This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Gary: I guess I jumped in a little late to this thread – but why do you need to render with alpha on to get a dissolve in VP without the darkening? We had this problem on a rush project and ended up faking it. What gives?? G(P)
Martin: Aura? Is that what you call it? Must be the English translation… Greg
does that include the CPU at that price???!!!
Gary: IPAS out the door tomorrow???? Meaning Nov 10, 1992??? Thanks for the warning, I will immediately cancel all meetings, phone calls, etc. for a month! Having seen most of the routines up close and personal at the show, it is going to be a great learning experience! And look…
Duane: There are lots of options for VCR's out there. But there are many questions that need to be answered first. Are you talking about single frame recording (the best solution) or "live" recording direct from Ani Pro? And the next question, of course, is the good ol' What is…
Yes, it is! Glad you like it – we already sold a few of them sight unseen, and I haven't had one in-house long enough to test it! Greg Pyros
Charles: The ONLY way to get the IPAS routines is direct. As such, it may be difficult to find a dealer willing to take the time to show them to you, since they cannot make any money doing so. If you returned the white card that came with 3D Studio,…
Roger & Laura: The old AA will only do 320×200 resolution. You need Animator Pro for 640×480 graphics. It will also alow you to size the images smaller, and go up to 1280×1024 if you want. Greg
Ken: Seems like 512×486 is a more common NTSC standard… Greg
try linking it to a dummy object located at the sun.
Bruce: I'll add one that I was really hoping would be part of the product by now: Animating a spotlight as the sun. You should be able to input time of day, time of year, latitude, longitude, and daylight savings time or not. It would either animate one full day…
Mike: We are running 1 AST and 9 very generic clone 486/50's with 3DS in a rather serious production environment, and yes, we have had a few problems with the systems. The major ones were ALL memory related, and using QA-PLUS and/or CheckIt found them reliably. We had a flakey…
Gary: The best part of the Sony Animation Showcase was seeing every major software animation company locked in one little room together! Everyone from TDI to Wavefront to Alias and XAOS and SoftImage and Electric Image and even the Toaster and Digital Arts, all tied together with Sony's Laser Disk…
Ken: The way I would do it, with your time constraint , would be to render flics at 512×486 if possible, or 320×200 for speed, and use flitape with a laser disk. With no pre-roll required, and at the proper resolution so that flitape won't have to re-scale the images,…
Ken: Your problem lies in the fact that real-time playback of flics is almost impossible to control down to the second. Depending on how much is changing between frames, backgrounds, etc. The only way to get EXACT speed on playback is to plan on 30 frames per second and do…
Pat: I hope you're giving Mark a good workout. We tried to burn him out here at the Sony show in Hollywood, but he seemed to manage, somehow. But, he did have a flight that arrived in NJ at 6:00am or so. Is it true that he can't sleep on…
David: Question 1: You must set the display to NULL device if you want to render out to a higher resolution than your screen can deliver. And yes, as you noticed, if you tell it a lower resolution than the screen, you will get some blank areas around your image.…
how short is 'shortly'?
Tom: You're welcome! Yes, Aniplay direct to tape 'live' is a quick and dirty solution. Try the Targa series of boards for a proven solution. We just ordered the RGB Dynamics scan converter for doing things like that. I will let you know when it comes in how we fare…
Ang: Personally, I prefer a "house sync" to using the sync source on the video card. This way, I tie it into tape decks, laser, computer, video camera, etc. Let me know what you decide (and why!) and how it works for you! Greg Pyros, Pyros Partnership, Newport Beach, CA
Wayne: Flimaker is included with Animator Pro. Greg Pyros
Tom: Flitape is only used for frame-by-frame animation of flis to video. To use it, you need to have a frame-accurate tape deck / laser recorder, controller for same, and proper drivers. Unfortunately, there is no 'cheap' way to get this done. However, the results are spectacular compared to live…
3DS on Prime Time!!
Message #26088
Hello out there, 3DS fanatics! Just giving you enough warning to catch the latest broadcast use of 3d Studio – on prime time, no less!! On Wednesday, November 4th, at 8:00 or so (check local listings!), NOVA is doing a special on the building of the Pyramids. Within the first…
Good to know! Should also have been fixed in 3DS release 2.01 – did you try that yet?
Brian: Good for you! Both your designers and clients and bottom line will profit from your decision to use 3DS in your Architectural projects. That's how we got started, and have almost completely given up architecture for the elusive video in the sky. Instead of our own, we animate other…
I'll raise you to $650!
Ang: I have personally never tried SoftVTR. I only know one person who has, and he had a heck of a time getting it to work properly. However, almost everyone who starts out in this crazy field has a problem the first time they try to hook up a computer…
Dave: When you say wire, I assume you mean the display (work) screen – the one with four boxes and menus. The default display screen is 640×480, while the rendering screen is 320×200. I'm not real familiar with the cardinal 732 card. Is it VESA compatible? If so you don't…
Gus: If you think they are 'weird' here on CI$, just wait until you meet them in person… Greg
David: Can you render ANYTHING at 640×480? 3D Studio will render anything at any resolution you can display AND, by setting your configuration to NULL display, it will render much higher than you can ever even hope to display! Please let me know in more detail what your hardware /…
Martin: To the contrary, Mr. Foster – the DQ-422 is a serial controller, and as such will NOT control a PARALLEL deck like the 5850. What is needed is the DQ-550P, which is more expensive (of course!) than the DQ-422, but does have the added advantage of including a time…
Angelo: We have a similar pricing structure, with a twist. We calculate out in great detail the amount of time required for every task, from meetings, 2d, 3d modeling, texture mapping, keyframing, etc., and have it checked by a few people and verified exactly. Then just take the hours, multiply…
Sherwood: I also lost a firstborn male child for the LVR-5000. Can't we just all get together and share Gary's stuff? Greg Pyros
Bob: This may be an over-simplified answer to your question, but that's what we excel in! From your description, it seems that you have a single animation that is 800 frames long. You want to delete frames 640 to 646, and have the old 647 become the new 640. Right?…
Doug / Gary: True, my office will hold about 50, but the next office over on the floor is some sort of insurance trainer, and has a real classroom (no computers) for probably 30. And that doesn't include standing room!!! They have offered in the past to rent it to…
#3DS 2.01 is out!
Message #25413
2.01 is a free update to all 3DS owners, by the way. Just return your Serialized number 1 disk to your dealer, and they will send it back to Autodesk for the upgrade. Should take 2 weeks or so, based on prior experience. Even though the update is free, the…
#3DS 2.01 is out!
Message #25412
Hey, people! (you too, Martin! ) I just got my new 3DS 2.01 software loaded. The Yosters have done some amazing things to the speed of some of the IPAS routines. To see the difference, just create a good-sized grid and apply a ripple or a wave to it with…
Steve: I haven't tried this with a tape deck, but I have rotoscoped in and out on our LaserDisc system just fine, so I doubt that the problem is is 3DS2. Greg Pyros
BOTH Siggraph AND A/E/C Systems are in Anaheim next year! Whew! I'm tired all ready!
Do you think we can get Gary to buy? Especially after all these IPAS sales???
I just met her once. Looks like a good time from this end, also. Of course, I'm so quiet and shy I hope I don't get nervous talking in front of all those architects…
Doug: Me listen in on a private conversation? Perish the thought! However, while I'm here… The Wizard people have two options – fixed hands by default, or fully articulated and linked for $100 more. How did the movie meeting go???? Greg Pyros
Martin: Just hiding out from creditors. Don't blow my cover!!! Greg
Doug: Yes, the 1024x768x32 bit mode is interlaced. But I still prefer it with HiRes QFX to anything out there at 1152x900x(only)24 bit!!! We run it on the Mitsubishi 21" monitor with a long persistance phosphor, and you can't even tell it's interlaced (ok, just a little!) But the fact…
Doug: No hardware is required to control the CRV. It works great with RS-232 control only. You do need a sync generator, though. You could get a Horita for under $400 or so, and they actually work! Much better than the $3,000 or so you would have had to pay…
Try adding more memory.
We had a problem with a Mylex caching SCSI disk controller. It was an easier problem to identify, it just wouldn't work with Ani Pro or 3DS 2. (worked fine with 3DS 1, however). We replaced it with a DPT controller and all is well in Mudville. Try to change…
Aaron: The Targa/Targa + will do 512 x 486 x 24 bit happily. The Vista will do up to 1024 x 768 x 32 bit, or 756 x 486 x 24 bit for video work. The Vista with 4 megs memory does need an encoder, or just plug it into…
Ed: I have a friend with a Soft VTR and a lot of problems with it. Don't know how many are his or Soft VTR's, but he does excellent work otherwise. Have you checked out DiaQuest Software? I can vouch for its reliability with the Sony LaserDisc CRV system. No…
Since Martin asked for it… Yes, DVK is the parent company of Wizard. The 3D people are great, not only because of extremely good modeling and maps, but also because they are extremely economical in terms of faces and vertices. You can put a large number of them in a…
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