DPaint 4.1 problem
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I just got around to installing my DPaint 4.1 upgrade and am experiencing a
frustrating problem. When I try to draw a circle, it jumps from one size to
another instead of being a gradual sizing. For example, it jumps from 3/8"
to 3/4" to 2", rather than going gradually larger or smaller. What gives
here? The specific sizes I just stated are just estimated examples. Please
help. Its impossible to work with like this. The first freehand tool (the
….) has the same quirk, but if I shift to the continuous freehand line,
it goes gradual. In other words, it is like it is limited to placing the
color pixels on a large grid, and won't draw them between the grid lines
(this is describing the …… tool).
John L
John,
Just a guess, but do you have snap to grid set? I'm not even sure that
would cause your problem. Just shooting from the hip.
Ron
re: snap to grid option… I tried looking through the menus for that
option and could not find it. I assumed that the option didnt exist then. I
will try the index manual. Snap to grid must be on. I hate it when drawing
software sets that as a default. They must have done that with DP4.1. Oh
well. Thanks for the suggestion; that must be it.
John
John,
Grid snap is on the tool bar just above the magnifying glass tool.
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-Paul-
Ahoy Paul,I'm assembling a tape of NEW stuff to send you.Should make ye
put that new 4000 to MORE use hehehehehehe
BTW I got a INCREDIBLE Enterprise 1701D object yesterday.It was created by
a lady named Carmen Rizzolo and is Incredibly Detailed and has all
windows,lights and insignia.No Brushmaps are used either.The object IS
1.67 Megs tho.But the results are WORTH it.BTW this is an Imagine object.
If you've got that object, could you upload it here?
Why Certainly Moe,I mean John hehehehehe BTW I also have the Galactica
itself,a Viper Fighter and a Cylon BaseStar.I got them off
Genie,Unfortunately I can't recall the Creator's name at the moment.
Thanks Peter. I'll have some new stuff for you as well! I've had 1701D for
some time. This weekend I try to grab some time to do some disecting of
that puppy. There is alot I can learn there!
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-Paul-
Cool.I also got the 101D object.Bloody Marvelous.BTW I just uploaded a
Imagine object of a Cylon Raider from the TV show Battlestar Galactica.
Now if someone woud create a Imagine Cycle object of a Cylon.
"By your command. . ."
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-Paul-
"Lucifer,kill those Pesky Humans" Bat Galactica always reminds me of a
Video Game where the Villian "Evil Ed" would say "Get the Humanoid" then
when he Stomped you would say "Got the Humanoid" in a suitably metallic
robotic voice.
Back on topic do you know of any Models or Garage Kits Available of
a Cylon?Or a Tri View Blueprint perhaps?I'd like to try my hand at
modeling the Cylon.Have a Mess of em invade a LIVE action Scene with a
Genlock.
Peter,
No, and boy do I wish I had picked up and put away all those SciFi
models when they were first released! One of my students is Alexa
Price-Whelan, Michael Whalen's daughter. They attend a few major SciFi
cons each year. I'll ask her to look out for a Cylon for me.
The hobby RT is basic rate service over on that other network (Thank
God, since my wife's quilting topics are over there. Would you believe 200
messages a day!) I'll bet if we dropped by over there we could get a line
on some mail order places that deal in that sort of stuff.
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-Paul-
Thanx for the tip on the modeling/hobby RT
Isn't that a great a object. Quality work, and HUGE. It won't even fit in
Lightwave.
Just wait till you animate.
–Paul
Someone has already converted it to LightWave but I am told that if you
have enough memory it will load, isn't LW's polygon limit dependant on how
much memory you have? I thought that was one of the 2.0 features.
<<< Tony D. Tracer >>>
You think it should load?
I have 32 megs, so that probably isn't the problem. I just get an error
when loading. I'll try some more. I have been using InterChange Plus. It's
not the first object I had trouble converting. Just chokes on the save.
–Paul
In the InterChange manual, we warn that although you may have enough memory
to convert an object, you may not be able to load the object into your
rendering program, or even if it's loaded, it may not be able to render it
completely, in a given amount of memory.
Thanks for checking up on me. The problem is when it writes the file as a
LW file. I get an error on edge 90026 of 9005, error 8……8.
Any thoughts on this?
If you've upload that huge Enterprise object, I'd be glad to check it out.
There was an older bug relating to the creation of lone edges and points
when converting to LightWave format. It can be remedied in the field by
turning off the checkmark gadgets for lone points/edges on the LightWave
Converter, but we've also released an update that removes the bug.
It certainly shouldn't do that, and I want to be sure our current release
has the bug, before I start searching for something that isn't there…
"Edge 90026 of 9005" doesn't quite make sense, the first number should be
smaller, always.
We are talking about converting Carmen's Enterprise object to LightWave
format, right?
I have Pixel-3D Pro and was able to convert it to LW format but since I
don't have my Toaster hooked up yet I couldn't test it to see. You might
want to try a point of faces reduction to see if this helps.
<<< Tony D. Tracer >>>
I have animated it.The 300 Frame Anim of Carmen Rizzolo's incredible
NCC1701D Enterprise object took an Average of 11 minutes a frame to render
on my A3000/25 mhz in Scanline mode at DCTV 736*482 REZ.
The same object RAYTRACED at 1200*1500 REZ in 24 bit color took nearly 2
hours.
Any chance oof you uploading your Enterprise animation?!
Leslie,
I am sure both Peter and I could fill a good part of the library with
anim files. The problem is FILE SIZE. Even using DCTV (which cuts the
files down greatly) my anims run from 1 to 14 megs in size. Unless CIS
gives a special rate for anim downloading there is no easy way for
animators to share their work. That is why Peter & I swap video tapes of
our work.
Maybe I am wrong. How many out there WOULD download anim files that
averaged 5 megs?
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-Paul-
The anims I have done also in DCTV average about the same, I had one that
was 18 megs but couldn't play since I only had 14 at the time.
As far as d/l'ing them, I don't think I would and I connect at 9600. It
would probaly be better to just u/l a complete project.
<<< Tony D. Tracer >>>
Hmm. I see what you mean. It's a shame. What do you use to cordinate an
animation that big? Is it all one huge anim file for is there some sort
of provision to run such large animations via DCTV?
Lesilie,
I am not sure what you mean by "coordinate an animation". If you mean
where do I store and render them, I use an 80meg Quantum for work in
progress and rendering. Once completed they are moved to a Syquest
cartridge.
If you are referring to how I get them on tape, each "shot" is one
animation file. If you look at commercial TV you'll see shots rarely last
longer than a few seconds. With 18megs in my 4000 I can play DCTV anims
that are long enough to make shots up to 10 to 30 seconds long. Thats more
than enough for a single shot. I then record them to my Sony R-5 super VHS
deck on at a time.
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-Paul-
Not me thats for sure.Not unless I had a super duper FAST Modem and didn't
get penalized for being fast by having a higher hourly rate.
Leslie First off my Enterprise Anim is in DCTV format so that leaves out
ALOT of folks.Then it's over 2 megs which I doubt many people will spend
that kind of $$$ just to see a silly Fly By Anim of that object.Thats why
I rarely UL anims anymore.My Anims Average 2 megs and up.
Too bad (for me.) Do you NEED DCTV to view a DCTV anim? I don't own
DCTV and know very little about it.
Yes you need DCTV to view a DCTV Anim.If you view a DCTV anim on a DCTV
less setup you will get a weird looking display since DCTV takes 16 color
Hi rez screen and uses a compression scheme to get in the neighborhood of
3 million or so colors.
I've seen that object, it is absolutely awesome! It requires at least
10 megs & the patience of a rock to render!
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Not really Steve.It took a mere 11 minutes a frame on my 3000 to render
that huge Enterprise object at 736*482 Resolution.I just completed a 300
Frame DCTV anim of it in fact.The whole Shebang is a bit over 2 megs as an
anim-5 animation.
An '040 chews it up like chump change.
–Paul < Motorola 68040 Inside >
green with envy>
…Steve
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This is going to sound strange, but is your SHIFT key sticking? Back when
I was a regular DPaint user, sometimes my SHIFT or CONTROL key would stick
and it would change certain tool's functions.
Just a thought…
Miguel