This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Another "saver" for the file. I think I'll collate all the hints I got and float a "straw-man" for the ideal Intel NT LightWave workstation. The shots taken at it might help all us sufferers of MPS (Microsloth Paranoia Syndrom – sometimes leading to moods akin the the other malady…
Gerald, Thanks for the pointers. BTW, after reading some early assesments a few monthe back in LW Pro and VTU I had resigned myself to a minimum 64 meg machine. Then this EDO thing cropped up and now I got another acronum to get smart on… wmc – via Autopilot!
Paul, If you were near-by I'd invite you over, show you what you might be in for, then give you my rates for the kind or work you would want to do for yourself, and if you still wanted to put a system in your company I would (for a…
My LW PC is a door stop because I'm not sufficiently savvy at this point to feel comfortable buying a WinNT station to do it justice. I'm collecting characteristics of the proper type of station (4Meg video card, preferabley with Open GL support or upgrade path thereto, EDO ram, PCI…
Paul, If your intention is to really "get into it" as far as video goes, or you spemd more than about $10K per year on your video needs, then by all means, you should consider building a studio around the Toaster. However, if your main job (and those of your…
Don't worry. Gates would not be interested in old fashioned analog video technology like the Toaster. All his multi-media moves are indicating that his interest lies in digital video, video on demand, (more like point-to-point video/audio/graphic/text network to compete with the broadcast network concept.) He would more likely go after…
Carl, Yes, 2.8d of the software. If you can track down a current number for Prespect Technics, they will probably help you. Micro R&D is/was dealing with the MFC III but were reluctant to help/sell software upgrades for users with MFC II from other sources, so the Quebecois are probably…
Yes, they are still in business (at least as of a month ago or so). Although they won't admit it I think they are working on something for "other platforms". 408 374-4962 wmc – via Autopilot!
AD516 is a stereo in, stereo out digitzer/playback board that operates up to 48Khz (i.e. CD quality data rates). Studio 16 is the editing/playback software that goes with it. Very nice package, especially for video folks since it has a SMPTE time code input that allows you t create cue…
#Need MultiFaceII help
Message #215064
You can try PrespectTechnics Inc, Box 53 Rte de Lotbiniere, Dorion Que JV7 2KO, Candada, 514 944 9696 phone or 514 424 5597 fax. At least that is the last address I have for them. You'll also need rev 2.8d to run Parnet. With that revision it runs very stable…
Thanks. wmc – via Autopilot!
Well, if we formed a company and used our initials it would almost be one of those watcha-ma-call-its that reads the same forward or backward. wmc – via Autopilot!
Don't blame the creators for that. All the sleaze-ball marketting stuff comes from the *&^% at Godfrey and Associates in Canada. Those ()_*&*( sold pre-beta release stuff at NAB in 1994 at their booth while the developers were showing the release version… never mind – I could go on, but…
>>As far as I am concerned, OO makes programs slower, bigger, more buggy, >>…than plain good (not too structured) programming. That is the case for programmers who do not comprehend and correctly apply the paradigm, just as it was the case with structured programming when things moved from "software as…
Sam, Why not send your scene, image and object files to an Amiga based LW place with LW 3.5 and have them render to RGB files that can be converted to whatever format you need for going to tape/film or whatever your final media is or rendering to the final…
Mike, Well, yes and no. First, lets eliminate any package that may do NTSC filtering/limiting automatically. Now, you also have to consider the base "black" that is under the color to begin with. For example, if 000 gives you 15 IRE, then 195 195 195 might be your limit. OK.…
Ooops! False alarm on this one. I checked back in my notes and found that, when I did a re-org on that drive it changed the anims icon. Being too stupid to figure out how th change an icon without creating a new clip (I'm assuming that IS a feature…
Oh wonderful! Then the monitor will spin around while spewing multi-colored phosphors and glass bits all around the room…. wmc – via Autopilot!
#LW crashes machine II
Message #122383
Chuck, I think it may be time for a new Flyer board again. It now happens that every time I try to cold boot my machine I have to first open it up, remove the FLyer card then re-install it. (It used to only happen after I used LightWave and…
#LW deletes file
Message #122366
Chuck, I had a clip on FlyerB0: called WorldPrem.1 that was from a LW 3.5 anim rendered as a clip in probably 4.02. It's been playing back fine under 4.06. Then in LW 4.0, I rendered a new version of the same clip, but named WorldPrem.2 in order to do…
Well, I was able to construct two versions of the same scene that cause the render-to-clip crash and sent that off to NT. It also displays the missing top scan line problem. I'm also re-rendering a scene to a clip that is the same as one I rendered in 3.5…
Chuck, I did the AutoHue and Flyer Cal with program out hooked to WF/VS and Full Field bars to input 1. E-mailed detailed results. The most disturbing item on the list was that, with the program out showing correct levels and phase, the FlyerClip made from the same source plays…
Doesn't the star use the equivalent Epson driver? (I forget the epson modle number). wmc – via Autopilot!
Chuck, I haven't dared to after what I went through with 4.03 and earlier. Since the day after I put 4.06 on I checked the test signal through from input 1 to program out and found it only about 3 deg out instead of over 30 on the chroma phase…
I sent Chuck two version of a simple scene. One crashes on attempts to render to FLyer clip, the other does not. The only difference is that one has the save anim infor stored in the file, the other does not. Re: the degradation, try just rendering a scene with…
#LW 4.0k/Flyer Warning!
Message #122006
Lightwave 4.06K appears to be only "slightly aquainted" with the Flyer. 1) Rendering animations as clips creates animations that are VHS quality or less even before you take it to tape. They are characterized by an overall fuziness and loss of definition compared to the original images. Chroma crawl bands…
#LightWave kills system
Message #121971
Chuck, Something very strange is going on. Looks like possibley a hardware failure. I had a scene that, since Friday I had rendered to a clip several times, both forward and backward. It created a clip with the top few lines showing some other picture having nothing to do with…
Did you install using the installer? Do you have MUI (proper rev – see VMM doc)? Did you accept the default page size chosen for you by the installer? Did you try changing the FASTROM setting in the MIscellaneous options? wmc – via Autopilot!
Gee, I think you may be asking the wrong guy. I haven't played with my SAS C since they went OOB. The only thing I can think of is to check that the correct assignments and path settings are being made and the environment variables are set according to the…
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#Initial 4.06 Comments
Message #121734
Russ, You didn't say what to do about the ground or sky color so I used a value half-way between the zenith and nadir for both. I left the squeeze values at 2. I had my standard calibration objects (red box, grean ball blue pyramid, wite cylinder) in the center…
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Carpe CG-em.
Message #121733
Sean, Every major 3D software package, it seems, was used on that, Mask, and some other movies. And naturally at NAB all their booths (except NewTek's) were showing endless loops of scenes their products contributed to even though they may not have created the scene and objects in its entirety.…
Chistian, Thanks for the info. I think I'll pass though, since I try to avoid things that attempt to replace system/OS functions. Not becuase they may not be neat, but, since I use my machines professionally, it just adds another layer of obfuscation when trying to get support on a…
Genie! Hechh plecchhh, cough cough! They were the first service I tried, but after continually running across topics opened in 1987 and last responded to in 1988 (and this was in 1991) I got fed up canceled my account. Disorganized, is the word the comes to mind. Anyway, speaking of…
All I got with 3.5 was a white envelope, some disks and manual pages that didn't seem to fit in the existing LW sections of the book – unless you are talking the stand-alone which I don't have. wmc – via Autopilot!
Trent, I don't think I've seen that demo tape. Let me know where you end up with the settings. I miay have some time to play with it next wee. If I come up with anything that looks like it will help I'll send 'em along. wmc – via Autopilot!
Maybe I should get out and fly a little more. Maybe go to an Airshow and get stats for all the old Warbirds – THEN write an article and write-off the airshow trip :^} Actually, I was going to play with the problem a little when I get a chance.…
Actually, realistic RPM for non-jet (i.e. piston powered) props is in the 2100-2500 rpm depending on whether you are in cruise, climb or decent mode. Most normally aspirated and fuel injected AC engines are close to an over-speed condition at 2800. It is also somewhat dependant on the prop and…
What do you do about all the custom chip calls embedded in the Amiga software? In the Amiga environment display, audio, uart, par, ser, blitter, etc all look one way. Any third party stuff has to fit the pattern established for the ckustom chips in a base machine to maintian…
Todd, Is your modem connected to the Amiga serial port? AClock only works on that port (unless you have a way of redirecting third party devices or CBM units greater than 0). wmc – via Autopilot!
Douglas, Thanks muchly for the list. Its a "keeper". I did run across a commercial Rexx package that had compiled rexx instead of interpreted, but I can't lay my hands on the ad at the moment. If I find it I'll let you know so you can update your list…
OS/2!! There's a hoot! Just trying to get that to load and run on an IBM laptop has been a real experience! Gotta tell you, IBM tech support is like an octopus where each arem has a mind of its own and is totally oblivious to what the other arms…
I don't know 3Ds except causualay and from the million borchures they send me. I was just offering my interprtetation of what Erik said. Additionally, until this past NAB, I was not really impressed with the look of 3DS rendered scenes – they looked fake – like CAD animations I…
James, Well, hey – you can't have the toys without the headaches, eh? I'm just happy I didn't take my linear system down and sell it or some such. The plan was always to work the Flyer until I was confident it coudl handle the work before "mainlining" it. I…
If I do anything with it I may try to find a service shop that will give me afew bucks in trade for a new/refurb one. wmc – via Autopilot!
Since Win NT is supposed to support full OS/2 emulation, I'd be surprised if it didn't support Rexx. Or, we'll all be able to say MS lies. Besides, even if it isn't noticable at this point, since the WinNT kernal is essentially OS/2 (there are apparently some error messages that…
Mark, before you get a IMMix look closely at: 1) Media 100 2) DPS Perception/RazorPro combination. They both cost less than the IMMix and from what I could see at NAB and doing some "hands on" with the Media 1000, the quality of the final uotput is better. wmc -…
Basic is not set up to be an interprocess communication language and cannot so wath ARexx/Rexx do in that regard. Although some people have actually written programs in Rexx/Arexx, it was not designed for that, as was Basic. They are two totally different animals designed to do tow totally different…
REXX is an IBM interprocess comm language that can be found on just about all IBM platforms. In fact, if you get PC DOS 7.0, it comes with REXX as part of the OS. (Documents are, as with the OS itself, extra). ARexx was a port to the Amiga of…
>>My point is, that they ended an upgrade offer, before the product was >>even finished, and notified _no one_. Not quite. They notified me. Got a postcard in the mail that said the offer ended Aug 15. I got that card about July 15. wmc – via Autopilot!
I think he may have been referring to feature richness as opposed to sales. wmc – via Autopilot!
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