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> [pubs] places of use and true worth < > STOP calling them _English_ units < Huh?! You had 'em first! I suppose you won't take credit for British Thermal Units either? 🙂 Then again, I suppose your government is now using the Royal Family Joules. — James — Choreo…
> We're installing two Matrox MGI cards. < Does NT detect that you have two cards installed and offer the option of extended desktop? I'm just curious at what point you specify this option. I was hoping it might work with other cards too. — James — Choreo Motion —
From:
James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Take 5/Want Ads
October 25, 1995 12:59 PM
Nahh. I just realized that we've heard alot about the IPAS but we haven't seen the official announcment. BTW, rumor has it that the Euro version will include pictures of pubs and churches where the page numbers usually are located. — James — Choreo Motion —
> We have about 30 NT stations currently configured with dual screens < What display card and drivers are you using? — James — Choreo Motion —
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James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
October 25, 1995 1:30 AM
I'm afraid you've lost me. I was trying to impart my misguided humor on the forum. I already have a service out of Newport Beach I use for renderings that are too big for Choreo. Feel free to post your info in the libs for all to see! — James…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 25, 1995. SALSA LITO, CA. Digitalis, Inc. announces a mind-numbing upgrade to thier existing "Instant Artist" plug-in. The new upgrade is entirely re-architected to work with Autodesk's revolutionary 3DS MAX animation software. The upgrade, scheduled for shipment first quarter of '96, is tenatively titled "Make Art…
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James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
October 24, 1995 10:25 PM
[disk storage of CD-ROM index using Browser] > Would you also be so kind to tell how? Would be interesting. < 1. Choose Build Index. 2. When the Filename Dialog pops up, immediatly press OK — Don't change anything! 3. A message box stating "Can't create index file" will pop…
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James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Software Dev. Kits
October 24, 1995 10:25 PM
> They have offered to try and write a program that would convert their data to .dxf, 3ds.prj, or acis(Autocad r13 3d language) if I can supply them with the specs. Where would I find this information?? < Did you ever get the answer to this one? What you need…
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James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
October 24, 1995 1:14 AM
> .now where is that terabyte hard drive I left sitting around. < It's stacked underneath that 2 GB shipment of RAM, next to the DEC ALPHA box in the receiving room. 😉 — James — Choreo Motion —
> How do I get a VRML viewer? < I am uploading a copy of Tesselation Times #529 to the libs in the "Index & Info" section under the file name TESS529.TXT. It contains a discussion on VRML and how to get VRML viewers. — James — Choreo Motion —
This calls for a celebration, eh? Everybody light-up those virtual cigars!! (Puff, Puff) 🙂 Congrats!! — James — Choreo Motion —
> Does anyone know how to make dominoes, placed in a row, fall down in a chain reaction? < That's easy! Open a Pizza Hut! I expect that my licence to attend the forum will be revoked for this one. . . — James — Choreo Motion —
Have you read the section of the manual on Lenz Stack? It's required for multiple entries. — James — Choreo Motion —
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James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Take 5/Want Ads
October 22, 1995 10:00 PM
> Put a few of his books on your shelf and I assure you, your explodes, disintegrates and all sorts of image proc. ideas will flourish. [BOOM=@%&*_)!!!! < Hey, I think Christmas is right around the corner . . . Hmmmmm. > sorry I don't have the ref. numbers for…
There may be a better answer to your question, but here's my first thought: Render the border pixels like this: 1) Measure the distance between you're camera and it's target. 2) Now dolly the camera back say 10% of that distance to obtain a 10% border pixel boundry. 3) Calculate…
> I think he was kinda dissapointed with Win95. < A fashion of these words shall likely grace the epitaph of Win95. — James — Choreo Motion —
Impressive technique, Kyle. Thank you for sharing it. I have to admit, though, I'm _almost_ sad you shared it. It's kind of like a master magician revealing one of his illusions. — James — Choreo Motion —
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James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Take 5/Want Ads
October 21, 1995 10:32 PM
> Certainly you must agree that all stones weigh 14 pounds . < Yep. Isn't that equal to a half a slug? — James — Choreo Motion —
I see. Pubs . . . and churches. I think I'm coming to a whole new understanding of Brits! 😉 — James — Choreo Motion —
Hi Neil, > The foot and inch might be strange beasts, but they measure lengths that are reasonable. < Well, you've got me on the height question. But I have grown quite accustomed to temperature in oC. I wonder if it has more to do with habit than anything else.…
> What are the rates for creating a web page? < I looks like Choreo Motion is going to be adding this to our list of services. From what I've found so far, a typical project is broken into two distict areas: the programming and the graphics. The average rate…
Wow, it sounds like a great reference! Did he use high-speed film too? I've seem some great slo-mo studius of various motions that were quite enlightening. Please let me know if you find a source for the CD. I'm going to keep my eyes open for it. — James –…
Pubs signs are more prominent that street signs? Whoa. What a town London must be! As for the street numbering system, that's no surprise. It goes right along with the foolish system of measures they gave us. Of what cosmic significance are the numbers 16, 12, 3, 1760, and 5280?…
#Street names or pubs?
Message #196224
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James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Take 5/Want Ads
October 20, 1995 12:18 AM
I just read in a book on VRML that "Brits navigate through space not by street names, as Americans do, but by the names of pubs." Just wondering if you could verify this? 🙂 — James — Choreo Motion —
> However, I have to admit that the computer has held me captive more and more. < I hear ya. I keep expecting to wake up one day with a SCSI port formed in the back of my head. 😮 >, have you seen any of the publications of Edgerton's…
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James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
October 18, 1995 2:58 PM
The Alpha vs. Psuedo Alpha is sort of a non-issue for technical reasions. Here's why: A 24 bit TGA file has 8 bits per pixel for each of red, green, and blue colors respectively, hence 24 bits per pixel. Each set of 8 bits is called a Channel. Hence, an…
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James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Take 5/Want Ads
October 18, 1995 12:47 AM
[re-architected] > The word is a noun and has meaning only as a noun. < Excellent point. I looked back through the 3DS release information [3DSMAX.ZIP] and searched for all occurances of and, yes indeed, Autodesk is using the term as the verb "re-architectED". The word should only be used…
> living in a personal time warp. < ROFL! Great expression! > Let her drain… wooosh. Digitized the clip and mapped it as a material in my vortex < I've been hypnotized by a drianing sink a few times myself! One of the great things about being an animator is…
Hi Anne, The Siggraph reel is consistantly impressive year after year. I often wonder where some of the authors come up with the time to build those animations. One on the last reel was over 5 mins of awesome CG. Wow! — James — Choreo Motion —
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James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
October 17, 1995 3:45 PM
Stephen, > Shouldn't I get better compositing results if, when I am done, I re-render my flc as tga files via 3ds? < Why are you using FLCS to begin with? For previewing? To answer you're question, an 8-bit FLC should _theoretically_ have exactly the same fidelity as a grayscale…
I thought it would be helpfull to note that the 3DS camp is as defensive and pridefull as any of the other camps. I certainly am no exception in this respect. Information that even remotely contradicts what is considered common knowledge among the camp will be aggressively addressed (and with…
> Who at the Yost Group or Autodesk is responsible for putting forth in press releases the word "re-architected"? This bastardization is annoying to me as a licensed architect to say the least. < The term likely stems from the phraze "software architecture" which has been around for probably a…
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James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Shipping/Receiving
October 17, 1995 2:17 AM
Chalk up an Alpha MAX or two for Choreo Motion sometime next year! — James — Choreo Motion —
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James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
October 17, 1995 2:17 AM
Hi Danny, I've played with this kind of effect. The best approach I've found is the explode both objects into two similar sets of blocks and then use Elastic Reality to morph sequence 1 into a reverse sequence 2. Providing the effect isnt more than a few seconds in durtaion,…
#Trained Eyes
Message #195682
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James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Take 5/Want Ads
October 16, 1995 10:36 PM
As we become better animators, we become better observers of motion. We can see things that happen so quickly the average person would miss them. Here's an example. While watching a recording I had made last Friday, I came across the promotion for the movie "Powder". It's about an albino…
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James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
October 12, 1995 1:45 AM
> Are you still using OS/2? < Nope. Now that I have enough machines to separate office and production matters, I no longer have a need for OS/2. I am aclimating to NT, however, in preparation for 3DS MAX. — James — Choreo Motion —
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James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
October 11, 1995 8:21 PM
> Will any of the Autodesk products invert not only the Black and White colors but also the Shades of GREY. How? < Certainly. Enter the 3DS Video Post queue and do the following: 1. Create an IFL (Image File List) of the files you wish to flip. 2. Set…
Is 3DS a better value?
Message #194903
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James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Take 5/Want Ads
October 11, 1995 11:37 AM
Hi Brian, I don't know if you remember this, but six months ago there was a long discussion on ASOFT as to whether 3DS is a better _value_ than Lightwave. Market share being the measuring stick, we placed an informal wager. You wagered that Lightware would succeed 3DS as the…
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James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Take 5/Want Ads
October 11, 1995 12:30 AM
Check the libs for . . . WCSSE.ZIP SSFLI110.ZIP (or a variation of that name like SSFLIC11.ZIP). Keyword search for word SAVER. — James — Choreo Motion —
From:
James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
October 6, 1995 2:03 AM
For running multiple sessions of 3DS under OS/2 it is recommended that you have a separate directory structure for each session of 3DS you intend to run. The additional directory structures only need enough files to serve as render slaves. This can be easily accomplished using the 3DS install disks…
From:
James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
October 5, 1995 10:38 PM
Are you running HPFS or FAT? — James — Choreo Motion —
> Do you have any idea just how many nodes there are on the CIS network just here in the states ??? And it's a little more than just plugging in another modem. < I rather expected you to say that! 🙂 The number of nodes is only relavant in…
From:
James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
October 4, 1995 11:40 PM
Is this under DOS or OS/2? — James — Choreo Motion —
I seem to get a lot of NONAME.00? files when people send me images via e-mail. The files are always complete and readable. It's as if the sender didn't give the file a destination name, so WinCIM just creates its own. I haven't had that happen for quite a while…
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James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
October 3, 1995 12:34 AM
> I upgraded FROM one board TO another < Aha! Now I get it. > I guess I failed. This plodding engineer, like most of his breed, is a poor communicator. < Whoa, stop! Pull that bus over! Let's not succumb to any stereotypes! 🙂 > However, once you get…
From:
James Coulter[Mindscape]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Hware/OpSys/video
October 2, 1995 1:31 AM
I wasn't aware the VRAM could be upgraded. How much of a speed improvement did you notice when you upgraded to Video VRAM? How much did the upgrade cost? — James — Choreo Motion —
Considering that 3DS Max is potentially six months away, I think an interum speedup would be usefull. Candidates like Bones and LenzFX, particle systems, off the top would be beneficial. BTW, any possibility of this technology being applied to MAX plug-ins? — James — Choreo Motion —
Yes that's correct. WinCIM creates these under certain circumstances. .000 are placeholder files for CIS files marked for download. If you mark a file and then don't download it, the .000 temp file will stick around, but be a null file. I usually don't have any trouble with this when…
> CIS plans to double the numbers of dial-in nodes < That's good to hear. I've been trying to talk a few of my relatives into getting CIS, but they always cry "Not on Long Distance!" 🙂 — James — Choreo Motion —
I'm glad the hear they're upgrading. Yet, I don't understand why it should take "months" to upgrade the modems. It seems like "weeks" is a more reasonable time frame. How long does it take to unplug a modem and plug a new one in? I know it's not _that_ simple.…
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