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RE Wavefront OBJ to 3DS conversion – I've used that little freebie utility a lot also, but it sometimes does not work if the mesh is too big. In those cases, I use Truespace to import the OBJ and then export a 3D Studio ASC file. Truespace is great for…
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#Free Toys
Message #194118
Hi Serge – I just want to say thanks for sharing your plug-ins for 3D Studio. I think it's terrific that you can share some of the more easily programmed tools with all of us. I disagree with Aleksay's "tear of a baby" comment – in this business, you can't…
>>RE: dir list. Sounds good to me! Other people might also be interested in seeing a copy out in the libs, though. (can you say free advertising? I thought you could ).
>>Would periodically put up a "allfiles.txt" for your bbs. I got a copy from somewhere, but it's a couple of months old. I'd be interested in seeing what you have available.
>>As some one who keeps making Star Trek stills, I understand the fine line bit, many of the Shareware forums here have very good Doc's on copyright etc on Shareware products, perhaps they could help?>What sort of Meshes do you make, are you doing a sort of Viewpoint thing, you…
>>I understand about the cost, etc. A T1 would cost big bucks, and doesn't sound worth it right now for you. I'll check it out again sometime, I'm sure you've done alot to it. (it was nice then, too..)>I'll just have to break down and get the Murbridge book myself…
>>Thanks for the Repley Jim, I look forward to the loss of a Big Mac for per month for access to your BBS, Please post an announcement for when you set up the Telnet Access,
>> I hate too point this out but pov-ray textures are not solid. They are 2D. Wow, really? How do they map so well then? Good point. They are *not* 2D functions – they are true procedural 3D textures. You can read the code and see how they work -…
>>I tried out super vary and it doesn't do what I thought it would do – unless I'm doing something wrong. The colour seems to remain the same for the range of frames you specify. I'd expect it to be interpolated to the next colour over the specified range of…
>>Ermm, can I acsess your BBS through the Net?, I live in the UK so a phone call would be very expensive LOL, If I can avsses it through the Net how can I ?, oh.. and whats the cost?
>>regarding Internet RP, add my vote to the pool. We have a flat fee PPP 28.8 connect, and I'd be more likely to get a subscription if I could eliminate the long distance charges.
>>Any chance you'll be moving to the internet?
>> It is a lot easier than morph objects though. I posted a note asking if it was fixed but never received a reply. My original SVARY had a file date of May 1995 ish.
>>Please provide the phone number and subscription price (specifics like other benefits).
>>What BBS are you doing and how do I subscribe? The BBS I run is called "The Rendering Plant" and is 3DS focused. The number is 816-525-8362 or -5614. You can check it out and subscribe while online with a credit card if you like. Thanks for your interest -…
>>that sounds very useful. Time to get off my arse and subscribe – need to talk the prez into coughing up some money for the subscription though.
>> Still, though, I can't think of ANY effect that would REQUIRE VARY.SXP. Can you? >>Of course I can. Yes, you can use animated mapping instead but the speed and flexibility that vary.sxp allows makes it invaluable especially as you can't morph materials on
>>Anyone know if anybody got hit lately?
>>Wonderfully put Jim!
#FS: Sanyo GVR-S950 VTR
Message #187002
For sale: Sanyo GVR-S950 single frame accurate S-VHS VTR. Under 1000 edits, three months old, very clean. Price reduced for quick sale – less than half of list price! Click your reply button and I'll give you all the glorious details! Jim Lammers Trinity Enterprises
>>I talked to two of the Digimation people at SIGGRAPH. One told me what you heard while the other told me that it wasn't gonna be possible _ever_ because of some sort of incompatibility w/ the internal workings of 3DS. I wonder what the _real_ truth is?
>>Do you have an address is it run by Autodesk or an Individual?>Boy there E-mail Bill must be through the roof On the internet, there *is* no email bill. I pay about $10/month for nearly unlimited access. I think Autodesk has a permanent Internet link for all the things that…
>>Ermm, could you please tell me what a mail list is please, NG,WWW and CIS is easy but what are these mail lists?
>>Can you or anyone else possibly recommend a good 'teach yourself' 3DS book?
>>I don't know of ANY 3ds to RIB converter of any type. If you here of one, let me know. I'd be interested.
>>Are there good 3DS sites on the Internet that I should know about. I would like to see more examples of everyones work, but Compuserve is too expensive. Are the Compuserve 3DS Libraries available on the Internet? I'm also interested in any Internet locations for AAS and IPAS.>Also, why isn't…
#CGW article on metaballs
Message #180614
Anyone catch the dinosaur how-to article in the latest CGW? A very interesting article on using Metareyes to create a realistic TREX, using snapshot extensively. A real boost for 3DS-ers just before Siggraph!
Brent: >>We had a ball. We will have some new things to show real soon and would love to demo them to your group.
Brent: I wanted to say thanks again for your great demonstrations of Meshpaint 3D and DMM at our user's group meeting. Everyone was very impressed, and really enjoyed the meeting. Thanks also to JJ for coming out. And congratulations on being listed as a "hot ipas" by CGW (I *think*…
#FS: Magic & LenzFX
Message #179587
For Sale: Magic: Latest version, including as-new manual. LenzFX: Latest version, with dongle and as-new manual. In keeping with Compuserve's policies, you must email me for pricing, but it is less than the new price and fully registerable. Thanks, Jim Lammers
#Embossing script
Message #178561
Hi, folks – I just wanted to let you all know that my emboss script is now available in the scripts library. I created a little IXP for owners of TSE to let you create an embossed logo effect in your animations. I got this idea because it's a good…
Sanyo GVR-S950
Message #176966
For Sale: Sanyo GVR-S950 Single frame accurate S-VHS VTR with built-in time code generator. Under 100 hours usage, brand new in box. Priced to sell fast! Reply via email for more info – Jim Lammers
>>>FYI, the ASOFT party will be on Sunday night at the Biltmore. It would be nice if you could make it.
>>Nope, I was just reading the manuals and they clearly state you can't use the Windows capture without installing and using the Windows drivers (running Windows on the T+).
>> Win drivers for the Targa+ card to use it. I was hoping to continue to run Windows on the video card in the machine, and only use the Targa for capturing/rendering (a two monitor solution).
>> I haven't figured out how too use it yet. Are you talking about the windows capture utility for the T+? I could xerox and mail you my documentation if that will help. Jim
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#RotoScope Sanyo GVRS950
Message #173660
Yeah, there is a windows capture utility that comes with newer T+ cards. If you can't dig it up, let me know and I'll post it to you. Jim
>>I figured I could make it work with a little programming, but come on! I'm lazy. >>What is you batch file sending to tape? Targas? Do tell… Here is an example of my program's output when I wanted to grab lots of segments of frames from different parts of a…
>>>3D Studio doesn't do a real great job of controlling the unit. When it works, it really works great, but doing Disk-To-VTR is more of a pain that anything else (and Disk-To-VTR is where I start making money, if you know what I mean!). What I am wondering is if…
TGRAB5P allows you to specify the TRIGGER field, but both fields are grabbed by the utility. So it looks just like a rendered fields image, with alternating lines in each field.
>>where can the end user get this software. I would be happy even with 4 gigs. Writing to hard drive then transferring it to tape without having too back up. I like that.
>>What are the settings for getting onto the renderplant BBs now? I get nothing but gibberish w/ everything I've tried.
>>What are the chances that the RENDER PLANT has a FTP site on the InterNet yet?
>>>Tape disk, Is this a software that will work like render to dat ? Will it work like a hard drive with tape disk. Yes I know 3 gigs is enough hard drive space , but to utilize my DAT as a 8 gig drive I would be very happy.
>>Thanks for the tips. I have three gigs right >>now with a 8 gig DAT in which /I plane on >>getting the render to DAT software. Then I >>should Have plenty of space . You mean TapeDisk? You have 3GB and need Tapedisk too?? I have a DAT too, they're…
Let me know if you have any difficulty. The key thing to getting TGRAB5P to work right is to tell it what the source is when you run it. /S is for the S-VHS connection that I always use, so I run it with "TGRAB5P /S" and then follow the…
>>Where does one find Vivid? It should be here on CIS in Graphdev. If not, let me know and I'll send it up. >>How does it compare with POV Ray? Similar in terms of working with it. Rendered output from Vivid is superior on average, in my opinion. I think…
#Kyle McKisic
Message #171587
>>BTW, you can also see a slightly different >m,
#Kyle McKisick
Message #171548
Anyone see Kyle's piece on modeling and texturing and animating the "face hugger" creature from the Alien movie in the new Planet Studio? Geez, what an excellent job he did. HRG himself might call you up about that one, Kyle! He also managed to use bones, TSE, SEEZ, and Metareyes…
>>I'll give you BBS a call tonight. I'll E-mail you my results. The file you want is called TGRAB5P, but I think you should scan for all the ones with GVR-S950 in the description and get them, you'll use them all. To scan, type "Z;GVR-S950;A" at the main menu. BTW,…
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