problem seems to be hardware related because I never had this problem and I have a lot of TSR programs active so I even…
Do you have the backup problem with 1.09??? BTW in PAL we seem to start at 1.29 and then 1.33 but with all versions we seem to have the problem althugh with 1.29 woe also had another problem PRJ deletion. This seems to be solved with 1.33 however, my PAR…
strange I've only never been able to restore >896 never had any problem so far with >128 When are they going to fix this problem so we could all live happily ever after with our PAR??? Christophe
Not that I know of, but you could ask the DPS representative by e-mail: Brick Eksten 74041,2043 He is not always on line, due to the fact he goes to fairs for DPS, but he might know if a SECAM version exists. Christophe
I have this card. It has the capture card has component, S-Video y/c, and composite in The PAR itsself has the same out. However you will only be able to use the captured sequence with the PAR drive in its own format if you do not have any software package…
Yes I know but it seems the MCI driver from DPS is not yet available in a PAL version as theo van bruggen mentioned I believe.
I do not think this is going to change for the better you know??
Yes this is true
Sorry I haven't got premier I've only seen it work and I'm waiting to see Razor Pro work for PAL. I Christophe
Glad to know
Sorry but I have no experience on this I have no network currently although that might change soon. Better to ask Greg Pyros, or Gus Grubba. I believe they have an IPAS routine that dumps all TGA's straight to the PAR in while rendering in network. I do not know…
I unfortunately only have drivers from 1.27 up. BTW the problem certainly stays the same when I just copy files in DOS, so it is not related to PAR.exe directly. Also to note to you, this discussion has been going on for about nearly 2 months I believe, and we…
If there is any information you want about my setup that might be of help, please let me know Christophe
Yes this is using optimize, models gets so complex that even optimize does not help me out always, for small models like cars etc optimize is wonderful, it once helped me reduce a 3MB file to about 1.3 MB, just by reducing to complex models in a 3D. But the…
At least with the last versions 1.33 for PAL and 1.34 for NTSC it seems the project deletion problem is solved, however I have not been able to test it yet. Christophe
R4 does not fix this and I'll doubt you will ever create a model of a certain complexity in any CAD program that will import perfectly, it will nearly always need some fixing if you want to get rid of 2sided rendering, however to me this has not been a…
Well I'm using the PAL version DR.3100 However it could well be that the bug if it is one causing this backup problem only came about with release 1.27 of PAR.exe, I believe it was not there before??? But I do not think any of the other facts you mention…
Brick, Hope you get into this problem as fast as possible. It is annoying, I haven't been able to backup or copy ani's larger then about 1000 frames back without this problem they all get corrupted after 896. Christophe
I just checked out when I run partest I always get PAL, without any doubt, I know I always got PAL when I ran it before. So to check what you said. I just ran about 10 times PAR test with AutoMATic Search. I even restarted my PC 3 Times…
Just make sure DPS learns about your findings theo. So far I never had an animation larger then a 1000 frames I was able to copy to a DOS drive and copy back that did no go corrupt at frame 896??? The Partest problem you discribe, I'll check that out…
Just do what Ted told you, there is nothing more to it, in some cases the only solution is to do 2sided rendering, or you might be working for days to work out which faces point in the right direction and thus adjusting the ones which are wrong. Otherwise you…
Carl, with version 1.29 and 1.30 at least as far as I know deleting a PRJ directory using PAR.EXE did mess up your PAR drive and made you loose your work???? I do not know with NTSC 1.34 or with PAL 1.33 versions I have not tried it yet, because…
I certainly think this is not a problem DPS should ignore, otherwise the PAR is working great but this is to me a MAJOR problem, and it costs time to me, I just happen to need longer animations I'm not just in the short animation business like logo fly ins.…
Yes I know, I use Lplot, from Insight for plotting to my printer and access it from within AutoCAD, shelling out to lplot, it is even in my menu structure. I have no problem with output, I go nearly daily to my Laserjet II and to my A0 plotter.
Theo, so far every problem I had also corrupted at that frame, I haven't had any good backup of ani's larger then about 1000 frames
Don I can confirm that it happens at frames 896 or 897 always same for PAL version as NTSC version, this is a significant frame. Christophe
This problem has been there I believe since the beginning exporting ANI. files corrupts them, you can not backup ani files larger then about 1000 frames. I hope they solve this problem soon because it is eating away my harddisk space
Yes it has configurations in PCL language, but on Laserjet I and II this did not allow to print linethicknesses so you needed an external program because the HPGL driver does not support Laserjet types for that and to us not able to have the HPGL out is was a…
There is now driver for plotting from AutoCAD to Laserjet II series, I have the same problem and plot to a file using the driver configured as a 7454 plotter with HPGL language as driver standard delivered with AutoCAD after that I use an external program that sends this file…
How come you have no problems with backups??? I have had problems with all files larger then about 1000 frames. When copying those to a DOS harddrive, and then restoring them by copying them back on the PAR they are lost from a certain frame on mostly nearing the 900…
Premier, like Razor Pro gives you more editing capabilities and sound support, so you can play real-time animation+ sound, if you have a good sound-board the sound is at CD quality, if you can then record to BetacamSP, you can make in one flow presentations with perfect quality in some…
Theo, Just checked it out, so it seems the original problem of backing up is still there. Copying to a DOS drive, then copying back, at a certain frame the animation is lost. This is still an important bug. Christophe
What do you mean by removing a frame or frames, where do you remove them and how do you add them again?? Christophe
No I haven't tried it with the 1.33B version, will try backing up. It similar then what you had with the 1.29 version, that at one point the animation went bad, after backing up, but it seems it is a little less worse. I'll check it out as soon as…
How can I get Razor Pro in Belgium??? And how will I be sure the MCI driver would be included. Christophe Van Oyen
2D Animation program
Message #138597
I will probably soon be in need of a 2D animation program, that can do transitions between simple colourful maps 24bit and output to Targa, anyone can help me, do I need to wait for animation Studio, when will it be availabel overhere and what will it cost new??? Christophe
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