CompuServe Thread

Hi There Yeaaah! Finally! I was really exited when I first saw you on CI$! Heck, that's what I was waiting for! I've been going on Ken's nerves via AppleLink for quite a while (sorry for that (g)). There might be some more ideas on problem-sollution available now. My main problem still is the renderer for the Mac. I have Master 2.04 and I run it on an 840AV with 32 Megs of RAM. In one animation I am working right now the renderer will not do more than 8 or 9 frames in a row, even if I give the module all of the available RAM. It obviously does not clear the RAM completely after on frame is rendered (I checked that using the "About this Macintosh" Dialoge being opened in the background. Have you guys fixed that problem yet? I guess I am behind if it comes to updating, but tell you the truth, it's kind of hard to keep up with you. Do you mind if I upload some QT Files here? Another thing. I've been having problems with bulbs. It seems like they actually do not produce light spheres but only half or three-quarter spheres. Sometimes I get odd shadows using bulbs and it looks as if the not used half of the bulb is casting a shadow. I will send a file to you where I ran into that problem the last time. It is called "50_sRoom.gif". The odd shadow is the one that is going straight across the room (left half of the picture). The shadow casting bulb is sitting right on the shadow line a little over the bowl and its target is in the right half of the picture. We (my partner and me) checked the chor over and over but ther simply is nothing that could cast a shadow like that. Also would you have any idea where the strange stripe in the mirror could come from? Again we checked the whole thing a couple of times. It is visible no matter where you place the camera. but it is only in the mirror not on the opposide wall. Oh, is the Preview Settings bug in Direction fixed by now? Thanks in advance. Peter