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I appreciate the creativity of the very complex work arounds that you and others have come up with in trying to simulate refraction. My point is that these very efforts demonstrate the need for a refraction solution for 3DS that dosnt negate the advantages of scan line speed. To me…
Have you considered what the upgrade from R1 to R2 might cost ? The reason I ask is Im trying to decide whether to get R1, which would meet some of my needs or wait for R2 which sounds like a much more complete solution. If the upgrade cost were…
Any ballpark ETA on the second version? Will it support IPAS effects?
No problem.
Im hoping that some of the best features of Pstyler end up in Pshop.
PMJI Gosh, I really like the special effects book and have learned alot – but – the illustration of the wine glass is not going to win any contests in competition with a ray tracer. I would guess that the wine bottle subject was suggested by on of the POV…
Although Photoshop may have a few more features, I like the interface of Photostyler better , especially for easy pixel by pixel control of selection areas which is important in making seamless textures. Im looking foward to Painter 3 with its support for sequential file modification. Im trying to figure…
Yes, Thanks.
Hey! I own and use a PAR all the time. I was saying, not very clearly apparently, that more resolution than can be handled by a Targa , Vista, or PAR is useless for video output. The PAR has enabled me to be much freer creatively, since its so easy…
Thanks for contributing to my education!
Well, one thing is that video resolution ( if by quality you mean resolution ) at 750+- by 480 is so much lower than film resolution which is generally lower than still print resolution. If by quality you mean detail, lighting, etc. the still is (hopefully) studied for awhile while…
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#Mc Fly!
Message #137381
This particular fly lives in an aquarium with a praying mantis, which can be nerve racking. I want to animate the way flies wipe their heads repeatedly with their front legs. Im working on the plants that go in the aquarium. The aquarium is found in an 1890's inventors workshop…
BTW Un Chien Andulou (The Andalucian Dog ) and some other wierd films that arnt in the same league are or were available from Vidio Yesteryear as #83 "Avant Guarde and Experimental Films". Last I heard they were at Video Images, Box C, Sandy Hook, CT 06482. Other stuff available…
Ive had hit and miss experiences with boolians. Today I had some luck with intersect in order to perform a subtraction that wouldnt work with subtract. Must be an art rather than a science. Ed
PMJI The theory of trichromacy states that there are three kinds of color recieving cells (cones) in our retinas. The peak responsiveness of these cells hovers around the frequencies we would call red green and blue. The responsiveness of each kind of cell drops off as the frequency diverges from…
Thanks. Im doing more work that requires swaping so this looks like a solution. Ed
Sanford, When you do make it to Lompoc might I suggest Thai Cuisine on I street if you like spicy food. If you feel like it give me a ring, Im in the book. By the way, check out Fly in the images lib. I was inspired by you. Ed
Hey! us Lompoc-ers ( no k ) are proud to be in the forefront of something. The last big deal around here was when W.C. Fields was in town.
If your experiment works out Id like to hear about it. Im seriously considering OS2 but Im waiting for the new version.
Try render blowup. It will blow up any area you select into the resolution you specify.
PAR and sound
Message #131967
> Im using a VTR that can "stripe" a tape with time code. This is done before animation is recorded on to the tape. SMTE time code is striped onto the audio 2 track. After the sound is added to the audio 1 track the audio 2 track is erased.…
Thanks for the information. It seems like OS2 would eliminate the PharLap problem.
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3ds for renderman???
Message #131276
I havnt worked with Renderman. What advantages does it have over 3DS materials and rendering?
I havnt worked with Renderman. What advantages does it have over 3DS materials and rendering?
James Thanks for your answer. It sounds like OS2 would be at least some improvement. Im waiting for the next OS2 because Ive heard that the present version has its little idiosyncracies and that a more friendly version is on the way. Ed
Im not going to A.U. but would like to see the brochure and specs. send to: E.Harvey 1598 Calle Primera Lompoc, CA 93436 thanks in advance!
James, I like the Kurzweil 2000s. Its a high quality keyboard with an on board sampler. RAM can be added so that several seconds or more of dialogue or any sounds can be sampled and keymapped. Once keymapped a sound can be played across the whole keyboard. So its easy…
Ive worked with Real3D. Its a very complete program ( includes IK, collision detection, friction, waves, spines, spline, poligonal and solid modeling, ray tracing and scan line rendering, on and on ) It includes esoteric capabilities such as animating boolians ( the holes could travel through the swiss cheese )…
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Message #128980
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Hello Sanford The largest file Ive worked on so far is 167000 faces 84000 verts. Its an 1890s Doctor/Dentists office and some objects, like the dentists chair, are pretty big. I got rid of about one third of the faces using the Optimize Ipas routine at the angle setting of…
Thanks to you and Phil for the suggestions. Changing the 3DS.set file did the trick.
#Opacity map problem
Message #127937
Id like to use grey scale images as texture maps and color them with RGB Luma Tint in order to save disk space. This works with materials that are mono or duo chromatic. The problem is that full transparency cannot be achieved (by me at least) with RGB luma tint.…
I enjoyed your article in 3D Artist. I also use Sculpture among other modelers (theres nothing even close to a single solution in this area). One thing Ive noticed is that when exporting DXFs from Sculpture with two different views, like top and front showing the DXF might not make…
#Exit DOS problem
Message #125965
Don, My view is that Autodesk should be responsible for whatever they ship as part of the 3DS package . Im used to Windows programs that have no problems with virtual memory. I cant imagine having to exit Photoshop every time it goes to disk . Design limitations are made…
#EXIT DOS PROBLEM
Message #125477
It seems to me that the necessity of exiting DOS and restarting 3DS each time a rendering is made that exceeds available RAM and pages to disk is a bug, even if it is documented. Im maxed out on my motherboard at 32mb and cannot upgrade as often as I…
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