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Network Trouble- 3DS v.4
Message #174713
Think I found the culprit– some recently installed windoze software modified my config.sys file and removed the "files=40" line. I replaced it, and thinks seem OK now. I believe it happend due to my having a boot-menu, so the last "files" line was modified, but the one for 3DS booting…
#Network Trouble- 3DS v.4
Message #173374
After a year of no trouble with network rendering, I'm now having problems: My slave machine keeps failing with the message: "UNABLE TO CREATE .LOC FILE" I'm running on a Netware network, my workstation is running OK- does anyone know where the *.LOC file is written to (couldn't find mention…
#MPEG software codec?
Message #156204
I haven't done any searching in other forums yet, but does anyone here know of a software MPEG codec that would let me compress a stream of Targa's into an MPEG file? A client of mine needs a short (5 sec.) logo 'splash' animation for an interactive prog. they are…
My personal, very biased, opinion about what kind of college to look into: If you're quite sure of an interest in computer animation (which seems to be the case), then obviously you want a school with a good computer lab, and good teachers in the computer graphics field. I would…
Pixel aspect
Message #153529
Don, I had to scroll thru all the forum traffic so fast, I'm not sure if this will help, but here's my method: Most of my 2D work is done on a MAC networked with my 3DS machines, including one with a PAR. To compensate for the difference in pixel…
#PAR problem
Message #148722
PAR problems: Has anyone run into the following (and better yet, found a solution?)– With 3DS rel. 3, I was able to shell out (running 3dshell.exe) and run the PAR software while in 3DS; I can't seem to do this anymore. Compounding the problem is that I've done a slew…
PAR Output
Message #148721
My completely personal and biased opinion of the DPS PAR board: Is it "broadcast quality?" Yeesh, we should ban those words! The technical quality of the signal, as viewed on a 'scope, is very, very, clean, and the levels, if you are rendering properly, are just where they should be.…
I've had a Digimax sitting on a workdesk for a couple of months now, but have not really done much with in (other projects, etc.). It seems to be nicely made; is very simple to use, so I'd give it a good grade for the price. You will want to…
#Can't create FLC
Message #141040
A new bugaboo? I'm using rel. 3 of 3DS (waiting for R4 from my dealer), and have run into a problem when trying to render a FLC file. In the few occasions in the past I have had no trouble doing so, but recently I get the error "cannot create…
#YUV.bxp
Message #125639
I noticed with interest your upcoming YUV.bxp. But I need some enlightenment: The most convenient all-digital post-house near me has a DHD/video recorder, but!, it's not an Abekas, it's an Accom (if I've got the right brand name). It's still YUV, still CCIR-601: 720×486, and they use 4mmDAT for backup,…
#silly DOS question
Message #117028
Kudos to all on this forum for your knowledge and promptness in answering questions. That bit of sucking-up done with…. I'm now waiting for my hardware and software (2 Dell XPS p5-90's w/ 32 megs for rendering, 1 p5-90 w/ 16 megs, 2.7 Gb storage for server, Novell NetWare 3.12,…
Will keep my Amiga's around… especially the one w/ the Sunrize audio board in it., but I probably will move my 1GIG drive to the file server (plan to get one with PCI SCSI). Thanks for the vote of confidence on the Micron w/ Stealth board. –Jeff
#Vibrant Drivers
Message #115200
A question for anyone using Micron computers w/ 3DStudio: My local Adesk vendor is also a dealer for Micron; I'm having them give me a quote for some systems, but in a recent review (Computer Shopper, Sept.), the Micron graphics board (Matrox Ultima MGA) scored way low on DOS speed.…
Thanks for info. I really need addressable remote drives; i.e., to be able to render from two or more machines to one drive. I don't know if a transfer util. will do it?
100 Mhz? hmmm, maybe… I've almost decided on a Dell XPS system; not the fastest I've seen, but to get a 20% speed increase would double the cost of the system.. and if I can get this network thing going, for twice the price I could just use 2 machines!…
thanks for the info… I'm getting closer to what I want, I guess.
#How do I build a LAN?
Message #40314
Feeling a desperate need for speed, I plan to buy a Pentium to complement my 2 Amigas. Here's the question: HOW DO I NETWORK THESE COMPUTERS? I know I need an Ethernet card in each machine. The bit I'm not clear on is can I keep all my SCSI devices…
thanks for the updates… looks like for my needs the DMI board is prettymuch vapor at this point.
#How do I build a LAN?
Message #137689
Feeling a desperate need for speed, I plan to buy a Pentium to complement my 2 Amigas. Here's the question: HOW DO I NETWORK THESE COMPUTERS? I know I need an Ethernet card in each machine. The bit I'm not clear on is can I keep all my SCSI devices…
#How do I build a LAN?
Message #78211
Feeling a desperate need for speed, I plan to buy a Pentium to complement my 2 Amigas. Here's the question: HOW DO I NETWORK THESE COMPUTERS? I know I need an Ethernet card in each machine. The bit I'm not clear on is can I keep all my SCSI devices…
#products at NAB
Message #40197
Questions for you folks who made it to NAB: Did anyone see DMI's Broadcaster 32 board (were they there?). And if so, how does it compare to the PAR, capture- and output-wise? My main interest is in grabbing from component video to map moving video into 3-D animations. And maybe…
thanks! I should read my manuals more ofter– I've got IM/RT! Of course… it will be a lot easier to find the function in the "manual" now that I know to look for it. Thanks again-
#Anim to FLI conversion
Message #39925
Help! Does anyone know of a utility that will convert ANIMs or sequential IFF's to FLI's or FLC's? I have seen a few progs that go from PC to Amiga, but need to find one that works the other way: Amiga to PC. Any help appreciated. Thanx— Jeff
#Fields, etc.
Message #73414
Blaq– If I remember right, Steve W. did NOT write ISL. I think it came from some guy at NASA, who wrote it as a utility for himself. I might not work with 2.9, since some stuff (layers, etc.) has been added to the stage format. BTW- I'm not sure…
Corel
Message #73027
Thanks for the advice re: CorelDraw. I happy to have a copy– the fonts I've tried work fine (and most are *useful*, not weird-decorative), and the trace function plus being able to save logos etc. as part of a PFB file makes it a very useful tool in conjunction with…
TV safe
Message #72654
TO: 72223,2767 Ed, Good idea re: TV safe in the camera view. I do so many logos I wish I could see outlines of Title Safe rather than taking my best guess. But David is right about "safe" being a best guess anyway. Official TITLE SAFE, as opposed to ACTION…
#Corel Fonts & Imagine
Message #72653
TO: 71736,703 Andrew, Are you using the fonts supplied with Corel Draw in Imagine with any success? I've been thinking about buying the older version of Corel just to get the CD with fonts (my PC has a CDrom Drive). Which version (of Corel) are you using, if the fonts…
Field Rendering
Message #72652
TO: 76046,1756 Blaq- I've done a couple of jobs that HAD to go to field rendering (the hard way- twice the render time & AREXX "re-interlacing") because of the motion design. If you have seen any 30 FPS animation with horizontal motion where the left-to-right travel time is about 2-4…
Imagine Globe Model
Message #71534
Deciding it's time to give something back for all the assistance I've gotten via netfolks, I have uploaded a nice globe model to AmigaArts (3-D section). Yes, it IS entirely my creation. I recently purcha$ed a commercial earth model, and while it is a *bit* more accurate, I was pleased…
#Imagine Particles
Message #71533
Help request– I'm having a little trouble getting the particle system in Imagine 2.9 to do what I want, and wondered if anyone had a project they could UL as an example. I can get particles, I can get them "raining", but what I'm after is — how does one…
imagine 2.9
Message #69895
Wish I'd asked for this earlier… but would it be possible to have the name of a picked object appear in the menu bar up top? It would be especially useful in the Detail and Stage editors, as I find it not uncommon to be working with many similar objects,…
imagine 2.9
Message #69558
Ok, I've played with 2.9 a bit more, and before my 2cents of suggestions, let me say "cool beans!". the PS font import is super! So is texture/brush tacking. You folks have put in some real power tools, here. So for niggling improvements: I second the menu bypass for Quickrender.…
#2.9
Message #68766
Mike, I try to pay attention! Like they say at our Phillies home games: "As foul balls may go into the stands, spectators are reminded to pay attention, or they may get hurt!" But for clarification: field rendering will be in 3.0, yes?
Imagine networking
Message #68765
Wacky!. Sorry Rick, that last line should read: I have a 4000 that should also be included on the network. Any ideas? Thanks.
#Imagine networking
Message #68764
Rick, I'm posting here because I think my question may be of interest to other Imagineers with the need for speed. As you are using Amiga and PC platforms, do you know of a way to network both systems using an Amiga as a server? I'd like to perhaps get…
#2.9
Message #68673
I'm sure it's a minor oversight (I hope), but I saw no mention of field rendering being in the final 3.0 Imagine. It is still in there, yes? Received 2.9 today; lots of productivity help in the editors, looks like an "accelerator" for creating animation. Thanks to you and the…
First off, let me say that I'm a biased Imagine user (only briefly looked at LW, but it does look "easy" to get into). I've never had much trouble getting renders that I (and my clients) like. But as it seems the lights in Imagine behave similar to real-world things,…
David, et al. I sense that M. Halverson is skeptical about the benefits of an Imagine contest… and I think he's right! While Impulse should (and will, I'm sure) get some good sample pics, etc,; my guess is that there are a lot of good Imagineers that would not participate…
Here's a technique I have found to almost always get rid of a "bad Edge Number" error. (not that I have tried it with any objs from the CD-ROM; but I will be getting one soon!): Select the Object select edit points mode, select all points, use the "sort" option…
Peter, I recently saw notice that the Vivid 24 board is shipping; in addition to being a 24-bit f/buf, it is more importantly a Rendering Engine! Company (DMI) sez 20 times the rendering speed of a 4000! A friend of mine mentioned it was able to work with both Lightwave…
To those of you particularly interested in Real 3D's scripting ability: Even though I'm very interested in seeing the prog, I'm pretty happy with Imagine (if they would just get ver 3 out the door… ). One thing for those of you currently using Imagine to check out, if you…
"Difficult" software
Message #56267
Kevin, You're on the money about the weird things in Imagine, and I'd have to agree with you about some of the programming choices being easier for the programmers than the end-users. But I really wasn't getting on a soapbox to defend any particular program. More to remind people that…
#"Difficult" software
Message #56132
My 2 cents: After reading through the recent bundle of Impulse messages, I wanted to offer a few comments from my own perspective. My qualifications? Meager, but I do animation professionally (and make a living at it) primarily with Imagine, and I also teach computer animation (2-D and 3-D) at…
Imagine Ques
Message #45665
Ron- re: your CLI deletion question- I understand completely, as I often use the same method. Here's one way to get around it: Delete any or all files in the sub-project, via CLI. Go back to the Imagine Proj.Ed. screen, and "modify" the sub-project you're working on, i.e., change the…
Interchange 2
Message #41875
Another two cents: Something that would seem to fit with Interchange would be a Postscript converter. Even one that would just do fonts would help, but entire file coversion (B/W only) would be great! If only un-filled outline objects. I realize this may not be trivial, as the only 3-D…
I used the "ignore this error" method for over a year with WB1.3, and didn't encounter any other problems other than the same ones I'm having now. It would be a short-term fix, anyway, since what I really want is a 300 or 600 meg drive so I can *go…
I've lost 4 carts, and had similar problems with the r/w errors on two different drives and systems, each of which have gone through 2 variations. Maybe it's the cat hair? —jeff
Auto Req Help
Message #21275
Help! request: Maybe someone here can help, I hope. I have been using a patch program called CANCEL! to automatically, via the software, simulate a "click" on the cancel button of auto-req. things like "disk xx has a read-write error". It's been most necessary with the Syquest drives I'm using…
Light24 software
Message #27999
Could anyone with a recently purchased Firecracker24 please upload the revised paint program? The version in DL-4 here is quite old; and I haven't seen Rick online for a while (Rick.. are you out there?). Also if anyone has that VD-1 to 21-bit saver; upload? Since both bits of software…
Any idea what the program to convert "NTSC*" files to IFF-24 is? I have a VD-1 sitting around unused since I got the F/C, and would like to be able to do 24 bit frame grabs. Any help is appreciated. (If I remember, the progs supplied w/ the VD-1 only…
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