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Rich, congratulatins. I saw you in the CompuServe Magazine but I have been VERY VERY busy working on a project to display at Siggraph. > (Any render time >0 needs acceleration.)
>Thanks much for the even-handed and lucid explanation of the variation in >rendering times. … I'm _VERY_ curious to know "just how fast it'll go." >Like Tony D. Tracer says "Any rendering time >0 needs acceleration." :^) Erik, machines will get so fast that they will finish BEFORE you start…
What do you mean when you say it `swells up'? I have been backing up my PAR's HD with QB and have had no problems. > (Any render time >0 needs acceleration.)
Thanks for the explanation of the script file you made. Do you plan to make it available as a FD piece of SW? I'd like a copy if I could. > (Any render time >0 needs acceleration.)
Thanks for the info. I was really looking forward to getting a 040 cheap. > (Any render time >0 needs acceleration.)
OK, with the PAR (ver. 2.07 and up) and the EMULATE button ON you are able to load images directly from the DDR: drive without having to export the images first. You are able to use a PAR anim as a sequencial image map or just load the images into…
>I suppose I could edit the scene file and just copy and paste the >keyframe info and change the frame names, but I was hoping for a simpler >solution. If you ever need to edit the scene file I would suggest you be careful. I have done it on several…
>There will be some of the writers from LWPRO and VTU conducting some >seminars at SIGGRAPH. Don't know if I can make it yet but am trying to. I will be at Siggraph 94 and was wondering if the NewTek party date has been set? I was wondering if youor…
If you have problems getting the PAR to get the images in the right order when using the `Independent rendering mode' then you might want to get someone to right a ARexx script and render to the HD and the script can monitor the directory and send the files to…
What script is it that you made for the PAR? I do remember there being talk about it but I can't remember what the script was about. > (Any render time >0 needs acceleration.)
Is there anything special I have to do to get a CBM A4000/040 CPU card to work in a A3000? I have been told that it doesn't fit but was then told that it works fine, does anyone REALLY knows? I can see myself spending close to $2,000 for a…
>Sounds like Digital Soundtrack is just what I need for the PAR. Is PAR >support a new feature? I'm a bit surprised they didn't mention it in the >VTU review. I am not sure if PAR support was in the original release or not but I seem to remember it…
What exactly are `L-system' trees or objects? What type are used in VP3? > (Any render time >0 needs acceleration.)
>Interesting concept. You can use their software to build models but you >can't distribute the models. Perhaps soon you'll have to pay extra to >distribute the images it produces. ;^) Hahahaha!!! Thanks for the good laugh! Although the way things are going it probably won't be funny in the future.…
I see no problems with the set-up you are looking into (PAR/1 gig HD). The program you speak of, Digital Sountrack, is a program I have been beta-testing for some time and it will let you set-up the function keys to play sounds and/or MOD files but it really shines…
PAR QUESTIONS!
Message #83737
Susan, I have had a PAR board for a while and will try to answer the questions others haven't answered yet. 1) You can load individual frames into something like ADPro and process them and save them back to the PAR but you would have to make a new anim…
#ScreamerNet/Raptor Ships
Message #83736
Don, the local Amiga dealer, Computer Video Associates of Largo FL, has a demo Raptor that they finally got working and I was VERY impressed with the rendeing capabilities, especially Ray-Tracing. My friend had a scene that was taking about 4-8 hours a frame (full ray-trace) of a diamond (33…
I know there are a couple of A3000s for sale in the AmigaUser forum and they are about $450 and $550. These are about as fast as a 386. The A4000 is about as fast as a slow 486. In case you needed to know. > (Any render time >0…
>Actually, his alias was RAD MOOSE. Thanks for refreshing my memory. What is he doing now, do you know? > (Any render time >0 needs acceleration.)
>Ok, but I wasn't counting the time I sleep. 🙂 What is sleep? :^) > (Any render time >0 needs acceleration.)
>Thanks for the correction, something about that had been nagging me all >day, now I know why. 🙂 What was nagging you? All the replies you got? :^) I remember writing something that was TOTALLY off-base, usually in the wee hours of the morning, and then realizing the next day…
#NewTek here?
Message #81286
>It appears that the NewTek section was set up by the Amiga Forum Sysops. >In more than a year, I have never seen a post from anyone at NewTek even >in response to technical support or customer service issues. There used to be a NewTek representative on here but it…
>I have found that I can playback longer animations in medium res. than in >low res. I only have a VT 2000 and a A3000 so I couldn't playback any VT anims, but I do have a PAR board. > (Any render time >0 needs acceleration.)
>2 years and I'm still an Amiga novice. But I'm a Lightwave wiz! 🙂 Don't `wiz' on LightWave!!! Don't `wiz' on a electric fence either! > (Any render time >0 needs acceleration.)
>Welcome to the wonderful world of wireless. These mics can be a >blessing or a curse. You mean like the time Mike Drebin (sp??) had one on and went to the restroom? :^) > (Any render time >0 needs acceleration.)
>Field rendering is included. Just drag a box around the area you want to >render (perspective view), and Imagine obliges by only rendering that >area. That isn't what `Field Rendering' is. You are refering to `Set Zone'. Field rendering is when a frame is divided into `Fields' (even and odd…
>Can you limit bones to just a surface? Yes, as a matter of fact that is the only way to do it. This lets you have much more control over what to affect but is a little more difficult to set up than LW's bones. For example, you could easily…
You only need 28 hours a day? I would need about 48 hours a day with all the stuff I am have to do. Unfortunately, 3D animation is only a small part of it. > (Any render time >0 needs acceleration.)
>ELF,have you got the medium res to work for you yet? Tony, I think you sent your message to the wrong person. Hopefully he will see it and reply to you. > (Any render time >0 needs acceleration.)
I'll make sure I post a annoucement when I put the file up here. > (Any render time >0 needs acceleration.)
>Tony, way cool! Thanks. I wish I could devote more time to playing with ARexx but I have my hands full helping to fix my parents house and trying to do some 3D stuff. > (Any render time >0 needs acceleration.)
That is a good price for the 040 but still a bit expensive for me right now. Locally they are about $1600. I will probably get a loan soon since I REALLY need the speed!!! Don't we all. > (Any render time >0 needs acceleration.)
This script should work on any machine with ARexx and the `rexxarplib.library'. I am using a A3000 with PAR and VT 2000. I just posted a early version of the script that would work without any of the fancy ARexx libraries but would require editing the script before running. >…
I have written a ARexx program that will do export a PAR anim, frame by frame, and use it with LW, then save the new frame to another PAR Anim. I had to do this since I have VERY limited system HD space (150 megs total) and I needed a…
Ed, thanks for the thorough explanation. After getting the info from you guys I was able to do what I wanted. >I am not sure what you are trying to accomplish but I cannot help wonder >if you could not simplify things by using the path and file name returned…
Thanks Larry. Since I don't have any ARexx documentation other than the ARexx manual, I don't have ANY info on the ARexx libraries. What i have done has been by looking at other ARexx scripts. Thanks for clearing me up. Is there some ARexx documentation somewhere? > (Any render time…
GetFile()
Message #40790
Ok, here I am again asking questions you never thought there was a need to ask. :^) I wrote a ARexx script that will launch from the PAR software and prompt the user with a File requester using the rexxarplib.library call of GetFile() but it keeps opening the file requester…
Since I asked you about that I wrote my own ARexx script to do exactly that, use PAR anims for Image Maps in LW and be rendering back to the PAR (using a different anim). I was going to u/l it here but I am going to add a few…
John, with Batch Factory you can use several different programs to do different effects to the same image list. Sorry it has taken me so long but I will check to see if the demo program is here or not and u/l it if it isn't. I can't remember if…
>I thought the movie Arcade was actually pretty good EXCEPT for the ending >which was rubbish. I thought it stole ALOT from TRON, but the problem I had was the technology they showed looked more like a Tank game then a VR game. If you are using VR gloves what…
#Toaster ANIM file format
Message #80043
>I just got one of those 40MHz 040s from GVP for my 4000….It renders >between 60% & 200% faster!!!! How much did it cost? I am thinking about getting one for my A3000 but don't know whether to get the RCS 28 mhz ($800) or the GVP 40 mhz ($????).…
SIMM blues
Message #79955
>my understanding is that the EC version is one in which the MMU has >failed testing These versions of CPUs doesn't mean it `failed' but where disabled to begin with. Since testing is what raises the price of these chips they disabled CPUs so they wouldn't have to test those…
#Toaster Software ?
Message #79954
Hilary, I assume by now he has the set-up, is it working well? What version is it? > (Any render time >0 needs acceleration.)
#Video Flyer V.S. PAR
Message #79953
>It will allow many more image files to be used for mapping within a >single Lightwave sequence, as well as utilize the images on the PAR's HD >directly as opposed to having to offload and decompress them onto an >AmigaDos volume prior to Lightwave import. The question I would have…
#Amiga out of Market?
Message #79952
>With Batch Factory can you use ARexx controlled s/w simulaneously ? I can't try it right now since LW is having fun but get back to me and I'll tell you more about it. I am pretty sure it saves the images to a temp file. > (Any render time…
Amiga out of Market?
Message #79951
Currently Batch Factory is set up mostly for the animator who has lots of images to process but can also be used with programs like CED, ProPage, Final Writer, and Image processing programs like ADPRO, Image FX, ImageMaster, MorphPlus, OpalPaint, PAR, and more comming. You can apply several operators to…
>Well either way the Movie Arcade has finally been released and I highly >recommend it for the F/X work which unfortunately was done by DHD in >Montreal Canada on SGI's not Lightwave or Imagine as I'd secretly hoped. Funny that you should mention this since I was at the video…
>I need help with an A3000 that won't boot properly. What I would do if I were you is to add several descriptive command lines like `say "Making assings"' to the start-up sequence and see how far it gets then you could track it down to the command that is…
I only have the Seagate 545 meg drive and with my luck the bug (if there really is one) will only affect this drive. I ALWAYS keep the previous version (one that I know works) so that if I find something wrong (like Imagine 2.9 had several new bugs) I…
>Hey, we all need to find a spot and time to meet and get together for a >few minutes anyway, at SIGGRAPH! I don't have a problem with dat! :^) Maybe when it gets close to SIGGRAPH time someone can makes plans to meet somewhere and we can all get…
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