This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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>>>Is anyone using Premiere 4.0 for their editing with the PAR?
>>>1990 was $15,000,000)… It would make a good… something. Just like I always wanted to buy an old Dakota (Douglas DC-3) just to have it in my back yard… maybe make my office out of it… I can see my neighbors crying…
Try using PaintShop Pro v3.11 or Lview Pro 1.B They both do transparent GIFS and interlaced 89A format Search via YAHOO -David. -David Robert Swoboda
MUST SELL!!! Ideal System for Video Editing Suite Toaster 2000 system NewTek VT2000 card GVP 68030/40Mhz card 1MB chip RAM, 8 MB GVP RAMM, 8 MB Supra RAM (Total 17MB) 2.05 ROMS, ECS Agnus, ECS Denise chips 213 MB Mator 7213 Hard disk 80 MB Quantum P80 Hard disk 2nd…
Dave, Just trying to do my part and make this Cyber-Community thing work. Thanks for the "skinny" on AniStudio. Now to hustle up some more work to pay for all the new toys…. -David. >>>i'm scribbling all this down for futre reference. thanks for sharing this, david! every bit of…
Hi Mike, Thank you for the info. I've been looking at the flyer from NAB every other week wondering if I should bite-the-bullet. Your comments are a big help. -David >>> The current version of Razor Pro is 2.0 and this is the Windows 3.1 version, I think the version…
Thank you, Jack. >>>benchmarks yet. You'll have the capability of collapsing the stack on any object, which will eliminate the entire construction history of the object. (Of course, this will be a one-way operation. Once you collapse the stack, you can't go back and access the applied modifiers.) – Jack
Kevin, For awhile now I have been thinking that I am in the wrong business. RAM is really high when you think about the parts that go into a hard disk. How many steps are in the process of building a hard disk, not to mention all the parts from…
Mike, Which version of Razor are you using? How does it compare to Premiere in features. Have concidered it for a while but I already have Premiere and the DEMO at NAB I saw had the program crashing like crazy. I felt sorry for the guy running the demo as…
Thanks Dave, How is AniStudio? I have stayed away until it's out for a while longer. I've seen many messages on numerous bugs and choppy behaviour. SSounds like the features are quite good. By the way, I did find a way to get Premiere to do the WAV thing, but…
#AVI audio to WAV format
Message #187361
I just know there is someone out the with an answer for me on this one. I want to strip out the audio of an AVI file and save it to the WAV format. I thought Premiere could do this, but I'm wrong or confused. Any utils out there to…
Hi, I'm really excited about this new ability in MAX. Is this "UNDO/REDO" information stored in the same file as the geometry, or is it seperate? If it's all-in-one file how much does this add to the files size of a really BIG project. Can you turn this off if…
Hi Terry, Thanks for your comments. I have a Pentium board that won't fit the PVR, so I think I'll look around for a Dual that I can run the PVR and plug a 2nd processor in later. Man you just have to love the way the market is going……
Hi Dan, I'd like to see MAX stay at current price but with the announced upgrade price at $ 995 after it's release, I really doubt it. It's going to do more so it will cost more…. -David. >>>I hope you are wrong about MAX. $3k is a nice price…
My guess is that it will come in a a bit less than SGI version. They will be competing on a platform unfamiliar with $20K programs. $10K would be low enough if it does a whole lot more than 3DS and rest of competion. ADesk has not announced a price…
1-800-434-3339 Greatest MAG on the Planet! I still remember the excitement when I subscribed to issue #1 which had Star Trek The (slowest moving) Motion Picture and ALIEN! -David >>>Michael, Do you have a phone number of Cinefex magazine, for subscription purposes? Terence -Terence M. Shumaker
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SMPTE Color Bars
Message #186401
The Amiga version of PAR software comes with a program that creates Test Patterns and Bars for use on PAR. Perhaps the IBM version also has this utility program which was not very well announced as being included. -David. -David Robert Swoboda
You know I really hate to try and sell it but it's my slowest Amiga and I just can't use it all that much for my Animation and Graphics Business anymore. David Swoboda DIGITAL Renaissance
VT 2000 MUST Sell
Message #119640
MUST SELL!!! Ideal System for Video Editing Suite Toaster 2000 system NewTek VT2000 card GVP 68030/40Mhz card 1MB chip RAM, 8 MB GVP RAMM, 8 MB Supra RAM (Total 17MB) 2.05 ROMS, ECS Agnus, ECS Denise chips 213 MB Mator 7213 Hard disk 80 MB Quantum P80 Hard disk 2nd…
#A2000 VT Stuff
Message #209092
MUST SELL!!! Ideal System for Video Editing Suite Toaster 2000 system NewTek VT2000 card GVP 68030/40Mhz card 1MB chip RAM, 8 MB GVP RAMM, 8 MB Supra RAM (Total 17MB) 2.05 ROMS, ECS Agnus, ECS Denise chips 213 MB Mator 7213 Hard disk 80 MB Quantum P80 Hard disk 2nd…
Thanks, Gary! You know I am always surprised by stories like your guys using less-than-cutting-edge hardware to make cutting edge software, and all us users can do is SCREAM for MORE POWER SCOTTY!!!! Same thing with lightwave, Alan and Stu were writing it on machines far less powerfull than the…
Terry, In your early opinion would it be better to think about a Dual Pentium upgrade or the GLINT hardware graphics card. If the software is really fast then maybe the Dual processor would be better a route because of the increased multi-tasking for Dual-aware programs. What are your thoughts…
Thanks for the info, Dan. The near future promises to be interesting in the world of low cost 3D stuff. -David. >>Kinda what I thought, too. The MicroSoftImage guy I was talking to said that Microsoft had a "strict" 90 day limit between the time a product is officially announced…
Hi Dan, Weird that they wouldn't show a product due out in October!! >>Supposedly, they were showing it by appointment only after signing NDAs, but I talked to them too late to see one (Thursday am). They expect to ship in October. – Dan / n-Space, Inc.
Jonas, From what I can gather, The Autodesk booth was the ONLY PLACE to be and you got to be there for free… >>I didn't get out of our booth much :-(.. Someone else will have to answer this one. jonas[adesk]
Phillip, This is very good news. If we can at least get going on our old hardware then in 6 months when Dual Pentiums sell at Single prices we can really scream. Thanks, -David. >>I just showed MAX to our developers this morning on a P90 with a nonaccelerated card…
Thank you for the info, Jonas. Sounds like GLINT is the way to go so I'm dusting off the piggy bank to start the process. . Looking forward to seeing the final product in '96. Just curious but did MicroSoft show any version of SoftImage at Siggraph? Thanks again, -David.…
Hi Osman, I missed LA95 so I also missed all the demo's, but your comments bring up some interesting points which I hope will be discussed over the next few months. Just how good will the proformance of 3DS MAX be on an UNACCELERATED video system. According to YOST posts,…
Nice work guys! A while back I had the pleasure of seeing a friends name scroll up the big screen for his CGI work in "Hideaway" and it was a big thrill as a 3rd party! Must be SUPER as an A-Number-One. -David. -David Robert Swoboda
Yikes! I had to cancel plans for LA….AND I got my invite weeks ago! Now about this lottery loot, how do I collect? -David -David Robert Swoboda
Well, this really crazy episode of Ripley's went on about this ritual in Japan where 25yr old men have to protect all the 42yr old elders of the village. Turns out that 42 in Japanese means "to die…." >> Besides being the meaning of life, what else could 42 mean?…
Greg, Can you elaborate on this!? It's one of my FAVE films and is a hidden gem. Please, tell me that they got Gene Hackman for it again…… >> TV: Francis Ford Coppola's "The Conversation"
Adding to Ian's thoughts- How about prerendering the background images to thumbnail B/W image seq and then perhaps an option to load them out of RAM for really fast cruising in the KF!? >> I have been working on a project recently which required me to rotoscope 3d over cel…
Alex, Glad to hear I'm not the only one who thought the OJ piece was a "load of crap!" No complaints on the CGI, just the distortion of FACTS. >> by the company which produced it. While claiming to be "scientific," it is not. The actions depicted are not based…
Gary, RE: Universe changes. Does this have anything to do with the fact that universe is younger than the stars? I'm still trying to figure that one out. Who said the Hubble was a FLOP! By the way, based on the knowledge that you are a fan of the FS…
John, It just struck me what the key is to getting all the stuff we want/need in this market driven society we live in: 1.) Excel at pro-sports, ask for big bucks and wait for the owners to fold. Say you live in WI, do you think the Brew Crew…
Ed, You nailed it here. I don't complain if it's big $$ if it has lasting value. It's nice that most IPAS developers are doing the DEMO thing. The KPT demo really sells it for me since you can actually try the IPAS with the suppiled samples in one of…
Sorry, Jim, but you can't have your CAKE and eat it too! 🙂 >> Yeah, but does the new version contain real docs this time around ??? Jim Alabiso NOBONES Productions
Brent, the DEMO is quite impressive. Along with all the other valuable comments on mesh paint I would like to see the addition of KEYBOARD ARROW use for rotating the mesh WHILE painting. If the screen did an AUTOMATIC re-render when it detected no keyboard input you could, on a…
#Animation Master
Message #161657
Expanding (Expounding?) on your comments, Roger. You know what really bugs me about plugins (IPAS, etc) is that I can count on one hand the number of times that developers EVER update and improve them! Hurrah for MetaRyes v2 at NO CHARGE to v1 owners. At $300-$1000 per, these programs…
Javier, I feel strongly that this would make your IPAS even better. I'd buy the MetaREYES sight unseen if you add this to the feature list….. (Well, ok, the TRex and Torso are reason enough…. But I guess I'm just greedy……) Thanks. >> No, the MetaReyes AXP doesnt save the…
Javier, From your comments about generating an AD-HOC mesh for every new frame, can I conclude that MetaREYES allows for the saving of the AXP mesh file like Bones Pro does with it's GEO file? I am hoping that it does. As an aside, I really feel that ALL AXP…
Jose Maria, To paraphrase a good friend of mine who is currently in Graduate Film program at USC- "…David, I just saw the film, 'RED' and now I think I will go to sleep and when I wake up I hope I have a new a new career because he…
Phillip, Looking forward to your next "Novel." (1220+ pages…) -David Swoboda
Thanks, Kyle. This is just the stuff I wanted to hear. >> But here's the good news – the 64K polygon limit is climbing into it's coffin – it'll be gone in R5.
Constance, While I have not worked with BP yet, perhaps this note will complement David M.'s comments. Using Lightwaves Bone system is similar in some ways. It turns out that usually MANY small bones works far better than a few LARGE ones. Lowering the INFLUENCE and adding more bones works…
Great! Thanks for the information. Looks like another winner for "under the Christmas tree…." David. (When is Christmas this year? April I think….) -David Swoboda
Paul, And all these years that I've known Scott he's said he's one-of-a-kind 🙂 Scott Roberts CIS ID: 75604,1712 >>Thanks David. I did a member search for scott roberts and it says there are too many to display. Do you have his cis address? Paul
Hi Jonas, Fortunately for all of us here on ASOFT, most of the trashing that I mentioned happens out in the "wild and wacky" Internet. By the way, I just got around to your code in "Inside 3DSv4" and it's really good stuff, as is the rest of the included…
Thanks, Kyle. Say what can you tell me about possible problems of reaching the dreaded 64K poly limit on a 3DS object. My guess is that the poly counts must be Very High with this type of model. David. -David Swoboda
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