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>>PMJI>> Robert, There is a great program called IMAGE ALCHEMY that will work with the HP 650 and the NOVAJET series of printers. It is a DOS application and I don't think is is very expensive and it supports large format printers (36" x 48 etc.). I don't have a…
Judy, I was reading some suggestions you received on your 300 dpi requirements and you mentioned that you do not know the book cover size. Why don't you assume that the book cover is approx. 10 x 14 x 300 dpi = 3000 x 4200 and they can resample the…
Mitch, The relative mode is a little squirrely to say the least, but it does work. With the "SNAP TO" in the ON mode seems to change effect, so try it in both on and off modes. You need to work on grabbing the clips on the correct side for…
Doug, Now that I have your name right, the buffer allocates more memory for importing of files, so if the file imports OK with the original setting then there is no need to increase the buffer size. Sound like you are up and going, I hope you got your project…
Tolek, The first thing that comes to mind is the buffer size in the PARDRV setting in your PAR batch file. If you have rendered to an alpha/32-bit file the buffer size needs to be increased to read C:\DPS_PAR\PARDRV /B:1800, you might have to increase it a few more bites…
Glad to help out! I was not able to move my mesh back to 0,0,0 in AutoCAD, so it was a real mess to work with. My situation sounds very similar to yours, the snap did not bother me much but my camera paths sure were jumping around. I got…
Harold, Was this by chance a DXF import from AutoCAD. If so, try moving your project to 0,0,0 in AutoCAD and set your UCS to world before doing the DXFOUT. I have encountered imports which were off in left field and caused roundoff errors which will effect a vertices location…
Carlton, >>That RP list is jut what I need to get started.
Carlton, Here are some specifications that I have collected for RP: IN:SYNC Corp. Telephone # 301-320-0220 Fax# 301-320-0335 Razor Pro Feature List -An infinite number of layers of video clips and stills can be composite together. -An infinite number of audio tracks can be composited together -Video clips and stills…
Thanks David, I did not get that conformation at NAB, they said Windows for sure and NT by Siggraph, this is great news! -Mike
Bob, >>video for windows is all 16 bit stuff not 32.>Does anybody know if it will run in Chicago ???
>>PMJI>> Robert, A while back I had a similar problem with a camera path jumping around and this was also a large civil job. The scale and location of your scene has caused some single-precision floating-point roundoff errors, which will make the vertices fall onto there closest roundoff points, therefore…
Tolek, At the DOS command line in your PAR directory type PARDRV /P and this will put the PAR into its native mode, also in the PAR application if you leave the EXPORT MODE set to PAR not TGA you will exit the software in the native mode. -Mike
Carlton, I have not looked into the new NT software for the PAR/PVR, what I do know for sure is that the NT/PVR exports all file formats that NT supports, this will include BMP, PCX, TGA, TIF, AVI to mention a few. The only other product would be a conversion…
No problem Christie glad to help, Jamie is at Comdex, about your question with the sound card, the Turtle Beach Monterey is highly recommended by IN:SYNC/Jamie, but I have not seen the NT drivers yet. I am sure Turtle Beach will have the drivers by the time we need them…
Carlton, I talked to DPS a few days ago and the report was that the audio/video sync drivers are going to be available real soon (I think they are calling them -AVI drivers-) and if you yell loud enough they will get them to you immediately. Also, if you are…
Sebastiao, I am still a little unclear on exactly how you are playing the clips in RP? Are you using the Previewer or the Player? If you are using the Previewer the compression is set too high, if it is the Player it should look just like the Windows MM…
Christie, First I would like to clarify what you are looking for, the PAR or PVR software/hardware? The Perception Video Recorder/PVR will be the board of the future (at least for the near future, until the next revelation comes out). The PAR/NT software should be ready real soon, it was…
Christie, The RP/NT software is in progress and should be ready about the same time as the PVR/NT version. If not, the Razor Pro/Win 3.1 version will work with the PVR/Win 3.1, you won't be left hanging without a NLE and player. -Mike Morgan
Sebastiao, There are a few possible problems that you may be having. If you are playing you animation back from the PAR you might have the fields reversed. Next, if you are using the Player from RP the compression level is set to high on the Preview Settings or the…
James, The number for the ASDG drivers (current version 1.2), is 608-273-6585. -Mike Morgan
Steve, >>PMJI>>Just a quick note on your mouse/modem/tablet problem– Your cheapest and easiest solution is to use a BUS Mouse ($60.00) on IRQ2 this should resolve all of your IRQ conflict problems. -Mike Morgan
Scott, Here is the current info that I have: TapeDisk Corporation 2908 Found du Lac Road Oshkosh, Wi 54901 Tel- 414-231-3333 Fax- 414-233-8699 Let us now what the current compatibility is with NT!! -Mike Morgan
Brian, That's a nice call, maybe from now on I'll/We'll probably start keeping those "original TGA's around" for the PVR. That brings up a real good question, will the old *.ANI's work on the new hardware? Another note on backup's- TapeDisk is a great piece of software for copying TGA's…
>>PMJI>> Cal, I just saw your note to GregP on Corel SCSI and you got me doing some tests. I use Corel SCSI version 2 with PAR version 1.5 and as of yet I have not needed to do a restore. BTW- I talked to Corel SCSI tech. and they…
Tim, The PVR is not going to be released until June/July 1995, sounds like you let your PAR go a little to soon!! >>What resolution and aspect ratio should we render to now for frames we will dump to the PVR when released?>Would it be better to get two 2GB…
Tony, >>i just came back from NAB and you should be aware that the PVR software was written for Windows NT therefore as far as 3DS goes it will be useless until 3DS R5 is available :{
Martin, >>Our PAR is in a 486/33 with only 8mb RAM
>>You should contact Scott
Harold, You mentioned in your message- >>reproduced at poster size (up to 6000 ppi)
Raf, I found a section in the 3D Studio Special Effects book -Effect 4 by Martin Foster- on pg.43-44 which helped me achieve this same effect you are describing. You might want to check out this book, it has a lot of good examples that have bailed me out of…
Harold, I can't answer your question about the additional ram substantially decreasing your rendering time. I suggest that you optimize your hard drive each time you render, so that you have contiguous space for that large swap file. Is the final output size rendered at full resolution, if so, you…
David, I use a 8550 ExaByte tape to do my par backups, also I have a 150 meg. Bernoulli by Iomega which works with the PAR. A suggestion would be the NEW 'Bernoulli 230', this drive is selling for under $500.00 and it includes 5 disks for a total of…
David, PMJI >>Other drive letters can be used.
Alec, I just read my last message to you and noticed a "typo" on the latest version of Razor Pro. The last version that I downloaded is 1.0d not the 1.0c that I mentioned. I noticed that Jamie committed on the same, hope you got things working! –Mike
Alec, I downloaded the 1.0c version of Razor Pro yesterday morning. It works great!! It sounds like you are trying to set your final output settings to you DOS drive "c:\razor\preview.ani". If your final output is set as *.ani you should be setting it to the PAR drive. –Mike
Andrew, You need to make sure that the PAR drive is a drive letter above all of the other network drives, this should be first thing that you do. Then you need to set the PAR drive as "other" in the drive type-description. From here you should be able to…
Alan, >>You're a prince. 🙂
Erik, I live in S.D. and we have a very active 3D Studio users group here in town. The group has a great leader who comes up with something special every month, his name is Alan Iglesias and he is up here on the forum daily. The group meets on…
Alac, I thought that you were having a problem with the Player, there is a report on the problems/bugs you described and they are being worked on for the next release,when, I don't know. Mike Morgan, CAd Forms Inc.
Alac, The new upgrade should put the effects and transitions into there proper sub-directories, check their dates, then delete the files in the main Razor directory (these should be the old ones), you might and should recreate your new libraries with the current trans/effects. The problem in Razor player is…
Gary, The 11000 frame number was set arbitrarily, it was the magic number that I needed. Try a larger setting if you need it, I think it causes the program to us more ram so if you have it you shouldn't have a problem. >> Also with the new PAR…
Ies, Try creating the grassy area with a bevel around the circumference or raising the area and using a smoothing group to round off the edges and then applying the same grass image bitmap you like and add a little bump map using the same image (maybe 5-10% bump) and…
Gary, There is a setting in the PAR.INI file to adjust total amount of frames, set MAX_FRAMES=11000 or so. I think this was my largest file on the PAR so I don't know if you can go any higher. Backup and delete any unnecessary files then optimize the drive. Then…
Jerry, Ouch! The version of of PAR software you are using needs to upgraded. That happened til version 1.3b (I think) the current version is 1.5 and I have even heard of a few patches to this version, but it will take care of your "Delete Project Directory" problem. What…
Sorry Tim, I sent this last message the wrong direction. I re-submitted a copy back to Jerry, there is not much a person can do in this situation I have been there also :
Jerry, Ouch! The version of of PAR software you are using needs to upgraded. That happened til version 1.3b (I think) the current version is 1.5 and I have even heard of a few patches to this version, but it will take care of your "Delete Project Directory" problem. What…
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Dennis, Glad to here you got things working! Buying a 1.6 gig drive and having it format out to 540 megs wouldn't make anybody a happy camper. Glad to help! Mike Morgan, CAD Forms Inc.
Dennis, I just set up a 2217A for a client and he did not have the Enhanced IDE support, but the CMOS let me configure the drive for the proper configuration. I proceeded to prepare the drive with Fdisk and it only saw 540 megs as you described. The 540…
Richard, I am just getting to my mail, I am moving my office this week and it has a long one. I think you need to contact DPS on the settings they recommend for the Connor drives for the master/slave jumpers. I have not used any of the Connor drives…
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