This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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The Gregmiester is back! You know, we should all have a Grant "put-down" session. Well, maybe not! Glen "Stimpy of Amblin" Miller
#Newton who?
Message #93418
Nope, its not Teegarden! He is that little ghost dude on the show! ("Hmmmmmm, what was that ghost's name???") Glen "Stempy of Amblin" Miller
#Newton who?
Message #93417
I think the warp core has had a major melt down! Memories….like the corners of my mind… ever fading advertisments…. that never were… sorry, I felt like a tune! Glen "Stimpy of Amblin" Miller
My dearest friend Grant, Let me set the record straight for you…. the end came a few months ago when some guy with a French sounding name was hired!! :} I am the new beginning!!! ;} And "Stempy vs. Stimpy"….well, I was just trying to avoid all that messy legal…
Maybe the prodct could be called Boucher-tique!! Sorry grant! Computer generated hair….that's a' tough one! Glen "Stempy of Amblin" Miller
You got that right…full of it!!!! :} Heee HEE Glen "Stempy of Amblin" Miller
Well, the only time I have shut down the system is when, for whatever reason, one of the CPU's just shuts off. At first, I did think the system had locked up, but have found out, as you have, to just let the system work! So far, the only regular…
Elliot, As a prof of mine once said, "Crashing is just another feature of the system at no extra cost." Well, I guess as the price goes up, so do the bugs!!! :} Are you dreaming of files with eight characters yet? GM
What? Motion in an animation? Are you crazy, man??!! :} Well, maybe one day we'll see a bug free Lightwave!!! My Raptor shut down the other day when I sent it a scene using a shadowmap! UGGGGGGGG! I'll wait by the mailbox!
Peter, Well, I have tried, and even with a rubber hose, and maybe some toxic liquid, I still don't think anyone could get it out of him! :} Maybe we should all call Dolby Labs and beg for a pro-sumer model of their encoder!!!:} Here's hopin' NewTek is listening!!!!
Elliot, Try one more thing….I don't know if this will do a darn thing, but here goes…. Start up both systems….then, shut down the raptor thru screamer net. Then turn off the Raptor's power. Turn it back on. Go through the start up and shut down about three or four…
Well, from what I know, the Raptor's NT system is set up to use the 8.3 file size. All I can say is that since I started using shorter file names, I have not had a transfer problem!
Brent, O.k., I'll keep my eyes open for your message!!! The Vertisketch…. in short…. it is the most awesom, wonderful, useful, etc, etc, etc, product second only to the toaster itself! Can you tell I like it? GM ?exit
Yea, one of my friends from college learned how to mix surround off a camcorder… However, it is still a secret that he won't reveal! :{ When everyone else was having trouble with the focus of their camera, we were turning in wide-screen surround mini-movies!!!! :} Geeze, I hope NewTek…
Yep, at one point because of the "8.3," I thought I might as well quit my job, because I was going to be canned!! :} After a day of trying different things, the DOS section of my brain kicked in and my job was saved!!! :}}}} Seriously, I have had…
Elliot, Hey, I have had that CPU problem myself…where it just dies….hmmmmmmm,??? I wait until the second one finishes, shut the Raptor down, and then restart only the Raptor. Like you, I have no idea what's up! GM
I have to support you in your view of Real 3D! It isn't easy! I am a Lightwave user who has found only SoftImage to be more impressive! Imagine is good too! Once Real becomes a bit more artistic friendly…SoftImages does all Real will do, and it is a breeze…
Oh, I forgot this one… and I can see everyone's eyes roll here, but darnit, I want this…. will the FLYER's sound hardware support SURROUND Encoding? After Tim laughs, ask him again! I want to make sound as important as video!
Will the Flyer come with a time line..something for pro editing? Also, at work we need the ability to tag shots in numerous ways and then be able to say," Run all the footage with Tag A, B, F, K, M," for example. I know the NFL is going NLE…
Hey, if you don't need it before next week, I can digitize you one…cause I am going to have to do it anyway…haven't found one that is worth a darn… except from Viewpoint….and I can make my own for much less! ..But I don't do any jobs for under $500!…
Well, Since ScreamerNet shortens the file name from the Amiga length to the NT length…and since I had mega problems with long names going across the net, I would say that Nt has some short name file system…8.3…I don't know for sure, but I would bet that that number is…
Elliot, Also check and see if your image goes across the net into the raptor. You might load it as a background image and see if it comes back. If not, shorten the name of the image to eight characters (dot) three characters. (xxxxxxxx.xxx) . I had a problem with…
Elliot, Well, yes and no. LW does do a light fall off, but what I would like is a flare pattern based on a shape you could draw… such as an explosion…which is never always round…and LW flares are always round. I guess you could mask over a "glow behind"…
Watch out for that woody on crutches! I wouldn't want you to fall and get splinters! Yep, I visited the Softimage booth… even worked the turtle head! But, I couldn't talk 'em into giving me the software for the educational price, no matter what I said!! :{ I want an…
Elliot, I am still running 3.2, so all of the following message might be kinda moot! But, I have rounded the corner at work to find the Net stalled (locked up) on a frame. At first I always would reboot the Amiga…but then… ..I found that every scene always finished…
Jeff, Hey, you sort-of sound like me about four years ago! Keep plugging with Lightwave and Imagine! After a while, one has to win out. For me, LW Modeler won hands down. GM
Joe, Well, I have been away for a week or so, so let me know how those demos or the warp stuff went! I didn't see The great Physics program on your list. Did they show it? I like your idea on the bones. It sounds sort-of like WaveFront's digital…
Elliot, Yep, I would like to see a display, such as the one with fog. However, if you could select those points and group them in the first place, there wouldn't be any need for a marker! Now, how about a sketch tool to draw out a wierd light falloff!!???…
Elliot, Turn off all the buttons in the clip map screen and your problems should go away! No Antialasing! No Blending! NO nothing! Or, are you speaking of other clip problems? GM
Hey, good to hear you guys are also going the SGI path. Anything new you can talk about? Well, sorry about the false alarm, but glad to hear nothing went wrong! Well, not only did I attend your class, I also taught the final two of the day. So, how…
DOYLE, Stupid people???? Glad to know I am in your thoughts! :} GM
DOYLE, Hey, don't call new tek like in the message I wrote minutes ago, you fixed your system! AmigaDos problems: Reformat your drive with the GVP util and install only the Workbench disk. Then, reboot off the INstall disk and go through the complete reinstall of Workbench. I think that…
Doyle, Well, anytime I have had a disk problem, it has been during install. I would say first to call NewTek and get a new batch of disks! Because you have the card and bought the Toaster card, I feel that I can say the following: Go to Todd and…
JOHN, I figured out the image transfer problem! I had to become a DOS head to do it, but I got it working! You know how the Amiga allows you to save a file name with 30 plus characters? Well, WindowsNT, based on DOS, doesn't! It will throw the file…
Martin, Well, it will be Monday, one week before the show before I can get you a reel! And then, only one or two segments would be "RAPTORED"! I'll get one off to you though! GM
Danny, Hey, that might work…I hope you haven't left another message after this one that says it didn't! :} Another trick might be to space the verts apart, and save them as one obj! Then, load a bone on each one and try to pull them together…hmmm, but that would…
DC, What's a' up? Well, I'll check on the disk problem! No advice yet! Sounds like a tipical Amiga to me…just kidding! Do you have a copy of the animation Todd did? I haven't been able to get anything from him! I wanted (needed) that follow-me code he wrote, but…
Thanks for the news on the CD-ROM! I'll try and check 'em out! GM
Adib, Hey Raptor dude! Well, over the last day, I have become a Windows NT "expert?"! It is something that I didn't know I was going to have to become, but, I guess it is all for the best to know as much about the machine as we can…anyway… The…
John, Doesn't Waldo mean a useful device that took forever to develop and wears a red striped shirt? :} I don't know! Call them there folks at SIMGRAPHICS and ask 'em! GM
They better have IK in the software, or you are gonna read the words of one mad crazed over the edge animator! GM
DON, Hey, we talk during the short time it takes to render that Animated short that we are all working on! (AND I WILL WIN AN OSCAR!) Hey, we like the unit! AND DON"T WORRY, I'll send you a reel! I might even have this new piece done in time…
Aib, (oopppps) I'll keep you all informed! My system came with the new software….had a few loading problems to work out, but after a few calls, we were up and running! Do you have a PAR and TBC-IV? If you do, send a grabbed, but converted seq out across the…
DOYLE, You have to go to them! "It" is really a studio! Call up WAVEFRONT and ask for the 94 demo reel. It is on the end of the reel! My god, the motion is unlike anthing I have ever seen! The files go into Wavefront's Kinemation package! Don't walk…
Peter, Yep, I got through! Now, not being a CD-Rom'er, but seeing a interesting product, what kind of drive do I need? What would work? The developer said it was a MAC CD-Rom. Just wondering! Gm
Danny, I do use DMM, but I usually don't have three days to "math" out a scene. (Maybe my machine is broken, but most of the scenes I build for it takes forever!) I have ordered Newton, but as you said, when it will ship is anyones guess! I would…
Adib, I like it! We do need an ad! Word of mouth is good, but nothing replaces good advertising! (Of course, we'll all need to have our pictures in the ad! HAAAHHEEE ! :} GM
John, The "manual-toaster display" bug has happened to me several times…my fix, just don't do it! It could be that it is also caused by sending a scene-only file… because after doing that about four times (I'll do it on purpose and see if I can crash it.) my Amiga…
Don, Hey, The Raptor is doing its job! I have had a few software problems…IE, the Frame transfers from the PAR wouldn't show up across the net until I re-rendered and resaved the files over themselves…then, everything worked! After a few months, hopefully we'll get the bugs chased outta there!…
But right now, NOTHING looks like it beats the ACCLAM motion capture system. This setup is all optical….no cords, wires, etc. Just get out there, and dance around! GM
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