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Two solutions, Microsoft Video for Windows or Lotus ScreenCam. Lotus ScreenCam has better capture and playback, but uses a proprietary format. It's player is liscense free and with something like RoboHelp, you can integrate them easily into a windows help-file. VFW's capture is lacking, but it records them in an…
hehe… PC's & Macs living in sin… LOL In a perfect world, everybody'll have NT server. But alas…. Tell you what would be cool. I'll never do this 'cause I don't have time, so I'll toss it out here. Put up an NT server on the Internet, and offer a…
True. Man-o-man, is this gonna be cool or what! BTW, people, you can write a 32 bit DLL in Visual Basic 4…. hint, hint, wink, wink!
I disagree, MicroSoft will provide API support and CDK's like they do for everything else. Not only that, MicroSoft will make SoftImage OLE2 compliant for sure. The _entire_ concept behind MicroSoft products is to provide engines that people can use to create "4th" party apps. Why would MicroSoft change just…
Here at the firm, I am lead graphics/presentation technologies producer. Not only do we do animations, but demonstrative evidence and interactive courtroom presentations. I've seen the ads. And that is exactly my point. You build a hot rod machine with your digital editing hardware, throw in a couple of JAZ…
Tell you what would make a great bump map for it is the smoke IPAS with the number of , what is it, elements? set low. and a speed of zero.
If you going use Wavefront, why don't you want to use it's modeler? I assume you will for the more organic meshes. Are you going to use GameGear?
check your pharlap settings. cfig386 3ds.exe might have something to do with it.
I agree. But no matter what packages they are using, it's still some of the best "space" 3d I've seen in a while. Good stable of artists.
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VR-INFO-WEB
Message #194604
Are you guys bonded not to use any of the ideas or copyright them? There are a lot of sights on the net that act as "programmers idea and exchange" forums, that steal the cream of the crop. It's a shame people do things like that. It only hinders the…
Woa! Where is this at?
John, NT is a networking operating system. You don't need anything but NT. It does it all. C2 level security even. Relax. You need to get NT workstation in house and start playing with it. NT is very simple to install and use IF you don't use cheap no name…
Is this data in the form of a database or directory structure? Database: (depending on the type) You could write a VB app that would first grep the database for the different customers, then prompt you how many copyies you needed per customer. You'd enter the volume amount, then it…
Um… sued… interesting choice of words in a CD duplication message! (hehe) This all depends on what you mean about high volume. If you want a garage operation to press your own CD's, then do this: 1 100Mb/s LAN Containing: 1 NT Advanced Server w/Quad Speed CD ROM with Cacheing…
Hey James! Your guys are commin' down here to Dallas to take on some Cowboys! How are things in Green Bay? Goin' great here in Dallas. Anything exciting lately? I'm working for a law firm in downtown Dallas now. I, of course, do recreations and general graphics for presentations. As…
As I see it, the best rull of thumb for network bandwidth in a graphical development LAN is "the higher the better". Your consultant was right in trying to point you at the 100Mb/s cards. They exceed what you will need in the short term, but provide a longterm solution.…
the 604 is the real deal right? If I remember right, it's the fast one on the block. How much did you pay for the workstations and how much did they cost? Did you get them from IBM direct?
It is Mico$ofts short-term plan to move everyone to NT @ work, and '95 at home. You're right, most people really don't _have_ to upgrade to '95 from 3.1x, but they will eventually. Everybody will move away from DOS. Realize that NT is not your run of the mill OS.…
Sorry, I just saw that you have it hooked up to SCSI-2… But that is ISA, right?
Something else I have read is the JAZ doesn't have to do a thermal recalibration. Also, If you want better performance from your JAZ, hook it up to a SCSI-2 controller, as the JAZ is a standard SCSI-2 device. Which brings up posibilites. Situation: Non linear editor. You bring in…
That should work. BTW, don't use ethernet, use 10-BT. It costs a little more, but you'll be glad you did. The extra bandwidth will speed up the network , and ethernet network cards sometime choke on big packets. Also, I highly recommend an NT server. It'll handle the files and…
I do a lot. I took me a bit to get it to work consitently, but now I can get most booleans to work. Has a lot to do with the normals of the meshes you intend to bool.
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Free Toys
Message #193797
What is going on here? Black-Listing someone isn't legal is it? Serge, I think your IPAS routines are good. You keep doing what your doing, and I think you'll have a lot of luck in the future. Are they just mad 'cause you gave your plug-ins away?
What are you using for development? MSC++ 2.0? Borland C++? An IPAS development kit? How many DLL's have you written? Sorry to be so nosey, but you are kickin' out some good work!
Donald, If these are rendering slaves, I would recommend starting with a clean slate. Make a "generic" config and autoexec, then let memmaker do it's stuff, agressively scanning memory. Let it create exclusions, blah blah blah. Go to a basic bios setup, and then turn off all your shadowing. Then…
Fire up your favorite paint program and make a couple of bitmaps of blurry swirls or something. Then ref map it. Usually makes a flat surface look a little better.
So it's pure lightwave? _WOW_! Fooled me!
Alias/Wavefront. The particle effects are SGI all the way. I also believe Lightwave was used, as it's output is superior. But as far as I'm concerned, that is some of the _best_ 3D on TV. Notice the little things, man. Somebody has got a great team of animators, and an…
I think Micro$oft will probably phase out '95. Micro$oft solution providers will recommend NT for business's just about across the board. '95 is really geared for the home computer. NT is M$'s flagship of the future. Mac System was ahead of it's time, but now it's lacking compared with something…
Windows NT is a much better operating system than '95 anyway. Mico$oft is supposed to standardize 32bit conventions. The next release of NT will have the '95 interface. For professional use, I strongly recommend use NT over '95.
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