This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Yha, Right……… 🙂
thanks…. lee
Flynn, You get an 18 carrot gold Emmy lepel pin as well, you know to show off when in formal atire (sic). Lee
I found that, But How do your set the numerical value that controles which kind of light you will get? lee
Michael, I have been a creative sort for over half a century and I am now only approaching the time when I can actually create in a form I can share with others what I have dreamed about for a life time. It's not may age, not work, not time,…
Jim, is there an AM book? if so and you are willing I would be more than happy to pay you for a copy! send me a mailing address to my e-mail account and I will send you a check, or send me the tel # of the store and…
#Lights Types?
Message #3583
To ALL OK I am trying to figure out the lights now? I understand I am to make a point, then select a light but I can figure out how to set the "Type" of light. I selected the "T" and added a point in the channel, I can move…
David, Well almost…….You can place spotlights with the right colors around a key object and match the color of the light to the color of the light that would normally be seen reflrcting from that direction. To get the light which is normally round the correct shape you would apply…
Your welcome, I am not sure what the copyright laws are like in the UK but here, what they told you is not so, every one has a basic right to make a backup or safty copy of almost anything, copying for preserving that which you have perchased, which is…
I would like to comment on AM in responce to your comments, most of which I disagree with. I trust you will also accept my comments in the same way you made yours. 1. First I am new user of AM, but not in the field of animation. I was…
Elsby, If you are interested in getting better Pal copies of your traning tapes, I would be happy to do that for you at no cost, all you have to do is send them to me my overnight and I will return them the same day. We have NTSC to…
Jumping Clams
Message #3325
To All, As I mentioned I am past the configure and install problems, and never got the skinning to work for the tutorial but Now I am on to Jumping clams! and that all went well, This program is great, What I wonder now is making things with holes in…
David, Another solution would to use small spots tuned just right to the color and level you want, pointed and the "Key" subject. This will geive tou the effect you are looking for while not requiring an environmental map at all. Lee
Adam, No you had it right, I was not upset just screwed by Vertigo a supposed highend low cost modeling and animation application for the UNIX workstations. This was and still is so, if it were a IS company i would try sueing for my money back. My referance to…
AD, Doug A their suport guy called me and painfully…for him lead me through the fix which had to do with configuring my system to fit my needs, not a single bit of the problem had anything to do with the program. My marks for Hash have to be A+…
Grady, You know I never or at least rearly watch these things for the story, mostly I look at them gor the way in which the actual images impact me, I am constantly looking for how the artist/s solved various visual problems. So far I havent gotten far enough into…
Adam, Hummmm,…… I thought I had the right parts? Tourso and left Bicept, I tried for hours and could never get it to skin, I found most other parts went just fine so I am puzzeled with this one part not working. I gave up on Bob, and went on…
#Skinning Help
Message #3272
I, am working my way through the manual tutorials and hit a problem in the skinning section. I read the comments here about alignment problem and "can not find skin" or what ever. I amysing good old Bob, and his parts, so far I have spent an hour messing about…
MSF, Interesting…. You must agree that any visualy serquenced story has several basic elements, story, meter, visual impact, sound. Of thoses inso far as this forum is con', is the visual impact in so far as AM is or might be involved. You could if you wanted do 2D animations…
Bruce, OH? OK thanks for the information, I did not realize that. Have you ever asked for an eval or support copy? given that they have this support area I am a bit amazed you don't have a copy. I think the PC version is something like 399, which is…
Nuebi' Alert!
Message #3187
I am a rank neubi' using AM and have lots of questions as I begin to learn this application. So please feel free to jump in. FWIW I have the program installed in an IRIS ELAN R3000 and am uised to real time rendering textured objects rotating in real time…
Bruce, I don't think I know what you mean? But You might be able to help me with something. I am on my first day with the program, I see a gouraud option in the sculpt menue selection. I am wondering if I can see my preview that way instead…
Water Effects
Message #3142
To All: There was a water Effects post here a bit ago which related results that did not seem very realistic. So while I haven't done it in AM I can see from the manual this approach will work giving great underwater lighting effects. Start by thinking that the way…
Richard, it must be clear by now that I am a new owner of AM, I hope to load it into my system tomorrow, or maby next week. I can't say I agree with your views about pol-ee-gon vs Splines, but I do think that your points have a great…
If, You don't mind a comment from some one talking through his hat…… Patch or spline models don't need to be a slow painful process. I have yet to actually start using AM, so I don't know but for the demo tape on how this is done. There are some…
Flynn, Thats dead wrong, what you arte seeing is close to 80% computer generated. because it is using a look of the more traditional animation don't be fooled, It is very intensive computer useage at it's best. Every thing need not look photo real. Be textured or look plastic to…
hay, every one send a nice card to darcy direct…:-) Lee
#Probs w/ PPC Versions
Message #3125
SGI snobs? What does that mean? Why is having access or owning an SGI something bad? Lee
Probs w/ PPC Versions
Message #3124
Joe, Did I miss something? are you saying that AM is not yet a professional product? is their something wrong with it…exactly what? Lee
#General
Message #3123
Steve, I just opened my AM package and began reading the manual. Once finished with that I will try installing it on my INDIGO ELAN, I have about 280 Megs free on my main disk (1 GIG). My question is…Wow 113 places to look?? do we have a Nubi! place…
Nope! wrong…it was Slim Pickins, he also thought that the survival kit would be useful in Las Vagus for a week end! and it was the CRM that self distructed… Slim liked to ware his white hat in to battle, and don't for get Sgt, BatGaunno…who respected the Coke-a-Cola company.…
Roland, I have used the same method…eg….using one solid object with out splines, and found it very effective. there is another reason for using this method, it is you can create interesting skin textures and wrinkels which are very life like because you can "make" them work right in the…
Peter. just type "GO ATARI" at any prompt and the system will take you there. I use a lot of peograms, what ever the platform and tool for the job is needed that's the one I use. Lee
Sale!
Message #83889
Wanted: AMIGA 1500 or 2000. Monitor and HD. LEXICOR is looking for an AMIGA system in good working order for a friend in the US vergin Islands. LEXICOR will gaurentee the sale, but is acting only as an agent for the buyer. IF: you have a system and would like…
Louis, Thats interesting, they contacted us about information, and sence we are a cross platform developer, maby it is the quality and substance of the material and not the platform that is of interest to them. I suspect that if you submitted some 24bit TGA or RGB files on 150Meg…
Ben, You have worked very hard for it! a well earned pat on the ol'eback. Lee
Yes Phoenix is shipping. And I wish some one would send E-Mail to ATARI and tell them what the AMIGA users think of the New Falcon. You know a little perspective never hurt any one. BTW don't underate the Falcon too much…you might get a nasty surprise…..But I have to…
Steve, Funny you should mention that just now. there is a magazine called Computer Artist, which has approached me about a pice on Computer art and such things as Matte' and other "traditional" arts being done on computers. If they go ahead with it you may get to see some…
sja, What Duped? they would never do a thing like that…. would they? I thought it was a 32 bit data buss? And what a savings not to have the keyboard all over the place. It's always right there hooked to the CPU. With fast real time overscan True color…
Steve, have you noticed that a new feature will pop up in some application, then you see it in one comerical…and befor you know it every one is doing tanssitional Morphs from Chrome to Flesh? In some cases it gets so bad you don't know what the ad is selling,…
Erik, You will be very surprised and how reasonable and doable that will be. In addition be sure to keep an eye on the other platforms. I hear that the ATARI's new Falcon030 system will have what they are currently refering to as a Toaster-Roaster for this 32 Bit Color…
Steve, Well that's a yes and no propasition, If you want to you can get an INDIG with a Full set of Professional software for as little as $16K. This is a package deal which will get better and better as the 93 season continues. It is alo true that…
Robert, Thanks for the comments, I have Draw4D pro and received the update. Thanks for the input. Lee
Not these days, the prices have fallen through the floor. I know one new INDIGO convert that got a Full Wave front package including all the latest modules for inder $12K. This means that with the basic INDIGO he spent less than $20K for a system with 32Meg RAM, 450MEG…
Steve, Depending on what you want to do it can go from on-line shareware to as much as you want to spend. The system comes with an application called "Showcase" which is a combo- WP using Post-Script fonts and which includes audio and Video applications to do sound and MIDI…
PG, What compatition? what Amiga products even begin to approach SGI animation applications? As you very well know I am always interested in user interfaces and how others approach solving problems of the animators vs the Programmers. the only way to do that is use as many different types of…
JH, We have an A3000 with 18 MEGS of Ram, IVP-24 Craphics card, DC-TV and 125MEG HD pluss 44MEG Syquest on the SCSI line. I would have to agree about the manual, it is just about as bad as the Imagin manual. Where I get real critical is when an…
RC, Well then we should start a topic on this application and begin. How about describing Aladdin 4D and what you have done so far. What about your out-put? DCTV, Single-frame ect? How do you like the modeler and the texture mapping? any problems with it? What other applications do…
JH, Well what do you think of it and have you done any animations with it yet? What system do you have and what other applications like Aladdin 4D do you have? Lee
#Black Belt & ALADDIN 4D
Message #48737
Ben, Just wondering if you new if there was a support are or topic dealing with the New ALADDIN 4D animation package? Or better yet do you know of any other Black belters who are using this application? Lee
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