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You're right Greg, I've almost talked myself into the memory. Almost… But I'm not actually doing much raytracing or automatic reflection maps. In fact, the 12 minute rendering with 8meg swapper was a door, a brass handle with a mapped reflection map, a couple boxes and the edge of a…
Oh yeah, you said it! I work off set whenever I do get work, and make it a point to avoid set at all costs! Usually I get in and out between shots – you've never seen anyone faster But it wouldn't be bad the first time. Any you'd be…
I don't know who told me 3DS did everything Ani Pro does… Actually it was the same guys who said 3DS has as powerful CAD as AutoCAD! They used to sell these thing – _used to_ – now out of business. Small wonder… What I've been doing (kinda embarrassing) is…
#Page faults, page faults
Message #67733
Hello everyone, So I'm working away here and, well, to put it bluntly, I have no friggin' memory! Actually I have 16megs, but I'm getting upto 32000kb worth of page faults, and have a good ten meg swap file happenin. And all this after only one rendering. Needless to say,…
Hey there, I asked this a week or two ago but nobody seemed to know – and I don't know whether you'll know because it's an Autodesk thang: Upgrades to IPAS3 from the r2 developers kit? I bought it a little over a month ago… James
#Like your OS/2?
Message #67673
So now that we've had r3 for a month or so, I'm wondering how people who are using it under OS/2 are liking it. How much memory do you have? Do you find rendering and previews take longer? And is that compensated for by being able to go off and…
Thanks for the tip! I also have used a bit of dents just to give that slight feeling of texture. James
Thanks Michele. I had thought of Ani Pro but was told by some one that 3DS did basically everything Ani did and there wasn't much point to getting it. But I'd like to take a look at it sometime soon. James
Hey John, Yeah you're right. Ten seconds of black is a while. Probably more like 2-4, just to get some space to cut. I like you're idea. Now, the only thing is, once the camera is moved to it's next shot/segment, I couldn't go back and reshoot a previous shot.…
Yes, I agree. I think Aaron has a good question, and sees it the sam qay we do: it's just a matter of getting a handle on the idea. Basically, in film, a single artist is a whole department, each person contributing their own artistic skills to the whole, in…
Thank dor the info Dick.
#SHOT by SHOT ?
Message #67554
One more question: I am doing a short… piece, I guess it would be called. There's about 45 shots, many of which take place on one set. Now, I'm trying to theorize my camera placements. For each shot, would I save a new copy of the set? Is there anyway…
Hi Aaron, I'm sorry I didn't reply to your last message to me, but I saw it on another system and seemed to lose it along the way.
Hey Phil, I've tried to find 3D ARTIST arround here but can't. Do you have subscriber info? A phone number? Thanks for the info James
#WHAT IS… book?
Message #67412
Hello again, I was wondering whether anyone has come across a good Graphics and Animation "Dictionary"? I bought a book called Advanced Rendering and Animation Techniques and, although it's good, it's still a little terse. Takes a lot of reading to distill the idea. I just want somewhere to go…
Hello Brian, Can you put me on the list as well – I've lost my card… James Tichenor Cinetel Film Productions 1428 Parker Street Vancouver, BC V5L 2K1 Thanks!
Thanks for the number, Kevin… But it's out of service. I wonder if that's a sign …
I think I can help since I just went through the same procedure. You will need the IPAS3 developers kit (which, I believe is still being written) which you can get through your Autodesk dealer. Then you will need a powerful C language compiler, either Metaware High C/C++ or Watcom…
Thanks for the info John. I'm calling them now. Oh, the 800-number doesn't work in Canada. Do you have another number for Renderize Live? James
Yep, the lights are way more flexable, but it takes a time to get used to them, to adapt what I know in the physical world to the rules of the virtul world. Anyway, I took yours and others tips about brass and wouldn't you know it – it looks…
I will. Thanks for the tips to BRASS. And the lighting tip is what I think I was missing. It's funny – I spent a year lighting film sets, but now it's the last thing I think of when creating a 3DS scene… I don't know why…
Alan, thank you very much for all the tips. Fabulous nuggets! Yes, I am redoing my handles with a bit of a curve – and I also like the thought of an exclusive omni light for hilighting… Thanks again and I'll let you know how it works. James
What are you trying to do to me, man! I spent so much time, working so hard on OS/2 so that, one day, when 3DS would run on it, I could really work. Ah, but not to be… thanks to Adaptec!!! (And IBM…)
Thanks Kevin. I'm going to give this a try. There's something I'm missing with the keyframer – although most of my experience so far with 3D Studio has been in the other modules – still working on getting something worth animating. But I will try it. Thanks for the instruction!…
Thanks for the info Martin. And if you're gone and now back again, WELCOME BACK! James
In 3ds release 3, there are lots of great improvements. The best (IMHO) is the Materials editor, which is a lot different – the control you now have over you materials is fabulous – you now can use 2 different texture maps, everything has what's called masks, which is a…
Ah ha! This actually was the question. I want to import a photo of, say, a car on a road with houses in the background. Without creating a 3D representation of this picture – no polygons, no shapes, nothing – I want to define the group of pixels that makes…
Greg, you're nothing but trouble. Everytime I read a posting from you I end up dropping another $100! Consider FILM.IXP sold. Thanks! James
Hey Greg – Did you notice – you're posting was number 66666 – wooo weee wooo… Sorry. Anyway, how much does Ani Pro run at? I've thought of checking it out but kinda though 3DS covered all the territory. And, it was Andrea. Thanks JAmes
Hey, is that a shot at my crappy artistic skills? I do have R3, but have yet to "master" metal shading. It looks great in the MAT-ED, but then when rendered, it looks like a block of… orange wood.
Now, is this a all in one title, as in "COSA after effects" Inc. or is it a procedure and software that I would use after effects. In any case, I'm not sure of COSA. Could you describe further. We do have access to the Mac, so maybe… Thanks! James
Any BRASS out there?
Message #66669
Everyone seems so cool about answering my questions that I want to post another (free advice is hard to find ). I'm trying to create a good looking brass material, but am stuck. Everything I make comes out too gold. I can't get a feel for brass – kinda gold,…
1) Using a rectangle with self illumination – Would the keyframer fill in the extra frames of a bitmap? I think it would change keyframes, but there wouldn't be a progression, one spot to the other… I don't think… 2) I don't know Lumena form Time Arts… 3) … or…
Tell me how! I've never actually seen the program but if it's an easy technique… Maybe I'll buy. BTW – Say hi to the nice assistant you have that took my order for your 3DS book. She's gone out of her way to make sure I get it – really…
IPAS – Grain?
Message #66660
Hello again, Another question: Has anyone written or know of an IPAS that will create a film grain look? I know there is a procedure in Photostyler, but I would rather not have to run each frame through that, if something else is around…
#2D Animation Package?
Message #66568
We're looking for an animation package of a different flavor. How about that imports photos (tiff, jpeg, whatever) as a two-dim frame. From this, one can manipulate the movement of the 2D car, say, beginning at one point, and then keyframing it to another point. Then the smart little computer…
Thanks for the information on SNAPplus. Maybe we'll give this second thoughts. I thought it was to good for $900. Well, what's frustrating for us is that we have a Targa+ framebuffer, but we can't get it to run higher than 640×486 VGA. We bought a beautiful Sony 1604 SVGA…
#Is there a BOOK?
Message #66206
Me too – only one, though!
OS/2 problems? Where do I start? Well, first off, I can't be too hard on it because when it worked it was great! The problems I did have included CD-ROM, SVGA, unrecognized .EXE files, no device drivers, etc, etc. I tried V2.1, but found that it won't run off my…
#CARDINAL SNAPplus???
Message #66195
I'm wondering whether anyone has any experience with the Cardinal SNAPplus video board and controller. This board sounds like a PC animators dream – up to 1024×768 8 bit color (256 colors interlaced), video overlay, video digitization, RGB-S-video-NTSC in and out, VGA out, mini-DIN connector for SV5 video control, 3DS…
Hi John, me again. Two questions. How much does Play sell for? And two: tell me a little bit about splines. I thought I knew what they were, but suddenly I'm doubting myself.
Hello Aaron, It sounds to me like you are doing exactly the right things. I'm 23, and WISH I had taken way more art in school. You're right, computers are easy to learn if you have a mind for. The problem with doing it in school is, tomorrow, what you…
I've set it there and it beautiful. I especially like being able to see a material that I'm not working on, for comparison sakes. Almost feel like I'm working on the Big Boys
I'll do this. But you ask if I bought 2.01 of 3DS. I hope you understand that it's the IPAS developers kit for r2 that I was wondering about.
This is what I did. My mistake is that I had setup the VIPER only for 800x600x65000/60hz. My other res' were set at 72hz. Oops! I think that happened when I hooked up a Sony 1604, just to see what it was like. Anyway, I've reset everything and it all…
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