This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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>>… printing out wireframe. Ahhh… A decent solution (but far from elegant) would be to export as a DXF file from 3DS, and read into ACAD for plotting. Another option would be to render an image in wireframe mode. Unfortunately, I can't think of any perfect solutions.
>> I am hooked and want to know how to do this for a living! First of all, you are in the right place to learn about the software. Second, continue to work hard and put together a strong demo reel. Finally, post your location here and ask about nearby…
>> Who do I turn to now and how do I get my printer to work? I don't know much about that printer, but I would guess that your best bet will be to render out your images to a file. Then use your favorite paint/image processing program to print…
>> could I go down to my local utility service… You'd probably need to call a telecommunications consultant and plan on -THOUSANDS- of dollars for hardware and a data grade transmission line hookup. If you are looking for a "home page" of your own, many providers will do it for…
>> …save off the current image (with alpha) and then be able to call it >> back up for compositing. Anyone else think this would be cool? Could >> it be accomplished with TSE? It should be VERY easy with TSE. TSE uses two easy methods to access the image…
>> A little bird told me that TSE might be soon available for $200. I believe that $200 is a current sale price related to a show taking place in NYC today (and yesterday). Hopefully MartinD can jump in to verify this. – Dave
>> "guide to JohnnyM" Cool!
#Great job!
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Martin, I wanted to complement you again on the great presentation you did on TSE at the Graphics Symposium in NYC today. Also great news about the sale price! There is no excuse for people not to get into scripting now! – Dave
>> Any ideas. You might want to hit the local computer store and pick up a $10 parallel port. It should do the trick (although at the cost of a slot). For other suggestions, there is a file here called hwlock.zip (or .txt) with a bunch of suggestions. – Dave
#3DS on NBC
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[…continued from section 2] >> [Delicatessen] recommended…film…(highly) Share your thoughts with me when you have a chance to watch it. Most of my family and friends cringe at the thought of foreign films… They'd rather watch Arnold S or Sly Stallone fill someone with lead. I have seen previews of…
>> QT is definitely worth watching. I love the style. I'm sure it will get old quick though. (Much like Ridley Scott and David Lynch with their unique styles.) I indulged in a video over the w/e. Have you ever seen the French film, "Delicatessen?" The bedspring/violin/painting/sewing machine/drill press/… scene…
>> It was _extremely_ comic-booky… I was hoping for something more like Tim Miller's piece on the Siggraph reel. >> Ahhh… Network television… That sums it up. BTW, did you catch the ER directed by Q. Tarrantino? Gosh, I'm fascinated by his style. – Dave
>> Link Info Yet another underused 3DS feature. Thanks for the reminder. – Dave
>> the treatment is an antibiotic Sounds like you're setting yourself up for a malpractice suit! – Dave
>> render from ER in frames, make an ifl, render the ifl as a background >> in VP using fields. Hi Ted! PMJI too. What you would have to do is render from ER at double the length. Then go into 3ds VP and "manually" composite the fields using an…
>> Autovision vs. Accurender or anything else? What Cd's are available… The answer you are most likely to get from members of this forum is 3D Studio. As a complete 3D modeling and animation package, it will fit your needs extremely well. As far as I know, Autovision and Accurender…
>> You must be seeing things… I wouldn't be surprised… (I guess CIS shows my local time – EDT).
>> 09-May-95 02:27:23 Late night — or early start? (sheesh!) >> "Mad About You" Great news that 3DS work is getting some prime time airplay. I'll be sure to check it out! Re: NBC — who does those cool particle animations with their logo? – Dave
>> I need to animate a kind of tube, that is to be filled with a liquid. Check out PYTHON from Schreiber. It does exactly what you need. You can also create your tube in the lofter, with mapping coords ON and apply an animated opacity map. Have your map…
>> how can we move on from here on a more positive note? Your being here, responding to these comments (and really listening) is exactly the way to move positively forward. You'll notice that noone has complained about product quality, but rather the poor handling of people (customers and testers.)…
>> Does anyone have, or know where to find, colour pictures (as GIFS, TIFS >> or whatever) of skin diseases? I'd advise scanner together with a good medical journal. Just be careful of copyrights. – Dave
>> …I don't think I have set things right. AniStudio seems to function best with a large permanent swap file. A big performance boost would be to delete your current swap file, optimize your hard drive, and create a new permanent swap space. For the time being, reduce the resources…
>> Overall how do you like the program? Do I "like" it? That's fairly subjective. My answer is both yes and no. It is good at what it does, but it doesn't quite fit my particular (demanding) requirements. – Dave
>> Are you able to create layers like in photoshop? No. You DO have the ability to "float" a selection, but once you "render" it becomes part of the bitmap. >> What does digital paintbrushes mean? I assume they are referring to the ability to paint over time and to…
>> Saw a P90 Neptune chipset for $695 with CPU. Sounds like quite a deal! If you happen to still have the phone number, could you e-mail it to me? Thanks. – Dave
>> It's just some of the people in suits will never think of animation as >> anything but kid stuff. It's just that we kids are bigger than most. – Dave
>> I've seen the problem with face selection in 24-bit mode too. A similar problem occurs with face building – the lines just won't appear. I am using Vibrant 1.0.5.p1 (I think). I wonder if the new vibrant drivers might help. – Dave
>> Does anyone know about a screencapture/grabber program which works >> within 3DStudio. Type the following at the DOS prompt or include it in your 3DS batch file: set screengrab=yes I believe it is documented in the readme.txt file. Press for a screen capture. It was also documented in R3HIDN.TXT…
>> I reminded them also that as a Beta tester/Dealer I felt insulted that >> they would offer to sell me a final copy for $300. while as a dealer >> I could sell "Educational" Copies to "Students" for $195. I'm sure your thoughts echo those of many on that…
>> Carrotblanca All your work sounds very cool. I look forward to seeing them. – Dave
>> I'm feeling mighty small right now for not reading my manuals I completely understand — they're HUGE. (But unlike many software manuals, they must be read — lots of valuable information.) – Dave
>> Should I give the guy the files? It's a shame it wasn't in your contract when you started the work. I've worked on projects where I've known in advance that I'd be giving away all my rights to a mesh once it's created (and the price reflects it.) Unless…
>> Can the TSE scripts be reverse compiled back to C so they run fast? Not with any sort of automated utility. However, your 3DE d-boxes will translate directly (I'm told), and your logic and program flow have already been designed — thus manual translation to C shouldn't be too…
>> in a location far from 0,0,0… Try relocating your landscape closer to the origin. (FWIW, there is another recent thread in the forum discussing the relationship of detail size to overall scene size.) – Dave
>> 3ds will not recognize any of its subdirectories (meshes, temp, images, >> etc.) unless Smartdrv is loaded first. Perhaps you can list your Autoexec.bat and Config.sys files here to shed more light on the problem. My first reaction would be to do a "Clean Boot," that is, with no…
>> I was hoping to avoid learning C for a while… TSE can help quite a bit in that regard. It is a great place to prototype D-Boxes and your algorithms without the continuous debug-compile-debug… headaches. Once you've got something you like, it should be fairly mechanical to convert it…
>> Borders is owned by K-Mart… That explains the lack of order on the shelves! (compared to Barnes and Noble, that is.) Actually, I have been very impressed with the store. I have yet to go in and NOT find what I'm looking for.
>> IPAS (which could also take care of the real time bevel functions)… I'll put in a vote for that, too. Since you've already made such a huge investment in font development, this would make a terrific add on. As we all know, lofting and manipulating large quantities of text…
>> SS -BTW, if you find Mary-Ann (out on Catalina??), PLEASE let me know! Ahhhh… So you like the older women, eh?
>> allow all your IPAS routines to run without the HUGE FINANCIAL outlay >> for upgrades! From what we've seen posted here by IPAS developers, they will make the migration as painless as possible. I personally suspect that you will spend more money fine tuning your computer than buying software…
AP Professional puts out a tremendous catalog containing the best of the best graphics books. (Of course AP Prof. publishes most of them…) I've also found that Borders bookstore (are they a nationwide chain?) carries most of the recommended graphics references. I'll just need a small bank loan to buy…
>> I found the whole set of GEMs books today. $49 a pop. Let's see… $49 x 4 = say $200. Add $70 for Foley & VanDam, that's $270. Plus $60 for Worley's "Texturing…" plus, plus, plus…. If it wasn't so much fun, we'd be better off hiring programmers!!! -…
>> Must be your machine, it came through fine for everyone else… >> Maybe it IS time for an upgrade? He, He. The synchronicity of the glitch was simply PERFECT. I assume a noisy phone line botched the message and scrambled a couple together. I was laughing out loud at…
John, I don't know if this was your intent or simply my machine screwing up, but it had me busting a gut. From your NT description: >> #9 NT messes up yousystem. TF >> >> o, b coparso rF,N sntmsy t ll nfc tha >> eelscrt etrstht nteeeto rbe ilhl…
>> So there in fact is no way to avoid anti-aliasing against the >> background then?? Not with a single rendering pass and flic files. Take a good look at the description of the alpha channel in the manual. It will give you a perfectly anti-aliased image over any background.…
>> We've been working on a more-or-less automated technique which mimics >> the Rhythm & Hues technique… but… nothing useful yet. Sure! He says he's going away for a while and that he won't be around to answer his mail. Then drops this exciting news. I can't wait to see…
>> My meshes are being modified by 3DS.. More details would be helpful. Have you reinstalled from the MASTER disks?
>> am I going to have to render twice…? Take a look at Render Alpha and the Alpha-split option. You can create your sprite and a matte (alpha channel) to use for compositing. – Dave
>> I call it an "inverse Cyberware Scan". Let me attempt to rework my Z-Buffer script to do as you desire. I will e-mail you my telephone numbers. Call me at work tomorrow or at home on Saturday and we can chat more about your exact requirements. – Dave Marks
>> Caqn someone tell me how to get in touch with CalComp? 1-800-CALCOMP
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