This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Donald, I've been dealing with the same thing lately… long paths with keys in sets of five. At times I've had success when manually reducing the curves to the first, third, and last key. It becomes quite tedious, especially as I'm often making refinements back in the Shaper or Lofter,…
Jim, >> "can't find protected mode ADI driver"
>> Even though you can't spell XMAS without MAX
Steven, >> Has anyone else had any trouble getting their targa+ board running w/ 3DS4
Lee, Vistapro is made by VRLI, call (805) 545-8515. Vistapro DEM files can be exported as DXF files, and imported into 3DS. Paul S.
Chris, >> It's almost as if there is a slight difference in the backgrounds of the >> odd and even fields. At normal playback speed, the background >> seems to flicker slightly (strobe). Frame rendered animations shouldn't flicker at all at any speed, whereas field-rendered animation will flicker as stills.…
Chris, >> I still experience some strobing as if I did'nt field render.
Garry, Link the light as a child of the object. Have you done the tutorials? They are the best investment in time you can make. Paul S.
Todd, >> Is there any method for inserting a frame into an animation?
Dave, Here's my vanilla system files: CONFIG.SYS Buffers=20,0 Files=30 AUTOEXEC.BAT path=c:\dos;c:\windows c:\mouse2\mouse >> c:\ani> cfig386 ani.exe > FILL tool using TILE ink. bingo.
#Cel and zoom weirdness
Message #193628
Hi Dave, (1.) Is there a known bug involving pasting cels and use of the zoom function? I believe I'm using Ani Pro 1.3. I'm taking a 2 x 240 cel, and pasting it into a 2 x 480 workspace. That works fine. But my 'puter keeps locking up when…
From:
Paul Sanford [LVL5]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 29, 1995 12:23 PM
John, Can you see part of the object, or is the light not penetrating correctly? If it's the first, make sure you've copied the opacity map to the shininess slot, perhaps as a negative mask, depending… Paul S.
From:
Paul Sanford [LVL5]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 29, 1995 12:20 PM
One thing to try is to unlink the source hierarchy in the KF, go back to the 3D Editor and reset x-form all of the objects, then go re-link the objects in the KF. Double check your pivot points. Does everything work OK? Then, do the same with your target…
From:
Paul Sanford [LVL5]
Autodesk Multimedia Forum
· Autodesk 3D Studio
September 29, 1995 12:19 PM
Franz, Glad to help! Paul S.
Franz, 1.) Copy your opacity map to the shininess slot for the materials that fade in and out. What may be visible is the specular highlight of the material. The shininess map will regulate this highlight. 2.) Use the key dialog tracks to add hide/unhide keys for when the objects…
Robert, >> Thanks, what earth shattering news did I miss out on over the past two weeks?
Chris, >> I've used an omni light that changes color along with the carbon block, but without shadow casting light ends up in strange places
Hi Anne, Glad you liked my Jamaster notes! I'm a little concerned about this subject header… I'd hate to get anyone's hopes up too high! Paul S.
#Signature Files
Message #191647
Greg, >> It simply means that you did something stupid when exiting 3DS >>salve mode My 3DS characters all have rough, dry skin. Is there anyway I can apply 3DS salve to all of them at once? Maybe an undocumented hotkey? Paul S.
.PRJ saves & map paths?
Message #191488
To keep a project from searching unwanted default map paths while rendering, I had deleted several directories using the info/configure/map paths menu. Everything rendered quickly. Yet after saving the .prj, the map paths were there again??? This is adding one and a half minutes per frame to the renders. Now…
Dave, I'm not terribly impressed with *any* of the Imagine FX routines. I believe they were created for Release 2. Good luck with your hand painting the strikes! Paul S.
Hi Amit, Welcome to the forum! You'll find a lot of useful information here, as well as some great images and animations. Paul S. Fargo, ND, USA
Michael, John at Anigrafix sung the praises of QFX often here on the forum. You might want to e-mail him at 72440,3046. He uploaded a demo version here in the library too, search HQFX. Paul S.
"Comedy, thy name is Krusty." Translation: Classic comedy lives! Good job! Paul S.
David, Yep, the freelancing is pretty thin up here (North Dakota, somewhat like the Aussie outback ). A few big companies, who stick with their in-house people or big city animation houses, and lots of small companies who are very interested until they find out it costs more than radio.…
Hi Rick, Question 1… You should be able to display 512×486 stills on your Targa+ and feed the signal straight to your deck. Likewise, you should be able to play flics out through the Targa+, either in 3DS or AniPro. You need to make sure you have the Targa+ drivers,…
#LEVEL 5 seeks work
Message #190514
Greetings, I am currently embarking upon two missions: 1.) To cultivate new clients via Compuserve. 2.) To seek full-time employment (should #1 be unfruitful ). I have been using 3D Studio for nearly two years, and am experienced in creating animations for videotape, as well as flics. Interested parties can…
Dave, Using Lightning from Schreiber's Imagine FX will do most of what you want. You should be able to fiddle around with the lightning parameters (thickness, # of bolts, etc.) and aim the .axp box to hit where you want. Conversely, you might be able to have multiple bolts strike…
>> FINALLY giving us a 14.4kBps node rather than the 2400 we've had for years
Bob, Congratulations! Paul S.
John, >> I've since received at least 8 more, including 2 this week!
Dude/Dudette, >> As for why I don't use my name here, …my boss and the owner of this account…
Marco, Search the library for the keyword RATES, you'll find some help. Specifically, check out 3DRATE.ZIP. I hope others will respond to your message with their experiences… I've been saving all rate-related threads, and updating the file ocassionally. Paul S.
Ithaca, NY 3DSers?
Message #187165
Hey New Yorkers, Anybody using 3DS in Ithaca or Syracuse, NY, or the surrounding area? Cleveland, OH? I'll be out east in the next week or two, and would love to meet some fellow 3DS addicts. I'll be staying near Ithaca. Also, anybody hiring out thataway? Paul S.
Richard, >> I have tried the revolve comand and align within the 3D editor without >> any effect. Did you re-apply the mapping co-ordinates to your object? Paul S.
James, >> At one point, I forgot I was looking at a GIF and tried to click on one of >>the buttons — whoops, reality check!! ROFL! Me too! Paul S.
Martin, >> Does anyone have a model of Portland, Oregon?
Greig, I was having trouble with QEMM and Ani Pro myself. If you have run Optimize, you will probably have a line in your config.sys like this: DEVICE=C:\QEMM\QDPMI.SYS SWAPFILE=DPMI.SWP SWAPSIZE=1024 I was able to get Ani Pro to work by REMming out that statement, but then Windows would crash upon…
Dave, Thanks for the quick tutorial! I ended up in 3DS with a very nice shimmering or wavy effect, depending on the bump slider and shininess settings. Unfortunately, the Ani Pro flic overall went from light-ish to dark-ish back to light-ish. I had expected the "overall" luminance of the flic…
Dave, >> have you tried using AniPro to create a water map yet? a great >> introduction into the combined potential of these products. No I haven't. I pretty much have used Ani Pro only for simple maps and animated wipes/ramps. Any special tips or tricks you'd like to pass…
You're welcome! Paul S.
Dan, Dummies are super cool! Actually, I often use them as hide/unhide markers of their own too, even easier than the tag function. Paul S.
Ara, I live in Fargo, ND and joined CIS a little over a year ago. How about you? Paul S.
Dave, I think I've narrowed the problem down… It has to do with loading the Targa+ via RDPADI. If I set my rendering display to "VIBRANT: Targa+ (use TMODE.EXE Automode)" I am able to bring up Ani Pro inside 3DS no problem. This, of course, precludes my rendering to my…
Hi Dennis, It is frustrating, isn't it. In the future you can make good use of the tag function within most object selector boxes. If you begin your project with good naming organization, you can just enter the prefix you want. Maybe "y" and "z" would have been specific enough…
>> Maybee i will need to optimize par befor i run the final edit run?!
#Ani Pro in 3DS
Message #185925
With a fairly bare bones config.sys I am able to run Ani Pro within 3DSr4 by exiting to DOS (F10). However, if I change my rendering driver from Vibrant to Targa+, I get a memory error: "Insufficient physical memory available" when trying to go to Ani Pro. I have played…
Ara, Have you optimized the PAR drive recently? This may help make the join cleaner, since it will be stored on a faster part of the hd. Paul S.
Mark, I used two-sided tape that had a high heat-resistance factor to mount one of my fans to the chassis. Worked great! paul S.
Lee, >> The alternative would be to apply mapping at a face level.
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