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#Painting onto a 3D Obj

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#59599From: Mark ZimmerSep 28, 1993 6:50 PM
Dear Painter Users! This is a document describing one of the new capabilities of our upcoming upgrade to Painter X2, which we lovingly have code-named Painter X3. I'll be uploading other feature peeks as time goes on… This isn't the only new feature! Just one of the many ground-breaking new ideas we're known for. Also: no questions about ship dates, please. This may get a bit technical for some, but it's worth looking at! Painting onto 3D objects. The o^O re 59599 Enter reply. (/EXIT when done) 1: Dear My company makes InterChange Plus, a system of transfor translatoing between 2: many differnet ent 3D file formats, such as DXF, wWWavefront, 3D Studio, 3: LightWave, and many others. 4: 5: We'vereve been in the Amiga mfmarket for six years, but thilater this year, 6: we're releasing an Windows the Windows version of our product, and in the s 7: pring, the Mac version. Each 8: 9: Each of our translators has a simple interface for speaking 10: to our own product, and itthey can be used as "plug-ins" in 11: other programs as well . . Under Windows, for example, each 12: translator is implemented as a DLL. 13: 14: I'd like saw your message about the new 3D abilities oin Painter. 15: I'd love to talk about it sometime, please drop me an 16: email or call awhen you can. 17: 18: John Foust 19: Syndesis Corporation 20: P.O. Box 65 21: 235 South Main Street 22: Jefferson, WI 53549 23: (414) 674-5200 24: (414) 674-6363 FAX 25: 26: /exit Post action !mail Message mailed to 73140,2016 via CompuServe Mail
#59612From: Roberts HowardSep 29, 1993 12:21 AM
Mark!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will try to contain my excitement about X3. It appears that you're trying to go Pixar's ShowPlace one better. The ergonomics on X2 are so well thought out and certainly one of its great strengths. Will you be able to get the same ease of human interface with X3? Also, and this is a big one, will X3 be for both platforms? Although Pixar's offering Glimpse for Windows, they don't seem to have any plans for offering ShowPlace for anything other than Mac. It sounds like X3 could fill a waiting market. I'm assuming that the texture mapping is similar to the RenderMan 'Looks' and is not ray-tracing. There! See what a good boy I was…I didn't ask about delivery dates (BUT I WANT TO)…Rob P.S. may I have your permission to share your message with the heavy-hitters over on the Adobe PS forum? There are many DI pros over there and this would be a welcome announcement. Read action !
#59620From: Pete WraggSep 29, 1993 4:26 AM
Mark – allow me to say 'hello' first of all, then to bow, scrape, grovel and generally acknowledge a true maestro of the software! I've recently bought Painter 2.0, and sent in my registration, which you should receive in a few days, but I have to say that it is ABSOLUTELY MIND-BOGGLING!!!! I dabble in graphics on my DX2/66, mainly for fun, but also some serious stuff, and I use Corel, Picture Publisher 4.0 (which is also superb), and Pixar Typestry. I have a Kurta XGT 12×12, and run a Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 17" monitor. The output side of things is still a bit behind the 8-ball, but I get reasonable output on my DJ500C. Does anyone have any experience with the new 1200C? A couple of questions – what is this X2 that I have seen on your two forums, and what is the Companion? Do I get notified of things such as these as a registered user? I look forward to getting heaps of hints etc from the forums, and let me say again – congratulations on a magnificent piece of wonderware (the word "software" seems so ordinary for such an extraordinary program.) Regards from sunny Queensland down-under. Pete, Brisbane, Australia. Read action !