This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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3DS R4 For Sale
Message #194077
Hi All! I have a spare copy of 3DS R4 here that I'm parting with. It's been on the shelf for along time and I've never gotten around to installing it. If you're in the market for one give me an e-mail. It's fully upgradeable, has all of the standard…
Thanks Nik! I'll have a picture ID on me. Paul
Well Nik, just so you can add us to your list of people not recieving invites. I leave tomorrow and to this date haven't received a single invitation. Kathy's premise of "not-registered" just doesn't hold water. For the last several years we've always gotten our invites and we're bombarded with…
Simply create your new fonts as postscript files. The postscript format, which Animator Pro handles very well, is available through Adobe's developer support line. To my knowledge the FNT format in Animator Pro is proprietary and with postscript support there's no reason for anyone to need the FNT specs. Paul
If you're running out of swap space, it's extremely easy to add more. Do a: df -k to check your disk space then as root: cd /usr mkdir swap cd /usr/swap /etc/mkfile 500m /usr/swap/swap1 /sbin/swap -a /usr/swap/swap1 tada! you have 500 more megs of virtual memory to render your project.…
It's now on my long list of things to discuss with you. ; – ) Paul
Rick, OZCIS shows all of Greg's messages as perfectly formatted. What are you using to try to read them? Paul
Considering the level of your work, I'm sure your "dude" will fair better than Tom Mix. 🙂 Paul
I'm going to spend the day in the Renderman Production Course so we'll both be in class most of the day. When did Greg say his open house was going on? Since you'll be in class most of the day also, you may be my best bet for a lift.…
Anne, Don't mention the CA Highway patrol and the trip to Greg's. It may jinx me. They've already written me up a couple of times for speeding and I don't even live there. The last time I was out there, I took a Miata from San Francisco to Monterey, and…
#Virtuosity
Message #182677
Martin, I just saw where the Virtuosity preview on HBO is airing at 9:45 p.m. EST this evening. You may want to check your listings if you want to tape it and haven't yet. Paul
I'm staying at the L.A. Omni, it used to be the L.A. Hilton but recently changed hands. Its at Figueroa & 7th. I'll definately be at the Asoft party. After talking to Alan, I expect it'll be a very funfilled evening! There are a few other parties going on the…
David, Thanks! I can definately use a ride. I normally pick up a rental car, but my schedule is so full, I figured it would be parked most of the time. Where are you staying? Paul
Don, I'm looking forward to meeting you too. I've been turning down projects to ensure that nothing interferes with my Siggreaph plans this year! See you in a week. Congrats on the Beta setup. I'm anxious to talk to you about your UVW rigs and how they perform. Paul
>It's certainly food for thought. It's difficult for me to eat and think at the same time. 🙂 No, actually you may be onto a very good point. Isn't it funny how we're all striving to get rid of the CG look. Kinda ironic…. wouldn't you say? See you in…
Paintboxes work fine with fields. I was taught many years ago to always use fields, it'll make things look smoother. But over the past year, I've just been amazed by the levels of shops that don't use fields. Of course my first response was GREAT! I'll save a boatload of…
#Ride to the Party?
Message #182533
A week it is! BTW I'm still not sure how I'm getting to your party at your offices. Do people hitchhike in LA? Paul
Definately a great solution. It sounds like you've more than gotten your investment paid for many times over. Thanks for the info. I always enjoy hearing "good" stories relating to equipment uses. Hopefully Greg saw all of this thread. He does afterall have a PAR and an Accom, so who…
We have a couple of 900E's, they're one of my favorites. I've seen Easy CDPro running 900E's so I was pretty sure it was directly supported. You should really look at Gear software, it's phenomenal and is unequalled in the industry, ands it works great with the 900E's. Additionally check…
I personally prefer the JVC units, better construction, more features, similar pricing. Junk shouldn't have been my word of reference. Check them both out thoroughly and I believe you may find another unit more sound for the same $. Paul
>(Burning an average of 3-5 CD's per day.) WOW! If you've burned 180-300 CD's with it in a couple of months, you've used it ALOT more than I have. I was merely referring to the technical data and what it can be used for. We write to our units from…
We've found that most of our clients who are going to do anything to the shots before they air them, want everything rendered to frames not fields. After spending years rendering to fields, over the last year we've become more and more accustomed to utilizing nice motion and camera blurs…
Junk. 'nuf said? Hold off a week and we can discuss it. Paul
> 'Yost told me so'! Trenchcoat, Fedora, and the password is "Yost told me so"! See ya there! Paul
Don, I'm up the coast and mine hasn't arrived yet either. Alot of times I don't see them until a day or two before I leave for the conference. I have no idea why Adesk doesn't send them out a month or so before like the rest of the industry.…
2D NURBS
Message #181659
If anyone has any direct experience in the creation and interpretation of 2D NURBS please e-mail me. I'm starting a project and I need to find a programmer who has a working knowledge of the differences between Bezier and NURB splines. Thanks A Ton, Paul
What insult? I simply asked if someone had mentioned an Econ degree at the beginning of this thread. I've taught Econ101 and Marketing 101 and it seems as though alot of the discussion in this thread is totally contrary to elementary principals of those two subjects. As to the Adesk…
Neat stuff, I was just interested because I'm a typography student per se. I've spent alot of time in the type world, and have a very strong passion for the field. Take Care, Paul
Wow Greg, quite a few questions. Here's a stab at them: 1.) R5 under NT should really cook. Considering what the Yost Group has managed to do with Pharlap and Dos, their NT code should really fly. As to performance specs Pentium vs R4400. I think the SGI machines ala…
Sounds like a fair anology to me. I think everyone is really interested in what R5 is going to do and how it's going to perform under NT. It has phenomenal potential. Several years ago when I first ran NT, I got my hands on a few Japanese based graphic…
Taking out a four year loan to pay for a piece of software that will obviously be antiquated in under a year isn't a very prudent business decision. Quite obviously the software market, especially 3D animation software is phenomenally shaky and it's possible to spend $100,000 on a package one…
Viewpoint has a really nice female hand. After building a really complex one, I realized that Viewpoint had significantly added to their collection and had one I could've used.
Great! I'll definately be at the Adesk party Tuesday evening, but I'm not possitive about the Asoft party Sunday night. There are several other companies having their "main" parties Sunday evening and I'm trying to arrange everything so that I can hit everybody's debut of their new stuff. Looking Forward…
No need for thanks, they're given to me and I just pass them on. Divorces are horrible things. E-mail me an address and I'll mail you the pass. Take care of your friend.
#Free Passes 🙂
Message #180621
Tis the Season! For Siggraph that is…. as usual we're being bombarded with free exhibits plus passses for the conference. We're all Siggraph members and buy conference passports so I have numerous exhibit passes to give away. If you plan on attending and want a free pass to check things…
Interesting, I was actually trying to determine what type of work you had done in the field of typography. I probably phrased my question incorrectly. I've never heard the term traditional used in that manner regarding typography, I take it you were referring primarily to 20th century methods in general…
Sorry, I won't go into detail about SoftImage on the 3DS forum. I'd suggest you check them out at Siggraph. Or if you're at the conference, I'd be more than happy to grab something to eat and discuss my experiences with the various products.
3D Studio excels over SI. Here's the story on SI: SoftImage does Nurbs and Polygons, it just doesn't do either very well. 🙂 Paul
Andy, That's really neat that you worked with Pre-R1 stuff. We used R1 to put together some of the first PC based military simulations for DOD. We actually had multiple bases with whole rooms full of 4D's sitting idle while the military dev teams crunched together around a couple of…
I don't know the names of the pieces shown simply because I'm not saavy enough to be familiar with the various cases. They were all lower res shots but impressive none the less. The very first forensic piece I ever saw was your Mitchell Brothers piece on the old 3DSCD.…
#Alec on HBO
Message #180346
I don't know Alec Jason a.k.a. (Alexander Jason)'s CIS ID number so this message is posted to everyone. Watching HBO tonight I caught a few of your pieces on TV. It seems that everywhere I turn I see more of your stuff. Nice Work! Kinda ironic that you put together…
Wonderful, I'm sure Acclaim truly appreciated their employee displaying the tact and intellect of a 3rd grader. Just think …. now that Victor has done such a wonderful job demonstrating his wordplay prowness, he can proudly display it at the top of his list of accomplishments. It would no doubt…
If you rendered the mesh by simply dxf'ing it into Alias, then it will naturally be slower, it's due to the fact that Alias routinely subdivides each polygonal surface 4 to 8 times. You need to set the modelling and rendering stats in the program, So you're not rendering a…
[>> Continued from previous msg] We hope that message is clear from this FAQ. Talk to you soon….. Look for updates to this FAQ on Avalon over the coming weeks.
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#Avalon CD halted
Message #179014
[>> Continued from previous msg] this public trust; it's not worth tarnishing our reputation. We've made some mistakes over the last couple of days that were undeniable proof of this. Thanks for letting us know. See below for our responses. 2) Will Avalon access always be free? As long as…
All extremely good points David, and the simple fact is that they can not arbitrarily assume a copyright, and they cannot limit the distribution of the files that have been found at that sight. Obviously if they control the sight they can stop further mirroring. It seems they'll do that…
Thanks Alan, I knew Adesk always holds the party in the middle of the week. I was really just trying to get a handle on everything. I'll be there from the 4th to the 11th. I'm really psyched to see what Gary has put together. Should be quite a show.…
Thanks Much! Paul
#Siggraph/Asoft
Message #176480
I've been totally out of the loop on a project for the last 60-75 days. Could some nice informative soul fill me in on when/where the Adesk shebang is going to happen? I'll be at Siggrapgh all week, but I wanted to make sure I sat aside time. Thanks In…
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