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Metaball Tips

    25-Aug-95 10:26:05
Sb: #187183-Metaball Tips
Fm: Terry Miller 72400,3306
To: EDWARD HARVEY 75533,3303
Edward, >> Are you controlling the face count with the face slider? << Yes, I just keep adding "1" until I get a permissable mesh. I think I have a solution to the problem. I'm making up a script for the final render and studying the camera shots. I'll just have to make more than one model. I think with some planning I can put the detail where I need it. For example, if the lower body is not in the shot, then I won't have it in the model. If a particular sequence will be all frontal, then I'll take the back off of the model. I can then use the faces to detail only what the camera is going to see. It's going to be more work, but I knew coming in that this was going to be a labor intensive business. I'm also starting to understand the importance of storyboards now too. <g> Thanks Ed, Terry