#3DS3 – Got it!
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To anyone who is not bothered, today I bought my personal copy of 3DS
– now I'm into 3D-Mania as well as everybody else over here. So if
any of you can give advice in how to handle this excellent product in
order to get the most and best out of it (you know, the usual Dos and
Don'ts, references to books and/or threads, files in this forum etc.
etc.) please feel free to give me enlightenment. In fact, any
help/hints are welcome…
See y'all (gotta get back to those tutorials…)
Volker
3DS3 is like a mountain the more you climb the better the panorama…
Pierre
Montreal
>> mountain
Nice metaphor, Pierre, especially if one thinks of giant peaks,
forbidding, looming, awesome (would that be the right context, Jack? ;),
getting lost in landslides and avalanches, painstalking climbs along steep and
rocky walls, deep precipices… But as the saying goes: a man must do what a
man must do. So I'm gonna grab my spikes and my ice-axe and "uphill, uphill"
I'll go…
And I have to admit I'm very impressed by the panorama I've seen
already…
Volker
>>forbidding, looming, awesome (would that be the right context, Jack? 😉
Frankly, I'd prefer "awe-inspiring." I can't find "awesome" in my dictionary.
But then, it's 10 years old. <g>
– J
Oh, really? Well, at least my (15 year old) English-German dictionary
offers four translations for awesome:
1) eindrucksvoll
2) imponierend
3) erschreckend
4) furchtbar
Retranslated by the same dictionary that would be:
1) impressive
2) imposing, impressive; stately
3) frightful, dreadful
4) fearful, formidable, dreadful; awful, terrible, horrible; awfully terribly;
Now, isn't _that_ interesting??? <g>
I'm tempted to call my dictionary "awesome" in the meaning of 3) and
4).
Volker
PS: I wonder why the retranslation never mentions "awesome"…
My Webster's New Collegiate probably doesn't mention the word because, even ten
years ago, they knew it would be overused by the computer industry. <g> It
does, however, include "powerful," which is probably _the_ most overused word
in computer literature.
– J
>> …include "powerful," which is probably _the_ most overused
>> word in computer literature.
You make a very good point and I would just add another branch of electronics
to the amusement, at least mine. In radio ads and some news reports, there is
mention of the "powerful" radio receiver. When I hear that, I want to ask, is
that like a great electronic hand that grabs the signal? <g>
I guess I have lasted too long, a good receiver used to be one that was very
sensitive and descriminatory, oh well.
I beg to differ. The most overused term in the computer industry is
"user-friendly". <G>
Michele
I think that's a pretty old overused term. I haven't seen user-friendly in
awhile, but "powerful" shows up a powerful lot of the time. <g>
– J
3D Studio ist furchtbar…
I guess I like that, with a twist… 🙂
Gus, I'd like to enhance that:
3D-Studio ist furchtbar schoen…
How about this one?
Volker
Wunderbar!
What about "Toll!" 🙂
Toll, erste Sahne, geil (although geil shouldn't be used by people aged
over thirty (say some personality advisor guys), so I take this one back),
total gut, Hammer…
yeah, John, I agree with you.
Volker
>> awesome (osm) adj.1. inspiring or characterized by awe. 2. Slang. very
impressive.
Get a new dictionary, dude. Like it's there with dust.
scha!
J-me
I prefer living in the past. (Though I must admit, Beavis and Butthead make
contemporary life worth living.)
– J
>Beavis and Butthead make contemporary life worth living
I'm sorry.. 🙂
>> I'm sorry.. 🙂
I second that.
Volker
PS: Cool, heh heh heh?!?
>> 3DS3 is like a mountain the more you climb the better the panaroma…
You forgot about the part where you search three hours for a handhold, only to
find that there are none nearby… and you have to go back down to the base of
the mountain and find another way to get up. <g>
Michele
Some people just walk up the trail.
– J
>>Some people just walk up the trail…
Aah, grasshopper, you are right, the trail gives a most soothing view and
instills quiet confidence in those who walk it… but one must also look for
the undiscovered shortcut straight up the mountain. It, too, will be a trail
one day if enough people take it, but first it must be found and marked…
…by writing a book about it. <g>
Michele
Oooooooooo you are gonna have fun now…You will have a very happy
brain and very square eyes<g>…..
HD.
>> happy brain
fortunately my brain is too happy to realize that my eyes' vertices
have long gone linear… Too bad I don't recall that shortcut to get my eyes
back to the curved mode… Anyway, it's a complete universe that open before
me, and, yeah, you're right, I'm gonna have SOME fun right now…
Volker
By far, the best place to start with is the tutorials that ship with the
software, They are most excellent.
-Brian
>> tutorials
Brian, believe it or not, but having been prepared by reading some of
the msgs around here, my first thing to do was to grab the volume Tutorials and
work my way into it. You couldn't be more right, these books are absolutely
terrific (I dare not say awesome <g>), even more as they are translated into
German – a fact that gives the innocent user more than often reason to despair.
Now I know one more reason why 3DS is, compared to standard software like word
processors (by market leaders), not so inexpensive… Conclusion after my first
24 h shift at the Studio: it's worth every cent it costs. Thanks and kudos to
all the guys who have made it.
Volker
PS: I wonder if Gary's offer (free information pack and so on) is also valid
for German users… Gary?
Send it on in… I get many cards from Germany each week. I'll shoot an IPAS
Boutique catalog out to ya via first-class airmail.
– G
PS: I'm glad to hear that you're enjoying 3DS!
OK, Gary, will do. Thanks.
Volker
PS: Do you really read all the messages around here? I didn't quite expect you
to answer me (nevertheless I never gave up hope…<g>) and BINGO! you dit it!
Amazing.
Well… I speed-read quickly, and if I see a direct question to me, it usually
pops out of the background.
– G
Hi Volker,
I am a new user myself. I am a 2 month veteran! Ha! Ha! How did you get
interested in 3D Studio? My background is Civil – Survey drafting and design
with Autocad. I thought it would be fun and profitable to learn 3D Studio. I
agree with all the rest, the tutorials are great!
Christopher, the way I got interested in 3DS has been a long and
winding one, I should say. At the dawn of men errr computers (about 10 years
ago) I scraped together all my savings and went out to buy a C64. The results I
got with this computer (well…) were a bit thin or disappointing compared to
all those movies like Tron etc in mind…
Then, as the next step in my evolution, an Amiga appeared on my desktop
along with the legendary Videoscape 3D (I actually bought this program, against
the usual attitude among Amiga users) and the results were getting better – but
still it was amateur stuff that cramped the sparse space on my harddisk (a full
60 meg that was…), altough I spent hundreds and thousands of hours in front
of my 1081.
Since then I carried the desire to do the sort of animations my TV set
was bombarding me with day after day. Now, as I've transmogrified into a
successful business kind of guy (harumph…), I'm looking out for work that
combines my favorite type of spare time busting with earning hard money…
We'll see what'll happen…
Volker
I'm glad you're having such a great time with 3DS. I remember one of the
happiest days of my life was when I installed my _own_ personal copy of 3DS on
my machine and realized I could do this whenever I wanted! Gawd I've turned
into a real geek! <g>
John Tissavary (LUNA cie, inc)
John, too bad that one day has only 24 hours… And, even worse, you
have to sleep a bit now and then. I think I have to develop insomn… err what
was the term for the disease when you can't sleep anymore? One's life is so
short and the possibilities of the Materials Editor are _SO NUMEROUS_: oo
(infinity sign) SIGH!
Volker
For learning how to get the most from 3D Studio, my advice is to get the six
books in the 3D Studio Tips and Tricks Series:
Materials & Lighting Technical Tips Glass & Reflection Morphing & Animation
Shaping & Lofting Animals & People
The books are available from Barnes & Noble or directly from the publisher
(Delmar, 1-800-347-7707).
Good luck!
Michele
Michele, yeah, I've heard about these books. (I wonder where… I
believe one of the authors hovers around here… <g>) Do you know, by chance,
if these books are published in Germany or do I have to import them manually
(not meant literally…)? Anyway, meanwhile I'm gonna dig my way though the
tutorials.
Thanks for the info!
Volker
Dear Volker,
The R2/R3 version of the books are available from Screen Artists in London, fax
44-81-770-1277. The R3/R4 version will be available through Delmar's European
office shortly after they're available here, which will be next week.
All the books are in English. Perhaps you would like to translate them? <G>
Michele
>> Perhaps you would like to translate them? <G>
I'd really like to, but…
…as things go, I simply don't have the time for such a project. For years
I've been waiting now to find some time for writing my own book (you know, mega
best seller and so on…<g>), but I just can't build up the minimum amount of
escape velocity to leave the gravity well of everyday's business… SIGH! But,
well, meanwhile I've found a way to lighten the burden of work by doing things
I always wanted to do (3DS) for a living and, in fact, there's only the book
left to be done…
Volker