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#Digital Plastic

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#31161From: James GreenJun 6, 1993 8:32 PM

Erik, Just D/L your last Museum piece (with LW 3.0 motion blur). Reeeaaal nice! I'm curious though, is it true that Digital Plastic (maker of that wonderful 1957 Corvette) will make practically any kind of object for a pretty reasonable price (in less than a week)?:-) BTW, I saw your AW cover. Didn't like it. Too Real looking. Needed more jaggies or random pixelation (?) or something to give that good computer generated look. You're starting to make us all work to hard, now cut it out…. Keep on Toasting (Prosit) Alan Henry Alan Henry – F100-PW-200 Inside

#31162From: Erik FlomJun 6, 1993 9:13 PM

Why, thanks! Yeah, Digital Plastic is this FANTASTIC little 3-D object construction co. on the East Coast. Competitive rates, and quality objects! (Probably their only weakness is not having LightWave or the Toaster. :^) And to think that cover was done before I had Anti-aliasing, Depth-of-field, & Motion Blur! (Just _Imagine_ the possibilities now! :^) Thanks again for your compliments, AND for your help on the Corvette job! (I couldn't have done it without you!), Erik Flom

#31205From: LOUISJun 7, 1993 10:26 PM

Erik, Nice AW cover render! Was the monitor super-imposed over it? What resolution was your final render? How big was it? Did you submit a slide or an RGB file? Curious… =Louis On AUTOPILOT over Chicago Stadium, GO BULLS!

#31211From: Erik FlomJun 7, 1993 10:44 PM

Thanks! The monitor WAS shot later, and super-imposed. All I did was the background scene. The final image size was 3008×1960, and I delivered a 24bit IFF image saved off onto a 44MB SyQuest cartridge. (The camera was rotated by 90 degrees to maximize the amount of image used in the final print.) They used PhotoShop 2.5 to load the file and convert it to whatever format they finally used.. Keep On Toastin' Erik Flom

#31238From: Peter GreciJun 8, 1993 4:03 PM

Erik, please give me the Phone # of Digital Plastic. Perhaps I can get them to do a Realistic T-Rex for a reasonable price. Thanx /s

#31253From: James GreenJun 8, 1993 8:00 PM

Peter, Digital Plastic is the name that I put on my receipt for Erik when he bought a few of my Corvettes he needed for a project. It came out of a need to put something other than my name at the top of the receipt (just to look cool if nothing else). Maybe I'll keep it after all (it looks neat when other people type it). As far as doing a Realistic T-Rex, I've done Dolphins and Horses so I'm sure a Dino shouldn't be too great a challenge. If you have any specifics, either leave a message here or give me a call at (609) 748-1827. I'm not sure what your timeline is, but I won't be able to start anything for about 2 weeks. I'm currently working on an Imagine tutorial for the Waite Group Press. Keep on Rendering, Alan Henry – Digital Plastic, Inc. F100-PW-200 Inside

#31263From: Erik FlomJun 8, 1993 11:06 PM

Oooooh, moving up into the big leagues, eh? :^) Congrats on the Imagine Tutorial! (The Waite group is one that even _I_ have heard of!) Keep On Imaginin' Erik Flom

#31262From: Erik FlomJun 8, 1993 11:06 PM

You can find him lurking around as James Green (aka Alan Henry) here on CIS. (Maybe the mere mention of his name will be enough to force him to the surface? :^) Keep On Toastin' Erik Flom P.S. He's one of those 'crazy' Imagine users, so you 2 should get along just fine! :^)

#31294From: Peter GreciJun 9, 1993 12:22 PM

OOOOOOEER, an Imagineer eh? Alan has already contacted me, and I've since sent him Email. Thanx for the help Erik. Maybe my next reel will have a Battle between T-Rex and a Triceratops or two. So much to do so little rendering time.