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Hi Carlton, I lived in Peru for 17 years, 2 of them in Cuzco. I was a filmmaker there. I know some people that you will probably like to meet. If you want you can call me at my studio in San Francisco. 415 750-0294 or 415 750-0292. My e-mail…
It works great. We use it on every aplication that used to be moused! Enjoy Arturo
Just make sure you expose correctly to avoid the dreaded scrolling bars!. Usually exposures of half a sec or more average the scan lines very well, unless one has a synch signal that drives the shutter. This can usually be rented but for more sophisticated electronic driven cameras. Exposure from…
Hi Carlton, indeed the sculptures you are refering to are carved in wood. The wood is the treated and painted with a very interesting texture. There are also bronze versions of this sculptures which are casted from the originals. To me he is one of the greatest painters alive today.…
Quiubole Ana (mexicanismo…), que te parece que estamos platicando de arte sin saber mayormente que hacemos. Al menos yo no se a que te dedicas. Es decir se que usas 3DS pero no se para que (para que trabajamos? :)), yo por lo pronto vengo del cine. Por muchos an~os…
Oh I would not hope to see the "frost filter interpolation" in any major motion picture . We are currently using that technique for a 5 min stop-motion short that is headed for an animation festival. The other 3DS scenes that I worked on were for "Virtuosity" where I was…
Lopez-diapositivas? de donde sabes esto? Yo lo conoci en NY hace algunos an~os y que yo sepa no utiliza diapositivas como tecnica. Dibuja y dibuja y borra y borra como loco hasta lograr lo que quiere. He visto bastantes obras en progreso y te puedo decir que no conozco ninguna…
I have not seen the previous messages on this thread but I imagine somebody complained about a different language message?. I understand. Maybe a good soltion is to name the thread in the particular language so you don't have to download the "nonsense". I am pretty sure there is a…
Hola Ana, es refrescante oir voces espan~olas en estos lares. Mi abuelo era como dicen en Mexico "gachupin" y ni modo pues, somos los de aca hijos de la "chingada" como comunmente se dice. Pero creo que el resultado de la mezcla tanto genetica como cultural es ventajoso. En la…
We just finished some shots for a major motion picture using 3DS. We rendered at 972×486. We got away with that because it was supposed to be "virtual reality" and so in fact they wanted to introduce "glitches" so that people would not be confused with "reality". Even at that…
Hi Jon, tu conoces a Arturo?, yo tambien! he,he. Maybe it is easier to get in touch with you via CIS since you don't check your phone messages!. Metareyes is great!, we are using it for the film. I was just frustrated we could no use animated textures but that…
Hola Javier, hemos podido usar tu programa para generar algunas animaciones para esta pelicula de Paramount (Virtuosity). Desafortunadamente el no poder usar mapas animados nos limito bastante pero esperamos que esto se solucione en el futuro. Estamos con unos deadlines espantosos, por eso no me he comunicado con mas frecuencia…
Hi Blake, thanks for the reply. I believe the laptop can display 64000 colors. At least that what it seems like from Photoshop or Painter (No dithering, very smooth gradients) I will appreciate your efforts to help me solve this problem since 3DS is my main application and the director…
Hi Blake, we are currently producing 3d animations for a major Paramount movie using 3DS4. Our means of comunicating with the director on the set and showing him "dailies" from the CG dept. is a NEC laptop (VERSA Pentium 75) This is capable of displaying 64000 colors given the right…
Hi Jonas, I am using a NEC Pentium laptop (VERSA/P75) which is capable of displaying 64000 colors and it does so in Windows. I don't know how to make the driver accesible to 3DS4. This machine uses the CHips 655dgx-VL/ISA. We are currently using 3DS4 to produce animations for a…
I have another problem creatin "real light". I have to match studio light setups for a current film project. The plates have already been shot and I made a detailed schematic of the lighting plan. In other words intensity, color temperature in Kelvin degrees, color correction filters used, diffusion etc.…
Hi Nathan, you don't have to load each image by hand. Just write an .ifl file with your sequential images and they will display in sequence as a background. We are doing that for the film I am working on. Yeah, the gray scale sucks. What I have done is…
Not only that. The Memory Head is only for rotation, pitch yaw etc. But you still need the linear tracking information (dolly shots) and angular information of every joint in the case of a crane shot. The solution so far seems to be a full motion control system such as…
Hi Nathan, this is Arturo (yeah, that one) I just happen to be working on the same problem, I am capturing motion control data from a camera track and will be applying a specially built routine to drive the 3DS camera. There are quite a few steps in between. You…
Hi John, does Mathematica outputs some sort of file that can be used in 3DS to construct a polygonal object (DXF or at leat vertex locations?) How does Mathematica compare with MapleV specially if you are not a mathematician? Thanks, Arturo
Puppeteer is neccesary only if motion capture data is going to drive your figure. If this is the case just be aware that you must model the figure first (there are a few ponters for this too, like modelling with extended arms and open legs, palms facing down etc.). Next…
There are a number of facilities in my area (Northern Cal) from the very sophisticated laser scans to manual point by point. Depends on your budget and location. Acuris is one of them (415) 329 1920, talk to Eduardo. Arturo
Hi Andrew, you might try Adaptive Optics Associates. They sell a Multi-Trax both 2d and 3d trackers. Their phone is 617-864-0201 fax 617-864-5855 (Massachusetts) They also sell other systems and analyzers for both animation and modeling. If you are into character animation take a look at SimGraphics's VActors, they support…
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#3d images for Anatomy
Message #141439
Not only is 3DS great for what you want. I am currently working on a body project (pumping heart, lungs nervous system etc etc) and I can't find anything you cannot do…yet. Also most of the body parts you might need you can obtain from 3rd party services like Viewpoint…
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Don't know dates, just industry rumors but I will ask somebody (who might know) on monday and let you know. Arturo
Hi Andrew. The best way I have found to come up with an optimal palette is the following. Render your frames in any 24 bit format or at least jpg at 100% quality. In photoshop or other 24 bit program composite (paste in a single frame) a few different frames…
I will try to refrain in commenting about an alarming display of ignorance and paranoia Another idiot immigrant Arturo
Hi John, bummer about NovellDos. I need some remedy for memory managment since I do not have any left in my pent90 and therefore I can't use the full potential of the network. Any suggestion? I got R4, I have been so busy I have not been able to install…
Thanks Gary, I'll give that a try. I know, somethings just happen with no explanation .Today I lost the grid. It would not show up no matter what the settings were. I had to delete the polys in the shaper and up pops the grid! :-O
THanks, I tried that already with every light. The shadows that dissapear are not only from the moving objects (which is just a single cluster) but also shadows produced by stationary objects. There is not a lot of animation going on, it is though a very large scene. I finally…
#Novell Dos v.7
Message #129925
Does anybody have any experience using Novell Dos version 7? I seems that it would be the solution to memory managment and networking. I already have too many devices and therefore have to have a slew of booting options depending on what program I am going to use. Very time…
Will do, I am very frustrated and it is very time consuming to hide object by object until it works! I will also try to keep the objects but turn off shadow casting and receiving from the farther objects to see if it is the load that is causing this.…
Hi Jonas, I think the distances of the lights are ok (close to the obj) and the fallofs are tight. I ran a test deleting 70% of the objects in the background, keeping all the lights exactly the same, and the shadows render! So it is not the lights but…
Hi Jonas, thanks for the response. I have increased the map size of a couple of lights (whose shadows would have to show in the foreground) to twice the default size an I still don't get a shadow cast. I do get shadows if I render from the editor. What…
Shadows dissapear!
Message #129538
Here is the problem. When I render scene in the editor everything casts shadows as set ( all global). But in the keyframer only the first frame casts shadows, then they all dissapear. In any resolution. It is driving me NUTS! I have checked every light, every object. It is…
#Dissapearing SHADOWS
Message #128478
I am having a problem with shadows dissapearing while rendering a large animation. If I render individual frames each has the correct shadows. But if I render a FLC or a sequence of targas either some shadows dissapear or only render in one frame (usually the last). The camera is…
Hi, I have an intermittent problem with shadows. I have a very large scene with 15 spotlights, all casting shadows. if I render a single frame all shadows seem to be right, but if I render a sequence of targas or an FLC then some shadows dissapear or show only…
The TBC will provide you with a perfectly stable and synced image that will need little post-processing if any unless your source video really sucks :> If you get a VTV-2000 you don't need a TBC to capture and edit your animations or video, but it helps the quality of…
I heard that R4 is going to use a different "dongle"? Is this true?
I don't know if mine is an unbiased opinion. I shopped around for a while and decided on a VTV-2000 video capture board that captures high-res real time video to disk and also outputs high-res real time to tape. You are aware that all these systems depend in having a…
Yes, thanks you for reminding me. The problem is I usually render with that option off and later if the material has to go to video for a demo or else I have to run every frame through Photoshop. -Arturo
I use an EVO9650 and find the quality outstanding (as long as you keep the generations to a min). I have found however that I have to start with a very low-saturated image because saturation and contrast will increase rapidly. Try to run all your frames through Photoshop's VIDEO -NTSC…
Hi Jim, great news Is there an upgrade policiy from the plug-in filters or is it a separate product? -Arturo
Schreiber's local # is 303-7591024 but as they will probably tell you you cannot sell a foreign product through them. Even if you contact Schreiber UK they do not sell here (and viceversa). You need a local company to act as a "producer" so that you can service your software.…
Sorry I was vague. I was thinking more in terms of advertising than a pre-planned tv production with enough time ahead. One year I shot 44 comercials (that is almost 1 per week) and I just remembered those fast times and shuddered. I guess I was just feeling bogged down…
Can you recommend any good character animation done with 3ds that I could check? I do a lot of flyby and simulations, but I have a hard time believing we could meet tv production scheds if we needed to do character animation too (And I would very much like to).…
I would save individual frames from the POCO Numpic as .pcx's, then use Alch386 (or Alchemy) to resize the individual frames with the -Xb### -Yb### option (the b after the X or Y does a better job at scaling than anything else I have tried), or you can input one…
You can try Chuck Henderson at earthmap@aol.com voice:(707)8844900 fax: 01 Tell him I sent you, he is a good friend and specializes in exactly that. -Arturo
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