Article: 9501 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.texas.net!news1.best.com!shellx.best.com!pfinch.vip.best.com!pfinch From: pfinch@best.com (Phillip Finch) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave,rec.video.desktop Subject: Re: ClubToaster & PC Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 21:11:02 Organization: Best Internet Communications, Inc. (info@best.com) Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: <30E89EAD.3B65@airmail.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pfinch.vip.best.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:9501 rec.video.desktop:13771 In article <30E89EAD.3B65@airmail.net> Lance Gray writes: >I have the ClubToaster Cd's for my Flyer and I've noticed the moving >backgrounds and such also come in IFF format... > When I try to access these files from LightWave I get---> >Cannot access this file...Please verify security privileges on the >network drive???? >So I decided to copy the images to my harddrive---for that matter even >trying to copy objects off the CD I get the following message: >STOP---File manager cannot copy D:\background\iff\whatever... >File manager cannot find the specific file...Make sure the correct >path & filename are specified. I have a similar problem with one of my two PCs, when reading Club Toaster and some other cross-platform CDs--particularly the first two Light Rom and all three Syndesis collections. (This occurs under NT and WfW). This machine has no problems with any DOS/Windows-specific CDROMS. In fact, it has no problem at all with LightRom 3. I assume there's a difficulty reading the file tables. Interestingly, my other machine, a 486 under WfW, reads all these same disks perfectly. It's not a huge problem, as I have a transportable Benoulli to swap files back and forth--I read the disks on the 486 and move the files over to the Pentium when I do my Lightwave work. My guess is that there's a MSCDEX driver problem. You might try ejecting the CDROM, re-seating it, and then trying to read it again--this actually works for me on the Pentium, sometimes... Phil Finch (pfinch@best.com) *************************************************** "Anyone who has begun to think places some part of the world in jeopardy." --John Dewey *************************************************** Article: 9502 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.onramp.net!newshost.cyberramp.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!demon!alladin.demon.co.uk From: ajackson@alladin.demon.co.uk (Action Jackson) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave,comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: LightWave outputing to Abekas?? Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 09:47:27 GMT Lines: 18 Message-ID: <820576114.285@alladin.demon.co.uk> References: <828.6570T963T1932@mozart.inet.co.th> NNTP-Posting-Host: alladin.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: alladin.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:9502 comp.sys.amiga.graphics:44367 comp.sys.amiga.hardware:119239 suraj@mozart.inet.co.th (Suraj Gulrajani) wrote: >I normally output my Lightwave animations to a PAL Betacam SP (at 720 x 576). However, a client wants me to output some animations onto Abekas format for editing in D1 (or is it D2?!?). Now, I know the Exabyte 8500 / 8505 with the Adpro's Abekas saver >I assume I could render on the PC and ethernet the IFF over to my Amiga to save to this Exabyte tape using the AdPro Abekas saver.. (BTW, anyone got one for sale?? :^) ) >Also, I'll need to composite my LW animation on some live footage, so what's the best way to do this, btw? >PLEASE HELP! >thanks much I use a shareware product called GenerexxT which works with ADPro. I have the ADPro bacus driver. This will sit in the backgroud and or forground and convert all frames to Abacus (8mm Exabyte Required) and works well... Thats all on an Amiga though. Article: 9503 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!warrane.connect.com.au!ghostgum.hunterlink.net.au!usenet From: Daniel Dacey Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: ScreamerNet and Win95 problems Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 14:53:40 +1000 Organization: Peppermint Graphics Lines: 77 Message-ID: <30E8BA54.18ED@Hunterlink.net.au> References: <30E63A33.7A52@Hunterlink.net.au> <4c8467$ir6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: jesmond.hunterlink.net.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Win95; I) To: Elfwork Elfwork wrote: > > In article <30E63A33.7A52@Hunterlink.net.au>, Daniel Dacey > writes: > >it is booting OK BUT not saving the rendered images! > >It also seems to be rendering way to fast through the individual frames. > >...... > > BTW the content dir and startup locations are OK for SN. > My guess is that the last statement is false. > > The first two problems cited look like the result of 1.) not having the > save path available on rendering nodes, and 2.)invalid pathnames for > objects and images. > > What does the node say when loading a scene? (Are there any errors?) > Ok here goes: Screamernet path settings (Launched from an Icon) Target Location: Programs Target: E:\Newtek\PROGRAMS\LWSN.EXE -2 e:\newtek\programs\job1 e:\newtek\programs\ack1 Start In: E:\Newtek\Programs ScreamerNet Node Messages ------------------------- *** On booting: LightWave x86 ScreamerNet module 4.00j (29-Aug-95) Current Directory is now "E:\Newtek". Lightwave command: Init. *** This Init command loops until I initialise ScreamerNet through Layout *** After I have initialised I get the following message scrolling down the screen: Lightwave command: wait. *** After loading a scene and rendering it I get the following in the ScreamNet Window: LightWave command: render. Allocating frame buffer. Allocating RGB buffers. Allocating Z buffers. Frame in progress: 69. Updating images. Transforming coordinates. Removing hidden polygons. Computing polygon distances. Sorting polygons. Rendering segment 1/4, pass 1/1. Integrating pixels. Rendering segment 2/4, pass 1/1. Integrating pixels. Rendering segment 3/4, pass 1/1. Integrating pixels. Rendering segment 4/4, pass 1/1. Integrating pixels. Frame completed. Last frame rendered: 69. Rendering time: 5 seconds. This frame should take at least one minute to render and save. Help! > Waiting for a rev. D patch........And so say I. Cheers Dan ___________________ Peppermint Graphics Newcastle Australia Article: 9504 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.accessone.com!news From: jeric@accessone.com Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Any Raydance-Lightwave users here? Date: 2 Jan 1996 06:04:11 GMT Organization: Access One Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4cahsr$g0f@news.accessone.com> References: <4c96e7$qnp@pipe2.nyc.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: jeric.accessone.com X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > mikeling@nyc.pipeline.com (MICHAEL C. LING) writes: > Raydance is an Amiga based script based raytracing and animation package > with a combination of features unavailable on any other commercial 3d > package I know of(fractal 3d trees with texture mapped leaves, 3d > landscapes, programming language to control animation and other aspects of > rendering). I use Raydance to supplement some features not on Lightwave or > Truespace. > Interesting. Can it export object in LWOB format??? ****************************************************************************** ** jeric@accessone.com | Synergy Graphix & Animation ** ** Welcome to Seattle! Have a latte'! | Technical Subjects a Specialty!** ** Don't make me force it down your throat.| "OK! Wind the frog!" ** Article: 9505 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.zeitgeist.net!wizard.pn.com!brighton.openmarket.com!decwrl!pagesat.net!cg57.esnet.com!torment!mad From: mad@torment.tmisnet.com (Mark Dunakin) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Will 3dsPRO kill Lightwave? NEWTEKS KILL Message-ID: Date: 1 Jan 96 21:25:36 PST Organization: Tierra-Miga BBS Lines: 35 On Sun 31-Dec-1995 3:05p, Christopher Stewart wrote: CS> In a message dated 31 Dec 1995 02:24:05 syndesis@inc.net writes: CS> S> In both 3DS's and LW's cases, it would be possible to retain the CS> S> net renderer as a 32-bit DOS app, while leaving the GUI as a Windows CS> S> app. This leverages the speed of DOS and the cost of memory on net CS> S> rendering machines that is devoted to WinNT instead of rendering. CS> That would be a wonderful thing. I don't have enough ram in one CS> of my machines (by a hair) and it sits idle when rendering complex CS> scenes. ANYTHING to reduce the rather massive NT ram hit would CS> be a saleable product in my books... CS> Christopher CS> All these people calling each other morons. Well, you're all right. CS> If CS> you're stupid enough to crosspost infantile arguments to several CS> inappropriate CS> groups, you're certainly a moron, you and your friends. Learn to use your CS> communications software (and get the hell out of CS> comp.graphics.animation!). CS> Best wishes on a smarter new year (after the brain transplant). CS> ********************************************** CS> Primordial * Christopher Stewart dretch@islandnet.com * Graphics CS> Soup * http://www.islandnet.com/~dretch * WWW CS> Animation * Home of the Lightwave 3D Search Engine * Training CS> ********************************************** So what's this guy's problem anyway????? Article: 9506 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.accessone.com!news From: jeric@accessone.com Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: zzzz Any one tired? zzzzz Date: 2 Jan 1996 06:30:38 GMT Organization: Access One Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4cajee$ga5@news.accessone.com> References: <4c9dd9$7cr@daily-planet.execpc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: jeric.accessone.com X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > pana@earth.execpc.com (Blake Porter) writes: > It's strange-- I get sleepy every time I work at my video desk top work > station. I wonder if others experience this? It seems when I stare at > the monitor for 15 min. and I feel like I'm watching the late late show. > (no my work is not boring) I think it has something to do with the monitor. > Could there be a computer/monitor sleep syndrome? > > Sleepy in Milwaukee Ergonomics is especially important for animators who can look forward to a LOT of screen time. What is the background BEHIND and AROUND your monitor? Ideally, it should be approx the same brightness as the screen itself to prevent your irises from constantly ramping open and shut. I put a small light behind my monitor to achieve this. (Since I also do gaffing, this has the added bonus of lookin' really cOoL.) Conversely, if there is a window or other bright area behind your monitor, your eyes will suffer similarly. ****************************************************************************** ** jeric@accessone.com | Synergy Graphix & Animation ** ** Welcome to Seattle! Have a latte'! | Technical Subjects a Specialty!** ** Don't make me force it down your throat.| "OK! Wind the frog!" ** Article: 9507 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sprintlink.net!datalytics!news.ahc.ameritech.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!van-bc!news.mindlink.net!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: stranahan@aol.com (Stranahan) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Will 3dsPRO kill Lightwave? Date: 2 Jan 1996 02:08:01 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 15 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4calkh$f4i@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4c9vfu$n28@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: stranahan@aol.com (Stranahan) --------------------------------- I'm not revealing anything specific here though... I don't think that saying LW will have new features in the next release is an NDA violation. -------------------------------- But isn't revealing what is and isn't a NDA violation ITSELF a NDA violation?!? _____________________________________________ Lee Stranahan Check out the home page! URL - http://users.aol.com/stranahan/main.htm Article: 9508 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!mercury.initco.net!localhost From: lawson@initco.net (Joseph J Lawson) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: logo ? Date: Tue, 02 Jan 96 05:29:56 GMT Organization: Intermountain Internet Corp. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4camus$7hv@mercury.initco.net> References: <4c7r9c$bt7@news.indy.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: fallsgate16.initco.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 In article <4c7r9c$bt7@news.indy.net>, redfive@indynet.indy.net (redfive) wrote: >I'm trying to make a text logo. All the letters >that have holes in them (i.e. O,A,P...) are solid. >I can't see through the center of the O ect.. I know >this is some stupid mistake I've made. Can anyone >tell me why this happens Not necessarily a stupid mistake... I've noticed this with ALL my True Type fonts on the PC version of LW. What I do is using modeler, I select all the polygons that are the open areas and cut them out, past them into another layer, then extrude them. I then move them horizontally and use the boolean cut method to create a hole in the actual font layer. It's laborious, but it works. If anyone else has a thought or suggestion on how to avoid having to do this, I'm all ears. Is it a LW bug or something we're not setting right? Good luck! Joe Lawson, MontAnimation Article: 9509 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!agate!overload.lbl.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!decwrl!pacbell.com!gw2.att.com!gw1.att.com!csn!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!news From: Jeff Jasper Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Any Raydance-Lightwave users here? Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 02:31:00 -0500 Organization: ACCAD Lines: 10 Message-ID: <30E8DF34.59AE@osu.edu> References: <4c96e7$qnp@pipe2.nyc.pipeline.com> <4cahsr$g0f@news.accessone.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip8-11.acs.ohio-state.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) > > Raydance is an Amiga based script based raytracing and animation package > > with a combination of features unavailable on any other commercial 3d > > package I know of(fractal 3d trees with texture mapped leaves, 3d > > landscapes, programming language to control animation and other aspects of > > rendering). I use Raydance to supplement some features not on Lightwave or > > Truespace. Doesn't Real3D do this too? Jeff Article: 9510 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: m-video@ix.netcom.com(Michael Mitchell) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: AVIs at www.newtek.com ??? Date: 2 Jan 1996 07:24:01 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4camih$gc7@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> References: <4c7k4c$2co_001@khufu.ns.net> <30E7C55A.32B4@cats.ucsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-wc5-01.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Mon Jan 01 11:24:02 PM PST 1996 In <30E7C55A.32B4@cats.ucsc.edu> Adam Chrystie writes: > >you can d/l some AVI's from ftp.newtek.com > >look in the AVI section and incomming directories..they aren't >the same AVI's that are on the www page..these are LW users >showing off samples i think... can you save a LW anim in LW 4.0 PC direct to a AVI anim file? thanks, Mike Article: 9511 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!decwrl!amd!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!patchbay!mark.whitney From: mark.whitney@patchbay.com (Mark Whitney) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: 32-bit Sequential TGA uti Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 18:42:00 GMT Message-ID: <960101230232623@patchbay.com> Organization: The Patchbay BBS, Pasadena, CA +1-818-683-0627 Distribution: world Lines: 11 What options are out on the market (shareware or public domain for that matter) for assembling sequential TGA files output from Lightwave, that can handle the long file names that LW 4 writes? This is for an Intel NT 3.51 system and outputing to AVI's or quicktime MOV files. Thanx, M. --- * CMPQwk 1.42 #6.3 Lawyer's... the larval form of politicians. Article: 9512 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!pipeline!not-for-mail From: mikeling@nyc.pipeline.com (MICHAEL C. LING) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Any Raydance-Lightwave users here? Date: 2 Jan 1996 04:02:30 -0500 Organization: The Pipeline Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4casb6$a9g@pipe1.nyc.pipeline.com> References: <30E8DF34.59AE@osu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pipe1.nyc.pipeline.com X-PipeUser: mikeling X-PipeHub: nyc.pipeline.com X-PipeGCOS: (Michael C. Ling) X-Newsreader: The Pipeline v3.4.0 On Jan 02, 1996 02:31:00 in article , 'Jeff Jasper ' wrote: >> > Raydance is an Amiga based script based raytracing and animation package >> > with a combination of features unavailable on any other commercial 3d >> > package I know of(fractal 3d trees with texture mapped leaves, 3d >> > landscapes, programming language to control animation and other aspects >of >> > rendering). I use Raydance to supplement some features not on Lightwave >or >> > Truespace. > >Doesn't Real3D do this too? I don't know much about Real3d, except that it's on the PC as well. Does it have a programming language for all of its functions? -- M C L - Article: 9513 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!pipeline!not-for-mail From: mikeling@nyc.pipeline.com (MICHAEL C. LING) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Any Raydance-Lightwave users here? Date: 2 Jan 1996 04:08:44 -0500 Organization: The Pipeline Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4casms$aer@pipe1.nyc.pipeline.com> References: <4cahsr$g0f@news.accessone.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pipe1.nyc.pipeline.com X-PipeUser: mikeling X-PipeHub: nyc.pipeline.com X-PipeGCOS: (Michael C. Ling) X-Newsreader: The Pipeline v3.4.0 On Jan 02, 1996 06:04:11 in article , 'jeric@accessone.com' wrote: >> mikeling@nyc.pipeline.com (MICHAEL C. LING) writes: >> Raydance is an Amiga based script based raytracing and animation package >> with a combination of features unavailable on any other commercial 3d >> package I know of(fractal 3d trees with texture mapped leaves, 3d >> landscapes, programming language to control animation and other aspects of >> rendering). I use Raydance to supplement some features not on Lightwave or >> Truespace. >> > Interesting. Can it export object in LWOB format??? No. It can only import .geo(videoscape) format objects in the current version. If you have an Amiga, you could pick up a demo version of Raydance via ftp. I dunno how complete the demo is, but if the script files are there, you will have a good idea of how the programming language is. Personally I think it is pretty self documenting. -- M C L - Article: 9514 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!nnrp.info.ucla.edu!ts28-13.wla.ts.ucla.edu!bobfreel From: bobfreel@ucla.edu (Bob Freel) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: FS: Intel LW, unregistered, modeler tapes & LWPro back issues Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 00:54:25 Organization: UCLA Lines: 14 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: ts28-13.wla.ts.ucla.edu X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] Hello - I have an unregistered LW for NT/Windows for sale to the highest bidder. All manuals included, dongle, even the little stickers. Unregistered, good as new. Also have Lightwave Modeler tapes 1 & 2 and Lightwave essentials -- these are the 3.5 versions for the Amiga, still useful but missing some features. And the first 12 issues of Lightwave Pro. I'd like to sell the whole mesugatz as a package, but tell me whether you're offering for the whole or just parts. I'm leaving town shortly & would like to conclude a deal by Friday if possible. Later responses may not be replied to. Thank you. Article: 9515 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!nnrp.info.ucla.edu!ts28-13.wla.ts.ucla.edu!bobfreel From: bobfreel@ucla.edu (Bob Freel) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: FS: Trimedia 12 x 18 drawing pad for Amiga Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 00:56:31 Organization: UCLA Lines: 9 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: ts28-13.wla.ts.ucla.edu X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] Also, I've got a 12 x 18 drawing pad, the Calcomp model, for the Amiga for sale, all manuals, disks, etc. Cordless pen, very nice, perfect condition. Can be upgraded for other systems, but it has worked wonderfully on a 3000 & a 1200 for me. Again, leaving town soon, offers sent by Friday would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Article: 9516 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!news.compulink.co.uk!cix.compulink.co.uk!usenet From: snouty@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Phil South") Subject: Re: What and how do you guys/gals charge for your work????? Message-ID: Organization: Compulink Information eXchange References: <4c906u$snj@newsgate.dircon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 10:37:50 GMT X-News-Software: Ameol32 Lines: 23 > Let me start by wishing you all a Happy New Year. > > Me and two other friends have started a company to produce > Titles/Adverst and other types of media related work. We specially > want to do our work on Lightwave. > > Up to now all my lightwave work was done for pleasure and I never > really gave the professional life much thought. But Its now getting > serious. > > What I'd like to know is how do you peple charge: > i.e. per frame, per sec, or per project. > > And if you could give me some prices, like the ones you charge, I > would be most grateful. I charge between 200-400UKP per day depending on who's buying. --- ------------------------------------------------------------- Phil South "nuqDaq yuch Dapol" Webscape Home Page http://www.webscape.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------- Article: 9517 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!news-relay.us.dell.com!natinst.com!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.interlog.com!news From: mak@interlog.com (C Mak) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Ack! Help! Saving Animations Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 11:52:12 GMT Organization: InterLog Internet Services Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4cb6kd$ako@steel.interlog.com> Reply-To: mak@interlog.com NNTP-Posting-Host: mak.interlog.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 Help!! I finally got my copy of Lightwave 3D for Intel today (after months of agonizing!!) and I've been sifting through the manuals and varioius tutorials. I've come to an dead stop when it comes to saving the animations. While the manual tells me to go to the Saving Animations buttons and choose the type of animation, I have no such option. I have NONE as the type of animations available to me. As a result I cannot save any of my simple animations. What do I do? Have I not installed the right stuff? I have installed the Win 32s that were on the CD and I am running it on Win 3.11 with 16 meg RAM. Any help would be appreciated. Chris Article: 9518 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!nntp.coast.net!col.hp.com!fc.hp.com!news From: koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com (Steve Koren) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Any Raydance-Lightwave users here? Date: 02 Jan 1996 09:57:03 -0700 Organization: HP Fort Collins Site Lines: 18 Sender: koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com Message-ID: References: <30E8DF34.59AE@osu.edu> <4casb6$a9g@pipe1.nyc.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hpsrk.fc.hp.com In-reply-to: mikeling@nyc.pipeline.com's message of 2 Jan 1996 04:02:30 -0500 X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.0.9 > >> > package I know of(fractal 3d trees with texture mapped leaves, 3d > >> > landscapes, programming language to control animation and other > >Doesn't Real3D do this too? Yes. So does the Vertex Modeler, (an often overlooked but not altogether bad way to do some modeling tasks - and it can read and write several zillion file formats, so you can use it to convert objects between different 3D programs). > I don't know much about Real3d, except that it's on the PC as well. Does it > have a programming language for all of its functions? Yes. It has RPL for internal use and ARexx for being driven from the outside world. - steve Article: 9519 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!mfmail!usenet From: iay@mfltd.co.uk (Iain Young) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave,rec.video.desktop Subject: Re: ClubToaster & PC Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 13:19:18 GMT Organization: Micro Focus, Newbury, ENGLAND Lines: 58 Message-ID: <4cbd09$sga@hyperion.mfltd.co.uk> References: <30E89EAD.3B65@airmail.net> <4camdr$i1f@cloner3.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: iay.mfltd.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:9519 rec.video.desktop:13777 m-video@ix.netcom.com(Michael Mitchell) wrote: >In <30E89EAD.3B65@airmail.net> Lance Gray writes: >> >>Being a new PC user I have a question concerning the ClubToaster CD >>and LightWAve for the PC... >> >>I have the ClubToaster Cd's for my Flyer and I've noticed the moving >>backgrounds and such also come in IFF format...Because of this, I've >>tried to use them as a background sequence on my Pentium 100. Here's >>my problem: >> >> When I try to access these files from LightWave I get---> >> >>Cannot access this file...Please verify security privileges on the >>network drive???? >> >>So I decided to copy the images to my harddrive---for that matter even >>trying to copy objects off the CD I get the following message: >> >>STOP---File manager cannot copy D:\background\iff\whatever... >> >>File manager cannot find the specific file...Make sure the correct >>path & filename are specified. >> >> >> >>---I'm pretty sure the correct ones are specified---since I just >>created a new directory file and I'm trying to copy the images over to >>my harddrive into this new directory----Any suggestions???? This is >>a breeze to do on my A4000, is there some good reason why it doesn't >>work on my PC???? >> >I have the same problem!, I started out with club toaster on my amiga, >but have now switched to a PC and would like to access the iff and >object files on the club toaster disk? anyone know how? Dave?? >thanks, Mike Just a thought, (I don't have the cd so I don't know for sure), but perhaps the problem is that the files are stored on the cd in a directory with a long file name. If you are running MSDOS 6.22 / Windows 3.11 or below, the OS doesn't seem to be able to copy the files. The only way I found around it was to install Win95/NT on the machine, (I have some cd's with this problem and they work fine now with the new OS). Hope this helps, Iain Young iay@mfltd.co.uk Article: 9520 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!xmission!xmission!not-for-mail From: dingebre@xmission.com (David Ingebretsen) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Will 3dsPRO kill Lightwave? Date: 2 Jan 1996 15:36:19 GMT Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900) Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4cbjdj$884@news.xmission.com> References: <4c9vfu$n28@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> <4calkh$f4i@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: xmission.xmission.com X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Stranahan (stranahan@aol.com) wrote: : --------------------------------- : I'm not revealing anything specific here though... I don't think that : saying LW will have new features in the next release is an NDA : violation. : -------------------------------- : : But isn't revealing what is and isn't a NDA violation ITSELF a NDA : violation?!? Saying something is NOT an NDA violation shouldn't be a problem. Depending on the exact wording, saying something IS an NDA violation might be one. -- David David M. Ingebretsen *** Binary Illusions / 3D Physics *** dingebre@xmission.com *** Animation and more *** Article: 9521 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sfo.com!news.zeitgeist.net!wizard.pn.com!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!news.sol.net!daily-planet.execpc.com!earth!pana From: pana@earth.execpc.com (Blake Porter) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Test-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Date: 2 Jan 1996 18:21:52 GMT Organization: Exec-PC Lines: 3 Message-ID: <4cbt40$an2@daily-planet.execpc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: earth.execpc.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] T-Test Hey Joe! Article: 9522 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news1.digital.com!decwrl!pagesat.net!cg57.esnet.com!torment!mad From: mad@torment.tmisnet.com (Mark Dunakin) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: logo ? Message-ID: Date: 2 Jan 96 07:37:48 PST Organization: Tierra-Miga BBS Lines: 27 On Tue 2-Jan-1996 5:29a, Joseph J Lawson wrote: JL> In article <4c7r9c$bt7@news.indy.net>, JL> redfive@indynet.indy.net (redfive) wrote: JL> >I'm trying to make a text logo. All the letters JL> >that have holes in them (i.e. O,A,P...) are solid. JL> >I can't see through the center of the O ect.. I know JL> >this is some stupid mistake I've made. Can anyone JL> >tell me why this happens JL> Not necessarily a stupid mistake... I've noticed this with ALL my True JL> Type fonts on the PC version of LW. What I do is using modeler, I JL> select all the polygons that are the open areas and cut them out, past JL> them into another layer, then extrude them. I then move them JL> horizontally and use the boolean cut method to create a hole in the JL> actual font layer. It's laborious, but it works. If anyone else has a JL> thought or suggestion on how to avoid having to do this, I'm all ears. JL> Is it a LW bug or something we're not setting right? JL> Good luck! Joe Lawson, MontAnimation This is why I prefer to use Pixel Pro. I never have this problem. Also something I checked out the other day, is that Pixel seems to be the *only* program that I've seen to do actual TRUE beveling. On everything else, when you do a bevel it ALWAYS just makes the object bigger which in my book sucks. When I do a bevel with Pixel only the bevel changes size, not the object. I know I went a little off course, but as you can see I LOVE pixel......md :) Article: 9524 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.voicenet.com!news From: marlonb@omni.voicenet.com (Marlon Beltz) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: NT-SGI Screamernetting Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 21:01:58 GMT Organization: RamTek Imaging Systems, Inc. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <30e99c87.13597888@netnews.voicenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: philly20.voicenet.com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/16.141 Could someone who has successfully done the above please respond by email to me. The hurdle I want to get over is that the path name for saves is hard-coded into the scene file. NT's path is: s:renders/cohen whereas SGI's path to the same thing is: /nfs/Dog/s/renders/cohen I know I can use the relative path option off of the Newtek directory, but I want to save files to a complete different HD. Is there a option like 'assign' on Amigas in UNIX that would allow me to assign s: to that path? BTW, why is there no way for screamernet to occasionally check to see if new CPU's have come online since they were initiated? Please reply by email if possible. Thanks in advance. Article: 9525 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!news.math.psu.edu!psuvax1!news.cc.swarthmore.edu!netnews.upenn.edu!news.voicenet.com!news From: pirate@voicenet.com Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: logo ? Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 20:12:28 GMT Organization: Voicenet - Internet Access - (215)674-9290 Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4cbp25$qal@news.voicenet.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: philly69.voicenet.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 BTW,It seems that at all of the Computer shows (local) they are selling tons of Postscript fonts on CD for $5.00 a disk.I bought 3 last week,and now I have no truetype errors. So keep your eyes open. Wayne Article: 9526 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!news.bc.net!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news.ucalgary.ca!mtroyal.ab.ca!chaotic.mtroyal.ab.ca!amuc!N417042051 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Stranahan & NewTek Message-ID: <21dc50da.1d8f1615@amuc.mtroyal.ab.ca> From: N417042051@amuc.mtroyal.ab.ca (Ian Sinclair) Date: 02 Jan 96 01:29:48 MST References: <21da26fa.1d8f15d2@amuc.mtroyal.ab.ca> <4c8jl7$lqg@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Distribution: na Organization: The AMiga Users of Calgary Lines: 14 S> This was all discussed at length on this Newsgroup when the decision was S> originally announced a few months ago. Lee, thanks now I understand where you're coming from... I agree, NewTek seems to think those spending far more on their computer system, should also spend far more on LightWave for that platform. OTOH, doesn't the Alpha version of LW include some other expensive products that offset the additional cost somewhat? Article: 9527 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!news.bc.net!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news.ucalgary.ca!mtroyal.ab.ca!chaotic.mtroyal.ab.ca!amuc!N417042051 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Wireframe is DEAD : QuickDraw 3D Message-ID: <21dc50e6.1d8f1616@amuc.mtroyal.ab.ca> From: N417042051@amuc.mtroyal.ab.ca (Ian Sinclair) Date: 02 Jan 96 01:47:40 MST References: <4b8ih5$hro@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> <4c8rn8$s4d@dragon.cabot.nf.ca> Distribution: na Organization: The AMiga Users of Calgary Lines: 54 SH> Lightwave is a stunning product. I'm amazed every time I use it. But SH> people get pissed off when even the best product is seen as being SH> delayed, or that your promises of release dates keep getting pushed SH> back. Marketing, cash flow, and stock holders are a software development team's worst nightmare. These groups demand release dates be set months in advance and software design is expected to meet them with little consultation I'm sure. I wonder if Allan & Stuart could openly discuss their feelings on this? Were they asked how long it would take? Were they given the time necessary? I doubt it... And a really big point is this; Software development is more of an art than a science. These large applications are works of art, not engineered production line assemblies. How can you dictate a time frame for creative endeavors? Do artists work to timetables? Actually, we all have deadlines as animators. But that only proves my point. How often do you get the time you really need to finish an animation project? Pretty rare isn't it. Its very difficult to stamp completion dates on a project where you don't know have the battles you'll face. Software development is very much a `seat of the pants endeavor.' SH> Too much of it causes abandonment by the user base. It may happen that missed release dates hurt a products reputation, but I'd rather have a delayed finished product than enter a yearly update schedule (with upgrade fees) as has happened with so many PC products. Marketing sets a timetable, software development often can't meet it, and so the product is released with known bugs. Do we want LW to go that route? I think not... A few weeks, or months delay is less frustrating, than many hours spent redoing work that has crashed, been lost, or rendered badly. The current version is adequate till the next can be released in a finished state. OTOH, when know bugs are fixed, patch files made available through the Internet should be released as soon as possible. Instead of making everyone work around known bugs till the next release. SH> Despite these missed target dates, keep up the good work, Stuart. I agree completely. Allen and Stuart are to be congradulated on an excellent piece of software that has helped change the face of 3D animation. As NewTek has done with desktop video. Article: 9528 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.accessone.com!news From: jeric@accessone.com Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: What does the Object Replace plug-in actually do? Date: 2 Jan 1996 17:55:54 GMT Organization: Access One Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4cbrja$18c@news.accessone.com> References: <4c8448$ehc@pipe2.nyc.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: jeric.accessone.com X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > mikeling@nyc.pipeline.com (MICHAEL C. LING) writes: > For both image and object sequences, is there a way to control the delay > between each image or object, other than using lots of dupes. You're getting it wrong - the way to delay objects is to NOT use dupes. To switch an object/image once in 200 frames, you only need IMAGE001.IFF and, say, IMAGE137.IFF, with nothing in between. ****************************************************************************** ** jeric@accessone.com | Synergy Graphix & Animation ** ** Welcome to Seattle! Have a latte'! | Technical Subjects a Specialty!** ** Don't make me force it down your throat.| "OK! Wind the frog!" ** Article: 9529 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.accessone.com!news From: jeric@accessone.com Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Is anyone using Real 3D ? Date: 2 Jan 1996 17:59:00 GMT Organization: Access One Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4cbrp4$18c@news.accessone.com> References: <4c85n7$6r4@news.xmission.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: jeric.accessone.com X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > dingebre@xmission.com (David Ingebretsen) writes: > Sure. I still use LightWave for its ease of compositing. You could > render some very nice sequences in Real and use LW to combine > them. I've actually done it on occasion. Thanx, David. Sounds like R3d could be a complementary program to LW. Is it still Amiga-bound? ****************************************************************************** ** jeric@accessone.com | Synergy Graphix & Animation ** ** Welcome to Seattle! Have a latte'! | Technical Subjects a Specialty!** ** Don't make me force it down your throat.| "OK! Wind the frog!" ** Article: 9530 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.sandia.gov!tesuque.cs.sandia.gov!lynx.unm.edu!fg1.plk.af.mil!ug1.plk.af.mil!not-for-mail From: rudd@ug1.plk.af.mil (Douglas Rudd) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Anyone have a crack for Lightwave for Windows? Date: 2 Jan 1996 10:07:24 -0700 Organization: Air Force Phillips Lab. Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4cbooc$ouc@ug1.plk.af.mil> References: <4bkcd8$54u@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4bkkpv$7gp@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4buc6v$ri2@ug1.plk.af.mil> <30E609ED.3FA0@ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ug1.plk.af.mil Elliot Bain writes: >The final chapter is yet to be written. Agreed. I just would not want to be the person who has to pay the legal fees to write that chapter. ;-) Doug Rudd Article: 9531 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp.cntfl.com!news.fsu.edu!usenet From: Prem Subrahmanyam Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: logo ? Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 12:43:49 -0500 Organization: Florida State University Lines: 32 Message-ID: <30E96ED5.41DF@wane3.scri.fsu.edu> References: <4c7r9c$bt7@news.indy.net> <4camus$7hv@mercury.initco.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: nb6p28-bfs.scri.fsu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Win95; I) Joseph J Lawson wrote: > > In article <4c7r9c$bt7@news.indy.net>, > redfive@indynet.indy.net (redfive) wrote: > >I'm trying to make a text logo. All the letters > >that have holes in them (i.e. O,A,P...) are solid. > >I can't see through the center of the O ect.. I know > >this is some stupid mistake I've made. Can anyone > >tell me why this happens > Not necessarily a stupid mistake... I've noticed this with ALL my True > Type fonts on the PC version of LW. What I do is using modeler, I > select all the polygons that are the open areas and cut them out, past > them into another layer, then extrude them. I then move them > horizontally and use the boolean cut method to create a hole in the > actual font layer. It's laborious, but it works. If anyone else has a > thought or suggestion on how to avoid having to do this, I'm all ears. > Is it a LW bug or something we're not setting right? > > Good luck! Joe Lawson, MontAnimation This is a bug in how LW reads the TT fonts. PS fonts actually work fine...actually have the holes cut in them as they should be. Hopefully this will be fixed in the next update...btw, I wonder when that will be? --Prem --------------------------------------------------------- Prem Subrahmanyam prems@wane-leon-mail.scri.fsu.edu Home Page: http://www-wane.scri.fsu.edu/~prems Programmer, graphics designer, fossil nut extraordinaire. "Have you hugged your Cretaceous ammonites today?" Article: 9532 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp.cntfl.com!news.fsu.edu!usenet From: Prem Subrahmanyam Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: anyone have trouble with changing edit fields in Win95 Lightwave? Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 12:44:27 -0500 Organization: Florida State University Lines: 23 Message-ID: <30E96EFB.5F8A@wane3.scri.fsu.edu> References: <30E464D1.41E7@world.std.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nb6p28-bfs.scri.fsu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Win95; I) John Gross wrote: > > Jon Fabris (bender@world.std.com) wrote: > : I can't seem to change any of the edit field values in Lightwave. > : For instance, the custom size width & height values in the Camera panel, > : or the port name, & frame record delay in the Record panel. If I change > : this values, it seems to let me change them, but when I close the Record > : panel (or Camera panel) the values snap back to their defaults. - If I > : open the Record panel again, the values are back to the way they were. > > Hit Return after entering new values. > > JG Or Tab. --Prem --------------------------------------------------------- Prem Subrahmanyam prems@wane-leon-mail.scri.fsu.edu Home Page: http://www-wane.scri.fsu.edu/~prems Programmer, graphics designer, fossil nut extraordinaire. "Have you hugged your Cretaceous ammonites today?" Article: 9533 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!decwrl!csus.edu!sacsa3.mp.usbr.gov!donews.do.usbr.gov!borcore.usbr.gov!csn!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!news From: Jeff Jasper Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Any Raydance-Lightwave users here? Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 12:27:10 -0500 Organization: ACCAD Lines: 7 Message-ID: <30E96AEE.68FF@osu.edu> References: <30E8DF34.59AE@osu.edu> <4casb6$a9g@pipe1.nyc.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip8-11.acs.ohio-state.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) > I don't know much about Real3d, except that it's on the PC as well. Does it > have a programming language for all of its functions? I know it has it's own built in programmimng language, it also runs on Amiga, MIPS NT, Alpha NT as well as PC NT,95, 3.1x Jeff Article: 9534 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!sundog.tiac.net!usenet From: kenwshmt@tiac.net (Ken Schmitt) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 23:30:54 GMT Organization: The Internet Access Company Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4ccf25$frn@sundog.tiac.net> References: <4cccba$6sh@easy2.mediacity.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kenwshmt.tiac.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/32.126 > 1. When loading a scene, and Layout can't find some data, > it would be nice if there was an ABORT button between > OK / CANCEL. It gets old hitting cancel 100 times to abort > a scene load. in that same vein, how about a primitive search engine (optionally enabled/disabled) that'd LOOK for the files if it cant find them, checking first in the last dirrectory used. if it cant find them, then you are asked for a root search path, to be as explicit as you need.... but only on the first one, after that, if it shared the same device and path, it wouldt bother you again. so itd hunt the drive a few times.... weve had to do that once or twice anyways. Article: 9535 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!usenet From: Nelson@vet.ksu.edu Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Connecting Amiga to PC Date: 2 Jan 1996 19:13:15 GMT Organization: Kansas State University Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4cc04b$38@newserv.ksu.ksu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.130.129.102 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) I've read that connecting a PC to an Amiga is possible through a null modem cable, but I haven't found out what specific software is neccessary. I'm trying to move large amounts of images and objects from an Amiga with Workbench 2.0 to a PC with Windows 95 and NT. Thanks, Kent Nelson Article: 9536 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!not-for-mail From: art@clark.net () Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Ack! Help! Saving Animations Date: 2 Jan 1996 22:05:05 GMT Organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc., Ellicott City, MD USA Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4cca6h$ggg@clarknet.clark.net> References: <4cb6kd$ako@steel.interlog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: explorer.clark.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950726BETA PL0] C Mak (mak@interlog.com) wrote: : Help!! : tutorials. I've come to an dead stop when it comes to saving the : animations. While the manual tells me to go to the Saving Animations : buttons and choose the type of animation, I have no such option. I : have NONE as the type of animations available to me. As a result I : cannot save any of my simple animations. What do I do? Have I not : : Any help would be appreciated. : : Chris Last I heard the animations thing was an Amiga only function. Regards, art@clark.net Article: 9537 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!sun4nl!xs4all!marketgraph!jwk From: jwk@marketgraph.xs4all.nl (Jan-Willem Korver) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Explosion! Message-ID: <072cvab60.alamito@marketgraph.xs4all.nl> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 96 21:44:07 CET References: <4bvfm8$bcu@alpha.delta.edu> Reply-To: jwk@marketgraph.xs4all.nl Organization: MarketGraph Visual Automation Lines: 15 X-Newsreader: Alamito Mail and News Manager (V2.0.4 for Waffle) registered to MARKETGRAPH VISUAL AUTOMATION In <4bvfm8$bcu@alpha.delta.edu> Monte Nothelfer wrote: >Who makes a tape or book that explains how to make groovy explosions?> Get yourself the "Pyrotechniques" tape from Desktop Images. I guess that's exactly what you're looking for. Regards, Jan-Willem --- jwk@marketgraph.xs4all.nl Article: 9538 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sprintlink.net!austin.aus.sig.net!news2.aus.sig.net!chuck.humancode.com!user From: chuck@humancode.com (Chuck Furlong) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: n-gon Importing into Lightwave Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 16:18:38 -0600 Organization: Human Code Inc Lines: 3 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: chuck.humancode.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Is there any way to import n-gon models into Lightwave? I've tried to import a model via 3DS but it auto-triangulated the model. Is OBJ triangulated as well? Article: 9539 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!pipeline!not-for-mail From: justin@nyc.pipeline.com (Michael Justin Austin) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: NewTek's Object Replacement plugin Date: 2 Jan 1996 15:21:36 -0500 Organization: The Pipeline Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4cc44g$bu3@pipe1.nyc.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pipe1.nyc.pipeline.com X-Newsreader: The Pipeline v3.2.0 On Jan 02, 1996 02:55:24 in article , 'bhood@netcom.com (robert hood)' wrote: >I've posted a copy of NewTek's elusive Object Replacement plugin (missing >from the most recent LightWave CD-ROM release) to my anonymous FTP >site: > >ftp.netcom.com:/pub/bh/bhood/plugins/objseq.zip > >Enjoy. > bless you bless you bless you bless you Article: 9540 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!ratty.wolfe.net!usenet From: omni96@wolfenet.com (Larry Owens) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave,rec.video.desktop Subject: Re: Going rate for LightWave Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 20:33:33 GMT Organization: OMNI Lines: 3 Message-ID: <4cc578$1aq@news1.wolfe.net> References: <30DCABA2.6C93@airmail.net> <4c85dv$khl@news1.wolfe.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: sea-ts3-p27.wolfenet.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:9540 rec.video.desktop:13793 We have 4-5 more copies of Lightwave 4.0 for Intel left in stock right now. We'll sell at $765 each. We're an Authorized Dealer. Article: 9541 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!uhog.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!crl.dec.com!crl.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!marbls.enet.dec.com!leimberger From: leimberger@marbls.enet.dec.com () Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Will 3dsPRO kill Lightwave? Date: 2 Jan 1996 21:25:24 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 34 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4cc7s4$o78@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> References: <30E13CEF.230B@osu.edu> <4c0nf4$sjh@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4c4h7t$ipn@moreinfo.com> Reply-To: leimberger@marbls.enet.dec.com () NNTP-Posting-Host: marbls.enet.dec.com |>stranahan@aol.com (Stranahan) wrote: |> |>>------------------------------------- |>>It's actually called 3DS MAX and only cost about $3,500 and ships with |>>practically all the plug-ins you'll need built in. I doubt NewTek is |>>going under anytime soon, Lightwave 4.0 has been a BIG boost for them. |>>------------------------------------- |> |> |>Actually 3DS MAX released that they were not going to ship the plugins |>built-in and are selling them seperate.. like the acclaimed Bi-ped |>which we all were hoping would come with but the greedy bastards now |>want more money.. They did it with 3DS and to do it now with this |>product I think is Assinine.. If they were going to do plugin support |>like this they should have grouped like Alias has it.. Oh well.. my 2c |>gripe ;) |> |> |> --Andy |> Well if they got away with it with 3DS(they did, still are) why is it Assinine to think they can't with Max. With all the raving on how good it is, my guess is they will have no problem. Lightwave is easy , powerfull and still very young in the 3D market. Gee I don't see 3DsPro, 3DsSpeed, our any other equivalents to LWPro, LightSpeed out there. I do see tons of books but figure they are needed to support the large pirate market. With Plugin capability(of course 3.5 Amiga still waiting) in 4.0, growing 3rd party support and still cost effective I think LW will manage to stay alive. But then again theres always a herd of sheep willing to run over the cliff :-) -bill Article: 9542 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.chattanooga.net!portb14.chattanooga.net!jwalker From: Jeff Walker Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: PC PAR + Lightwave 4sale $1700.00 Date: 2 Jan 1996 21:48:02 GMT Organization: Animatrix Lines: 8 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4cc96i$5cm@news.chattanooga.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: portb14.chattanooga.net X-Newsreader: Nuntius Version 1.2 X-XXMessage-ID: X-XXDate: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 19:38:42 GMT PC Par with 1.2gig drive, and decimation chip ( Allows upgrade to non linear video editing systems ) PLUS Lightwave 4.0 all for $1700. All associated materials included. act quickly, at these prices they will go quickly... Jeff Article: 9543 Path: zippy.cais.net!news From: Brad Hayes Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: What and how do you guys/gals charge for your work????? Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 19:16:44 -0800 Organization: Hayes Visual Communication Lines: 36 Message-ID: <30E9F51C.248E@pacificnet.net> References: <4c906u$snj@newsgate.dircon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.101.8.232 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (WinNT; I) To: boback@dircon.co.uk > What I'd like to know is how do you peple charge: > i.e. per frame, per sec, or per project. > > And if you could give me some prices, like the ones you charge, I > would be most grateful. > > In fact any help would be most appriciated. > > Regards > > Boback Shahsafdari > Imagenet Ltd. > boback@dircon.co.uk Boback: You have sutmbled on one of the toughest questions facing a new business. (or an old one for that matter.) When I first started doing graphic profesionaly I charged by the finished second. That, I quickly learned was not the way to go. Some one can come to you and say, "I need a 5 second Flying logo to start over there and end over here, and I don't really care what it looks like." This may take you ten minutes of work (plus rendering) not bad you earned your money. Your next client however will invaribly want, "a 5 second Flying logo that starts as a pool of molten metal, then energy beems shoot out as the metal forms the letters, then explodes into a milloin peices." don't laugh it happend to me. Same 5 Seconds but this one will take a week (plus rendering). I find it better to charge by the project based on a Day-Rate. I charge $300 per day (or any part thereof). Figure howmany days it will take you, then add two. Then add any aditional charges, like scanning of logos at the local comp store. It may take a while to figure out what you should be charging per day, but if you do a job and you fell like you got screwed, raise the rate. To start with I would not charge less than $100 per day. If you find that you have trouble getting clients then lower it. Last peice of advice never waver on your rate. never be afraid to reject a client if he cant afford you. just tell them that perhaps they should find someone else. if you lower your rate of give discounts, you will never be able to charge full price to that client again. Brad Hayes Article: 9544 Path: zippy.cais.net!news From: Brad Hayes Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Stranahan & NewTek Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 19:25:25 -0800 Organization: Hayes Visual Communication Lines: 11 Message-ID: <30E9F725.5A38@pacificnet.net> References: <21da26fa.1d8f15d2@amuc.mtroyal.ab.ca> <4c8jl7$lqg@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pm5-12.pacificnet.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (WinNT; I) To: Stranahan >and when you factor in the REALLY > stupid idea they originally had of only selling LightWave with > Deskstation's Alpha machines you get a very unpopular decision. Lee: They actualy thought that! Maybe you could shed some light on something for me. Why does it seem that NewTek can be so strong in some areas like product develpoment and blithering idiots in others like anaoncing the Flyer almost (let's seen) 3 years befor it was ready? Brad Hayes Article: 9545 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.MediaCity.com!easy1.mediacity.com!brett From: brett@easy1.mediacity.com (Brett Tribble) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Proposed changes to Lightwave Date: 2 Jan 1996 22:41:46 GMT Organization: Renderhaus 415.322.9845 Lines: 43 Message-ID: <4cccba$6sh@easy2.mediacity.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: easy1.mediacity.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I would like to get input on everyone's thoughts regarding where new features should be discussed. Stuart, if there is discussion here, will you be able to take time from your loaded schedule to comment? Is there anyone maintaining a list of proposed feature changes, and the potential for the same to be implemented? Once upon a time I attended Newtek-U, and had a wonderfull focus group with other dealers (was one once), and some of the folks from Newtek (Claude St. Germain, et al). This was the first time that I felt that Newtek was _listening_. Later I learned that the suggestions we made never reached anyone of importance (ie. Stuart, Allen). What is everyones feeling on the proper forum for such topics? Jumping the gun a little, here are a few features that I would like to see (out of an increasingly long list). 1. When loading a scene, and Layout can't find some data, it would be nice if there was an ABORT button between OK / CANCEL. It gets old hitting cancel 100 times to abort a scene load. 2. Put a radio button (check box) in the effects menu to disable antialiasing the background / foreground images. again it gets old watching it waste time ($$$!) anti- aliasing a clean image. 3. Durring the initial stages of rendering, have the renderer check to see if there is any change between frames (envelopes, motion graphs, et al). If there _isn't_, flag duplicate frames so that Lightwave just saves multiple copies of the resulting duplicate images. This would result in _MAJOR_ time savings for much of our rendering. I know that this can effectively be done in editing, but I would rather have it done while I sleep. I would like to get some input on some of this! Brett Tribble Production Director Renderhaus Article: 9546 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!svc.portal.com!news1.best.com!shellx.best.com!pfinch.vip.best.com!pfinch From: pfinch@best.com (Phillip Finch) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Ack! Help! Saving Animations Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 17:21:56 Organization: Best Internet Communications, Inc. (info@best.com) Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <4cb6kd$ako@steel.interlog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pfinch.vip.best.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] In article <4cb6kd$ako@steel.interlog.com> mak@interlog.com (C Mak) writes: >From: mak@interlog.com (C Mak) >Subject: Ack! Help! Saving Animations >Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 11:52:12 GMT >Help!! >I finally got my copy of Lightwave 3D for Intel today (after months of >agonizing!!) and I've been sifting through the manuals and varioius >tutorials. I've come to an dead stop when it comes to saving the >animations. While the manual tells me to go to the Saving Animations >buttons and choose the type of animation, I have no such option. I >have NONE as the type of animations available to me. All the anim savers are implemented as plug-ins. You must... a) move the plugins from the CD to the plugins/layout directory (I don't remember whether this happens automatically during setup); then, b) initialize the plugins through the Options panel in Layout. If you intend to save .avi choose the NT_AVI plug-in. Forget the HIIP stuff. You're going to have to load and initialize all the modeller plugins, too. I'm pretty sure this is covered in a readme file on the CD. Phil Finch (pfinch@best.com) *************************************************** "Anyone who has begun to think places some part of the world in jeopardy." --John Dewey *************************************************** Article: 9547 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Daryl Stultz Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Connecting Amiga to PC Date: Tue, 2 Jan 96 18:57:19 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 7 Message-ID: References: <4cc04b$38@newserv.ksu.ksu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1f.delphi.com X-To: writes: > I've read that connecting a PC to an Amiga is possible through a null >modem cable, but I haven't found out what specific software is neccessary. Try TWIN EXPRESS/ I use it and it works well, but slow (16KB/sec) It has both Amiga and DOS files and docs to make the cable. Article: 9548 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!not-for-mail From: kipster@primenet.com (Kip Pesuti) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: ..amiga support? Date: 2 Jan 1996 17:13:02 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 17 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <341.6575T963T978@primenet.com> References: <4ca1p8$4oc@sinsen.sn.no> X-Posted-By: ip210.pom.primenet.com X-Newsreader: THOR 2.22 (Amiga;TCP/IP) *UNREGISTERED* >Does anyone know for sure what plans newtek have for lw on the amiga? Y'know, there's some interesting reading about LW developement at the AMG (LIGHTWAVEPRO publishers) Web site. Article (link) entitled: "The Future of LightWave" http://www.portal.com/~amg/lwp/semiar2.html >** kurt, kdj@sn.no God bless you (and your Amiga) -Kip Article: 9549 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: angelo yap <75014.121@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: M&M commercials Date: 3 Jan 1996 01:09:57 GMT Organization: CompuServe, Inc. (1-800-689-0736) Lines: 4 Message-ID: <4ccl15$i1k$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> I read that the M&M commercials with that 2 characters were made in lightwave. It sure looked like it was made on an sgi machine. The animators in Will Vinton studios sure did a good job. Article: 9550 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!interaccess!d132.nb.interaccess.com!hgold From: hgold@interaccess.com (Harry Goldsholl) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Auto Models Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 21:43:35 -0600 Organization: Model Masters L.L.C Lines: 11 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: d132.nb.interaccess.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] Model Masters has a new collection of 14 Japanese & European auto models. Some are complete with simple interiors. The average model has 6-7000 polys. Check them out on our web site & give us some feedback. For the month of January we are offering a special package price for the entire collection. Call for details. *************************************************************** Harry Goldsholl http://www.interaccess.com/modelmaster Model Masters L.L.C. 708-446-9762 Phone 420 Frontage Rd 708-446-8320 Fax Northfield, IL 60093 hgold@interaccess.com Article: 9551 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!usc!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!fc.hp.com!news From: koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com (Steve Koren) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave Date: 02 Jan 1996 20:22:20 -0700 Organization: HP Fort Collins Site Lines: 34 Sender: koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com Message-ID: References: <4cccba$6sh@easy2.mediacity.com> <4ccf25$frn@sundog.tiac.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: hpsrk.fc.hp.com In-reply-to: kenwshmt@tiac.net's message of Tue, 02 Jan 1996 23:30:54 GMT kenwshmt@tiac.net (Ken Schmitt) wrote: > in that same vein, how about a primitive search engine (optionally > enabled/disabled) that'd LOOK for the files if it cant find them, > checking first in the last dirrectory used. That'd be nice... In the meantime I've found this helpful. I assume Win95/NT has something akin to: assign LWObjs: mydir2 objects/houses/big objects/houses/small ADD Then anything looking for LWObjs:Myobject will search the given directories. If another one comes along later, just: assign LWObjs: mumble/tree_objects ADD etc. Now the problem is that there doesn't seem to be a convention for how objects should be saved: some people use absolute paths, some use relative paths, some use paths relative to Lightwave's home "3D:", and some use assigns such as the above. If you stick to the above convention, adding new object directories later is trivial, but loading someone *else's* project may not be. In this case, the scene files are just ASCII and you can run 'em through emacs and replace everything with LWObjs: as above. I think the real problem is the lack of a convention. There's no point to having LW duplicate a search engine when OSs have perfectly good search engines built in, IMHO. - steve Article: 9552 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!usc!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!fc.hp.com!news From: koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com (Steve Koren) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Any Raydance-Lightwave users here? Date: 02 Jan 1996 20:27:45 -0700 Organization: HP Fort Collins Site Lines: 27 Sender: koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com Message-ID: References: <4cckj2$7l0@pipe3.nyc.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hpsrk.fc.hp.com In-reply-to: mikeling@nyc.pipeline.com's message of 2 Jan 1996 20:02:26 -0500 mikeling@nyc.pipeline.com (MICHAEL C. LING) wrote: > >Yes. So does the Vertex Modeler, (an often overlooked but not > Is Vertex Modeler for the PC and is it freeware or shareware? If not, how No, it is commercial, but not too expensive. I got it just for the trees (which are very nice), way back about 3-4 years ago, and the other features came along as a bonus, more or less. I don't think it has been ported to Windows yet, at least that I've heard of, but you might check around. > Are "RPL" files binary or text? I'm curious about how difficult the > programming language is. Text. It isn't difficult to learn. Supposedly it is simimlar to the language the HP48 calculator uses, although not having an HP48 I wouldn't know myself. > Are there WWW or FTP sites for Real 3d? Is there a demo version of Real3D > out there? Yes: either ftp.win.net or ns1.win.net. Sometimes one or both seems not to work. There is no demo that I know of, but that doesn't mean much. - steve Article: 9553 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news1.digital.com!decwrl!amd!amdahl.com!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!patchbay!mark.whitney From: mark.whitney@patchbay.com (Mark Whitney) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: logo ? Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 11:30:00 GMT Message-ID: <960102190240661@patchbay.com> Organization: The Patchbay BBS, Pasadena, CA +1-818-683-0627 Distribution: world References: <4camus$7hv@mercury.initco.net> <4c7r9c$bt7@news.indy.net> Lines: 31 On 01-01-96, JOSEPH was going on about Re: logo ? JJ>From: lawson@initco.net (Joseph J Lawson) >In article <4c7r9c$bt7@news.indy.net>, > redfive@indynet.indy.net (redfive) wrote: >>I'm trying to make a text logo. All the letters >>that have holes in them (i.e. O,A,P...) are solid. >>I can't see through the center of the O ect.. I know >>this is some stupid mistake I've made. Can anyone >>tell me why this happens >Not necessarily a stupid mistake... I've noticed this with ALL my >True Type fonts on the PC version of LW. What I do is using modeler, >I select all the polygons that are the open areas and cut them out, >past them into another layer, then extrude them. I then move them >horizontally and use the boolean cut method to create a hole in the >actual font layer. It's laborious, but it works. If anyone else has >a thought or suggestion on how to avoid having to do this, I'm all >ears. Is it a LW bug or something we're not setting right? > Ah, so it's NOT just me then. I assumed the problem was due to the fonts I was experimenting with. Ya, if someone has more info on this I'd certainly appreciate hearing about it. M. --- * CMPQwk 1.42 #6.3 I'm not old, I'm chronologically challenged. Article: 9554 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!nwlink.com!port1 From: maniac@nwlink.com (Maniac) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: ** Lightwave vs 3d Studio ** Date: 3 Jan 1996 03:12:47 GMT Organization: C. L. E. Media Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4ccs7f$nmi@texas.nwlink.com> References: <4bcjlv$d2n@inet-nntp-gw-1.us.oracle.com> <4bfshg$s3t@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4bjugn$beg_001@toddb.midtown.net> <30DD3E2B.366F@cats.ucsc.edu> <30DF38BD.516D@cats.ucsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: port1.annex2.nwlink.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 In article <30DF38BD.516D@cats.ucsc.edu>, Adam Chrystie wrote: > > I would argue that LW is fairly new to the "greater world" of 3D animation and has >not had time to make an impact as programs like 3DS, topas, strata pro, electric >image..etccc. > > Not Really, we're talking professional Video/Film Animation versus Games here.. 3ds hasn't been used alot of that.. Charles Eakins Team *** *** / *** C. L. E. Media * * * * / * * URL: http://nwlin.com/~maniac/ * * * / * E-Mail: maniac@nwlink.com * * * / * * * * / * * * * * / * *** *** / ***** Article: 9555 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!Austria.EU.net!newsfeed.ACO.net!CARNet.hr!jagor.srce.hr!ikatic From: ikatic@jagor.srce.hr (Ivan Katic - PRVA EK.SKOLA) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: HOW TO GET "FX KIT 4 LW" TO CROATIA ? Date: 3 Jan 1996 02:04:22 GMT Organization: Public host at University Computing Centre, Zagreb, CROATIA Lines: 7 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4cco76$dtk@bagan.srce.hr> NNTP-Posting-Host: jagor.srce.hr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Please, can You give me some information about how to order "The FX Kit forLightwave" ! Note that I'm from Croatia, Europe ! Thanks ! E-mail: ikatic@jagor.srce.hr Article: 9556 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!pipeline!not-for-mail From: mikeling@nyc.pipeline.com (MICHAEL C. LING) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Any Raydance-Lightwave users here? Date: 2 Jan 1996 20:02:26 -0500 Organization: The Pipeline Lines: 32 Message-ID: <4cckj2$7l0@pipe3.nyc.pipeline.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pipe3.nyc.pipeline.com X-PipeUser: mikeling X-PipeHub: nyc.pipeline.com X-PipeGCOS: (Michael C. Ling) X-Newsreader: The Pipeline v3.4.0 On Jan 02, 1996 09:57:03 in article , 'koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com (Steve Koren)' wrote: >> >> > package I know of(fractal 3d trees with texture mapped leaves, 3d >> >> > landscapes, programming language to control animation and other > >> >Doesn't Real3D do this too? > >Yes. So does the Vertex Modeler, (an often overlooked but not >altogether bad way to do some modeling tasks - and it can read and write >several zillion file formats, so you can use it to convert objects >between different 3D programs). Is Vertex Modeler for the PC and is it freeware or shareware? If not, how much is it? :'( >> I don't know much about Real3d, except that it's on the PC as well. Does it >> have a programming language for all of its functions? > >Yes. It has RPL for internal use and ARexx for being driven from the >outside world. Are "RPL" files binary or text? I'm curious about how difficult the programming language is. Are there WWW or FTP sites for Real 3d? Is there a demo version of Real3D out there? -- M C L - Article: 9557 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!pipeline!not-for-mail From: mikeling@nyc.pipeline.com (MICHAEL C. LING) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: What does the Object Replace plug-in actually do? Date: 2 Jan 1996 20:28:08 -0500 Organization: The Pipeline Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4ccm38$aak@pipe3.nyc.pipeline.com> References: <4cbrja$18c@news.accessone.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pipe3.nyc.pipeline.com X-PipeUser: mikeling X-PipeHub: nyc.pipeline.com X-PipeGCOS: (Michael C. Ling) X-Newsreader: The Pipeline v3.4.0 On Jan 02, 1996 17:55:54 in article , 'jeric@accessone.com' wrote: >> mikeling@nyc.pipeline.com (MICHAEL C. LING) writes: >> For both image and object sequences, is there a way to control the delay >> between each image or object, other than using lots of dupes. > > You're getting it wrong - the way to delay objects is to NOT use >dupes. To switch an object/image once in 200 frames, you only need >IMAGE001.IFF >and, say, IMAGE137.IFF, with nothing in between. Thanks a lot! That'll save me a LOT of work. -- M C L - Article: 9558 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!idir.net!usenet From: Bruce Branit Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: zzzz Any one tired? zzzzz Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 19:26:27 -0600 Organization: Internet Direct Communications - Lawrence, Ks - (913) 841-2220 Lines: 23 Message-ID: <30E9DB43.4378@idir.net> References: <4c9e2o$8ml@daily-planet.execpc.com> Reply-To: bbranit@idir.net NNTP-Posting-Host: port9.idtslw1.idir.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b2 (Macintosh; I; 68K) Blake Porter wrote: > > It's strange-- I seem to get overly tired while working at my Video desk > top station. Not long after beginning my work (which is NOT boring) I > begin to feel like I'm watching the late late show. Does this happen to > anyone else? I think the monitor is at fault. Perhaps there is a > computer/monitor syndrome. Yes, This is one of those new hidden features in LightWave that leak out every now and then. I believe Stuart and the guys at NewTek are referring to it as the GHASN or the Global Hypnotized Animator Screamer Network. I'm not quite sure what it does but it looks really cool! There's a key combination is to disable it, but I forget. ______________________________________________________ Bruce W. Branit - Lawrence, KS bbranit@idir.net http://www.idir.net/~bbranit ______________________________________________________ Article: 9559 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!news From: Jeff Jasper Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Will 3dsPRO kill Lightwave? Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 21:25:32 -0500 Organization: ACCAD Lines: 40 Message-ID: <30E9E91C.A3E@osu.edu> References: <30E13CEF.230B@osu.edu> <4c0nf4$sjh@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4c4h7t$ipn@moreinfo.com> <4cc7s4$o78@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip8-8.acs.ohio-state.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) > |>Actually 3DS MAX released that they were not going to ship the plugins > |>built-in and are selling them seperate.. like the acclaimed Bi-ped > |>which we all were hoping would come with but the greedy bastards now > |>want more money.. They did it with 3DS and to do it now with this > |>product I think is Assinine.. If they were going to do plugin support > |>like this they should have grouped like Alias has it.. Oh well.. my AutoDesk never claimed to be shipping BiPed with MAX, they didn't even develop BiPed. AutoDesk is STILL throwing in a whole group of the Yost disks into 3DS including lens flares, glows, highlights, optimize and many more, plus all the new features specific to MAX. 3DS has the same plug-in support that Lightwave does, if not better. Currently there are well over two hundred plug-ins for 3DS, and most companies will have their MAX plug-ins ready by the time it ships. > Well if they got away with it with 3DS(they did, still are) why is it > Assinine to think they can't with Max. With all the raving on how good it > is, my guess is they will have no problem. Lightwave is easy , powerfull > and still very young in the 3D market. Gee I don't see 3DsPro, 3DsSpeed, > our any other equivalents to LWPro, LightSpeed out there. I do see tons > of books but figure they are needed to support the large pirate market. > With Plugin capability(of course 3.5 Amiga still waiting) in 4.0, growing > 3rd party support and still cost effective I think LW will manage to stay > alive. But then again theres always a herd of sheep willing to run over > the cliff :-) AutoDesk isn't getting away with anything, they have always been very vocal about letting 3rd party groups worry about plug-ins. It is getting a lot of rave reviews cause in in Beta it looks like an incredible program. Lightwave is far from being young in the animation market, hell when did Toaster first come out, wasn't it before 3DS? There is a huge wealth of 3DS stuff on tape and has been for a while now. Don't tapes serve the same purpose as books when it comes to pirates learning how to use their cracked versions? Now that Lightwave is on the PC you will, and probably already have seen an increase in the number of posts looking for Lightwave cracks. I see NewTek thriveing with Lightwave well into the immediate future, but I hardly think users of other programs are sheep. I have never had the urge to graze while using Alias. Jeff Article: 9560 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: t0pjimmy@aol.com (T0pJimmy) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Networking Win95 to WinNT Date: 2 Jan 1996 21:40:24 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 63 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4ccqao$8n8@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: t0pjimmy@aol.com (T0pJimmy) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Hello all, I'm using Lightwave Intel and Alpha and I'm having technical difficulties, but not with Lightwave. I'm having difficulty getting my two Lightwave boxes to talk to each other. I'm posting to this newsgroup because I can't seem to get any help from anywhere else and I'm hoping someone else out there has had to configure a similar type of setup. I dread the possibility of having to call Microsoft Networking tech- support. To start with the two systems in question: 1 Pentium 100 Win 95 Ether16 LAN Card Cable connection 1 Alpha 21164 Win NT Workstation Cogent EM960 PCI Adapter Cable connection My goal is to simply have complete access to each box no matter which seat I'm at. I also have an HP 660c connected to my Win95 that would be nice to print to from NT. After much hair pulling I've decided the best way to setup the boxes would be to start from scratch (meaning network settings) and remove all protocols and services from both boxes. Now I need to know the procedure for connection. Such as: Which protocols and services are best to install and configure on each box (I realize they need to be the same, but do I need more than 1 protocol on each machine)? And when I say "configure" I'm talking about maybe having to setup some kind of IP address and subnet mask (if so, I haven't a clue what to use for #'s). After protocols and services, I believe I need to set up Users and accounts or something, and I'm not sure the best naming procedure to employ on each individual box (meaning, do I need to log on to my win95 using the same User name that I set up on the NT machine). Will I have to do any actual file editing to make any of this work or will the setup boxes take care of all that? On the Win95 box do I setup for "Windows Logon" or "Client for Microsoft Networks"? If I share my drives do I also have to "map" them? And if the drives are setup for sharing do I still need to setup sharing for individual directories? Working with these systems for the past week, I have only been able ,occasionally, to see my Win95 computer in the shared directories box of the file managers "Connect Network Drive" submenu on the NT box. Even then I couldn't see my shared directories. I've never yet seen the NT box in my Win95 network neighborhood. The setup diagnostic of the ether16 card says it's connecting to something so I don't think the cards are having conflicts. After recently connecting 2 Win95 machines very easily, this situation is really aggravating. Any possible help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Jim Guyon T0pJimmy@aol.com Article: 9561 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!news.suba.com!dukat From: dukat@suba.com (Lawrence Wilson) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: System Requirements for LW4.0 Amiga Date: 3 Jan 1996 05:34:16 GMT Organization: Suba Communications Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4cd4go$fs5@suba01.suba.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: suba01.suba.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] What are the system requirements for Lightwave 4.0 for the Amiga? I have an Amiga 500 w/4 Megs 16-bit ram, 1 Meg 32-bit GVP RAM and an unactivated Fatter Agnus, and a 170MB GVP A530 accelerator unit. Is this a satisfactory setup to run any versionm of Lightwave? Article: 9562 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!castle.nando.net!news From: momentum@nando.net (Paul D. Godley) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Ack! Help! Saving Animations Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 04:31:42 GMT Organization: Infinite Momentum Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4cd0u6$184@castle.nando.net> References: <4cb6kd$ako@steel.interlog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: vyger1210.nando.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 mak@interlog.com (C Mak) wrote: >Help!! >I finally got my copy of Lightwave 3D for Intel today (after months of >agonizing!!) and I've been sifting through the manuals and varioius >tutorials. I've come to an dead stop when it comes to saving the >animations. snip If you've got the extra $, Adobe Premiere does a really good job of creating anims. I use LW to save out the individual frames, then import them into Premiere. Once there, you can do all kinds of editing anims together, transitions etc. Pretty cool. I've never actually tried to save an anim directly from PC LW. -Paul --- I N F I N I T E M O M E N T U M momentum@nando.net PO Box 51637 http://www.wp.com/momentum Durham, NC 27717 Article: 9563 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!castle.nando.net!news From: momentum@nando.net (Paul D. Godley) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Tracing bitmaps into LW objects Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 04:35:30 GMT Organization: Infinite Momentum Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4cd159$184@castle.nando.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: vyger1210.nando.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 I need to find a reliable way to trace bitmaps (2 color, scanned logo kind of things) into LW objects. Anyone done this? Have any suggestions. I have Adobe Streamline which will trace and create a DXF, but it's not a DXF LW will import. (Give an error of, I think, MEM_ALLOC_ZERO or some such.) BTW this is on a PC. Thanks, -Paul --- I N F I N I T E M O M E N T U M momentum@nando.net PO Box 51637 http://www.wp.com/momentum Durham, NC 27717 Article: 9564 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news1.digital.com!decwrl!amd!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!shf From: shf@netcom.com (Stuart Ferguson) Subject: Re: 95 beats NT for LW Message-ID: Organization: The Blue Planet References: <4bvqst$4hn@earth.usa.net> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 03:09:16 GMT Lines: 21 Sender: shf@netcom8.netcom.com +-- jgjones@usa.net (James Jones/Nibbles and Bits) writes: | Shf@netcom.com said: | >If you have the rev D CD-ROM, you're golden. If you need an update, | >contact tech-support and ask them for it. They should be able to | >point you to a BBS or FTP location for a patch. | | There's a rev D? | I haven't seen the release of *rev C* yet... It turns out that what I was calling rev D is in fact rev C. Forget I said anything about rev D. | Based on experience, I am, sorry to say, a bit skeptical of | getting anything from tech support... I have been told that they are working on making a patch available on-line. I'll inform you if I hear when it exists. -- Stuart Ferguson (shf@netcom.com) "How do you compute that? Where on the graph do `must' and `cannot' meet?" Article: 9565 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!news1.digital.com!decwrl!amd!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!shf From: shf@netcom.com (Stuart Ferguson) Subject: Re: 95 beats NT for LW Message-ID: Organization: The Blue Planet References: <4asb8b$8v3@news.ais.net> <30D5B817.6531@ntplx.net> <4bai6u$j5e@lily.redrose.net> <4bbbdg$uq9@hyperion.mfltd.co.uk> <4bhkc3$6c5@news.voicenet.com> <4c12pu$40h@homer.alpha.net> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 03:10:55 GMT Lines: 20 Sender: shf@netcom8.netcom.com +-- syndesis@inc.net (John Foust) writes: | In article , shf@netcom.com says... | >If you have the rev D CD-ROM, you're golden. If you need an update, | >contact tech-support and ask them for it. | | I believe the latest CD is actually marked "Rev C" that contains | what you describe as "Rev D". As I understand it, what you call | "Rev C" was never actually shipped to customers. I stand corrected. | What is NewTek's policy about bug-fix upgrades from Rev X to the | latest revision? There will be on-line patches made available, but I'm not the one making them, so I can't tell you when or where. -- Stuart Ferguson (shf@netcom.com) "How do you compute that? Where on the graph do `must' and `cannot' meet?" Article: 9566 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!usc!news.cerf.net!nntp-server.caltech.edu!avalon.softaware.com!news.av.qnet.com!cello!mcoats From: Manuel Coats Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: >>> Lightspeed Products <<< Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 21:20:51 -0800 Organization: Quantum Networking Solutions; USA; info@qnet.com Lines: 106 Message-ID: References: <199601030156.CAA04977@jagor.srce.hr> NNTP-Posting-Host: cello.qnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: mcoats@cello In-Reply-To: <199601030156.CAA04977@jagor.srce.hr> On Wed, 3 Jan 1996, Ivan Katic - PRVA EK.SKOLA wrote: > Please, can You give me some information about how to order "The FX Kit for > Lightwave" ! > Note that I'm from Croatia, Europe ! > Thanks ! Below is some information on the products we carry. 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(PAL) Shipping & Handling : US $5 / Canada $ 7.50 / All Others $10.00 Or you can subscribe at the following rates: US Canada Europe/Other 6 mo. 12 mo 6 mo. 12 mo. 6 mo. 12 mo. _________________________________________________ $78 $132 $90 $156 $114 $204 (add $5 per video to your subscription for PAL versions) "The FX Kit for Lightwave" is an exciting new tutorial book for Lightwave users written by Alan Chan. This 300+ page book is full of tutorials and is broken down by chapter into fundamental elements. For example, if you wish to know how to create lasers, planets, ship exhaust, metallic hulls or other space type scenes, turn to the SPACE chapter. If it's Landscapes, sunsets, Oceans or other similar scenes, turn to the Landscaping chapter. This book should save all Lightwave users a lot of frustration by eliminating the guesswork out of today's most popular scenes. Professionally written and full of great content, The FX Kit for Lightwave is and indispensable reference and learning tool for the Lightwave user. Price $34.95 Shipping & Handling : US $5 / Canada $ 7.50 / All Others $10 Ground (4-8 weeks) $20 Air (1-2 weeks) "Volcano Music Volume 1" is a buyout music collection on CD containing 22 fantastic songs perfect for all of your projects. These are all different songs, not shorter and longer versions of the same few songs. Volume 1 is perfect for the event videogropher to add to his videos. Computer animators will find fantastic tunes to throw in as background music. In fact, there is something for everybody on this CD. Priced at less than half of almost all other buyout music CD's, Volcano Music Volume 1 is a must have for everybody. Price $29.95 Shipping & Handling: US $5 / Canada $7.50 / All Others $10 Ground (4-8 weeks) $20 Air (1-2 weeks) Enjoy, Manuel Coats Lightspeed LIGHTSPEED: US Orders: 800-764-8696 or 805-726-3545 Information: 805-726-3546 All Other orders: 805-726-3545 Fax Orders: 805-726-3544 Visa and Mastercard accepted. Or Mail Check/Money Order to: Lightspeed 2763 West Avenue L Suite 172 Lancaster, CA. 93536 USA Article: 9567 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.interlog.com!news From: mak@interlog.com (C Mak) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: HELP again! (was Ack! Help! Saving Animations) Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 05:48:07 GMT Organization: InterLog Internet Services Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4cd5m6$9ul@steel.interlog.com> References: <4cb6kd$ako@steel.interlog.com> Reply-To: mak@interlog.com NNTP-Posting-Host: mak.interlog.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 Thanks for those who replied by e-mail and here. I've got another problem... I've spent the better part of the evening trying to work on the Modeller and for some reason it keeps kicking me out of the program and back into Windows. No warning at all and it's a clean end to the program. I restart LW and start manipulating my objects, camera and light and then all of a sudden I'm back in Windows. A few manipulations is all it takes. After the sixth time, I gave up. Any ideas? I'm running it on a P100, 16 meg RAM, Win 3.11. Other than these problems, I think I'm getting the hang of it! :-) (FAMOUS LAST WORDS!) Chris Article: 9568 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!news From: Jeff Jasper Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: ** Lightwave vs 3d Studio ** Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 00:57:08 -0500 Organization: ACCAD Lines: 25 Message-ID: <30EA1AB4.5D4A@osu.edu> References: <4bcjlv$d2n@inet-nntp-gw-1.us.oracle.com> <4bfshg$s3t@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4bjugn$beg_001@toddb.midtown.net> <30DD3E2B.366F@cats.ucsc.edu> <30DF38BD.516D@cats.ucsc.edu> <4ccs7f$nmi@texas.nwlink.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip5-15.acs.ohio-state.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) > > I would argue that LW is fairly new to the "greater world" of 3D > animation and has > >not had time to make an impact as programs like 3DS, topas, strata > pro, electric > >image..etccc. > > > > > Not Really, we're talking professional Video/Film Animation versus > Games here.. 3ds hasn't been used alot of that.. I have to disagree on both counts. Lightwave has been around for a while now, it just hasn't been a stand alone program that long. Lightwave is and will be used a lot in TV/FILM animation but 3DS does get used probably more than you think. It doesn't get all the glory of doing B5 or Seaquest but it is in commercials, Logos, advertising, and movies. And 3DS is also widely known for its games. I think software like Lightwave, 3DS, and especially EIAS have really shown that animation isn't just a tool of the high end studio with workstations. Now that Softimage is moving to NT, and Lightwave is crossplatform, and MAX is being released you will really see a shakedown in what animation costs. What once needed to be done on a large network of expensive workstations can be done on a small renderfarm of PCs. It's only a matter of Lightwave vs. 3DS to those religous to a program, it really should be PC(including Mac and Amiga)vs. workstation. I have a feeling PC animation will begin to take over what was once in the hands of only the rich studios. SGI/Alias/Wavefront are really going to have to turn out something beyond incredible with Maya to keep from being hurt. Jeff Article: 9569 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!decwrl!pagesat.net!cg57.esnet.com!torment!mad From: mad@torment.tmisnet.com (Mark Dunakin) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Wireframe is DEAD : QuickDraw 3D Message-ID: Date: 2 Jan 96 20:48:57 PST Organization: Tierra-Miga BBS Lines: 4 The way I heard it, was that they kept on saying that Win95 was supposed to be out in the first part of 95 and then in the Spring and then the third quarter and it didn't hit the shelves until 95 was practically over....So MicroSquash sounds just as bad as everyone else.......md Article: 9570 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!usc!sdd.hp.com!news1.best.com!shellx.best.com!pfinch.vip.best.com!pfinch From: pfinch@best.com (Phillip Finch) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: M&M commercials Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 00:14:49 Organization: Best Internet Communications, Inc. (info@best.com) Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <4ccl15$i1k$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pfinch.vip.best.com In article <4ccl15$i1k$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> angelo yap <75014.121@CompuServe.COM> writes: >From: angelo yap <75014.121@CompuServe.COM> >Subject: M&M commercials >Date: 3 Jan 1996 01:09:57 GMT > I read that the M&M commercials with that 2 characters >were made in lightwave. It sure looked like it was made on an >sgi machine. The animators in Will Vinton studios sure did a good >job. Stephen Bailey, who worked on the project, has a really good article in the Jan issue (I think) of VTU described the modelling/animating process. Phil Finch (pfinch@best.com) *************************************************** "Anyone who has begun to think places some part of the world in jeopardy." --John Dewey *************************************************** Article: 9571 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!pipeline!not-for-mail From: justin@nyc.pipeline.com (Michael Justin Austin) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: PVR drives?? Date: 3 Jan 1996 00:24:56 -0500 Organization: The Pipeline Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4cd3v8$6uo@pipe5.nyc.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pipe5.nyc.pipeline.com X-Newsreader: The Pipeline v3.2.0 I am looking for a dealer that stocks the seagate barracuda 1 gig. drive that is compatible with the dps pvr board model # st31250n I have called all of the lightwave and perception dealers in vtu and none of them seem to stock anything under 2 gig and I just dont have an extra 1000.00 around If anyone knows who stocks the above drive I would appreciate it. TIA Article: 9572 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.accessone.com!news From: jeric@accessone.com Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave Date: 3 Jan 1996 06:11:56 GMT Organization: Access One Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4cd6nc$hf2@news.accessone.com> References: <4cccba$6sh@easy2.mediacity.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: jeric.accessone.com X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > brett@easy1.mediacity.com (Brett Tribble) writes: > 2. Put a radio button (check box) in the effects menu to > disable antialiasing the background / foreground images. > again it gets old watching it waste time ($$$!) anti- > aliasing a clean image. This has been discussed time and again: NOW HEAR THIS! Although it appears that the background image is being anti- aliased, in fact it is not. So don't worry about it affecting your rendering times. ****************************************************************************** ** jeric@accessone.com | Synergy Graphix & Animation ** ** Welcome to Seattle! Have a latte'! | Technical Subjects a Specialty!** ** Don't make me force it down your throat.| "OK! Wind the frog!" ** Article: 9573 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.accessone.com!news From: jeric@accessone.com Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Connecting Amiga to PC Date: 3 Jan 1996 06:17:45 GMT Organization: Access One Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4cd729$hf2@news.accessone.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: jeric.accessone.com X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > Daryl Stultz writes: > writes: > > > I've read that connecting a PC to an Amiga is possible through a null > >modem cable, but I haven't found out what specific software is neccessary. > > Try TWIN EXPRESS/ I use it and it works well, but slow (16KB/sec) It has > both Amiga and DOS files and docs to make the cable. It works, but only under W3.11, no? Not under NT for sure, W95 I don't know. ****************************************************************************** ** jeric@accessone.com | Synergy Graphix & Animation ** ** Welcome to Seattle! Have a latte'! | Technical Subjects a Specialty!** ** Don't make me force it down your throat.| "OK! Wind the frog!" ** Article: 9574 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.texas.net!news1.best.com!shellx.best.com!pfinch.vip.best.com!pfinch From: pfinch@best.com (Phillip Finch) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: HELP again! (was Ack! Help! Saving Animations) Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 00:25:22 Organization: Best Internet Communications, Inc. (info@best.com) Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <4cb6kd$ako@steel.interlog.com> <4cd5m6$9ul@steel.interlog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pfinch.vip.best.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] In article <4cd5m6$9ul@steel.interlog.com> mak@interlog.com (C Mak) writes: 05:48:07 GMT >Thanks for those who replied by e-mail and here. I've got another >problem... >I've spent the better part of the evening trying to work on the >Modeller and for some reason it keeps kicking me out of the program >and back into Windows. No warning at all and it's a clean end to the >program. I restart LW and start manipulating my objects, camera and >light and then all of a sudden I'm back in Windows. A few >manipulations is all it takes. After the sixth time, I gave up. >Any ideas? >I'm running it on a P100, 16 meg RAM, Win 3.11. I'm not the first to say it, and I won't be the last, but Win32s is a rat hole. Glom onto a copy of Win95 if you possibly can. It's a lot more solid than Win 3.1 in running 32-bit apps. And it's a whole bunch faster in rendering most LW scenes. If at all possible, get yourself NT workstation, which is an even bigger step forward in stability--basically, LW doesn't crash, at all, in NT. I'm not a fan of 95, but it makes much more sense than 3.1 if you're going to run LW. Better start saving for RAM, too... Phil Finch (pfinch@best.com) *************************************************** "Anyone who has begun to think places some part of the world in jeopardy." --John Dewey *************************************************** Article: 9575 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: achan@ix.netcom.com(Alan Chan ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave Date: 3 Jan 1996 07:15:30 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4cdaei$k62@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> References: <4cccba$6sh@easy2.mediacity.com> <4ccf25$frn@sundog.tiac.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-wh4-12.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Tue Jan 02 11:15:30 PM PST 1996 In koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com (Steve Koren) writes: >Now the problem is that there doesn't seem to be a convention for how >objects should be saved: some people use absolute paths, some use >relative paths, some use paths relative to Lightwave's home "3D:", and >some use assigns such as the above. If you stick to the above >convention, adding new object directories later is trivial, but loading >someone *else's* project may not be. In this case, the scene files are >just ASCII and you can run 'em through emacs and replace everything with >LWObjs: as above. > >I think the real problem is the lack of a convention. There's no point >to having LW duplicate a search engine when OSs have perfectly good >search engines built in, IMHO. From 4.0 on, the convention should be Content Directories. The Content Directory setting makes interchanging scenes and object files a snap.. AC Article: 9576 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.monad.net!usenet From: dokk@top.monad.net (dokk) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: PC Lightwave 4.0 - best deal? Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 04:04:03 GMT Organization: MonadNet Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4ccvg7$amd@news.monad.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dokk.top.monad.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 I'm currently a 3D Studio user looking to crossover into using Lightwave 4.0. Can anyone recommend a mailorder company that does the best deal on the full latest version (not a so-called 'educational' package though)? Is $750 the best price around? Any and all info and advice is gratefully appreciated! Replies by email are best. Thanks in advance! Paul Docherty dokk@top.monad.net Article: 9577 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!jgross From: jgross@netcom.com (John Gross) Subject: Re: ScreamerNet and Win95 problems Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <30E63A33.7A52@Hunterlink.net.au> <4c8467$ir6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <30E8BA54.18ED@Hunterlink.net.au> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 07:59:12 GMT Lines: 20 Sender: jgross@netcom12.netcom.com : Ok here goes: : Screamernet path settings (Launched from an Icon) : Target Location: Programs : Target: E:\Newtek\PROGRAMS\LWSN.EXE -2 e:\newtek\programs\job1 e:\newtek\programs\ack1 : Start In: E:\Newtek\Programs You neglect to say where you are running the ScreamerNEt icon from. Is it on another machine attached thru the network. If so, You have to realize that SN will read the LW.cfg file located in the host machine's E:Newtek\Programs dir. There it will find that the Content Directory is set to ???. If it is set to E:\Newtek (for example) and the SN machine is not connected to the host machine as E:\, then E:\Newtek may mean nothing to the SN node machine, or it's E:/ drive may exist, but not be where the proper content is loaded. This would cause the ultrafast rendering (nothing in the "scene"). Hope this helps... JG Article: 9578 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: fwtep@ix.netcom.com Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Will 3dsPRO kill Lightwave? Date: Wed, 03 Jan 96 08:21:02 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <4c9vfu$n28@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> <4calkh$f4i@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pas-ca10-15.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Wed Jan 03 12:25:00 AM PST 1996 X-Newsreader: Quarterdeck Message Center [1.0] > Stranahan (stranahan@aol.com) wrote: > > : But isn't revealing what is and isn't a NDA violation ITSELF a NDA > : violation?!? > > > Sorry. I can neither confirm nor deny that. > > JG From what I've heard this is true, although the truth is a total lie so don't believe a word of it (well, except for the parts that aren't, of course). Actually, now that I think of it, I think it's the other way around. ---- -=Fred=- Article: 9579 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!indigo From: Ali Eslami Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: WANTED: LightWave Animator/Modelor for project in L.A. Area Date: 3 Jan 1996 01:31:01 -0700 Organization: Primenet (602)395-1010 Lines: 23 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <4cdes5$nk9@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> X-Posted-By: indigo@usr1.primenet.com Visual Impulse Productions (VIP) 10850 Wilshire Blvd., Suite #380 Los Angeles, CA 90024 Tel: (310) 441-2556 Fax: (310) 441-2558 Visual Impulse Productions is seeking a skilled Lightwave 3D modeler and animator for an animation project in the Los Angeles area immediatly. The project will be complete within one month (full time), after which additional projects may become available and assigned if requested. You will be working with the DecAlpha Raptor system for quick rendering. Additionally, Pentiums will be available for design and other auxiliary work . Please send your resume to the fax number above, or email it to indigo@primenet.com. Ali Eslami indigo@primenet.com Visual Impulse Productions Article: 9580 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!paperboy.owt.com!news From: jlewis@oneworld.owt.com (J Lewis) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.photoshop,comp.graphics.apps.wavefront,comp.graphics.rendering.misc,comp.graphics.rendering.raytracing,comp.graphics.apps.lightwave,comp.graphics.algorithms,comp.graphics.animation,comp.graphics.api,comp.graphics.api.invento Subject: GViz '96 - CFP & Vendor show Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 13:57:36 GMT Organization: One World Telecommunications, Inc. Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4ce1sp$quv@paperboy.owt.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pm1-s13.owt.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.46 Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.graphics.apps.photoshop:5915 comp.graphics.apps.wavefront:1547 comp.graphics.rendering.misc:1095 comp.graphics.rendering.raytracing:4758 comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:9580 comp.graphics.algorithms:25539 comp.graphics.animation:291 Since I noticed that my previous message had typos in the title I am posting this to correct those and add some additional information. CPF should have been CFP (Call for Papers) and visualization was spelled wrong. VENDOR SHOW: There are still Vendor booths available for vendors of hardware and/or software related to graphics & visualization. This would be an opportunity to reach a research community that uses these tools in a variety of ways. DEADLINE: January 12, 1996. Check out the CFP for a listing of possible application areas. If you missed the message, visit the GViz WWW home page: http://www.owt.com/gviz/index.html or you may e-mail me directly with questions (please don't reply to the newsgroup, as I will probably not see the reply). jlewis@oneworld.owt.com Article: 9581 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!EU.net!sun4nl!nsnl2.origin.nl!usenet From: "Bard C. Papegaaij" Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Connecting Amiga to PC Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 10:00:18 +0100 Organization: BSO/Origin Arnhem bv Lines: 14 Distribution: world,inet Message-ID: <30EA45A2.198C@nlarnfsc.origin.nl> References: <4cd729$hf2@news.accessone.com> Reply-To: bard.papegaaij@nlarnfsc.origin.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: arn165.nlarnfsc.origin.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Win95; I) jeric@accessone.com wrote: > > > Try TWIN EXPRESS/ I use it and it works well, but slow (16KB/sec) It has > > both Amiga and DOS files and docs to make the cable. > > It works, but only under W3.11, no? Not under NT for sure, W95 I don't > know. It sure does work under W95 (in your regular DOS-box), but for some strange reason I have to start it twice. The first time I get the message "non-standard serial port" or some such nonsense. I then exit TWIN on the PC, and execute it again, and - hey presto - everything works fine. Bard Article: 9582 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!paperboy.owt.com!news From: jlewis@oneworld.owt.com (J Lewis) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.photoshop,comp.graphics.apps.wavefront,comp.graphics.rendering.misc,comp.graphics.rendering.raytracing,comp.graphics.apps.lightwave,comp.graphics.algorithms,comp.graphics.animation,comp.graphics.api,comp.graphics.api.invento Subject: GViz '96 - Final CPF - The Graphics & Visualiziton Conference Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 06:20:30 GMT Organization: One World Telecommunications, Inc. Lines: 70 Message-ID: <4cd73p$omg@paperboy.owt.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pm1-s23.owt.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.46 Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.graphics.apps.photoshop:5917 comp.graphics.apps.wavefront:1548 comp.graphics.rendering.misc:1096 comp.graphics.rendering.raytracing:4760 comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:9582 comp.graphics.algorithms:25541 comp.graphics.animation:291 - CALL FOR PAPERS - GViz '96 -- The Graphics and Visualization Conference Richland, Washington - April 18, 1996 The Executive Committee of the Tri-Cities ACM SIGGRAPH unit is calling for papers to be presented at the Graphics and Visualization (GViz) '96 Conference. The conference will support information exchange by hosting both a Vendor Show and Technical Papers Presentation Session. We seek papers addressing computer graphics and visualization techniques applicable to the research interests of the Hanford area. RESEARCH AREAS OF INTEREST INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: - information sciences - environmental restoration - multimedia - molecular sciences - health physics - parallel rendering - geosciences - medical sciences - VR applications ABSTRACTS: For papers to be considered, please submit the following information by January 12, 1996: - full name and affiliation as you wish it to appear - address (physical or electronic) of all authors (specify primary contact) - title of paper - abstract (100 word limit) - audio/visual presentation requirements (we can accommodate basic A/V needs) PLEASE SUBMIT ABSTRACTS TO: Randy Heiland GViz '96 Technical Papers P.O. Box 999, MS K1-87 Richland, WA 99352 rw_heiland@pnl.gov OR Marie Vorce GViz '96 Technical Papers P.O. Box 999, MS K7-28 Richland, WA 99352 ms_vorce@pnl.gov PAPERS: Authors of accepted papers will be notified by January 26, 1996. The Technical Papers session schedule will be published by February 9, 1996. Accepted papers, ready for publication , will be required by March 8, 1996. Papers must be 12 pages maximum including abstract, figures, and references. Minimum formatting requirements are: 2 columns, 1-inch margins, no page numberings, 12 point times font. Papers will be reproduced in a Conference Proceedings in black and white, use no color material please. Presenters will be given thirty minutes for both presentation of papers and a question and answer session. GViz WWW home page: http://www.owt.com/gviz/index.html Article: 9583 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!pipeline!not-for-mail From: mikeling@nyc.pipeline.com (MICHAEL C. LING) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Any Raydance-Lightwave users here? Date: 3 Jan 1996 04:43:50 -0500 Organization: The Pipeline Lines: 41 Message-ID: <4cdj4m$omb@pipe3.nyc.pipeline.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pipe3.nyc.pipeline.com X-PipeUser: mikeling X-PipeHub: nyc.pipeline.com X-PipeGCOS: (Michael C. Ling) X-Newsreader: The Pipeline v3.4.0 On Jan 02, 1996 20:27:45 in article , 'koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com (Steve Koren)' wrote: > >mikeling@nyc.pipeline.com (MICHAEL C. LING) wrote: > >> Is Vertex Modeler for the PC and is it freeware or shareware? If not, how > >No, it is commercial, but not too expensive. I got it just for the >trees (which are very nice), way back about 3-4 years ago, and the other >features came along as a bonus, more or less. I don't think it has been >ported to Windows yet, at least that I've heard of, but you might check >around. Is this the same Vertex on the Amiga that was shareware for a while? It supported a lot of formats, but I was unaware it did trees. Can it export the tree as well? >> Are "RPL" files binary or text? I'm curious about how difficult the >> programming language is. > >Text. It isn't difficult to learn. Supposedly it is simimlar to the >language the HP48 calculator uses, although not having an HP48 I >wouldn't know myself. Thanks for the info! >> Are there WWW or FTP sites for Real 3d? Is there a demo version of Real3D >> out there? > >Yes: either ftp.win.net or ns1.win.net. Sometimes one or both seems not >to work. There is no demo that I know of, but that doesn't mean much. Have you seen any RPL text files out there along with sample objects/scenes? -- M C L - Article: 9584 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!nntp.coast.net!col.hp.com!fc.hp.com!news From: koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com (Steve Koren) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Any Raydance-Lightwave users here? Date: 03 Jan 1996 08:32:43 -0700 Organization: HP Fort Collins Site Lines: 30 Sender: koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com Message-ID: References: <4cdj4m$omb@pipe3.nyc.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hpsrk.fc.hp.com In-reply-to: mikeling@nyc.pipeline.com's message of 3 Jan 1996 04:43:50 -0500 X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.0.9 mikeling@nyc.pipeline.com (MICHAEL C. LING) wrote: > Is this the same Vertex on the Amiga that was shareware for a while? It > supported a lot of formats, but I was unaware it did trees. Can it export > the tree as well? Yep, it'll export the trees; I have successfully moved some to Lightwave for rendering there. Fair warning: trees can chew through many polygons if you want a lot of detail (many tens of thousands is not unfathomable for a single fairly detailed tree). Leaves can take a lot also esp. if your leaf geometry is more than something very simple. I don't know about shareware; I didn't discover it until it was commercial. > Have you seen any RPL text files out there along with sample > objects/scenes? I confess I haven't looked very hard; I have only had the program for a week so far. But I did download one scene that included some RPL stuff. I haven't tried it yet. I think the R3DV3.3 also comes with a bunch of RPL examples but I haven't really explored them yet either. There's also a R3D mailing list, although I'm not on it so I don't know what it is like. Hope this helps, - steve Article: 9585 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!DIALix!melbourne.DIALix.oz.au!not-for-mail From: stevok@melbourne.DIALix.oz.au (Steven Johansen) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Help! Can't Open Lightwave NT! Date: 3 Jan 1996 21:40:54 +1100 Organization: DIALix Services, Melbourne, Australia. Lines: 27 Sender: stevok@melbourne.DIALix.oz.au Message-ID: <4cdmfm$68f$1@melbourne.DIALix.oz.au> References: <4bg5ke$266@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: stevok@melbourne.dialix.oz.au snouty@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Phil South") writes: >> I've had it running before but for some reason I can't get LW to open >> tonight! When I launch Modeler I receive "Startup Failure 212: Hardware >> Key Not Found" and when I launch LW I get "Lightwave initialization >> Failure". >[stuff deleted] >> Thanks, Dave Ulfers >This stuff really ought to be in the FAQ. Which reminds me where is the >FAQ these days? >--- >------------------------------------------------------------- >Phil South "nuqDaq yuch Dapol" > Webscape Home Page http://www.webscape.co.uk >------------------------------------------------------------- In the 5 months I have been lurking on this group there has not been a FAQ. Surprising. Steven -- X Article: 9586 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mel.aone.net.au!d5-1 From: imagine@h130.aone.net.au (Kevin Gleeson) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: HELP again! (was Ack! Help! Saving Animations) Date: Wed, 03 Jan 96 12:00:32 GMT Organization: Imagine iT Lines: 68 Message-ID: <4cdr50$6o_002@cpe.Hobart.aone.net.au> References: <4cb6kd$ako@steel.interlog.com> <4cd5m6$9ul@steel.interlog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: d5-1.cpe.hobart.aone.net.au X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 In article , pfinch@best.com (Phillip Finch) wrote: >In article <4cd5m6$9ul@steel.interlog.com> mak@interlog.com (C Mak) writes: > 05:48:07 GMT > >>Thanks for those who replied by e-mail and here. I've got another >>problem... > >>I've spent the better part of the evening trying to work on the >>Modeller and for some reason it keeps kicking me out of the program >>and back into Windows. No warning at all and it's a clean end to the >>program. I restart LW and start manipulating my objects, camera and >>light and then all of a sudden I'm back in Windows. A few >>manipulations is all it takes. After the sixth time, I gave up. > >>Any ideas? > >>I'm running it on a P100, 16 meg RAM, Win 3.11. > >I'm not the first to say it, and I won't be the last, but Win32s is a rat >hole. > Agreed >Glom onto a copy of Win95 if you possibly can. It's a lot more solid >than Win 3.1 in running 32-bit apps. And it's a whole bunch faster in >rendering most LW scenes. AGREED (but in CAPS) > >If at all possible, get yourself NT workstation, which is an even bigger step >forward in stability--basically, LW doesn't crash, at all, in NT. DISAGREE - you're not trying hard enough! I have the occasional same problem as the original poster (Cmak?) but it doesn't happen very often. Modeller will just dump me out under NT as well. Only happens every couple of days though. (Usually Lightwaving 6 to 8 hours per day). However, IMHO, NT is much more stable and quicker than 95 . > >I'm not a fan of 95, but it makes much more sense than 3.1 if you're going to >run LW. Yep - toss 3.1 >Better start saving for RAM, too... Best investment > >Phil Finch (pfinch@best.com) > >*************************************************** >"Anyone who has begun to think >places some part of the world in jeopardy." > --John Dewey >*************************************************** "Anyone who has begun to think should probably move out of advertising." --Kevin Gleeson Kevin Gleeson Hobart TAS OZ Article: 9587 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mel.aone.net.au!d5-1 From: imagine@h130.aone.net.au (Kevin Gleeson) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: logo ? Date: Wed, 03 Jan 96 12:03:18 GMT Organization: Imagine iT Lines: 40 Message-ID: <4cdra6$6o_003@cpe.Hobart.aone.net.au> References: <4camus$7hv@mercury.initco.net> <4c7r9c$bt7@news.indy.net> <960102190240661@patchbay.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: d5-1.cpe.hobart.aone.net.au X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 In article <960102190240661@patchbay.com>, mark.whitney@patchbay.com (Mark Whitney) wrote: >On 01-01-96, JOSEPH was going on about Re: logo ? > >JJ>From: lawson@initco.net (Joseph J Lawson) > >In article <4c7r9c$bt7@news.indy.net>, > > redfive@indynet.indy.net (redfive) wrote: > >>I'm trying to make a text logo. All the letters > >>that have holes in them (i.e. O,A,P...) are solid. > >>I can't see through the center of the O ect.. I know > >>this is some stupid mistake I've made. Can anyone > >>tell me why this happens > >Not necessarily a stupid mistake... I've noticed this with ALL my > >True Type fonts on the PC version of LW. What I do is using modeler, > >I select all the polygons that are the open areas and cut them out, > >past them into another layer, then extrude them. I then move them > >horizontally and use the boolean cut method to create a hole in the > >actual font layer. It's laborious, but it works. If anyone else has > >a thought or suggestion on how to avoid having to do this, I'm all > >ears. Is it a LW bug or something we're not setting right? > > > > >Ah, so it's NOT just me then. I assumed the problem was due to the >fonts I was experimenting with. > >Ya, if someone has more info on this I'd certainly appreciate hearing >about it. > >M. > >--- > * CMPQwk 1.42 #6.3 I'm not old, I'm chronologically challenged. I'm afraid it's LW - it is covered in the FAQ's wherever they are now. Use Postscript Type 1 fonts and you won't have this problem. I presume it will be a bug fix soon. Kevin Gleeson Hobart TAS OZ Article: 9588 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!news-relay.us.dell.com!natinst.com!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mel.aone.net.au!d5-1 From: imagine@h130.aone.net.au (Kevin Gleeson) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave Date: Wed, 03 Jan 96 12:12:45 GMT Organization: Imagine iT Lines: 62 Message-ID: <4cdrrt$6o_004@cpe.Hobart.aone.net.au> References: <4cccba$6sh@easy2.mediacity.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: d5-1.cpe.hobart.aone.net.au X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 In article <4cccba$6sh@easy2.mediacity.com>, brett@easy1.mediacity.com (Brett Tribble) wrote: >I would like to get input on everyone's thoughts regarding where new >features should be discussed. Stuart, if there is discussion here, will >you be able to take time from your loaded schedule to comment? Is there >anyone maintaining a list of proposed feature changes, and the potential >for the same to be implemented? Once upon a time I attended Newtek-U, and >had a wonderfull focus group with other dealers (was one once), and some >of the folks from Newtek (Claude St. Germain, et al). This was the first >time that I felt that Newtek was _listening_. Later I learned that the >suggestions we made never reached anyone of importance (ie. Stuart, >Allen). What is everyones feeling on the proper forum for such topics? > >Jumping the gun a little, here are a few features that I would like to see >(out of an increasingly long list). > > 1. When loading a scene, and Layout can't find some data, > it would be nice if there was an ABORT button between > OK / CANCEL. It gets old hitting cancel 100 times to abort > a scene load. > > 2. Put a radio button (check box) in the effects menu to > disable antialiasing the background / foreground images. > again it gets old watching it waste time ($$$!) anti- > aliasing a clean image. > > 3. Durring the initial stages of rendering, have the renderer > check to see if there is any change between frames > (envelopes, motion graphs, et al). If there _isn't_, flag > duplicate frames so that Lightwave just saves multiple > copies of the resulting duplicate images. This would result > in _MAJOR_ time savings for much of our rendering. I know > that this can effectively be done in editing, but I would > rather have it done while I sleep. > >I would like to get some input on some of this! > >Brett Tribble >Production Director >Renderhaus > > > > OK - until someone starts an official list of wanted features - lets add to this one (bandwidth permitting). Off the top of my head - I'd like to see a couple of user definable preview modes. E.g.: F9 gives you lo-res no antialising. Shift F9 gives you low-res trace low AA. Alt Shift F9 is med - res, etc. This way the camera can be set to what ever you want to do your final render in and you don't have to constantly change it. (I usually find I get up in the morning and find I've reset the resolution and antialiasing but forgotten to switch on field render because it's useless in still frame previews.) Anyone for any more? (I'm not griping - I love LW, but user feedback should be good) Kevin Gleeson Hobart TAS OZ Article: 9589 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.unicomp.net!usenet From: steve@conline.com (steve bergen) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: RE: WANTED: Latest Version of LW for new user Date: 3 Jan 1996 03:49:46 GMT Organization: UniComp Technologies International Corp -- Internet Service Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4ccucq$9h@news.unicomp.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.96.7.103 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.2 I'd like to purchase the latest version of LW used from someone here in the states. Unregistered version for Win95 is preferred. Thanks. steve@conline.com Article: 9590 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!news.easynet.co.uk!usenet From: leo@easynet.co.uk (Leo Scheiner) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: design opportunity Date: 3 Jan 1996 12:24:24 GMT Organization: easynet Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4cdsho$h9c@lemon.easynet.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: leo.easynet.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.90.3 Are you capable and might you be be interested to produce 12-24 illustrations for an on-line childrens book? If you are prepared to consider a proposition based upon performance E-Mail me leo@easynet.co.uk for the details of a proposition that might suit you. Article: 9591 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.voicenet.com!news From: Sex Kitten Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Can I get the Crack for Lw Here? Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 16:10:01 GMT Organization: Voicenet - Internet Access - (215)674-9290 Lines: 2 Message-ID: <4cdv7a$chg@news.voicenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: philly22.voicenet.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Article: 9592 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.wwa.com!pool1-011.wwa.com!user From: singh@wwa.com (singh) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave,comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: LightWave outputing to Abekas?? Date: 3 Jan 1996 15:07:49 GMT Organization: WorldWide Access (tm) - Chicagoland Internet Services (http://www.wwa.com) Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <828.6570T963T1932@mozart.inet.co.th> <820576114.285@alladin.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: pool1-011.wwa.com X-Newsreader: Value-Added NewsWatcher 2.0b27.1+ Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:9592 comp.sys.amiga.graphics:44402 comp.sys.amiga.hardware:119345 In article <820576114.285@alladin.demon.co.uk>, ajackson@alladin.demon.co.uk (Action Jackson) wrote: > suraj@mozart.inet.co.th (Suraj Gulrajani) wrote: > > >I normally output my Lightwave animations to a PAL Betacam SP (at 720 x 576). However, a client wants me to output some animations onto Abekas format for editing in D1 (or is it D2?!?). Now, I know the Exabyte 8500 / 8505 with the Adpro's Abekas saver can output to 8mm DATs which I could then read on the Abekas editor (??? I've never tried it, only read it, so please guide me here on how easy or difficult this would be). What format do I render my LW animation to and what size (for PAL output, not NTSC, btw.) > > >I assume I could render on the PC and ethernet the IFF over to my Amiga to save to this Exabyte tape using the AdPro Abekas saver.. (BTW, anyone got one for sale?? :^) ) > > >Also, I'll need to composite my LW animation on some live footage, so what's the best way to do this, btw? > > >PLEASE HELP! > > >thanks much > > I use a shareware product called GenerexxT which works with ADPro. I > have the ADPro bacus driver. This will sit in the backgroud and or > forground and convert all frames to Abacus (8mm Exabyte Required) and > works well... Thats all on an Amiga though. Actually ImageFX will do it as well with autofx, if I am not mistaken. wavegirl -- Support Amiga development, *BUY* amiga software! Article: 9593 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.unicomp.net!usenet From: steve@conline.com (steve bergen) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: RE: General LW and 3DS q's - interiors/texture mapping Date: 3 Jan 1996 15:51:52 GMT Organization: UniComp Technologies International Corp -- Internet Service Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4ce8mo$rm0@news.unicomp.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.96.7.114 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.2 I'm new with LW and would like to get the groups input on these two q's. Can we read and write .3DS files? Can you quickly model interiors, with flexibility in the texture mapping? Thanks. Steve steve@conline.com Article: 9594 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: achan@ix.netcom.com(Alan Chan ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: HELP again! (was Ack! Help! Saving Animations) Date: 3 Jan 1996 15:44:16 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 81 Message-ID: <4ce88g$1ot@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> References: <4cb6kd$ako@steel.interlog.com> <4cd5m6$9ul@steel.interlog.com> <4cdr50$6o_002@cpe.Hobart.aone.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-wh3-10.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Wed Jan 03 7:44:16 AM PST 1996 In <4cdr50$6o_002@cpe.Hobart.aone.net.au> imagine@h130.aone.net.au (Kevin Gleeson) writes: > >In article , > pfinch@best.com (Phillip Finch) wrote: >>In article <4cd5m6$9ul@steel.interlog.com> mak@interlog.com (C Mak) writes: >> 05:48:07 GMT >> >>>Thanks for those who replied by e-mail and here. I've got another >>>problem... >> >>>I've spent the better part of the evening trying to work on the >>>Modeller and for some reason it keeps kicking me out of the program >>>and back into Windows. No warning at all and it's a clean end to the >>>program. I restart LW and start manipulating my objects, camera and >>>light and then all of a sudden I'm back in Windows. A few >>>manipulations is all it takes. After the sixth time, I gave up. >> >>>Any ideas? >> >>>I'm running it on a P100, 16 meg RAM, Win 3.11. >> >>I'm not the first to say it, and I won't be the last, but Win32s is a rat >>hole. >> >Agreed > >>Glom onto a copy of Win95 if you possibly can. It's a lot more solid >>than Win 3.1 in running 32-bit apps. And it's a whole bunch faster in >>rendering most LW scenes. > >AGREED (but in CAPS) >> >>If at all possible, get yourself NT workstation, which is an even bigger step >>forward in stability--basically, LW doesn't crash, at all, in NT. > >DISAGREE - you're not trying hard enough! > >I have the occasional same problem as the original poster (Cmak?) but it >doesn't happen very often. Modeller will just dump me out under NT as well. >Only happens every couple of days though. (Usually Lightwaving 6 to 8 hours >per day). > >However, IMHO, NT is much more stable and quicker than 95 . > >> >>I'm not a fan of 95, but it makes much more sense than 3.1 if you're going to >>run LW. > >Yep - toss 3.1 > > >>Better start saving for RAM, too... > >Best investment > >> >>Phil Finch (pfinch@best.com) >> >>*************************************************** >>"Anyone who has begun to think >>places some part of the world in jeopardy." >> --John Dewey >>*************************************************** > >"Anyone who has begun to think >should probably move out of advertising." > --Kevin Gleeson > >Kevin Gleeson >Hobart TAS OZ Article: 9595 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: achan@ix.netcom.com(Alan Chan ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: HELP again! (was Ack! Help! Saving Animations) Date: 3 Jan 1996 15:46:56 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4ce8dg$sdp@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> References: <4cb6kd$ako@steel.interlog.com> <4cd5m6$9ul@steel.interlog.com> <4cdr50$6o_002@cpe.Hobart.aone.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-wh3-10.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Wed Jan 03 7:46:56 AM PST 1996 In <4cdr50$6o_002@cpe.Hobart.aone.net.au> imagine@h130.aone.net.au (Kevin Gleeson) writes: > >> >>>I've spent the better part of the evening trying to work on the >>>Modeller and for some reason it keeps kicking me out of the program >>>and back into Windows. No warning at all and it's a clean end to the >>>program. I restart LW and start manipulating my objects, camera and >>>light and then all of a sudden I'm back in Windows. A few >>>manipulations is all it takes. After the sixth time, I gave up. >> >>>Any ideas? >> >>>I'm running it on a P100, 16 meg RAM, Win 3.11. Sounds like it could be a dongle problem as well.. make sure your dongle is seated right. AC Article: 9596 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: John Bunnell <74507.345@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: 4.0 errors Date: 3 Jan 1996 15:59:19 GMT Organization: none-set Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4ce94n$h04$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> Got LW running on NT but am having two problems (I know I should be thankful there are only two) :-). 1. After I load the macros in modeler (from the hard drive) and then exit modeler, when I reload modeler the list of macros nor their assigned keys are still listed. I have to reload each time. What file is it not saving, a config? 2. When I close down layout I get 'error: can't open configuration file'? How can I fix these two problems? thx jmb bunnelljm@bv.com -- bunnelljm@bv.com Article: 9597 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!News.MO.NET!usenet From: Norimasa Yoshida Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: logo ? Date: 3 Jan 1996 17:23:28 GMT Organization: -=MO.NET=- MVP-Net, Inc's Missouri Operations Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4cee2g$266@Twain.MO.NET> References: <4c7r9c$bt7@news.indy.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pm3x19.dialip.mo.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2 (Windows; U; 16bit) redfive@indynet.indy.net (redfive) wrote: >I'm trying to make a text logo. All the letters >that have holes in them (i.e. O,A,P...) are solid. >I can't see through the center of the O ect.. I know >this is some stupid mistake I've made. Can anyone >tell me why this happens? I have had the same problem. When you go to load a text, go to "add type-1" instead of "add truetype", and then change the "files of type" from PSfonts to All files. Then load your font. I'm sure there are better solutions...but this works. hope this helps! Article: 9598 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!nntp.coast.net!col.hp.com!fc.hp.com!news From: koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com (Steve Koren) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: System Requirements for LW4.0 Amiga Date: 03 Jan 1996 12:38:46 -0700 Organization: HP Fort Collins Site Lines: 24 Sender: koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com Message-ID: References: <4cd4go$fs5@suba01.suba.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hpsrk.fc.hp.com In-reply-to: dukat@suba.com's message of 3 Jan 1996 05:34:16 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.0.9 dukat@suba.com (Lawrence Wilson) wrote: > What are the system requirements for Lightwave 4.0 for the Amiga? I have > an Amiga 500 w/4 Megs 16-bit ram, 1 Meg 32-bit GVP RAM and an unactivated > Fatter Agnus, and a 170MB GVP A530 accelerator unit. Is this a > satisfactory setup to run any versionm of Lightwave? Depends on just what you're asking. Personally I think that system is going to be pretty cramped (and very slow) even for hobbyist use running LW. If I were you, I'd consider at a rock bottom minimum: 68040, 8 Mb (32 bit RAM, not 16), VMM. And if you can afford it, 68060+16 Mb makes a decent system. You can at least do some useful things in 8 Mb, where with 5 Mb its pretty tough to do much of anything. Some people will probably argue you can do things in 5 Mb, but it is going to be very limited and annoying. It'll get a little better if you use VMM, but there's only so far you can push it. Another possible route is a PC; a good chunk of the Amiga graphics software has been ported to it now (LW, Real3D, Imagine, ADPro, etc). You can get cheap CPU power. There are others reasons to stick with the Amiga; it just depends on exactly what you're after. - steve Article: 9599 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!pipeline!not-for-mail From: justin@nyc.pipeline.com (Michael Justin Austin) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: FS: Intel plug in particle anim (sparks) for LW Date: 3 Jan 1996 11:35:08 -0500 Organization: The Pipeline Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4ceb7s$je6@pipe6.nyc.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pipe6.nyc.pipeline.com X-Newsreader: The Pipeline v3.2.0 Anyone who needs sparks i have an extra one that is brand new and unregistered, I bought a version for my Amiga and one for my pentium and I find I dont need the pc version It has never been installed brand new first 125.00 takes it thanks Article: 9600 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!agate!news.mindlink.net!van-bc!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!usenet From: johnc@mt-inc.com (John Crookshank) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: In-line embedded AVI's on WWW pages Date: 3 Jan 1996 17:02:47 GMT Organization: MCSNet Internet Services Lines: 23 Message-ID: <1109.6576T607T1012@mt-inc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mtinc.pr.mcs.net X-Newsreader: THOR 2.22 (Amiga;TCP/IP) The latest version (2.0) of the Microsoft Internet Explorer www browser supports in-line AVI animations on web pages. Unfortunately, MSIE is only available for Win95 at present, but it's a free download from http://www.microsoft.com/ Examples of this can be seen at the Microsoft web site, and on ours as well. If you have MSIE, you see an animation that repeats the entire time you're reading the page, and if you don't, you see a regular static GIF instead. In-line AVI's and in-line .wav or .mid files require version 2.0 of the MSIE. -- ______________________________________________________________ / John Crookshank | Raptor3 DEC Alpha Workstations \ | MicroTech Solutions, Inc. | Lightwave 3D, Toaster/Flyer | | Desktop Video Systems Dealer | JVC Professional Video Products | | NewTek Systems Group Dealer | PVR, Speed Razor, and more. | |------------------------------|---------------------------------| | johnc@mt-inc.com http://www.mt-inc.com/ | \______________________________________________________________/ Article: 9601 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.accessone.com!news From: jeric@accessone.com Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Can I get the Crack for Lw Here? Date: 3 Jan 1996 17:13:31 GMT Organization: Access One Lines: 7 Message-ID: <4cedfr$p5@news.accessone.com> References: <4cdv7a$chg@news.voicenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: jeric.accessone.com X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) Obvious troll, boys and girlz. Ignore it. ****************************************************************************** ** jeric@accessone.com | Synergy Graphix & Animation ** ** Welcome to Seattle! Have a latte'! | Technical Subjects a Specialty!** ** Don't make me force it down your throat.| "OK! Wind the frog!" ** Article: 9602 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!pipeline!not-for-mail From: justin@nyc.pipeline.com (Michael Justin Austin) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: trade sparks for L&K or wavefilter Date: 3 Jan 1996 12:35:07 -0500 Organization: The Pipeline Lines: 7 Message-ID: <4ceeob$4aa@pipe5.nyc.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pipe5.nyc.pipeline.com X-Newsreader: The Pipeline v3.2.0 I have an extra brand new edition of sparks for lightwave intel and I would like to trade for lock and key or wavefilter will sell outright for 125.00 Article: 9603 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.iadfw.net!usenet From: Lance Gray Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave,rec.video.desktop Subject: Re: ClubToaster & PC Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 11:41:21 -0800 Organization: customer of Internet America Lines: 2 Message-ID: <30EADBE1.5819@airmail.net> References: <30E89EAD.3B65@airmail.net> <4camdr$i1f@cloner3.netcom.com> <4cbd09$sga@hyperion.mfltd.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: dal10-25.ppp.iadfw.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b2a (Windows; I; 16bit) Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:9603 rec.video.desktop:13815 Good suggestion about the long filenames, but they're 5 characters long?!? Article: 9604 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.rain.org!mcbones From: dan@acti.com (Daniel J. McCoy) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave Date: Wed, 03 Jan 96 18:20:17 GMT Organization: ACT Networks, Inc. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4cern7$5ke@news.rain.org> References: <4cccba$6sh@easy2.mediacity.com> <4ccf25$frn@sundog.tiac.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: @mcbones.acti.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 In article , koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com (Steve Koren) wrote: >I assume Win95/NT has something akin to: > assign LWObjs: mydir2 objects/houses/big objects/houses/small ADD You'd figure that with today's OS technology that WinNT and Win95 would have such a thing. Alas, the PC world still has single drive letters and can give names to disks yet can't access them via their names. No soft or hard links for either WinNT or Win95 (ooohhh... Shortcuts....) that I'm aware of (if I were, I'd definately be using 'em!). It's amazing how much power AmigaDOS has that still doesn't exist in the PC realm... (Sounds like a platform war type of message. I appologize... I have a hard time digesting what I see going on in the computing industry... PC folk that haven't had it don't know what they're missing or realize the potential... Us power hungry folk get hung out to dry...) Dan Off his soap box now and will go back to playing around with Dogz... -- Daniel J. McCoy - djmccoy@pacificnet.net or dan@acti.com WWW - http://www.pacificnet.net/~djmccoy Article: 9605 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.iadfw.net!usenet From: Lance Gray Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave,rec.video.desktop Subject: Re: ClubToaster & PC Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 11:43:27 -0800 Organization: customer of Internet America Lines: 7 Message-ID: <30EADC5F.228@airmail.net> References: <30E89EAD.3B65@airmail.net> <4camdr$i1f@cloner3.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dal10-25.ppp.iadfw.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b2a (Windows; I; 16bit) Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:9605 rec.video.desktop:13816 Well, concerning the ClubToaster CD---I was attempting to use the newest DISK 6 to no avail, however, for some reason 2-5 seem to be fine at using the iff's. As for objects and such I haven't tried that...but atleast I'm getting somewhere Lance <>< Article: 9606 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sfo.com!news.zeitgeist.net!bdt.com!news.tdl.com!zeus.ptltd.com!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!psgrain!fizban.solace.mh.se!vampire.xinit.se!newsfeed.tip.net!news.algonet.se!usenet From: medea@mail.algonet.se (Patrik Ågren) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: VLAB Framegrabber till SALU Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 19:47:48 GMT Organization: AlgoNet Public Access Node, Stockholm Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4cemau$5k3@prometheus.algonet.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: aristotle.algonet.se X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Jag har en del Amigaprylar till salu. 240 Mbyte SCSI hårddisk Pris 500:- GVP SCSI-kontroller A4008 V2.05 Pris 1000:- VLAB 4.0 Framegrabber Macrosystems, en digitilizer med en S-VHS ingång och två composite ingångar. Pris 3000:- Handscanner svartvit Matador 105 Pris 500:- Patrik Ågren Hem 018-323218 Arb 018-123320 ------------------------------------------------------- | | | Patrik Ågren | | patrik.agren@redina.postnet.se | | | ------------------------------------------------------- Article: 9607 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: thiesuhl@aol.com (Thies Uhl) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: LightwavePro Date: 3 Jan 1996 13:12:57 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 3 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4cegv9$ts@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: thiesuhl@aol.com (Thies Uhl) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com I have ordered the magazine LightwavePro but nothing happens Thies Article: 9608 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!utcsri!utgpu!vivid From: vivid@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca (v. vivid) Subject: Polygon Partitioning Error ^$@#$%!!! Message-ID: Organization: UTCC Public Access Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 18:10:52 GMT Lines: 30 Greetings, all! I've got an _ANNOYING_ problem, that spans versions and platforms. Certain Boolean operations (usually Subtract) result in a "Polygon Partitioning Error". There is no discernible pattern or cause for this pest. As a solution, Modeler says "Add small offset to data and try again". To which data; the cutter or the main object? Offset relative to what; world co-ordinates, or cutter to object (i.e. between operating data sets?) Once it shows up, I have to start all over. It cannot be made to go away. I check for non-planar or misaligned polygons -- no good. Checks for excess points also avails nothing. (I am referring to both data sets here.) I have seen this in Amiga Modeler versions 3.0 thru 3.5 and on the PC Intel version (Win3.x/95). Please email info to vivid@terraport.net, as I can't seem to get this newsgroup from the main terraport server. Thanks in advance! And, thanks to all those who emailed to give their appreciation for my LWPro article on clouds (Sept '95 "The Cumulus Effect"). I'm glad to find that it proved useful. Jim May The Vivid Group Mandala VR Systems Article: 9609 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!shf From: shf@netcom.com (Stuart Ferguson) Subject: Re: Error -2 when using Layout plugins Message-ID: Organization: The Blue Planet References: <4c4ugt$eod@news.accessone.com> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 18:35:07 GMT Lines: 19 Sender: shf@netcom14.netcom.com +-- jeric@accessone.com writes: | When I try to invoke various LAYOUT plugins, I recieve the error message "-2". | What does this denote? The codes are as follows: -2 Can't load plug-in module -1 Can't find plug-in module 0 OK 1 Plug-in wrong version 2 Plug-in can't find global data 3 Plug-in called with bad parameters These last two shouldn't happen in production code. These should have been in the manual. -- Stuart Ferguson (shf@netcom.com) "How do you compute that? Where on the graph do `must' and `cannot' meet?" Article: 9610 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!shf From: shf@netcom.com (Stuart Ferguson) Subject: Re: HELP again! (was Ack! Help! Saving Animations) Message-ID: Organization: The Blue Planet References: <4cb6kd$ako@steel.interlog.com> <4cd5m6$9ul@steel.interlog.com> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 18:36:24 GMT Lines: 15 Sender: shf@netcom14.netcom.com +-- mak@interlog.com (C Mak) writes: | I've spent the better part of the evening trying to work on the | Modeller and for some reason it keeps kicking me out of the program | and back into Windows. No warning at all and it's a clean end to the | program. I restart LW and start manipulating my objects, camera and | light and then all of a sudden I'm back in Windows. A few | manipulations is all it takes. After the sixth time, I gave up. You say Modeler but you describe Layout (Modeler has no lights or cameras). Which of the two programs are you having trouble with, as the diagnosis may be very different for each. -- Stuart Ferguson (shf@netcom.com) "How do you compute that? Where on the graph do `must' and `cannot' meet?" Article: 9611 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!shf From: shf@netcom.com (Stuart Ferguson) Subject: Re: logo ? Message-ID: Organization: The Blue Planet References: <4camus$7hv@mercury.initco.net> <4c7r9c$bt7@news.indy.net> <960102190240661@patchbay.com> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 18:37:19 GMT Lines: 10 Sender: shf@netcom14.netcom.com +-- mark.whitney@patchbay.com (Mark Whitney) writes: [... non-holes in TT fonts...] | Ya, if someone has more info on this I'd certainly appreciate hearing | about it. Fixed in rev C, which is shipping. A patch will be available soon. -- Stuart Ferguson (shf@netcom.com) "How do you compute that? Where on the graph do `must' and `cannot' meet?" Article: 9612 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!shf From: shf@netcom.com (Stuart Ferguson) Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave Message-ID: Organization: The Blue Planet References: <4cccba$6sh@easy2.mediacity.com> <4cdrrt$6o_004@cpe.Hobart.aone.net.au> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 18:51:02 GMT Lines: 23 Sender: shf@netcom14.netcom.com +-- imagine@h130.aone.net.au (Kevin Gleeson) writes: | In article <4cccba$6sh@easy2.mediacity.com>, | brett@easy1.mediacity.com (Brett Tribble) wrote: | >I would like to get input on everyone's thoughts regarding where new | >features should be discussed. Stuart, if there is discussion here, will | >you be able to take time from your loaded schedule to comment? Is there | >anyone maintaining a list of proposed feature changes, and the potential | >for the same to be implemented? We're always interested in user suggestions -- some of our best enhancements came directly from ideas suggested by users. Allen and I keep lists of new ideas, one for Layout and one for Modeler. If I see a good Modeler idea here, I'll probably write it in my notebook. I don't know how much Allen reads this group, so I can't speak for him. NewTek maintains a bug-tracking database with the capability to include suggestions, but it is only accessable to beta-testers. If a beta-tester here wants to act as net-conduit and forward suggestions (and bug reports) from the newsgroup to NewTek, that would be fine with me. -- Stuart Ferguson (shf@netcom.com) "How do you compute that? Where on the graph do `must' and `cannot' meet?" Article: 9613 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!wb3ffv!explorer.csc.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.accessone.com!news From: jeric@accessone.com Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: logo ? Date: 2 Jan 1996 06:07:41 GMT Organization: Access One Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4cai3d$g8f@news.accessone.com> References: <4c7r9c$bt7@news.indy.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: jeric.accessone.com X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > redfive@indynet.indy.net (redfive) writes: > I'm trying to make a text logo. All the letters > that have holes in them (i.e. O,A,P...) are solid. > I can't see through the center of the O ect.. I know > this is some stupid mistake I've made. Can anyone > tell me why this happens? > >>>> Ease up on yourself: this is a problem with the way TrueType fonts are constructed: you will not have the same problem w/Postscript fonts. It's a pain, but SELECT the "holes" -- they are separate polygons. CUT them out of the working level, and drop them into another. Using the second layer as a background, use BOOLEAN DRILL to TUNNEL the holes thru the letters. MAN is it a pain.....but I've heard it is NOT fixable. If you want to avoid this, use only Postscript (tm) fonts. ****************************************************************************** ** jeric@accessone.com | Synergy Graphix & Animation ** ** Welcome to Seattle! Have a latte'! | Technical Subjects a Specialty!** ** Don't make me force it down your throat.| "OK! Wind the frog!" ** Article: 9614 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!wb3ffv!explorer.csc.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.accessone.com!news From: jeric@accessone.com Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Toy Story Date: 2 Jan 1996 06:19:43 GMT Organization: Access One Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4caipv$ga5@news.accessone.com> References: <4c62i4$pg6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: jeric.accessone.com X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > fcap@aol.com (FCAP) writes: > I think of lot of you tech heads have completely missed the real genius of > Toy Story, the character animation. I think YOU missed the discussion we already had about that several weeks ago. ****************************************************************************** ** jeric@accessone.com | Synergy Graphix & Animation ** ** Welcome to Seattle! Have a latte'! | Technical Subjects a Specialty!** ** Don't make me force it down your throat.| "OK! Wind the frog!" ** Article: 9615 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!wb3ffv!explorer.csc.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.accessone.com!news From: jeric@accessone.com Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: ScreamerNet and Win95 problems Date: 2 Jan 1996 06:26:58 GMT Organization: Access One Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4caj7i$ga5@news.accessone.com> References: <30E63A33.7A52@Hunterlink.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: jeric.accessone.com X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > Daniel Dacey writes: > Hi all, > > I'm having some trouble with Screamernet under Win95. After reading some postings about how to > setup and use SN. I setup my SN and gave it a test run, which worked fine. Now a couple of weeks > later I have a project I want to render on it and it is booting OK BUT not saving the rendered > images! It also seems to be rendering way to fast through the individual frames. This last is always a sure sign that SCREAMERNET is not finding the objects/elements, which probably means it is not pointed at the proper content directory. There's probably an slicker way to do it, but I always use LW-Layout to set the content directory to the correct place. Remember, when you are SETTING UP A SCENE FOR SCREAMERNET RENDERING, it is a VERY good idea to use the content directory setting rather than absolute path names. AAMOF,it is practically a necessity. You may also find it expedient to edit (with a text editor) the LWS (scene file in question, to eliminate absolute paths. G'day, and Happy New Year! ****************************************************************************** ** jeric@accessone.com | Synergy Graphix & Animation ** ** Welcome to Seattle! Have a latte'! | Technical Subjects a Specialty!** ** Don't make me force it down your throat.| "OK! Wind the frog!" ** Article: 9616 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!shf From: shf@netcom.com (Stuart Ferguson) Subject: Re: 4.0 errors Message-ID: Organization: The Blue Planet References: <4ce94n$h04$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 18:53:00 GMT Lines: 16 Sender: shf@netcom14.netcom.com +-- John Bunnell <74507.345@CompuServe.COM> writes: | 1. After I load the macros in modeler (from the hard drive) and | then exit modeler, when I reload modeler the list of macros nor | their assigned keys are still listed. I have to reload each time. | What file is it not saving, a config? | 2. When I close down layout I get 'error: can't open | configuration file'? These sound like the same problem. You're probably running Layout and Modeler from a read-only directory, or you're out of disk space. For some reason, neither Layout nor Modeler can write their config file. -- Stuart Ferguson (shf@netcom.com) "How do you compute that? Where on the graph do `must' and `cannot' meet?" Article: 9617 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.pe.net!news.corpcomm.net!newspeak.ultratech.net!worldlinx.com!thunder.mgl.ca!hurricane28 From: kpeacock@mgl.ca (Keith Peacock) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: LW mail list Date: 3 Jan 1996 20:32:30 GMT Organization: MGL System internet Lines: 2 Message-ID: <4cem2o$h3c_001@hurricane28.mgl.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: hurricane28.mgl.ca X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 Does any one know the current address for the lightwave mail list or is it still dead, webcom.com always gives me an unknown address Keith Article: 9618 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!pipeline!not-for-mail From: justin@nyc.pipeline.com (Michael Justin Austin) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: LightwavePro Date: 3 Jan 1996 14:47:30 -0500 Organization: The Pipeline Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4cemgi$s93@pipe8.nyc.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pipe8.nyc.pipeline.com X-Newsreader: The Pipeline v3.2.0 On Jan 03, 1996 13:12:57 in article , 'thiesuhl@aol.com (Thies Uhl)' wrote: >I have ordered the magazine LightwavePro but nothing happens > >Thies same here, I subscribed 3 months ago and not a word but my vtu keeps rollin in Article: 9619 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!pipeline!not-for-mail From: justin@nyc.pipeline.com (Michael Justin Austin) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Sparks has sold Date: 3 Jan 1996 14:48:51 -0500 Organization: The Pipeline Lines: 7 Message-ID: <4cemj3$seo@pipe8.nyc.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pipe8.nyc.pipeline.com X-Newsreader: The Pipeline v3.2.0 Thanks too every one that inquired but Mr.hood responded first so he gets it thanks Article: 9620 Path: zippy.cais.net!mcbones From: djmccoy@pacificnet.net (Daniel J. McCoy) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: LW mail list Date: Thu, 04 Jan 96 03:05:02 GMT Organization: None at all! Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4cftpa$6vf@zippy.cais.net> References: <4cem2o$h3c_001@hurricane28.mgl.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.101.8.77 X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 In article <4cem2o$h3c_001@hurricane28.mgl.ca>, kpeacock@mgl.ca (Keith Peacock) wrote: >Does any one know the current address for the lightwave mail list or is it still dead, webcom.com always gives me an unknown address David Warner, the man, the myth, the mad-man behind the lists now popped the lists on a new server as Webcom put a halt to all mailing list services. To subscribe, send e-mail to listserv@garcia.com. In the body of the message, include: subscribe lightwave Substitute with your actual e-mail address. Unfortunately, poor David has been ripping his hair out trying to get the lists stabilized on garcia.com. List traffic is flaky at times. :( Have fun! Dan -- Daniel J. McCoy - djmccoy@pacificnet.com or dan@acti.com occasion) and then see about Win95. >I have Win95 but have been hearing so many conflicting reviews and >opinions on it that I don't know if I should install it. Part of me >is saying "install", the other part of me is afraid it is going to >incidiously take over my entire comuter and I'll never be able to use >it again :-) Thanks for everyone's input AGAIN! It's the DONGLE that's causing the problems. I fiddled with it tonight and neither Layer nor Modeller crashed. Used it for 6 hours and it kept on ticking. Phew. Did my first animation (bowling ball rolling off a table). I was so happy. Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: 4.0 errors Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 12:52:07 -0500 Organization: Florida State University Lines: 39 Message-ID: <30EAC247.1ED5@wane3.scri.fsu.edu> References: <4ce94n$h04$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nb6p4-bfs.scri.fsu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Win95; I) To: John Bunnell <74507.345@CompuServe.COM> John Bunnell wrote: > > Got LW running on NT but am having two problems (I know I should > be thankful there are only two) :-). > > 1. After I load the macros in modeler (from the hard drive) and > then exit modeler, when I reload modeler the list of macros nor > their assigned keys are still listed. I have to reload each time. > What file is it not saving, a config? > > 2. When I close down layout I get 'error: can't open > configuration file'? > > How can I fix these two problems? > > thx > jmb > bunnelljm@bv.com > > -- > bunnelljm@bv.comCheck for write-protection on the contents of the \newtek\programs directory...if you copy straight from the cd via File Manager, the read-only attribute of the file on the cd-rom will follow it to the hard drive...so the following: - cd to the \newtek\programs directory - type "attrib" at the prompt... - in all likelihood, there will be an 'R' in front of the .cfg files - type "attrib -r *.*" at the prompt...this will remove write protection from all the files in the progs directory. -- Prem --------------------------------------------------------- Prem Subrahmanyam prems@wane-leon-mail.scri.fsu.edu Home Page: http://www-wane.scri.fsu.edu/~prems Programmer, graphics designer, fossil nut extraordinaire. "Have you hugged your Cretaceous ammonites today?" Article: 9623 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!usc!news.cerf.net!newsserver.sdsc.edu!newshub.csu.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!waldorf.csc.calpoly.edu!zimmer!news From: billmi@zimmer.CSUFresno.EDU (Bill Mills) Subject: Lightwave to VRML? Message-ID: Sender: news@CSUFresno.EDU Nntp-Posting-Host: zimmer.csufresno.edu Organization: Corinthian Media Services Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 21:50:06 GMT Lines: 14 Does anyone know if there are any converters existing, or in the works to convert Lightwave object/scene files to VRML? Thanks... -Bill Mills Bill_Mills@CSUFresno.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------- (=====) Corinthian Media Services Video | | | (209)277-8150 Multimedia | | | 2562 N. Dewey Ave. Touch Screen Info Centers | | | Fresno, CA 93722 Production/Consultation | | | http://warpig.cati.csufresno.edu/billmi/bill.html (=====) This is a guest account, CMS is not affiliated with CSUF Article: 9624 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sfo.com!news.zeitgeist.net!cygnus.com!kithrup.com!news.Stanford.EDU!agate!news.mindlink.net!deep.mindlink.net.deep.mindlink.net!Jeff_Holinski From: Jeff_Holinski@mindlink.bc.ca (Jeff Holinski) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: LightwavePro Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 01:05:41 GMT Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada Lines: 32 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: line046.nwm.mindlink.net X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] From: justin@nyc.pipeline.com (Michael Justin Austin) Subject: Re: LightwavePro Date: 3 Jan 1996 14:47:30 -0500 >>On Jan 03, 1996 13:12:57 in article , 'thiesuhl@aol.com >>(Thies Uhl)' wrote: >>I have ordered the magazine LightwavePro but nothing happens >>Thies >same here, I subscribed 3 months ago and not a word Have you tried calling them and complaining? I had a subscription for 2 years starting with the first issue. In the last year I had to call and remind them to ship my magazine for 8 or 9 issues. They usually ship around the 3rd week of the month and it used to take a week or 2 to get it here in Canada. If you don't see your December issue in the next week or 2 call and complain. (plan on phoning every month) :^( LightWave Pro is a great source of information, but it seems like they learned marketing from Newtek. ;^) One interesting side effect of being a pest was that they didn't send me a renewel notice when my subscription ran out. Jeff H... Article: 9625 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!grouper.Exis.Net!news.widomaker.com!news.qnet.com!news.av.qnet.com!avalon.softaware.com!nntp-server.caltech.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!uwm.edu!chi-news.cic.net!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internet From: mmolyneux Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: LightwavePro Date: 4 Jan 1996 02:53:07 GMT Organization: K2 Communications Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4cffej$ado@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: k2.lis.ab.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1IS (X11; I; IRIX 5.3 IP22) X-URL: news:Jeff_Holinski.147.30EB27E5@mindlink.bc.ca >>>I have ordered the magazine LightwavePro but nothing happens >>>Thies > >>same here, I subscribed 3 months ago and not a word > > >Have you tried calling them and complaining? I had a subscription for 2 years >starting with the first issue. In the last year I had to call and remind them >to ship my magazine for 8 or 9 issues. They usually ship around the 3rd week >of the month and it used to take a week or 2 to get it here in Canada. If you >don't see your December issue in the next week or 2 call and complain. >(plan on phoning every month) :^( > >LightWave Pro is a great source of information, but it seems like they learned >marketing from Newtek. ;^) > > >One interesting side effect of being a pest was that they didn't send me a >renewel notice when my subscription ran out. I agree, give them a call. My magazine always shows up ( so far) but I have to call every second month because the companion disks never show up. Perhaps some one working for the post office is a lightwave user. :-) -- Morton Molyneux Article: 9626 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: stranahan@aol.com (Stranahan) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Wireframe is DEAD : QuickDraw 3D Date: 3 Jan 1996 17:27:34 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 55 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4cevsm$3ih@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <21dc50e6.1d8f1616@amuc.mtroyal.ab.ca> Reply-To: stranahan@aol.com (Stranahan) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Marketing, cash flow, and stock holders are a software development team's worst nightmare. These groups demand release dates be set months in advance and software design is expected to meet them with little consultation I'm sure. I wonder if Allan & Stuart could openly discuss their feelings on this? Were they asked how long it would take? Were they given the time necessary? I doubt it... And a really big point is this; Software development is more of an art than a science. These large applications are works of art, not engineered production line assemblies. How can you dictate a time frame for creative endeavors? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ Some interesting points. Some thoughts - First off, AH & SF were asked and consulted. I was involved in this process, and I know my feeling personally is that I'd like an accurate date, not a 'quicker' date, so you HAVE to ask the programmers. This is not to 'blame' Allen or Stuart, mind you; some things were beyond their control - just to clarify that NewTek didn't ram a date down their throat.... My idea was to switch from announcing dates like 'Sept. 1995' to saying 3rd Quarter, 1995. This is standard industry practice and NewTek had never done it. My idea was, if the programmers said it should be ready in the 2nd Qtr, to announce the 3rd. There was a lot of resistance for some reason, and some NewTek employees chose to ignore the 'Quarters' policy and announce dates at will. I heard fairly high ranking NT employees tell people that it'd be October or something and I was stunned. When I quit NewTek, I noticed the Quarters policy was dropped altogether and people seem to pretty much say whatever they want. "Four to six weeks..." As for general theory - I don't know about you, but I ALWAYS have deadlines. Most artists do. I like them. You can't always make them, but if you're way off, there is something wrong. Every creative endevour has a time frame. _____________________________________________ Lee Stranahan Check out the home page! URL - http://users.aol.com/stranahan/main.htm Article: 9627 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.interlog.com!news From: mak@interlog.com (C Mak) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: HELP again! (was Ack! Help! Saving Animations) Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 22:34:23 GMT Organization: InterLog Internet Services Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4cf0lb$7aj@steel.interlog.com> References: <4cb6kd$ako@steel.interlog.com> <4cd5m6$9ul@steel.interlog.com> Reply-To: mak@interlog.com NNTP-Posting-Host: mak.interlog.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 shf@netcom.com (Stuart Ferguson) wrote: >You say Modeler but you describe Layout (Modeler has no lights or >cameras). Which of the two programs are you having trouble with, >as the diagnosis may be very different for each. >-- > Stuart Ferguson (shf@netcom.com) > "How do you compute that? Where on the > graph do `must' and `cannot' meet?" Sorry, I mistyped! I'm having problems with Layout. I'm going to check the dongle and see if it's installed tightly or not (have been getting "LW initialization failed" messages on start up on occasion) and then see about Win95. I have Win95 but have been hearing so many conflicting reviews and opinions on it that I don't know if I should install it. Part of me is saying "install", the other part of me is afraid it is going to incidiously take over my entire comuter and I'll never be able to use it again :-) Chris Article: 9628 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sfo.com!news.zeitgeist.net!cygnus.com!kithrup.com!news.Stanford.EDU!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!hookup!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com From: Daniel Dacey Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: ScreamerNet and Win95 problems Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 11:44:30 +1000 Organization: Peppermint Graphics Lines: 22 Message-ID: <30EB30FE.62AA@Hunterlink.net.au> References: <30E63A33.7A52@Hunterlink.net.au> <4c8467$ir6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <30E8BA54.18ED@Hunterlink.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: toronto.hunterlink.net.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Win95; I) To: John Gross John Gross wrote: > You neglect to say where you are running the ScreamerNEt icon from. Is it > on another machine attached thru the network. If so, You have to realize > that SN will read the LW.cfg file located in the host machine's No I'm trying to run Screamernet just on the one computer. Some of the scenes I've tried rendering are the samples that come with the CD-ROM and are stored in the correct content directory. BTW I have even made sure they saved OK by loading the scenes in Layout and saving them again with the file format and path for RGB files etc. Cheers Dan ____________________ Peppermint Graphics Newcastle *Australia * A big island somewhere south Article: 9629 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.charm.net!news.sprintlink.net!wizard.pn.com!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.iag.net!news From: ahurley@iag.net (EnnBee) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: ** Lightwave vs 3d Studio ** Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 02:13:32 GMT Organization: Internet Access Group, Orlando, Florida Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4ca45m$4ie@news.iag.net> References: <30E2D515.664@osu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: image_nation.iag.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99b.112 On Fri, 29 Dec 1995 15:03:43 GMT, I heard glynw@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Glyn Williams") say: >(3DS cannot assign a material to a poly) > You can assign materials to the face level, element >This certainly ain't in *my* copy of 3DS (r3) - An element must be >selected and detached to allow a new material attribute to applied. Try SURFACE/MATERIAL/APPLY/FACE. You can then assign a material to any single face or group of faces you have selected. RTFM. Article: 9630 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!Austria.EU.net!newsfeed.ACO.net!swidir.switch.ch!in2p3.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!jussieu.fr!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!chi-news.cic.net!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!news.ece.uc.edu!babbage.ece.uc.edu!ne From: Sam Marrocco Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: WTD LW for SGI Date: 4 Jan 1996 04:01:57 GMT Organization: mich.com, Inc., Farmington, Michigan Lines: 6 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4cfjfl$ea4@server3.mich.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pm001-12.dialip.mich.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Nuntius 2.0.3_PPC X-XXMessage-ID: X-XXDate: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 04:03:43 GMT I don't think you'll be able to get LW-SGI used at all, since XAOS encodes each version to your particular machine serial numbers as protection. I use it on an Indigo2 Extreme and love it, but miss the plug-ins, arexx, and third party support the Amiga had. Article: 9631 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nuclear.microserve.net!luzskru.cpcnet.com!not-for-mail From: Nick Rasmussen Subject: Re: Toy Story Message-ID: <137cc$121124.ba@luzskru.cpcnet.com> Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 01:18:47 GMT References: <4c3g2c$s1g@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4c62i4$pg6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Lines: 16 fcap@aol.com (FCAP) wrote: >I think of lot of you tech heads have completely missed the real genius of >Toy Story, the character animation. The emotion, the mannerisms of all >the toys were superb. Forget that the toys looked plastic (duh), look at >the performances! I swear Woody was Tom Hanks! Try doing just a few >seconds of true emotion with a bunch of polygons. There is more to 3D >animation then creating photo realistic texture maps, which if you look >closely, Toy Story had its share. The entire gas station scene was almost >too real for comfort. Fabulous characters, fabulous story, a fabulous >job. This movie will inspire as much new talent as Star Wars did almost >20 years ago. It's a whole new world. I'm just curious, but does anyone know at what resolution they rendered the movie in? Article: 9632 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!kira.cc.uakron.edu!neoucom.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!news.mid.net!sbctri.tri.sbc.com!newspump.wustl.edu!news.ecn.bgu.edu!psuvax1!news.m From: jscheetz@idir.net (Jeff Scheetz) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: LightwavePro Date: Wed, 03 Jan 96 20:14:42 GMT Organization: Internet Direct Communications - Lawrence, Ks - (913) 841-2220 Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4cfhbp$tea@sequoia.idir.net> References: <4cegv9$ts@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: port17.idtslw1.idir.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 > >I have ordered the magazine LightwavePro but nothing happens > >Thies Try re-installing your mailbox. If that doesn't work call your post office tech support hotline. Article: 9633 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sprintlink.net!sundog.tiac.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mel.aone.net.au!d26-1 From: imagine@h130.aone.net.au (Kevin Gleeson) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: ScreamerNet and Win95 problems Date: Thu, 04 Jan 96 13:09:43 GMT Organization: Imagine iT Lines: 44 Message-ID: <4cgjin$6o_003@cpe.Hobart.aone.net.au> References: <30E63A33.7A52@Hunterlink.net.au> <4c8467$ir6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <30E8BA54.18ED@Hunterlink.net.au> <30EB30FE.62AA@Hunterlink.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: d26-1.cpe.hobart.aone.net.au X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 In article <30EB30FE.62AA@Hunterlink.net.au>, Daniel Dacey wrote: >John Gross wrote: > >> You neglect to say where you are running the ScreamerNEt icon from. Is it >> on another machine attached thru the network. If so, You have to realize >> that SN will read the LW.cfg file located in the host machine's > >No I'm trying to run Screamernet just on the one computer. Some of the scenes I've tried >rendering are the samples that come with the CD-ROM and are stored in the correct content >directory. > >BTW I have even made sure they saved OK by loading the scenes in Layout and saving them again >with the file format and path for RGB files etc. > >Cheers >Dan > Hi Dan, To me it sounds like you may be trying to use some HIIP loaders under Screamernet. It doesn't like them unless they are IFF or TGA. Are you using image sequences? . They can be fun. There are a couple of other things that might be happening. Give me a voice call next wek if this tip doesn't work on 018 125 715 - I'll be in Sydney next week. >____________________ >Peppermint Graphics >Newcastle >*Australia > >* A big island somewhere south Kevin Gleeson Imagine It Hobart Tasmania* * A big island south of the above island Article: 9634 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.qnet.com!news.av.qnet.com!braintree!news.sprintlink.net!hk.gin.net!news.hk.net!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!news.cuhk.edu.hk!agate!tfs.com!usenet From: Michael L Weiss Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Lightwave to VRML? Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 16:08:57 -0800 Organization: TRW Financial Systems, Oakland, CA Lines: 22 Message-ID: <30EB1A99.FF6D5DF@tfs.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 140.145.228.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3 sun4m) Bill Mills wrote: > > Does anyone know if there are any converters existing, or in the works > to convert Lightwave object/scene files to VRML? > Bill, Modeler has a VRML saver for objects and for scenes. It is a plug-in. I ahve saved an object and it did fine. I saved off a scene and it created a VRML with inline objects. As my viewer doesn't support this, I can't tell if this is ok or not I have an Amiga version of lightwave and the plug-in file is newtek/Programs/Plug-Ins/Modeler/lw_vrml.p Hope this helps. Michael L. Weiss mlw@tfs.com Article: 9635 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: jkrause357@aol.com (JKrause357) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Amiga 4000T ? Date: 3 Jan 1996 19:01:20 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 5 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4cf5cg$5qk@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: jkrause357@aol.com (JKrause357) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com can i use a 1084 or 1084s monitor on my amiga 4000T do i need a sync strainer. i'm geting it for lightwave. thank you joe Article: 9636 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: Andrew Weiler Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: M&M commercials Date: 4 Jan 1996 16:11:41 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4cgu7t$1lte@stealth.mindspring.com> References: <4ccl15$i1k$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: aweiler.mindspring.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 32bit) angelo yap <75014.121@CompuServe.COM> wrote: > I read that the M&M commercials with that 2 characters >were made in lightwave. It sure looked like it was made on an >sgi machine. The animators in Will Vinton studios sure did a good >job. Goes to show, talent is more important than technology. Andrew Weiler Article: 9637 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.qnet.com!news.av.qnet.com!avalon.softaware.com!nntp1.jpl.nasa.gov!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!brutus.bright.net!chi-news.cic.net!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news.nic.surfnet.nl From: henkm@iaehv.nl (Henk Manders) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Explosion! Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 02:25:41 GMT Organization: Internet Access Eindhoven, the Netherlands Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4cfdr4$l3r@iaehv.IAEhv.nl> References: <4bvfm8$bcu@alpha.delta.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pm1d18.iaehv.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 snouty@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Phil South") wrote: >> Who makes a tape or book that explains how to make groovy explosions? >> >Desktop Images. In fact there is a very nice explosion in the LW 4.0 >samples. Which scene are you talking about? Article: 9638 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.charm.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.onramp.net!newshost.cyberramp.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!demon!alladin.demon.co.uk From: ajackson@alladin.demon.co.uk (Action Jackson) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave,comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: LightWave outputing to Abekas?? Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 09:47:27 GMT Lines: 18 Message-ID: <820576114.285@alladin.demon.co.uk> References: <828.6570T963T1932@mozart.inet.co.th> NNTP-Posting-Host: alladin.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: alladin.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:9638 comp.sys.amiga.graphics:44422 comp.sys.amiga.hardware:119397 suraj@mozart.inet.co.th (Suraj Gulrajani) wrote: >I normally output my Lightwave animations to a PAL Betacam SP (at 720 x 576). However, a client wants me to output some animations onto Abekas format for editing in D1 (or is it D2?!?). Now, I know the Exabyte 8500 / 8505 with the Adpro's Abekas saver >I assume I could render on the PC and ethernet the IFF over to my Amiga to save to this Exabyte tape using the AdPro Abekas saver.. (BTW, anyone got one for sale?? :^) ) >Also, I'll need to composite my LW animation on some live footage, so what's the best way to do this, btw? >PLEASE HELP! >thanks much I use a shareware product called GenerexxT which works with ADPro. I have the ADPro bacus driver. This will sit in the backgroud and or forground and convert all frames to Abacus (8mm Exabyte Required) and works well... Thats all on an Amiga though. Article: 9639 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sprintlink.net!jupiter.planet.net!earth.planet.net!tlisanti From: tlisanti@earth.planet.net (Tony Lisanti Totowa) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Can I get the Crack for Lw Here? Date: 4 Jan 1996 17:03:51 GMT Organization: Planet Access Networks - Stanhope, NJ Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4ch19n$bdc@jupiter.planet.net> References: <4cdv7a$chg@news.voicenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: earth.planet.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] No! This is for people who actually buy software to make a living you cheap moron! SexKitten wrote: Article: 9640 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!sundog.tiac.net!usenet From: kenwshmt@tiac.net (Ken Schmitt) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Lightwave, Win95 and Zip drive? Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 17:10:01 GMT Organization: The Internet Access Company Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4ch1g3$k9m@sundog.tiac.net> References: <4cg8n5$rql@hyperion.mfltd.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: kenwshmt.tiac.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/32.126 it works fine... both types, the 31 parallel zip drivers, and the 95 zip drivers. though, if your copying a file to the zip drive while you first run lightwave, no, it wont work.... you have to rerun lightwave (just like printing straight off the zip drive, it cant be done, unless you buffer) Article: 9641 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!sundog.tiac.net!usenet From: mharter@flyingleap.com Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: LW to DXF or 3DS Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 20:12:44 GMT Organization: Flying Leap Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4ch1s1$it4@sundog.tiac.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pugg.tiac.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 What is the best way to convert LW scenes or objects to DXF or 3dStudio format. I have a PC running Win95. Matt Article: 9642 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip16-042.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Lightwave & 3d Studio comparison Date: 3 Jan 1996 20:12:01 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 37 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: References: <526675397wnr@edensoft.demon.co.uk> <4bfo5k$1vbq@firehose.mindspring.com> <30DB9144.6B7@router.patch.net> X-Posted-By: ip16-042.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <30DB9144.6B7@router.patch.net> Andy Rodriquez writes: >From: Andy Rodriquez >Subject: Re: Lightwave & 3d Studio comparison >Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 23:19:00 -0600 [snip] >Unfortunately, the problem lies more in the users than anything else. >I am a big 3DS user, and I have seen some true crap done by a great >deal of 3DS'ers. It all stems from background. A have a commercial >photography background, so I know a lot about light. Most of your >Amiga/Lightwave people have backgrounds in video, again with a lot of >lighting knowledge. The average 3DS user, however, is either a >engineer, a architect, or a hacker. Their poor training shows in >their work. So when you see these awfully lit scende with crummy >materials (ambient lighting = 80%, phong material), you can tell they >are junk. I have some of my pieces up at my web site... they are >stills, and look fairly convincing. If they were animated, I think >they could fool people. Tell me what you think. >http://www.patch.net/~andy Yep - we have been 'round and 'round on this before. When Space: Above and Beyond premiered, there was almost universal failure in identifying which parts were done by LW or some other package. Heck - people couldn't differentiate the 3D stuff from the model shots. I place limited stock in the claim that renderers have a distinguishing look. There may be some truth there, but I suspect the real problem is users not applying lighting and textures to good effect. There is often reliance on "out of the box" surfaces and lighting. Tools can be limiting, but the limitation is probably in the talent of the artist most often. I just watched a show on the use of matte paintings. I'm afraid that I have been fooled at the movies by a paintbrush. Its a sad truth. Walter (Jay) Turberville |wturber@primenet.com wturber@aol.com Studio 522 Productions |http://www.primenet.com/~wturber http://www.studio522.com |ftp.primenet.com/users/w/wturber Hey!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We have our new Studio 522 URL!! Article: 9643 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip16-042.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Lightwave & 3d Studio comparison Date: 3 Jan 1996 20:28:02 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 25 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: References: <526675397wnr@edensoft.demon.co.uk> <4bfo5k$1vbq@firehose.mindspring.com> <30DB9144.6B7@router.patch.net> <4bgfiu$agr@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> X-Posted-By: ip16-042.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] >I agree, I am terrible at lighting and it showed, so I took a bunch of >video production classes and it really helped. I checked out the page >and it is good, I instantly recognized your rendering from the back of >my 3DSr4 box :) Another good thing to check out is a french animation >on the 3DSr4 demo VHS tape. It's a free tape to get and has some nice >animations on it. But the animation is also super real. It all comes >down to who is using the package. I have seen stuff done with Imagine >that rivals stuff done with Alias. >Jeff There is link to a rendering of a electron tube rendered with POVray on my personal (and much neglected) home page. It is top notch in the photorealism department. Note the glass imperfections and the very nice shadow that is cast. It inspired me to attempt (my last attempt fell well short - maybe I'll resurect (sp?) the project in LightWave?) to do something similar with Imagine with an electric lightbulb. My point is that attention to detail makes the difference. Steve Anger put much more attention to detail into his image than I did (though my lightbulb does have some good points). Walter (Jay) Turberville |wturber@primenet.com wturber@aol.com Studio 522 Productions |http://www.primenet.com/~wturber http://www.studio522.com |ftp.primenet.com/users/w/wturber Hey!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We have our new Studio 522 URL!! Article: 9644 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!xmission!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!pberry From: pberry@ecst.csuchico.edu (Mr. Orange) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: LightWave V4.0 Patch For PC Date: 4 Jan 1996 03:26:29 GMT Organization: California State University, Chico Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4cfhd5$pnn@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu> References: <4c2rnf$a0c$1@mhadg.production.compuserve.com> <4c6loc$r5k@zippy.cais.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: corpse.ecst.csuchico.edu In article <4c6loc$r5k@zippy.cais.net>, Daniel J. McCoy wrote: >In article <4c2rnf$a0c$1@mhadg.production.compuserve.com>, >fixes is concerned. Then again, the pool Alpha owners are STILL waiting for >the 4.0 release... A friend of mine just got LW4.0 for the Alpha... a bit buggy though ;-) Seems that it doesn't like scene imported with morphing. *shrug* Mr Orange fledgling LW user -- (pwei barmy army - chico chapter) ******* http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~pberry/ Mail me about info to join either the PWEI or James mailing lists. DNRC Article: 9645 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!grouper.Exis.Net!news.widomaker.com!news.qnet.com!news.av.qnet.com!braintree!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: leuey@aol.com (Leuey) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Switch to NT hard? Memory probs... Date: 4 Jan 1996 01:18:20 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 17 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4cfrfc$g2k@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: leuey@aol.com (Leuey) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Well, I've about HAD it with wfw 3.11. I got another 16 megs of ram installed, giving me 40 total, but when I try to render a scene I get the "not enough memory for frame buffer" message. Even though LW tells me I have about 18 megs free. When my computer boots up it counts up all 40 megs, and photoshop and everything tell me the memory is there (including LW). So WHAT'S THE DEAL???? I have a feeling the problem is related to windows in some way or another, I'm SOOOOO sick of window. I'm going to switch to NT. Is this an easy thing to do? Do I have to reinstall ALL of my software, or is the process relatively painless? I'm used to using amigas so I really don't know what I'm in for...... Any suggestions on the memory problem? Any pointers on installing NT? Please help before I EAT my windows install cd out of frustration... - greg Article: 9646 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip16-042.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: 95 beats NT for LW Date: 3 Jan 1996 20:44:01 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 32 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: References: <4bai6u$j5e@lily.redrose.net> <4bgf3b$aun@news.accessone.com> X-Posted-By: ip16-042.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <4bgf3b$aun@news.accessone.com> jeric@accessone.com writes: >From: jeric@accessone.com >Subject: Re: 95 beats NT for LW >Date: 23 Dec 1995 08:36:59 GMT >> cdurham@xspot.com (Chuck Durham) writes: >> As far as devices go, Most of my guys have had more luck with NT than >> '95. Now I've chosen to add all SCSI devices since you find most >> operating systems can handle SCSI pretty well such as any of the Intel >> flavors of UNIX. NT works very well with SCSI and you really get plug >> and play. > No shit. NT recognizes my second drive on my Zeos fine, while 95 >cannot seem to find it. >****************************************************************************** >** jeric@accessone.com | Synergy Graphix & Animation ** Win 95 recognized my 500mb external Quantum using the same hardware that wouldn't recognized it under Win 3.x and DOS. This is using an el-cheapo SIIG SCSI card. Win 95 recognized the CD-changer at home as 6 CD drives with no problem (adaptec card). Both systems recognized the SyQuest 200 when mounted. I have an Acculogic SCSI card on a third system that may not be working though. I haven't attached a card yet. I have added Win95 to three systems so far, and it seems to handle the various hardware configurations with little trouble. Walter (Jay) Turberville |wturber@primenet.com wturber@aol.com Studio 522 Productions |http://www.primenet.com/~wturber http://www.studio522.com |ftp.primenet.com/users/w/wturber Hey!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We have our new Studio 522 URL!! Article: 9647 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.qnet.com!news.av.qnet.com!braintree!news.sprintlink.net!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: Andrew Weiler Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: RE: General LW and 3DS q's - interiors/texture mapping Date: 4 Jan 1996 16:24:38 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4cgv06$1lte@stealth.mindspring.com> References: <4ce8mo$rm0@news.unicomp.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: aweiler.mindspring.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 32bit) To: steve@conline.com steve@conline.com (steve bergen) wrote: >I'm new with LW and would like to get the groups input on these two q's. > >Can we read and write .3DS files? > >Can you quickly model interiors, with flexibility in the texture mapping? > >Thanks. >Steve steve@conline.com > Modeler has both a 3DS and a DXF laoder. I've used the DXF loader with great success, but have not yet tried the 3DS one. As far as modeling textures and interiors, LW rocks. check out the home page at http://www.mindspring.com/~aweiler/aweiler.html for some samples. Andrew Weiler Article: 9648 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!chi-news.cic.net!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip16-042.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: 95 beats NT for LW Date: 3 Jan 1996 21:02:02 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 33 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: References: <581004774wnr@edensoft.demon.co.uk> <4brcps$1gf@newsbf02.news.aol.com> X-Posted-By: ip16-042.phx.primenet.com In article <4brcps$1gf@newsbf02.news.aol.com> jbooth411@aol.com (JBooth411) writes: >From: jbooth411@aol.com (JBooth411) >Subject: Re: 95 beats NT for LW >Date: 27 Dec 1995 07:05:16 -0500 >In article <581004774wnr@edensoft.demon.co.uk>, "C:WINSOCKKA9QSPOOLMAIL" > writes: >>I really dont mean to offend Ken sir, but *maybe* you arent using the >>programs >>you mentioned deeply enough to see how unstable 95 is. On a p90, 32m ram >>it crashed quite frequently using Photoshop and regularly with LW (though >not >>to such a degree). NT in my experience has been almost a pleasure. Okay, >it > I use photoshop and lightwave under 95 all the time, and I've had >lightwave crash maybe once, and never had photoshop crash as of yet. Yes - >I use them quite extensively. I like NT a lot also, but a lot of my >programs either don't run under NT, or run better under 95... Ver 3.0 of Photoshop is unstable under Win95. Ver 3.04 fixes this although it is still a bit buggy with 16 bit plugins. We have loaded the Beta patch for Photoshop for win95 and that helps. I have yet to experience a LW or Modeler crash under Win95. I routinely load multiple copies of Layout with Photoshop or Internet apps running in the background with no problems. I'm sure Win95 is not as robust as NT, but Win95 is hardly an unstable platform for LightWave. Walter (Jay) Turberville |wturber@primenet.com wturber@aol.com Studio 522 Productions |http://www.primenet.com/~wturber http://www.studio522.com |ftp.primenet.com/users/w/wturber Hey!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We have our new Studio 522 URL!! Article: 9649 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!news1.digital.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.leonardo.net!usenet From: John Brandwood Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: 95 beats NT for LW Date: 3 Jan 1996 20:31:26 GMT Organization: Leonardo Internet Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4cep2u$4ng@donatello.leonardo.net> References: <4bvqst$4hn@earth.usa.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: port30.fishnet.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2 (Windows; U; 16bit) shf@netcom.com (Stuart Ferguson) wrote: >It turns out that what I was calling rev D is in fact rev C. Forget >I said anything about rev D. > >I have been told that they are working on making a patch available >on-line. I'll inform you if I hear when it exists. I called up tech support yesterday about this and the guy said that a rev C version was currently under testing. He wouldn't comment on a timescale for its release (2 weeks anyone ? :-) nor did he know if it was going to be a patch file or a completely new CDROM. John. Article: 9650 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!nntp.coast.net!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.uoknor.edu!news.nodak.edu!plains!evers From: evers@plains.nodak.edu (Dwight M Evers) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: NEWBIE: Good LW 4.0 book? Date: 4 Jan 1996 17:03:24 GMT Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network (NDHECN) Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4ch18s$k20@daily-planet.nodak.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plains.nodak.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] To any and all LW 4.0 users, We recently got a copy of LW 4.0 at work and are planning some walkthroughs. The manuals that come with it are a tad poor. Can anyone recomend/sell me a good book on beginning/advanced LW techniques? TIA -Dwight evers@plains.nodak.edu Article: 9651 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.accessone.com!news From: jeric@accessone.com Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Pricing on non PC platforms Date: 4 Jan 1996 04:45:03 GMT Organization: Access One Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4cfm0f$ftf@news.accessone.com> References: <21dc50da.1d8f1615@amuc.mtroyal.ab.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: jeric.accessone.com X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > N417042051@amuc.mtroyal.ab.ca (Ian Sinclair) writes: > Lee, thanks now I understand where you're coming from... I agree, NewTek > seems to think those spending far more on their computer system, should also > spend far more on LightWave for that platform. This is not unusual. I believe Photoshop for SGI is an arm and a leg and your first born. ****************************************************************************** ** jeric@accessone.com | Synergy Graphix & Animation ** ** Welcome to Seattle! Have a latte'! | Technical Subjects a Specialty!** ** Don't make me force it down your throat.| "OK! Wind the frog!" ** Article: 9652 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip16-042.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Wireframe is DEAD : QuickDraw 3D Date: 3 Jan 1996 21:56:04 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 22 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: References: <4bo6qb$a1e@cloner2.ix.netcom.com> <4btbir$q17@newsbf02.news.aol.com> X-Posted-By: ip16-042.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <4btbir$q17@newsbf02.news.aol.com> marcmylar@aol.com (MarcMylar) writes: >From: marcmylar@aol.com (MarcMylar) >Subject: Re: Wireframe is DEAD : QuickDraw 3D >Date: 28 Dec 1995 00:56:43 -0500 >In article <4bo6qb$a1e@cloner2.ix.netcom.com>, bradx@ix.netcom.com (Brad >Grace ) writes: >>It is a new alpha/beta that I got at work, we are beta testers for it. >Cool. I'm gonna head down to Alpha Beta and pick up a copy. Uh oh. >They were bought by Ralphs....Well, that's life. >-Marc And they made them into ABCOs in Phoenix. Walter (Jay) Turberville |wturber@primenet.com wturber@aol.com Studio 522 Productions |http://www.primenet.com/~wturber http://www.studio522.com |ftp.primenet.com/users/w/wturber Hey!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We have our new Studio 522 URL!! Article: 9653 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!msunews!netnews.upenn.edu!news.voicenet.com!news From: Technomage Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: LW 4.0 and digitizer Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 00:32:30 -0500 Organization: Voicenet - Internet Access - (215)674-9290 Lines: 32 Message-ID: <30EB666E.5438@voicenet.com> References: <4brogq$i0j@lince.lander.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: ivyland204.voicenet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) To: Stuart Ferguson Stuart Ferguson wrote: > > +-- Daniel Rodriguez writes: > | I'm user of LW v4.0 for Windows and a Calcomp tablet. When i try to use LW > | with this tablet in absolute-coordinate mode the Modeler and Layout > | doesn't work well. Example: If i move my stylus left the pointer continues > | going left during a bit after i stop moving, then i can't work. I just > | work well using the unaccurate relative-coordinate system. Hey, people of > | NewTek, what about this! > > I assume you're talking about when you hold the button down and move > the stylus to rotate or move an object. Try using the stylus point > like a joystick: click down, nothing happens; move left, object rotates; > move back to start point, object stops; move right or start point, object > rotates the other way. Let me know how that works. > -- > Stuart Ferguson (shf@netcom.com) > "How do you compute that? Where on the > graph do `must' and `cannot' meet?" What would you recomed as the best draw tablet to use with LW. I am in the market for one and want one that works well with my favorite 3D program. Technomage /---------------------------------------------------------------\ | MEGA Graphics | | Technomage-Brad Herman | |"I am the teller of the future, the digital age is apon us!" | | http://www.voicenet.com/~techno | \---------------------------------------------------------------/ Article: 9654 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: leuey@aol.com (Leuey) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave Date: 4 Jan 1996 01:06:25 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 29 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4cfqp1$fpa@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: Reply-To: leuey@aol.com (Leuey) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com As long as suggestions are being taken, here's a few of my own. 1) MORE ENVELOPES. It would be really nice if all of the proceedural texture parameters could have envelopes (for size, velocity, and all the other specific parameters like frac noise contrast, vein ledge width, etc.) The number of effects possible would increase exponentially. It would also be nice to have other surface attributes (like reflectivity, specularity, color, bumpiness, etc) - change per frame via an envelope function. Parenting and targeting via envelope would be nice as well (though maybe a little tricky for the parenting). 2) CUT, COPY, PASTE functions for an objects motion channels. It would be nice to be able to copy an object's 'bank angle' motion data and paste it into that channel (or any other channel) in ANOTHER object's motion graph. CUT, COPY, AND PASTE functions between different object's channels would save a lot of time. 3) and of course, speed, speed, speed - utilizing the 3-D hardware that's now available (i realize that this is a major goal). I believe the single greatest hinderance to an animators creativity is the "it takes too long to visualize and experiment factor". uhhhh, that's it for now - I guess later, greg Article: 9655 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!usenet From: Suzanne Crookshank Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Lightwave Amiga 4.0 is shipping Date: 4 Jan 1996 06:00:32 GMT Organization: MCSNet Internet Services Lines: 1 Message-ID: <4cfqe0$5nv@News1.mcs.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: johnc.pr.mcs.net Article: 9656 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!usenet From: Suzanne Crookshank Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Lightwave Amiga 4.0 is shipping Date: 4 Jan 1996 06:03:39 GMT Organization: MCSNet Internet Services Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4cfqjr$5nv@News1.mcs.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: johnc.pr.mcs.net Lightwave 4.0 for Amiga is now shipping, so Amiga fans can finally relax, they haven't been forgotten by NewTek. The store where my dad works just got in their first shipment yesterday. --------------- suzic@mcs.com Article: 9657 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: stranahan@aol.com (Stranahan) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Pricing on non PC platforms Date: 4 Jan 1996 01:14:49 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 19 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4cfr8p$fvt@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4cfm0f$ftf@news.accessone.com> Reply-To: stranahan@aol.com (Stranahan) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com -------------------- This is not unusual. I believe Photoshop for SGI is an arm and a leg and your first born. ---------------------------- My arm, leg, and son are worth more then a thousand bucks. That's what you can but Photoshop SGI for. _____________________________________________ Lee Stranahan Check out the home page! URL - http://users.aol.com/stranahan/main.htm Article: 9658 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: leuey@aol.com (Leuey) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: "camera shake" effect? Date: 4 Jan 1996 01:15:34 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 11 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4cfra6$g0c@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: leuey@aol.com (Leuey) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Hello, I'm in need of a "camera shake" effect. In an animation I'm working on an explosion occurs close to the camera. For some added realism I would like add a "shake" effect to the camera for 15-30 frames or so. I suppose it's possible to "wiggle" the camera up and down if LW a few times and add massive amounts of motion blur, but I'm looking for an easier way. Is there some sort of image processing effect/filter out there that will do this? For premier? photoshop? razor? or elastic reality? Any suggestions? thanx for any help greg Article: 9659 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!usenet From: Dan Ablan Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Help! Can't Open Lightwave NT! Date: 4 Jan 1996 19:42:54 GMT Organization: AGA Digital Studios Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4chaju$oiv@News1.mcs.net> References: <4bg5ke$266@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4cdmfm$68f$1@melbourne.DIALix.oz.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: dma.pr.mcs.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) >I've had it running before but for some reason I can't get LW to open >tonight! When I launch Modeler I receive "Startup Failure 212: Hardware >Key Not Found" and when I launch LW I get "Lightwave initialization >Failure". This happened to me once. When NT boots, did you select "last known good startup"? When I did that, I couldn't load LW. The work around was the re-install the Sentinal driver. Dan Article: 9660 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.qnet.com!news.av.qnet.com!avalon.softaware.com!nntp1.jpl.nasa.gov!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!cats.ucsc.edu!adamch From: adamchry@cats.ucsc.edu (Adam Ives Chrystie) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: LightwavePro Date: 4 Jan 1996 09:43:18 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4cg7fm$nnk@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> References: <4cffej$ado@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: ese.ucsc.edu X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) I've had some good experiences with LightWave Pro...One magazine i wanted to buy was out of print..so the lady there was kind enough to xerox copy the whole magazine for me..of course they billed me fo rit..but hey, most places woulda have said, "It's out of print"... Adam -- ---------------------------------- Adam Chrystie LightWave 3D Animator Cinema/Video Major, Senior University Of California at Santa Cruz Article: 9661 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.qnet.com!news.av.qnet.com!avalon.softaware.com!nntp1.jpl.nasa.gov!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!mfmail!usenet From: iay@mfltd.co.uk (Iain Young) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Lightwave, Win95 and Zip drive? Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 09:34:05 GMT Organization: Micro Focus, Newbury, ENGLAND Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4cg8n5$rql@hyperion.mfltd.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: iay.mfltd.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Hi there, I am thinking of buying Lightwave for my Win95 PC in the very near future, but I have a question. I have an Iomega Zip Drive connected to my parallel port, and I understand LW has a dongle which also connects to the parallel port. The question I have is, does anybody know whether the dongle works ok through the Zip Drive's thru-port, or would I have to unplug the drive before I could run LW. (Please could you reply via email, thanks). Thanks in advance for your help, Iain Young email : iay@mfltd.co.uk Article: 9662 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.qnet.com!news.av.qnet.com!avalon.softaware.com!nntp1.jpl.nasa.gov!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!news.compulink.co.uk!cix.compulink.co.uk!usenet From: snouty@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Phil South") Subject: Re: "camera shake" effect? Message-ID: Organization: Compulink Information eXchange References: <4cfra6$g0c@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 10:09:39 GMT X-News-Software: Ameol32 Lines: 20 > Hello, I'm in need of a "camera shake" effect. In an animation I'm > working on an explosion occurs close to the camera. For some added > realism I would like add a "shake" effect to the camera for 15-30 frames > or so. I suppose it's possible to "wiggle" the camera up and down if > LW a > few times and add massive amounts of motion blur, but I'm looking for an > easier way. Is there some sort of image processing effect/filter out > there that will do this? For premier? photoshop? razor? or elastic > reality? Any suggestions? > > thanx for any help > greg The Motion Blur filter in Photoshop perhaps? --- ------------------------------------------------------------- Phil South "nuqDaq yuch Dapol" Webscape Home Page http://www.webscape.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------- Article: 9663 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.qnet.com!news.av.qnet.com!avalon.softaware.com!nntp-server.caltech.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!brutus.bright.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!b From: bhood@netcom.com (robert hood) Subject: Re: NewTek's Object Replacement plugin Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <4cc44g$bu3@pipe1.nyc.pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 14:39:49 GMT Lines: 59 Sender: bhood@netcom18.netcom.com Phil South (snouty@cix.compulink.co.uk) wrote: > > On Jan 02, 1996 02:55:24 in article > plugin>, > > 'bhood@netcom.com (robert hood)' wrote: > > > > >I've posted a copy of NewTek's elusive Object Replacement plugin > > >(missing from the most recent LightWave CD-ROM release) to my > > >anonymous FTP >site: > > > > > >ftp.netcom.com:/pub/bh/bhood/plugins/objseq.zip > > > > > > > bless you > > bless you > > bless you > > bless you > > Yeah great, but what does it do? I can't figure it out. Here is a message posted to the LightWave mailing list, by John Gross that talks about this plugin: _______________________________________________________________________ John Gross listed two plug-in's in the object replacement class. Object Sequence and Object List. message from John Gross: The two Object replacemnet plugins work as follows: Object Sequence works just like Image sequence...LightWave will look for a like named object with a numbered extension on a per frame basis.... Object List works by reading a file telling what pbject to use at what frame and should look like this: #LW Object Replacement List 0 C:\Newtek\objects\objectname 10 C:\Newtek\objects\objectname2 15 object name (complete path) There shoiuld be a file called OBJLIST.TXT in plugins perhaps which shows how to write it up. Just make sure to have the first line (starting with #) and then just list frame number followed by a line with the object nme. LW will use the object until it encounters a new one to use in the file. _______________________________________________________________________ -- Render me gone, ||| Bob ^(===)^ -------------------------oOO--(_)--OOo-------------------------------------- Bob Hood, President | All governments suffer from a recurring problem: Virtual Visions,Inc.| Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not 1.303.989.4191 | that power corrupts, but that it is magnetic to the | corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become bhood@netcom.com | drunk on violence, a condition to which they are hood@cqgrd.com | quickly addicted - Frank Herbert ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article: 9664 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!sdd.hp.com!news1.best.com!shellx.best.com!shellx.best.com!not-for-mail From: harlock@shellx.best.com (Mike Harlock) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Wanted: 3D scanning service in SF Bay Area Date: 3 Jan 1996 22:50:02 -0800 Organization: The Space Vessel Arcadia Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4cftaq$l5o@shellx.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shellx.best.com I need a 3D scanning service in the bay area for very small objects... The ultimate destination will need to be Lightwave, so someone who can hand me disks with converted objects would be greatly preferred. I'm thinking along the lines of a scanner that runs a laser(s) over the object rather than running a hand-pen physically over it. That may be tricky for this. Thanks, ---Mike __ < \ harlock@raindrop.com - Mike "Harlock" Massee [\\\\\\(\ (:::<===========================================- \< > \ Practice Random Kindness \\ / | And Senseless Acts of Beauty `==='____/ Article: 9665 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!pipeline!not-for-mail From: justin@nyc.pipeline.com (Michael Justin Austin) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: quantum fireball and PVR? Date: 4 Jan 1996 13:35:06 -0500 Organization: The Pipeline Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4ch6kq$pi9@pipe2.nyc.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pipe2.nyc.pipeline.com X-Newsreader: The Pipeline v3.2.0 Is anyone successfully using the 1.2 gig quantum fireball with the PVR? Or is anyone having success with smaller drives that are NOT on dps approved pvr hd list? any help would be greatly appreciated as I am just too broke after buying the pvr to spend another 1000.00 bucks on a HD thanks Article: 9666 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!cats.ucsc.edu!adamchry From: adamchry@cats.ucsc.edu (Adam Ives Chrystie) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Wanted: 3D scanning service in SF Bay Area Date: 4 Jan 1996 09:37:51 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4cg75f$nmd@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> References: <4cftaq$l5o@shellx.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ese.ucsc.edu X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) Yes, if someone nows of a good 3d scanning service in the San Francisco Bay and one that converts to LW..please post their number... Adam Chrystie adamchry@cats.ucsc.edu -- ---------------------------------- Adam Chrystie LightWave 3D Animator Cinema/Video Major, Senior University Of California at Santa Cruz Article: 9667 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!news.compulink.co.uk!cix.compulink.co.uk!usenet From: snouty@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Phil South") Subject: Re: NewTek's Object Replacement plugin Message-ID: Organization: Compulink Information eXchange References: <4cc44g$bu3@pipe1.nyc.pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 09:44:16 GMT X-News-Software: Ameol32 Lines: 24 > On Jan 02, 1996 02:55:24 in article plugin>, > 'bhood@netcom.com (robert hood)' wrote: > > > >I've posted a copy of NewTek's elusive Object Replacement plugin > (missing >from the most recent LightWave CD-ROM release) to my > anonymous FTP >site: > >ftp.netcom.com:/pub/bh/bhood/plugins/objseq.zip > > > >Enjoy. > > > bless you > bless you > bless you > bless you Yeah great, but what does it do? I can't figure it out. --- ------------------------------------------------------------- Phil South "nuqDaq yuch Dapol" Webscape Home Page http://www.webscape.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------- Article: 9668 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news1.digital.com!decwrl!amd!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!kdthomas From: kdthomas@netcom.com (Kim Thomas) Subject: Re: Switch to NT hard? Memory probs... Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <4cfrfc$g2k@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 08:34:54 GMT Lines: 16 Sender: kdthomas@netcom20.netcom.com I just upgragded my system from W3.1 to NT (it was a Christmas present), and it was very simple to do. Just follow the instructions in the documentation. You might also want to check that your system is on the NT hardware compatiblity list before you go through the upgrade. You won't have to re-install all your applications software, but some of it may not work under NT. Currently, the only software that I regularly use that runs under NT are LW and Photoshop. The new version of FD Painter is supposed to work, and there are NT versions of some of the other software I use available, I just have to get the cash together for the upgrades. -- Dave Thomas Moving Pixels "I haven't actually read your script, but I have some questions about it" - Actual client quote kdthomas@netcom.com Article: 9669 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!news.compulink.co.uk!cix.compulink.co.uk!usenet From: snouty@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Phil South") Subject: Re: Explosion! Message-ID: Organization: Compulink Information eXchange References: <4cfdr4$l3r@iaehv.IAEhv.nl> Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 10:09:37 GMT X-News-Software: Ameol32 Lines: 13 It's called something cryptic like "explosion.lws", something like that. :?) I think it came with the package... although I just now checked the CD with FIND and it's not on there. WTF did I get it from then? Tomahawk? Newtek? Graphics.Rent.Com? Hell, I'll post it to tomahawk if anyone's interested. --- ------------------------------------------------------------- Phil South "nuqDaq yuch Dapol" Webscape Home Page http://www.webscape.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------- Article: 9670 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.qnet.com!news.av.qnet.com!avalon.softaware.com!nntp-server.caltech.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!uwm.edu!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!logica.co.uk!diablo.logica From: oxleyd@logica.co.uk (David Oxley) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 17:30:22 +0000 Organization: Logica UK Ltd Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <4cfqp1$fpa@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 158.234.22.79 X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.1.5 I have a few: 1. If you want to copy surface attributes between two surfaces, rather than having to save one surface, select the second surface and then load the saved surface, a "Copy surface from" pop-up list would be very useful. 2. Multiple materials per polygon/group of polys, and arbitrary orientation of textures are high on my wish list. Inherent in this wish is the ability to select the mixing of the textures. 3. Is there any way both Layout's and Modeler's drawing routines could be altered so that when you move an object, the whole screen doesn't redraw in between? I know you can hide polygons in Modeler to speed up refresh, but it gets frustrating when you have a lot of objects on screen at once. 4. I would love the Amiga import/export object function to be added to PC Modeler. 5. The background image preview redraw in Modeler needs to be speeded up. The same function in Real 3D is lightning fast, so it should be possible in Modeler. Thanks for reading :-) |David Oxley, Logica UK|SH5/HR 75 Hampstead Rd|+44 171 6379111x1800| | |London NW1 2PL England|+44 171 3443633(fax)| `----------------------^----------------------^--------------------' All opinions expressed are mine not Logica's. http://www.logica.com/ Article: 9671 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sfo.com!news.zeitgeist.net!wizard.pn.com!sundog.tiac.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!paperboy.ids.net!usenet From: "Stuart A. Chudy" Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Tracing bitmaps into LW objects Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 07:21:02 -0500 Organization: IDS World Network Internet Access Service, (401) 885-4243 Lines: 33 Message-ID: <30EBC62E.66C5@ids.net> References: <4cd159$184@castle.nando.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pslip105.pvd-ri.ids.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) Paul D. Godley wrote: > > I need to find a reliable way to trace bitmaps (2 color, scanned logo > kind of things) into LW objects. Anyone done this? Have any > suggestions. I have Adobe Streamline which will trace and create a > DXF, but it's not a DXF LW will import. (Give an error of, I think, > MEM_ALLOC_ZERO or some such.) > > BTW this is on a PC. > > Thanks, > > -Paul I prefer the bezier tools offered in packages like Adobe Photoshop & Corel Draw. This technique requires both of those packages. - Trace the bitmapped art using paths in Adobe Photoshop (hand tracing using bezier curves always makes for a cleaner result than any 'autotrace' tool). - Export the path from Photoshop to Adobe Illustrator format. - Import the ai file into CorelDRAW 6 where you can then export it as a character in a true type font or adobe type 1 font. - Load the font into Lightwave and use the text tool to type the character. There may be an easier way (if anyone is aware of one... let me know!) but this is what I end up doing. Article: 9672 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!d26-1 From: imagine@h130.aone.net.au (Kevin Gleeson) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: HELP again! (was Ack! Help! Saving Animations) Date: Thu, 04 Jan 96 13:23:48 GMT Organization: Imagine iT Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4cgkd4$6o_004@cpe.Hobart.aone.net.au> References: <4cb6kd$ako@steel.interlog.com> <4cd5m6$9ul@steel.interlog.com> <4cdr50$6o_002@cpe.Hobart.aone.net.au> <4ce8dg$sdp@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: d26-1.cpe.hobart.aone.net.au X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 In article <4ce8dg$sdp@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com>, achan@ix.netcom.com(Alan Chan ) wrote: >In <4cdr50$6o_002@cpe.Hobart.aone.net.au> imagine@h130.aone.net.au >(Kevin Gleeson) writes: >> >>> >>>>I've spent the better part of the evening trying to work on the >>>>Modeller and for some reason it keeps kicking me out of the program >>>>and back into Windows. No warning at all and it's a clean end to >the >>>>program. I restart LW and start manipulating my objects, camera and >>>>light and then all of a sudden I'm back in Windows. A few >>>>manipulations is all it takes. After the sixth time, I gave up. >>> >>>>Any ideas? >>> >>>>I'm running it on a P100, 16 meg RAM, Win 3.11. > >Sounds like it could be a dongle problem as well.. make sure your >dongle is seated right. > >AC > The above is not my post but the previous writer. However - I have seen the same problem. It isn't a dongle problem as I have three dongles (on 3 computers). Changing dongles doesn't help. Changing computers doesn't help. I just get kicked out every now and then. Kevin Gleeson Hobart TAS OZ Article: 9673 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.goodnet.com!news.rtd.com!news.netzone.com!p23.netwest.com!user From: jmonahan@netwest.com (Joe Monahan) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: M&M commercials Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 00:08:02 +0400 Organization: CAD Institute Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <4ccl15$i1k$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p22.netwest.com What do you mean? Lightwave runs on an SGI. maybe they were built on an Indigo...? JMonahan In article <4ccl15$i1k$1@mhadf.production.compuserve.com>, angelo yap <75014.121@CompuServe.COM> wrote: > I read that the M&M commercials with that 2 characters > were made in lightwave. It sure looked like it was made on an > sgi machine. The animators in Will Vinton studios sure did a good > job. Article: 9674 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.goodnet.com!news.rtd.com!news.netzone.com!p23.netwest.com!user From: jmonahan@netwest.com (Joe Monahan) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Toy Story Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 00:13:28 +0400 Organization: CAD Institute Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <4c3g2c$s1g@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4c62i4$pg6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p22.netwest.com Also, Toy Story was conceived 4 years ago. Alot of what we see today wasn't available then. Motion capure wasn't used for example. The animation was superb. But it was done in Alias - so no polygons. Jmonahan In article <4c62i4$pg6@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, fcap@aol.com (FCAP) wrote: > I think of lot of you tech heads have completely missed the real genius of > Toy Story, the character animation. The emotion, the mannerisms of all > the toys were superb. Forget that the toys looked plastic (duh), look at > the performances! I swear Woody was Tom Hanks! Try doing just a few > seconds of true emotion with a bunch of polygons. There is more to 3D > animation then creating photo realistic texture maps, which if you look > closely, Toy Story had its share. The entire gas station scene was almost > too real for comfort. Fabulous characters, fabulous story, a fabulous > job. This movie will inspire as much new talent as Star Wars did almost > 20 years ago. It's a whole new world. Article: 9675 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.goodnet.com!news.rtd.com!news.netzone.com!p23.netwest.com!user From: jmonahan@netwest.com (Joe Monahan) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Wireframe is DEAD : QuickDraw 3D Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 00:16:48 +0400 Organization: CAD Institute Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: p22.netwest.com Christ, they've even had the gaul to announce Windows '97. I think its due out sometime in 1999. But 'ol Bill isn't discouraged, even if Macintosh was the number one selling personal computer last quarter. JM In article , mad@torment.tmisnet.com (Mark Dunakin) wrote: > The way I heard it, was that they kept on saying that Win95 was supposed to be > out in the first part of 95 and then in the Spring and then the third quarter > and it didn't hit the shelves until 95 was practically over....So MicroSquash > sounds just as bad as everyone else.......md Article: 9676 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: jbooth411@aol.com (JBooth411) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave Date: 4 Jan 1996 14:34:43 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 56 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4cha4j$62@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4cccba$6sh@easy2.mediacity.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article <4cccba$6sh@easy2.mediacity.com>, brett@easy1.mediacity.com (Brett Tribble) writes: > > 1. When loading a scene, and Layout can't find some data, > it would be nice if there was an ABORT button between > OK / CANCEL. It gets old hitting cancel 100 times to abort > a scene load. > > 2. Put a radio button (check box) in the effects menu to > disable antialiasing the background / foreground images. > again it gets old watching it waste time ($$$!) anti- > aliasing a clean image. > > 3. Durring the initial stages of rendering, have the renderer > check to see if there is any change between frames > (envelopes, motion graphs, et al). If there _isn't_, flag > duplicate frames so that Lightwave just saves multiple > copies of the resulting duplicate images. This would result > in _MAJOR_ time savings for much of our rendering. I know > that this can effectively be done in editing, but I would > rather have it done 1. An Abort feature would be nice, but there is something I'd rather have. When I point lightwave to the objects new location, it should not only check the original path, but the path where you last loaded an object from. This would save a lot of text-editing time if I move something from one directory to another. 2. Backgrounds are NOT antialiased. 3. Why not just copy your images? Do you really want lightwave to waiste cycles checking for motion on every object, between every frame? This seems like a huge waiste of time, and how many times do you have a still shot? I always have something moving in my shot... 4. Integrate PowerView into Modeler and layout. 5. Layout Scripting. The ability to write scripts would greatly aid in my work. A custom menu (like in modeler) to access these scripts would be nice to. Most of this stuff can be done with plugins, but a scripting language would be much better for the average user. Bob? Could there be a BLL on the way? please? 6. Open multiple Motion graphs at once. I'd love to be able to open 5 envelopes, or 5 motion graphs on the screen at once, and edit them. 7. Operation Grouping. IE: Select a series of objects/lights with the mouse (in the scenes menu) and edit them as if they were all one object. This can be acomplished with parenting most of the time, but sometimes parenting everything together would get in the way. Being able to name these groupings and see them in the create key/delete key menu's would be very handy also. Often I want to create a key on all objects, except a few, and this would alow this. Article: 9677 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!newsie.wis.com!lightmar From: lightmar@wis.com (Jim Gauthier) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave,rec.video.desktop Subject: Re: ClubToaster & PC Followup-To: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave,rec.video.desktop Date: 4 Jan 1996 13:43:03 GMT Organization: Wisconsin Internet Services Lines: 2 Message-ID: <4cglh7$9qp@newsie.wis.com> References: <30E89EAD.3B65@airmail.net> <4camdr$i1f@cloner3.netcom.com> <4cbd09$sga@hyperion.mfltd.co.uk> <30EADBE1.5819@airmail.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: muffin.wis.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:9677 rec.video.desktop:13853 No problems reading with Win95 PC cabled to Flyer. But I copy the file to the Amiga first, then load into Flyer. Article: 9678 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!plato.oneworld.net!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!news.delphi.com!usenet From: ASK ME NICELY Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: SGI scene move macro? Date: Thu, 4 Jan 96 18:18:04 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 10 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1g.delphi.com hi all, does anyone know if there is a version of Scene Mover for the SGI LW? This macro basically compiles everything that has to do with a scene and puts the files in a new spot. Very convenient for taking stuff to differet machines. If anyone has something like this for the SGI, please email me!!! thanx Josh Tsui Article: 9679 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.qnet.com!news.av.qnet.com!avalon.softaware.com!nntp-server.caltech.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.iadfw.net!usenet From: Lance Gray Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave,rec.video.desktop Subject: Re: ClubToaster & PC Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 14:37:20 -0800 Organization: customer of Internet America Lines: 18 Message-ID: <30EC56A0.5CEE@airmail.net> References: <30E89EAD.3B65@airmail.net> <4camdr$i1f@cloner3.netcom.com> <4cbd09$sga@hyperion.mfltd.co.uk> <30EADBE1.5819@airmail.net> <4cglh7$9qp@newsie.wis.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dal14-16.ppp.iadfw.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b2a (Windows; I; 16bit) To: Jim Gauthier Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:9679 rec.video.desktop:13858 Jim, Am I right in assuming you have your Amiga & PC connected... Reason being, I'm looking into the Perception but only to make animations to be dumped to the Flyer anyway. I realize the Iff2Clip works on the Flyer so is it possible for your Flyer to look at the PC drives and grab iff's so it can make a clip---considering the iff's are the same whether or not they're on an Amiga or PC. Any suggestions or help is greatly appreciated!! Thanks, Lance Gray <>< empire@airmail.net Empire Productions Inc. Article: 9680 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.cinenet.net!Bugs From: rickmay@cinenet.net (Rick May) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Toy Story Date: Thu, 04 Jan 96 22:26:15 GMT Organization: Hmm.. never sure Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4chuhj$3na@marina.cinenet.net> References: <4c3g2c$s1g@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4c62i4$pg6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp77.cinenet.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 In article , jmonahan@netwest.com (Joe Monahan) wrote: -> ->Also, Toy Story was conceived 4 years ago. Alot of what we see today ->wasn't available then. Motion capure wasn't used for example. The ->animation was superb. But it was done in Alias - so no polygons. -> ->Jmonahan -> Motion capture has been around for quite a while.. Pixar wouldnt use motion capture then or now- it isnt animation... And it wasnt done in Alias either.. Some of the models were built in alias- but it was mostly done with in-house software.... rick Rick May freelance CG animator/TD rickmay@cinenet.net http://www.cinenet.net/users/rickmay Article: 9681 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip16-060.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: lha problems Date: 4 Jan 1996 17:46:02 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 31 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: References: <4bpd5n$5f3@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> X-Posted-By: ip16-060.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <4bpd5n$5f3@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> tworthen@ix.netcom.com(Thomas Worthen) writes: >From: tworthen@ix.netcom.com(Thomas Worthen) >Subject: lha problems >Date: 26 Dec 1995 17:59:19 GMT >I've found that archived on the AMIGA often contain long file names >incompatible with the PC's 8.3 file name format. Especially if the >first 8 characters of the long file names are the same as are the case >in some Lightwave scenes I've downloaded. My unarchiver regards regards >these as duplicate files and ignores them. I've been able to the >extract individual files by first getting the names of all the files in >the archive and then pulling them out one at a time, by name then >renaming each one as its extracted. Is there a DOS/WINDOWS unarchiver >capable of intelligent un archiving ? >Thanks in advance >Tom Worthen >tworthen@smtp.cnap.navy.mil Someone recompiled LHA from a Unix system to NT. It runs OK under Win95. It is called lhantx86.exe and can be found in the usual LightWave places or on my FTP site (see my .sig). I have had some files fail CRC checks though. I'd say maybe one in a hundred. It seems more common on larger archives. I use lz and lha on the Amiga. Even with the CRC problem, this program is well worth the trouble. Walter (Jay) Turberville |wturber@primenet.com wturber@aol.com Studio 522 Productions |http://www.primenet.com/~wturber http://www.studio522.com |ftp.primenet.com/users/w/wturber Hey!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We have our new Studio 522 URL!! Article: 9682 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!shf From: shf@netcom.com (Stuart Ferguson) Subject: Re: Ok, so here's one for Modeler Message-ID: Organization: The Blue Planet References: <30EC49E1.7E26@renderhaus.com> Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 01:27:36 GMT Lines: 10 Sender: shf@netcom20.netcom.com +-- Brett Tribble writes: | Add a Mirror mode (symetry) option to Modeler. This would | resemble the one in DPaint. This would allow you to perform all Already on the list. I don't know about the "easy to implement" part, however ... -- Stuart Ferguson (shf@netcom.com) "How do you compute that? Where on the graph do `must' and `cannot' meet?" Article: 9683 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!merlion.singnet.com.sg!lantana.singnet.com.sg!singnet.com.sg!adrianh From: adrianh@singnet.com.sg Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Any Raydance-Lightwave users here? Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 00:32:00 Organization: Singapore Telecom Internet Service Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: <4cckj2$7l0@pipe3.nyc.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ts900-2614.singnet.com.sg X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] In article <4cckj2$7l0@pipe3.nyc.pipeline.com> mikeling@nyc.pipeline.com (MICHAEL C. LING) writes: >From: mikeling@nyc.pipeline.com (MICHAEL C. LING) >Subject: Re: Any Raydance-Lightwave users here? >Date: 2 Jan 1996 20:02:26 -0500 >Are there WWW or FTP sites for Real 3d? Is there a demo version of Real3D >out there? -- >M C L - There is a Real3D Homepage at http://www.msassoc.co.jp/msa/ereal3d.html Article: 9684 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!DIALix!melbourne.DIALix.oz.au!not-for-mail From: stevok@melbourne.DIALix.oz.au (Steven Johansen) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave Date: 4 Jan 1996 23:14:46 +1100 Organization: DIALix Services, Melbourne, Australia. Lines: 10 Sender: stevok@melbourne.DIALix.oz.au Message-ID: <4cggbm$f2q$1@melbourne.DIALix.oz.au> References: <4cccba$6sh@easy2.mediacity.com> <4cdrrt$6o_004@cpe.Hobart.aone.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: stevok@melbourne.dialix.oz.au While we are at it I would dearly like to see the cloning functions in layout have the same flexibility as in modeller. ie number of clones,translation,rotation etc. (This might be available via a plugin but i'm STILL on the pre-release :( ) Steven -- X Article: 9685 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: Andrew Weiler Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Toy Story Date: 4 Jan 1996 16:27:46 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4cgv62$1lte@stealth.mindspring.com> References: <4c3g2c$s1g@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4c62i4$pg6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <137cc$121124.ba@luzskru.cpcnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: aweiler.mindspring.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 32bit) To: Nick Nick Rasmussen wrote: > >I'm just curious, but does anyone know at what resolution they >rendered the movie in? > > Not positive, but I heard they did it at 1024x962?? AW Article: 9686 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.rain.org!mcbones From: dan@acti.com (Daniel J. McCoy) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Switch to NT hard? Memory probs... Date: Thu, 04 Jan 96 13:30:27 GMT Organization: ACT Networks, Inc. Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4cgv61$2mk@news.rain.org> References: <4cfrfc$g2k@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: @mcbones.acti.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 In article <4cfrfc$g2k@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, leuey@aol.com (Leuey) wrote: [snip] re: Win 3.11 and RAM >Any suggestions on the memory problem? Word has it around here (where I work) that Win 3.11 (WFW) can really only see 16MB and nothing really beyond that. Since my machine at work only has 16MB, I can't confirm or deny it. >Any pointers on installing NT? I had very few problems but I stuck with hardware that was on the compatibility list. Another option is Win95 (though it'd be great to get a "newer" version of LW that may have addressed rendering speed issues in Win95). You'll get the same sucky Win 3.11 interface with NT (unless you also install the "Technology Preview" NewShell (Win95 look&(partial)feel)) but it's a LOT better stability wise. :) Good luck, Dan -- Daniel J. McCoy - djmccoy@pacificnet.net or dan@acti.com WWW - http://www.pacificnet.net/~djmccoy Article: 9687 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!shf From: shf@netcom.com (Stuart Ferguson) Subject: Re: Switch to NT hard? Memory probs... Message-ID: Organization: The Blue Planet References: <4cfrfc$g2k@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 01:26:28 GMT Lines: 38 Sender: shf@netcom20.netcom.com +-- leuey@aol.com (Leuey) writes: | Well, I've about HAD it with wfw 3.11. I got another 16 megs of ram | installed, giving me 40 total, [...] | I'm going to | switch to NT. Is this an easy thing to do? Do I have to reinstall ALL of | my software, or is the process relatively painless? I'm used to using | amigas so I really don't know what I'm in for...... NT will work very well with 40 meg. The installation can automatically assimilate your WFW setup and duplicate it nearly identically under NT. If some applications don't work, try reinstalling them individually. | Any pointers on installing NT? BEFORE you start, make sure that NT is compatible with your: - IDE controller - SCSI controller - Hard Drives - CD-ROM Drives - Mouse - Display driver If they are not explicitly listed in the hardware compatibility list, call the maker and get the most recent NT drivers for them. You may need to have the drivers ready on a floppy when you install. If the maker cannot provide you with NT support, DO NOT install. It's time to buy new hardware. With NT 3.51 this isn't much of an issue, but take a warning from one who saved a lot of money by not buying Bill-approved products, and went on to waste a lot of time reinstalling NT and then spent the money he saved eventually. You should check first. (Anyone want to buy a slightly used, non-standard CD-ROM drive, IDE controller and graphics card?) -- Stuart Ferguson (shf@netcom.com) "How do you compute that? Where on the graph do `must' and `cannot' meet?" Article: 9688 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.qnet.com!news.av.qnet.com!avalon.softaware.com!nntp-server.caltech.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!sundog.tiac.net!usenet From: sjg@world.std.com (Stephen J. Gaudet) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: ALPHA 166 mhz is slower than pentium 13 Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 01:18:34 GMT Organization: The Internet Access Company Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4chu8j$jm5@sundog.tiac.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: sjg.tiac.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 mad@torment.tmisnet.com (Mark Dunakin) wrote: >So I'm not exactly clear on the subject? Is the Alpha better than the P133 or >maybe I should say which is a better vaue in price vesus performance? Hello The 21066-166MHz Alpha is a dog. It delivers 68 SPECint and 80 SPECfp. Whereas the P133 delivers 155SPECint and 116 SPECfp. However, for true speed check out the 21164-333MHz it delivers 400 SPECint and 570 SPECfp. Cheers, Article: 9689 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!pipeline!not-for-mail From: mikeling@nyc.pipeline.com (MICHAEL C. LING) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Any Raydance-Lightwave users here? Date: 4 Jan 1996 15:07:10 -0500 Organization: The Pipeline Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4chc1e$gj8@pipe3.nyc.pipeline.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pipe3.nyc.pipeline.com X-PipeUser: mikeling X-PipeHub: nyc.pipeline.com X-PipeGCOS: (Michael C. Ling) X-Newsreader: The Pipeline v3.4.0 On Jan 05, 1996 00:32:00 in article , 'adrianh@singnet.com.sg' wrote: >In article <4cckj2$7l0@pipe3.nyc.pipeline.com> mikeling@nyc.pipeline.com >(MICHAEL C. LING) writes: >>Are there WWW or FTP sites for Real 3d? Is there a demo version of Real3D >>out there? >There is a Real3D Homepage at http://www.msassoc.co.jp/msa/ereal3d.html Thanx a lot! -- M C L - Article: 9690 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.MediaCity.com!usenet From: Brett Tribble Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Ok, so here's one for Modeler Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 13:42:57 -0800 Organization: Renderhaus Lines: 22 Message-ID: <30EC49E1.7E26@renderhaus.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: easy3.mediacity.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (WinNT; I) Stuart, First off, thanks for responding to my post. It gives me the warm fuzzies to know that we use a product who's creator(s) actively communicate with the public. Since you are resposible for Modeler, here is a simple one for you that although not earth shaking, should be fairly easy to implement, and adds a deal of functionality. Add a Mirror mode (symetry) option to Modeler. This would resemble the one in DPaint. This would allow you to perform all (most?) of the existing functions around a central point (0,0,0 or changeable?). This would allow you to lets say... create a hexagon by turning on "6 point symetry" then creating 1 (6) points, selecting 1 (6) points, and hitting "p". You could deform all four corners of a 2D mesh with the magnet tool in "4 point symetry" mode. etc... Brett Article: 9691 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!wb3ffv!explorer.csc.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.iadfw.net!usenet From: Lance Gray Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave,rec.video.desktop Subject: ClubToaster & PC Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 18:55:41 -0800 Organization: customer of Internet America Lines: 34 Message-ID: <30E89EAD.3B65@airmail.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dal17-27.ppp.iadfw.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b2a (Windows; I; 16bit) Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:9691 rec.video.desktop:13872 Being a new PC user I have a question concerning the ClubToaster CD and LightWAve for the PC... I have the ClubToaster Cd's for my Flyer and I've noticed the moving backgrounds and such also come in IFF format...Because of this, I've tried to use them as a background sequence on my Pentium 100. Here's my problem: When I try to access these files from LightWave I get---> Cannot access this file...Please verify security privileges on the network drive???? So I decided to copy the images to my harddrive---for that matter even trying to copy objects off the CD I get the following message: STOP---File manager cannot copy D:\background\iff\whatever... File manager cannot find the specific file...Make sure the correct path & filename are specified. ---I'm pretty sure the correct ones are specified---since I just created a new directory file and I'm trying to copy the images over to my harddrive into this new directory----Any suggestions???? This is a breeze to do on my A4000, is there some good reason why it doesn't work on my PC???? post or email (empire@airmail.net) Happy 1996!!!! -Lance <>< Article: 9692 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!cats.ucsc.edu!adamchry From: adamchry@cats.ucsc.edu (Adam Ives Chrystie) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: "camera shake" effect? Date: 4 Jan 1996 22:31:42 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4chkge$5tc@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> References: <4cfra6$g0c@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ese.ucsc.edu X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) But how do youuse photoshop to fake a motion blur in a lightwave animation? There is no batch mode in photoshop and doing everyframe is well..painfull..is there a batch method for using photoshop?? I can;t believe they've never added it..cuz i haven;t seen it Adam Chrystie adamchry@cats.ucsc.edu -- ---------------------------------- Adam Chrystie LightWave 3D Animator Cinema/Video Major, Senior University Of California at Santa Cruz Article: 9693 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.qnet.com!news.av.qnet.com!avalon.softaware.com!nntp-server.caltech.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!van-bc!news.mindlink.net!agate!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!sgigate.sgi.com!enews.sgi.c From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Wireframe is DEAD : QuickDraw 3D Date: 4 Jan 1996 21:17:02 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 41 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: References: <21dc50e6.1d8f1616@amuc.mtroyal.ab.ca> <4cevsm$3ih@newsbf02.news.aol.com> X-Posted-By: ip21-107.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <4cevsm$3ih@newsbf02.news.aol.com> stranahan@aol.com (Stranahan) writes: >From: stranahan@aol.com (Stranahan) >Subject: Re: Wireframe is DEAD : QuickDraw 3D >Date: 3 Jan 1996 17:27:34 -0500 [snip] >I wonder if Allan & Stuart could openly discuss their feelings on this? >Were >they asked how long it would take? Were they given the time necessary? >I doubt it... >And a really big point is this; Software development is more of an art [snip] >Some interesting points. Some thoughts - >First off, AH & SF were asked and consulted. I was involved in this >process, and I know my feeling personally is that I'd like an accurate >date, not a 'quicker' date, so you HAVE to ask the programmers. This is >not to 'blame' Allen or Stuart, mind you; some things were beyond their >control - just to clarify that NewTek didn't ram a date down their >throat.... AMEN! Just tell the truth. VTU actually suggested that LW 4.0 might actually be released early in December of 1994!!! The pre-release came out in April, the final in August - and the other platforms are still in beta I think. It wasn't a few weeks or even months in this case. BTW - I was glad to get the pre-release in April. The length of time to develope the software wasn't really the issue. It was the misleading announcements. Of course it was a lot worse for those folks who got the first Flyers. Walter (Jay) Turberville |wturber@primenet.com wturber@aol.com Studio 522 Productions |http://www.primenet.com/~wturber http://www.studio522.com |ftp.primenet.com/users/w/wturber Hey!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We have our new Studio 522 URL!! Article: 9694 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.rain.org!aarone From: aarone@rain.org (Aaron Estrada) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: "camera shake" effect? Date: 5 Jan 1996 10:29:20 GMT Organization: RAIN Public Access Internet (805) 967-RAIN Lines: 29 Message-ID: <4ciui1$rjt@news.rain.org> References: <4cfra6$g0c@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: aarone@coyote.rain.org X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Leuey (leuey@aol.com) wrote: : Hello, I'm in need of a "camera shake" effect. In an animation I'm You could render the frames a litte larger than you need, to give you some margins, and then use After Effects to crop them. WHen the frames where the shake is comes along, you could move the frame around. (not more than the margins you left, you dont want any of the BG showing on the sides of the frame) After Effects has a motion blur option. Here is a little known secret: You can set the motion blur to be MORE than 360 deg. (100%) YOu must type the value in instead of using the slider. Happy camera shaking! P.S. Wouldn't just moving the LW camera be a whole lot easier? Why don't you just do it that way. (I mean, that's the first way YOU mentioned) -Aaron -- \|/ _HVS Rulz! @ @ / +--oOO-(_)-OOo--------------------------------------+----------------+ | | High _ | | *Aaron Estrada | Voltage // | | *(805)498-0006 (805)526-8080 ex.16 | _ // | | | \\ // | | *3D Animation, Visual Effects, Avid Editing | \X/ | | | Studio | +---------------------------------------------------+----------------+ Article: 9695 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!sundog.tiac.net!usenet From: cgid Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Free 3d models Date: 5 Jan 1996 14:04:37 GMT Organization: The Internet Access Company Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4cjb5l$hlq@sundog.tiac.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cgid.tiac.net For a limited time download any and all models and motion paths from any and all versions of the Viewpoint dataset CD-Rom for only $249.95. Plus for an even more limited time all you 3D animators and artists (any one like that out there interested in dataset models?) can get a free surprise software gift just for you!!! We guarantee that you'll love the product and the free gift e-mail us for the free demo which will allow you to download 2 free models (in case you don't believe us). To purchase the product: Send your check or money order for $249.95 payable to: Computer Graphic Images & Design Inc. PO Box 230135 Brooklyn NY, 11223 (Please add $4.0 for shipping and handling) Article: 9696 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.qnet.com!news.av.qnet.com!avalon.softaware.com!nntp-server.caltech.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!unixhub!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!idir.net!usenet From: Bruce Branit Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Toy Story Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 23:17:15 -0600 Organization: FryeAllen Lines: 15 Message-ID: <30ECB45B.7371@idir.net> References: <4c3g2c$s1g@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4c62i4$pg6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: bbranit@idir.net NNTP-Posting-Host: port1.idtslw1.idir.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b2 (Macintosh; I; 68K) My 2 cents worth... The bottom line for me on Toy Story was that it was created by some very very talented people. I don't really think it matters to quibble about what technical gadgets they did or didn't have at there disposal. They used the tools available and got something to be very proud of. And any criticism of certain aspects of the film, while maybe valid, should be taken within the scope of the full acomplishment. OK, 3 cents. ______________________________________________________ Bruce W. Branit - Lawrence, KS bbranit@idir.net http://www.idir.net/~bbranit ______________________________________________________ Article: 9697 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!netaxs.com!news.atlantic.net!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!nntp.coast.net!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!oslonett.no!sn.no!oslonett.no!sn.no!not-for-mail From: kdj@sn.no (Kurt Drange Jensen) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: ..amiga support? Date: 2 Jan 1996 02:29:12 +0100 Organization: SN Internett Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4ca1p8$4oc@sinsen.sn.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: sinsen.sn.no X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Does anyone know for sure what plans newtek have for lw on the amiga? ** kurt, kdj@sn.no Article: 9698 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!solnews.solsource.net!news-adm From: Kevin Baca Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: FOR SALE - 3 SGI Indigo 2 Extremes Date: 4 Jan 1996 23:25:05 GMT Organization: BlueSky Software Lines: 29 Message-ID: <4chnkh$t6u@solnews.solsource.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: kbaca.skygames.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) We want to sell 3 Indigo 2 Extremes with WaveFront's GameWare and the following hardware. Mail to: matt@skygames.com Phone: 619-458-9880 ext 122 1 150 MHZ IP22 Processor FPU: MIPS R4010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0 CPU: MIPS R4400 Processor Chip Revision: 5.0 On-board serial ports: 2 On-board bi-directional parallel port Data cache size: 16 Kbytes Instruction cache size: 16 Kbytes Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte Main memory size: 128 Mbytes EISA bus: adapter 0 Iris Audio Processor: version A2 revision 1.1.0 Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1 Integral SCSI controller 1: Version WD33C93B, revision D CDROM: unit 3 on SCSI controller 0 Tape drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0: DAT Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C93B, revision D Graphics board: GU1-Extreme Article: 9699 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!idir.net!usenet From: tomcole@idir.net (Thomas Cole) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Save anim file type in Lightwave PC? Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 23:37:39 GMT Organization: Cole International Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4choti$ien@sequoia.idir.net> Reply-To: tomcole@idir.net NNTP-Posting-Host: port10.idtslw1.idir.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 When I select save animation under the record options in Lightwave 4.0 PC, it wont let me select any anim file type to save to. The only type listed in the selector is none. Can someone tell me what is going on here? Any help greatly appreciated. Tom Cole Article: 9700 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!realtime.net!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: Andrew Weiler Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Toy Story Date: 4 Jan 1996 23:49:19 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4chp1v$al8@stealth.mindspring.com> References: <4c3g2c$s1g@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4c62i4$pg6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: aweiler.mindspring.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 32bit) To: jmonahan@netwest.com jmonahan@netwest.com (Joe Monahan) wrote: > >Also, Toy Story was conceived 4 years ago. Alot of what we see today >wasn't available then. Motion capure wasn't used for example. The >animation was superb. But it was done in Alias - so no polygons. > >Jmonahan > Are you sure they used Alias for Toy Story? I had heard somewhere that Pixar had developed proprietary software for this movie called Modenv. Andrew Weiler Article: 9701 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!newsflash.concordia.ca!news.nstn.ca!inforamp.net!usenet From: Colin Cunningham Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Toy Story Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 18:42:49 -0500 Organization: InfoRamp Inc., Toronto, Ontario (416) 363-9100 Lines: 18 Message-ID: <30EC65F9.41C6@coredp.com> References: <4c3g2c$s1g@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4c62i4$pg6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: toast.coredp.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (X11; I; IRIX 5.3 IP22) To: Joe Monahan Joe Monahan wrote: > > Also, Toy Story was conceived 4 years ago. Alot of what we see today > wasn't available then. Motion capure wasn't used for example. The > animation was superb. But it was done in Alias - so no polygons. > > Jmonahan Only the modeling was done in Alias, PIXAR uses their own proprietary (sp?) animation software. -- .................................................................... Colin "CiderMan" Cunningham EMail: colin@coredp.com C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures HTTP://www.coredp.com/index.html "Snake Plissken? I heard you were dead." .................................................................... Article: 9702 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: equinoxii@aol.com (Equinox II) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Lightwave to VRML? Date: 4 Jan 1996 19:09:06 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 10 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4chq72$5o9@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: Reply-To: equinoxii@aol.com (Equinox II) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com >Does anyone know if there are any converters existing, or in the works >to convert Lightwave object/scene files to VRML? There are converters that come with the program, for scene files and objects. Haven't used them yet, but I'm pleasantly surprised that they're in there. --Brian Equinox Images, Inc. http://members.aol.com/equinoxii/ Article: 9703 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news1.digital.com!pa.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!marbls.enet.dec.com!leimberger From: leimberger@marbls.enet.dec.com () Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: ** Lightwave vs 3d Studio ** Date: 5 Jan 1996 00:34:16 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 23 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4chrm8$4u4@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> References: <30E2D515.664@osu.edu> <4ca45m$4ie@news.iag.net> Reply-To: leimberger@marbls.enet.dec.com () NNTP-Posting-Host: marbls.enet.dec.com |>On Fri, 29 Dec 1995 15:03:43 GMT, I heard glynw@cix.compulink.co.uk |>("Glyn Williams") say: |> |>>(3DS cannot assign a material to a poly) |>> You can assign materials to the face level, element |> |>>This certainly ain't in *my* copy of 3DS (r3) - An element must be |>>selected and detached to allow a new material attribute to applied. |> |>Try SURFACE/MATERIAL/APPLY/FACE. |> |>You can then assign a material to any single face or group of faces |>you have selected. RTFM. |> This sounds much like the select faces offered in Imagine. But I degress. RTFM is always a good idea, but here it seems out of place. you were kind enough to make your point, but remember this is the LW list, not the 3DS list. your always welcome to express your views but have to consider that if we do RTFM it most likely won't be the 3DS one :-) -bill Article: 9704 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.qnet.com!news.av.qnet.com!avalon.softaware.com!nntp-server.caltech.edu!nntp1.jpl.nasa.gov!news.alt.net!newspost1.alt.net!usenet From: 74513.747@compuserve.com (Tim Krego) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: What and how do you guys/gals charge for your work????? Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 03:14:19 GMT Organization: pro.image Lines: 9 Sender: * Message-ID: <30ec9729.80756288@news.alt.net> References: <4c906u$snj@newsgate.dircon.co.uk> <30E9F51C.248E@pacificnet.net> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/16.141 On Tue, 02 Jan 1996 19:16:44 -0800, Brad Hayes wrote: >Last peice of advice never waver on your rate. never be afraid to reject a client >if he cant afford you. just tell them that perhaps they should find someone else. >if you lower your rate of give discounts, you will never be able to charge full >price to that client again. That will be one of the first lessons learned, hopefully not the hard way. Article: 9705 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.qnet.com!news.av.qnet.com!avalon.softaware.com!nntp1.jpl.nasa.gov!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!iglou!iglou2!kwhardy From: kwhardy@iglou2.iglou.com (Kelly W. Hardy) Subject: Re: What is the market for lightwave contractors? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: iglou2 Message-ID: Sender: news@iglou.com (News Administrator) Organization: IgLou Internet Services (1-800-436-4456) References: <30E2174D.685D@world.std.com> Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 11:34:44 GMT Lines: 41 Jon Fabris writes: >I'm curious what the demand is for contractors doing lightwave modeling >and animation. >What are the going rates? >Is it neccessary for the contractor to own a VCR to record their work? >What king of media is the work usually delivered on? There is a great demand for both modelers and processor rendering time. The going rate really depends on several factors, the greatest being what kind of turn-around is needed and who it is. After all, General Electric wanting something by Thursday will cost a bit more than a project that is a few months down the road, with a more relaxed deadline. You don't really have to own a frame accurate deck to perform such a service. Many people prefer having their data rendered, and saved to a media such as DAT tapes, SyQuest carts, etc. They will dump the images off themselves, saving a generation loss in image quality. Any time an image can stay in it's digital state, it's preferred. If you dump your work to 1" tape, and the editing dumps to a sub-master, and then to BetaCam SP for duplication, to VHS for distribution...each step takes away from the image sharpness and quality. Also, if all the layout work is done, and all that is needed is render time, it is cheaper than having to fine tune a piece after it's been sent. Hope this is semi-helpful to you! As far as exact pricing, quite honestly the answer is: Whatever you can get. kwhardy@iglou.com 15 Telecommunications Greater Louisville and Southern Indiana, WKPC PBS All your life is channel 13... ...Sesame Street... ...What does it mean? -- kwhardy@iglou.com Article: 9706 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!usenet From: KARL DITTMAN Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 18:47:35 -0800 Organization: ECLECTIC MEDIA Productions Inc. Lines: 25 Message-ID: <30EC9147.4532@mci.newscorp.com> References: <4cccba$6sh@easy2.mediacity.com> <4cdrrt$6o_004@cpe.Hobart.aone.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip142-69.bb.delphi.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4a (Win16; I) Kevin Gleeson wrote: > > In article <4cccba$6sh@easy2.mediacity.com>, > brett@easy1.mediacity.com (Brett Tribble) wrote: > >I would like to get input on everyone's thoughts regarding where new > >features should be discussed. (SNIP) I have been focusing my attention on character animation of late, and think the following tool would be of tremendous benefit: Problem: When coaxing Lightwave to perform anthropomorphically (defn: attributing human characteristics to non-human objects -- for the neanderthals out there), the single largest challenge is preventing bones from influencing parts of the object that you don't changed. While it is possible to segregate influence by creating seperate objects, this causes a new problem that I call "object floating." While there are ways around this, it is a pain in the ASCII, and I have a simple development solution for Allen Hastings. Solution: "Give Bones the additional ability act only on surfaces." When a bone is acting on a surface, the remainder of the object should remain rigid when a surface bone is moved. This would greatly ease the animation of facial expressions and much more. It would allow an effective "skin" over an effective "skeleton." Karl Dittman ECLECTIC MEDIA 708-752-9226 Article: 9707 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip16-060.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Win95 & Win for Workgroups Date: 4 Jan 1996 17:54:01 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 22 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: References: <30E1059C.5206@airmail.net> X-Posted-By: ip16-060.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <30E1059C.5206@airmail.net> Lance Gray writes: >From: Lance Gray >Subject: Win95 & Win for Workgroups >Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 00:36:44 -0800 >Just curious---I just installed Win95 on my P100 with some >trouble, but finally got it workin. I installed LW4.0 and the >animations took actually longer to render going from the texture >example of 57 secs. to around 95 secs.??? I went back to 3.11 for >workgroups--->did I not set something up right, because I am under the >assumption that Win95 should definately be faster than Win for >Workgroups?!?!? When rendering from Layout, Win 95 is slower. However, Win95 is almost as fast as WinNT if you do your rendering from Screamernet (and no, you do not need a network to use Screamernet). Walter (Jay) Turberville |wturber@primenet.com wturber@aol.com Studio 522 Productions |http://www.primenet.com/~wturber http://www.studio522.com |ftp.primenet.com/users/w/wturber Hey!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We have our new Studio 522 URL!! Article: 9708 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!usenet From: KARL DITTMAN Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Polygon Partitioning Error ^$@#$%!!! Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 19:09:07 -0800 Organization: ECLECTIC MEDIA Productions Inc. Lines: 29 Message-ID: <30EC9653.398@mci.newscorp.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: slip142-69.bb.delphi.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4a (Win16; I) To: "v. vivid" v. vivid wrote: > > Greetings, all! > > I've got an _ANNOYING_ problem, that spans versions and platforms. > > Certain Boolean operations (usually Subtract) result in a "Polygon > Partitioning Error". There is no discernible pattern or cause for > this pest. > > As a solution, Modeler says "Add small offset to data and try again". (snip) I have also had this problem, and found a rather simple solution. Unfortunately, it is difficult to explain without drawing a picture, but I will try. If you draw a free-form spline and convert it to a polygon; then move some of the points to broaden the polygon into something extrudable; then you extrude it, you will usually end up with an object that will result in a polygon partitioning error if you attempt to use it as a template for a boolean operation. The reason seems to be that the algorithm vomits if your template object has a combination of smoothed edges and hard angles. I don't know why this is, but if you redraw your template object as an smother polygon and extrude it, it will generally work. I hope this helps. Karl Dittman ECLECTIC MEDIA 708-752-9226 Article: 9709 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!msunews!netnews.upenn.edu!news.voicenet.com!news From: Technomage Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: NEWBIE: Good LW 4.0 book? Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 19:56:09 -0500 Organization: Voicenet - Internet Access - (215)674-9290 Lines: 26 Message-ID: <30EC7729.54BC@voicenet.com> References: <4ch18s$k20@daily-planet.nodak.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: philly19.voicenet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) Dwight M Evers wrote: > > To any and all LW 4.0 users, > > We recently got a copy of LW 4.0 at work and are planning some > walkthroughs. The manuals that come with it are a tad poor. Can anyone > recomend/sell me a good book on beginning/advanced LW techniques? > > TIA > > -Dwight > evers@plains.nodak.edu Take a look at "The FX Kit for Lightwave" from Lightspeed ($34.95 - 800-726-3544) It is on page 16 of the New VTU (feb) I just ordered it. Brad Herman MEGA Graphics /---------------------------------------------------------------\ | MEGA Graphics | | Technomage-Brad Herman | |"I am the teller of the future, the digital age is apon us!" | | http://www.voicenet.com/~techno | \---------------------------------------------------------------/ Article: 9710 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!brighton.openmarket.com!decwrl!pa.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!marbls.enet.dec.com!leimberger From: leimberger@marbls.enet.dec.com () Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Stranahan & NewTek Date: 5 Jan 1996 01:02:23 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 37 Distribution: na Message-ID: <4chtav$4u4@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> References: <21da26fa.1d8f15d2@amuc.mtroyal.ab.ca> <4c8jl7$lqg@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <21dc50da.1d8f1615@amuc.mtroyal.ab.ca> Reply-To: leimberger@marbls.enet.dec.com () NNTP-Posting-Host: marbls.enet.dec.com |> S> This was all discussed at length on this Newsgroup when the decision was |> S> originally announced a few months ago. |> |> |>Lee, thanks now I understand where you're coming from... I agree, NewTek |>seems to think those spending far more on their computer system, should also |>spend far more on LightWave for that platform. |> |>OTOH, doesn't the Alpha version of LW include some other expensive products |>that offset the additional cost somewhat? |> |> |> |> I think this my be. Many of the users in my local user group use Alphas but as I am now working evenings, I don't get the pleasure of seeing them anymore. The SGI version is being marketed by someone other than Newtek and it cost more but is also bundeled with other stuff. Now business is business and lets face it, software development cost, inventory cost. The Alpha user base while growing is still mostly dominated by those making money at LW. I see prices for other software vary from platform to platform. It's easy to justify developing for a platform that dominates the market, but if you develop for a small exclusive group the requirements may vary. I realize it runs NT but it still required R&D and I for one am glad to see it even if I can't afford the resources yet. How thin can one expect NewTek to spread itself ? I am still waiting for 4.0 of the Amiga version, but you don't see me complaining alot around here. The cross platform effort NewTek is making is commendable. I had a chance to go to ANY version of LW from 3.5 standalone. However I elected to wait for the Amiga version, of course if thats all you own...:-). I think some tend to be a little harse on NewTek . BTW who has an Alpha that regrets running LW on it for the higher cost given the increase in productivity it offers ? -bill Article: 9711 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Daryl Stultz Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: LightwavePro Date: Thu, 4 Jan 96 20:01:18 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 8 Message-ID: References: <4cffej$ado@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1g.delphi.com X-To: mmolyneux mmolyneux writes: >I agree, give them a call. My magazine always shows up ( so far) but I have to >call every second month because the companion disks never show up. Perhaps some >one working for the post office is a lightwave user. :-) I just got my first issue of LWPro yesterday Does everybody get a companion disk or do you pay extra for it? I didn't get one. Article: 9712 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip16-060.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: LW 4.0 and digitizer Date: 4 Jan 1996 18:12:01 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 40 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: References: <4c2cb1$gvp@news.accessone.com> X-Posted-By: ip16-060.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <4c2cb1$gvp@news.accessone.com> jeric@accessone.com writes: >From: jeric@accessone.com >Subject: Re: LW 4.0 and digitizer >Date: 30 Dec 1995 03:40:17 GMT >> shf@netcom.com (Stuart Ferguson) writes: >> +-- Daniel Rodriguez writes: >> | I'm user of LW v4.0 for Windows and a Calcomp tablet. When i try to use LW >> | with this tablet in absolute-coordinate mode the Modeler and Layout >> | doesn't work well. Example: If i move my stylus left the pointer continues >> | going left during a bit after i stop moving, then i can't work. I just >> | work well using the unaccurate relative-coordinate system. Hey, people of >> | NewTek, what about this! >> >> I assume you're talking about when you hold the button down and move >> the stylus to rotate or move an object. Try using the stylus point >> like a joystick: click down, nothing happens; move left, object rotates; >> move back to start point, object stops; move right or start point, object >> rotates the other way. Let me know how that works. > PMFJI, but I think the "wonkiness" of using a stylus with modeler is >more >of an ergonmic thing than anything else: the other day I was using FDP and >switched to LWM while keeping the stylus in hand --- man, that's a wierd >feeling.... >****************************************************************************** >** jeric@accessone.com | Synergy Graphix & Animation ** I don't think it is an ergonomic issue. I have a Compaq Concerto. This portable uses a Pen on the screen which is a digitizer. Dragging a point in Modeler simply does not work correctly. The point does not move precisely where the pen moves. The point seems to shoot ahead as though accellerated. I didn't pay too much attention to this until I saw all of the posts from people having problems with other digitizers. Walter (Jay) Turberville |wturber@primenet.com wturber@aol.com Studio 522 Productions |http://www.primenet.com/~wturber http://www.studio522.com |ftp.primenet.com/users/w/wturber Hey!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We have our new Studio 522 URL!! Article: 9713 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.qnet.com!news.av.qnet.com!avalon.softaware.com!nntp-server.caltech.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!uwm.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.omnes.net!news.sinet.slb.com!news.london.sinet.slb.com!news From: moeni@horten.geco-prakla.slb.com (Ivan Moen) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: PAR & WIN95 Date: 5 Jan 1996 09:36:41 GMT Organization: Schlumberger SINet, London, England Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4cirf9$85u@snlsu1> NNTP-Posting-Host: 134.32.40.125 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.11 I just installed Windows 95 ... and now I can't access my PAR drives... There has to be a way to fix this... it's probably because of the 32 bit file access. Can anybody help me out? Ivan Moen Article: 9714 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!crl.dec.com!crl.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!marbls.enet.dec.com!leimberger From: leimberger@marbls.enet.dec.com () Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: LightwavePro Date: 5 Jan 1996 01:09:38 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 16 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4chtoi$4u4@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> References: <4cffej$ado@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> Reply-To: leimberger@marbls.enet.dec.com () NNTP-Posting-Host: marbls.enet.dec.com |>I agree, give them a call. My magazine always shows up ( so far) but I have to |>call every second month because the companion disks never show up. Perhaps some |>one working for the post office is a lightwave user. :-) |> |>-- |>Morton Molyneux |> |> Well I resubscribed, corrected the spelling of my name when I called in the payment. Names still wrong but it gets here! As an aside, one month it was late so I picked up a copy from my dealer, and of course it came the next day. So I keep the extra at work. -bill Article: 9715 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!usenet From: KARL DITTMAN Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Toy Story Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 19:17:09 -0800 Organization: ECLECTIC MEDIA Productions Inc. Lines: 7 Message-ID: <30EC9835.79A0@mci.newscorp.com> References: <4c3g2c$s1g@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4c62i4$pg6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <137cc$121124.ba@luzskru.cpcnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip142-69.bb.delphi.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4a (Win16; I) Nick, Rasmussen wrote: > > I'm just curious, but does anyone know at what resolution they > rendered the movie in? For those interested in the stats on Toy Story, you should read the August 1995 issue of Computer Graphics World. It's in there. Article: 9716 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!winternet.com!guitar.sound.net!news From: Jason@newtek.com (Jason Linhart) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 23:58:05 GMT Organization: NewTek Lines: 49 Message-ID: <4chsv4$c25@guitar.sound.net> References: <4cccba$6sh@easy2.mediacity.com> <4cdrrt$6o_004@cpe.Hobart.aone.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: miami.newtek.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 shf@netcom.com (Stuart Ferguson) wrote: >We're always interested in user suggestions -- some of our best >enhancements came directly from ideas suggested by users. Allen and I >keep lists of new ideas, one for Layout and one for Modeler. If I >see a good Modeler idea here, I'll probably write it in my notebook. I >don't know how much Allen reads this group, so I can't speak for him. >NewTek maintains a bug-tracking database with the capability to include >suggestions, but it is only accessable to beta-testers. If a beta-tester >here wants to act as net-conduit and forward suggestions (and bug reports) >from the newsgroup to NewTek, that would be fine with me. >-- > Stuart Ferguson (shf@netcom.com) > "How do you compute that? Where on the > graph do `must' and `cannot' meet?" Two new e-mail addresses have been created for our LW users to get in direct contact with the LightWave Group at NewTek. For ideas on new features send email to: lwfeatures@newtek.com To report bugs in release software send email to: lwbugs@newtek.com When reporting bugs, please include the steps required to repeat the problem and as much information about your system configuration as possible (Processor, RAM, OS,etc...) Due to the high volume of e-mail traffic that passes through our system, we cannot reply to every message that we receive. These messages will be compiled together and read by the entire LightWave Group. Who knows? Your suggestion might just make it in the next version of LightWave or Modeler! Jason Linhart NewTek, Inc. LightWave Group P.S. (I'll try to get hats or t-shirts for the best idea and the toughest bug.) Article: 9717 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!sundog.tiac.net!usenet From: sjg@world.std.com (Stephen J. Gaudet) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Alpha and P6 speeds - economical? Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 01:15:54 GMT Organization: The Internet Access Company Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4chu3j$jm5@sundog.tiac.net> References: <4c6puf$3h5@news.accessone.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sjg.tiac.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 jeric@accessone.com wrote: >> pfinch@best.com (Phillip Finch) writes: >> >I think the faster Alphas are 5 times faster than a 100mhz Pentium, so I >> >think that means that the Alpha is only 2.5x the speed of a P6. >> >> The P6 has been shipping for over a month now, as have some Intergraph work >> stations with dual 150- and 200-Mhz configurations. >> > So, it's 2.5 times as fast , and <2.5 times the cost???? Hello Best thing to do is get pricing on the 21164-333MHz which delivers a wopping 400 SPECint and 570 SPECfp. Cheers, Article: 9718 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!shf From: shf@netcom.com (Stuart Ferguson) Subject: Re: HELP again! (was Ack! Help! Saving Animations) Message-ID: Organization: The Blue Planet References: <4cb6kd$ako@steel.interlog.com> <4cd5m6$9ul@steel.interlog.com> <4cf0lb$7aj@steel.interlog.com> Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 01:00:28 GMT Lines: 10 Sender: shf@netcom20.netcom.com +-- mak@interlog.com (C Mak) writes: | I'm going to check the dongle and see if it's installed tightly or not | (have been getting "LW initialization failed" messages on start up on | occasion) and then see about Win95. Sounds like a good first step. Good luck! -- Stuart Ferguson (shf@netcom.com) "How do you compute that? Where on the graph do `must' and `cannot' meet?" Article: 9719 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.qnet.com!news.av.qnet.com!avalon.softaware.com!nntp-server.caltech.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!uwm.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!not-for-mail From: kipster@primenet.com (Kip Pesuti) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: LightwavePro Date: 5 Jan 1996 05:34:02 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 11 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <307.6578T267T357@primenet.com> References: <4cffej$ado@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> X-Posted-By: ip200.pom.primenet.com X-Newsreader: THOR 2.22 (Amiga;TCP/IP) *UNREGISTERED* >I just got my first issue of LWPro yesterday Does everybody get a >companion disk or do you pay extra for it? I didn't get one. You have to subscribe to the disks for an additional fee. Sorry, I can't remember the rate for the disks. God bless you! (and your Amiga) or whatever you use :) -Kip Article: 9720 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: leuey@aol.com (Leuey) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: "camera shake" effect? Date: 5 Jan 1996 11:22:03 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 17 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4cjj7b$pg7@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4chkge$5tc@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> Reply-To: leuey@aol.com (Leuey) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com >> But how do youuse photoshop to fake a motion blur in a lightwave >>animation? There is no batch mode in photoshop and doing everyframe is >>well..painfull..is there a batch method for using photoshop?? I can;t >>believe they've never added it..cuz i haven;t seen it I know, it blows....I've already looked into the photoshop motion blur filter as a possible way of accomplishing the effect. But there is no macro that lets you select muliple frames and change the blur parameters on a per frame basis, at least none that I know of on the PC. It seems like some sort of macro that lets you apply filters to multiple frames and allows the changing of filter parameters on a per frame basis would be an essential tool for animators and easily had. But, I've never seen it (on the PC) - shows you that Photoshop was really designed for still images. (of course this would be relatively easy on an amiga, but I sold mine - most unfortunately) greg Article: 9721 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!shf From: shf@netcom.com (Stuart Ferguson) Subject: Re: Polygon Partitioning Error ^$@#$%!!! Message-ID: Organization: The Blue Planet References: Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 01:16:13 GMT Lines: 48 Sender: shf@netcom20.netcom.com +-- vivid@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca (v. vivid) writes: | Certain Boolean operations (usually Subtract) result in a "Polygon | Partitioning Error". There is no discernible pattern or cause for | this pest. | | As a solution, Modeler says "Add small offset to data and try again". | To which data; the cutter or the main object? Offset relative to | what; world co-ordinates, or cutter to object (i.e. between operating | data sets?) | | Once it shows up, I have to start all over. It cannot be made to go | away. I check for non-planar or misaligned polygons -- no good. | Checks for excess points also avails nothing. (I am referring to both | data sets here.) I have seen this in Amiga Modeler versions 3.0 thru 3.5 | and on the PC Intel version (Win3.x/95). The offset can be added to either object, and on any axis. Try different combinations and see if you can get a good result with any of them. The offset does not have to be large enough to see. You may also have some strange polygons -- polygons with extranious points for example. You can diagnose your model by the following process: 1. Instead of using Boolean, try Solid Drill. Try different combinations of cutter and cuttee until you get the same error. (If you don't get the error, you can do your boolean as two solid drill operations and you're done, but you'll probably get the same error right away.) 2. Start trimming away parts of the cutter and cuttee to try to isolate the part of the object that is failing. When the operation works, undo the change and remove some other part of the object. Often you can reduce your object to one or two polygons which are causing the error. Examine the polygons carefully to make sure they have the number of points you expect and that they are good and flat. Try rebuilding the polygons from their points again. Most of these problems result from bizarro polygons. If everything else fails, send them to me and I'll look at them to see if there is a genuine bug. Set up your simplified objects as foreground and background layers and use Alt-save to save them as a layered object. Then UU-encode that and mail to me with a description of the problem. By simplifing them and layering them first, you save me a lot of time and make it more likely I'll find the problem. -- Stuart Ferguson (shf@netcom.com) "How do you compute that? Where on the graph do `must' and `cannot' meet?" Article: 9722 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.qnet.com!news.av.qnet.com!avalon.softaware.com!nntp-server.caltech.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!uwm.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.eden.com!net-1-186.austin.eden.com!user From: chuck@humancode.com (Chuck Furlong) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Saving 32 bit Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 09:30:10 -0600 Organization: Human Code Inc Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: net-1-186.austin.eden.com In article , chuck@humancode.com (Chuck Furlong) wrote: > I am looking for ways to save Lightwave animations as 32 movies (lossless). > The less steps the better. I will be compositing with QT movies. Oh yeh....I'm using Lightwave Intel (on Windoze 95). -- Chow, Chuck Furlong chuck@humancode.com Article: 9723 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!netaxs.com!news.atlantic.net!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!news.delphi.com!news2.delphi.com!not-for-mail From: CARRERA1@news.delphi.com (CARRERA1@DELPHI.COM) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: ALPHA 166 mhz is slower than pentium 13 Date: 1 Jan 1996 21:45:46 -0500 Organization: Delphi Internet Services Corporation Lines: 35 Message-ID: <4ca68q$hi0@news2.delphi.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: news2.delphi.com mad@torment.tmisnet.com (Mark Dunakin) writes: >So I'm not exactly clear on the subject? Is the Alpha better than the P133 or >maybe I should say which is a better vaue in price vesus performance? >thanx.......md Depends on the Alpha. There are three. One is the 21066. Bottom line, great chip, but not as fast as the 21064 and 21164. So, not all Alpha's are created equal. (Byte Magazine, June 1995 issue). For Lightwave rendering, this is almost all floating point. The floating point on a 21066 is about the same as a Pentium 133. However, the integer on the the 21066 is 90 versus the Pentium 133 at 140 SPECint92. The 21064 on the other hand generates more integer and floating point than the 21066. This is due to a superior architecture. The 21164 has similar architecture as the 21064, but has quad issue instruction set. So, at the same clock speeds of the 21064, the 21164 is twice the speed of the 21064. We have seen and are competitive with other vendors for 275+ 21064 based systems. If you are looking for fast machines for Lightwave , my/our recommendation is use a 21064 based machine, if you are on a budget. However , if you can afford one, go with a 21164 based system. The floating point on Intel systems will not match that of the 21164 until about P7 at 200+Mhz (more than a year away). By then, there will be a 21264 chip that is way out there in performance. So, for Lightwave or any other floating point intensive solution, use the 21x64 Alpha. Digital; whatever it takes!! :-) -Bruce Faust Founder Carrera Computers (Author: Designing Alpha based Systems - Byte June 1995 issue) Article: 9724 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip21-107.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Will 3dsPRO kill Lightwave? NEWTEKS KILLING LIGHTWAVE!! Date: 4 Jan 1996 19:19:02 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 36 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: References: <4c3l3j$8iu@pipe2.nyc.pipeline.com> <4c4j6i$9gn@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4c4s85$46a@homer.alpha.net> <4c750f$1od@islandnet.com> X-Posted-By: ip21-107.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <4c750f$1od@islandnet.com> dretch@islandnet.com (Christopher Stewart) writes: >From: dretch@islandnet.com (Christopher Stewart) >Subject: Re: Will 3dsPRO kill Lightwave? NEWTEKS KILLING LIGHTWAVE!! >Date: 31 Dec 1995 15:05:51 -0800 >In a message dated 31 Dec 1995 02:24:05 syndesis@inc.net writes: >S> In both 3DS's and LW's cases, it would be possible to retain the >S> net renderer as a 32-bit DOS app, while leaving the GUI as a Windows >S> app. This leverages the speed of DOS and the cost of memory on net >S> rendering machines that is devoted to WinNT instead of rendering. > That would be a wonderful thing. I don't have enough ram in one >of my machines (by a hair) and it sits idle when rendering complex >scenes. ANYTHING to reduce the rather massive NT ram hit would >be a saleable product in my books... >Christopher Well - one of the nice things about the various Windows operating systems is that virtual memory is built in. So I don't understand how you could be short of RAM by a "hair". A "hair" short is exactly the situation that virtual memory serves well. A DOS machine would need some virtual memory built into the program or as a third party program to avoid hitting the wall. Or I suppose you could always make the segment sizes smaller - but that works under Windows as well. BTW - if I am understanding the system monitor tools of Win95 correctly, it seems that Win95 locks about 2mb of RAM while LightWave renders. That may not be a small number, but it isn't exactly huge either. Walter (Jay) Turberville |wturber@primenet.com wturber@aol.com Studio 522 Productions |http://www.primenet.com/~wturber http://www.studio522.com |ftp.primenet.com/users/w/wturber Hey!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We have our new Studio 522 URL!! Article: 9725 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.accessone.com!news From: jeric@accessone.com Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Connecting Amiga to PC Date: 5 Jan 1996 02:12:53 GMT Organization: Access One Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4ci1f5$c1m@news.accessone.com> References: <30EA45A2.198C@nlarnfsc.origin.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: jeric.accessone.com X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > "Bard C. Papegaaij" writes: > It sure does work under W95 (in your regular DOS-box), but for some strange reason I have to > start it twice. The first time I get the message "non-standard serial port" or some such > nonsense. I then exit TWIN on the PC, and execute it again, and - hey presto - everything works > fine. > > Bard Thanks, Bard. Proof that persistance furthers! ****************************************************************************** ** jeric@accessone.com | Synergy Graphix & Animation ** ** Welcome to Seattle! Have a latte'! | Technical Subjects a Specialty!** ** Don't make me force it down your throat.| "OK! Wind the frog!" ** Article: 9726 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!homer.alpha.net!usenet From: syndesis@inc.net (John Foust) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: PC Lightwave 4.0 - best deal? Date: 5 Jan 1996 03:05:14 GMT Organization: Syndesis Corporation Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4ci4ha$leu@homer.alpha.net> References: <4ccvg7$amd@news.monad.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 156.46.146.70 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII In article <4ccvg7$amd@news.monad.net>, dokk@top.monad.net says... > >I'm currently a 3D Studio user looking to crossover into using >Lightwave 4.0. Can anyone recommend a mailorder company that does the >best deal on the full latest version (not a so-called 'educational' >package though)? Is $750 the best price around? I hear Safe Harbor is having a sale on LW PC, lower than anyone else. Call 800-544-6599 for more info. - John Article: 9727 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!chronicle.mv.us.adobe.com!decwrl!amd!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!ix.netcom.co From: bhood@netcom.com (robert hood) Subject: NewTek's Object Replacement plugin Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 02:55:24 GMT Lines: 13 Sender: bhood@netcom20.netcom.com I've posted a copy of NewTek's elusive Object Replacement plugin (missing from the most recent LightWave CD-ROM release) to my anonymous FTP site: ftp.netcom.com:/pub/bh/bhood/plugins/objseq.zip Enjoy. -- Render me gone, ||| Bob ^(===)^ -------------------------oOO--(_)--OOo-------------------------------------- Bob Hood, President | All governments suffer from a recurring problem: Virtual Visions,Inc.| Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not 1.303.989.4191 | that power corrupts, but that it is magnetic to the | corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become bhood@netcom.com | drunk on violence, a condition to which they are hood@cqgrd.com | quickly addicted - Frank Herbert ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article: 9728 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip21-107.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: What and how do you guys/gals charge for your work????? Date: 4 Jan 1996 20:46:02 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 38 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: References: <4c906u$snj@newsgate.dircon.co.uk> <30E9F51C.248E@pacificnet.net> X-Posted-By: ip21-107.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <30E9F51C.248E@pacificnet.net> Brad Hayes writes: >From: Brad Hayes >Subject: Re: What and how do you guys/gals charge for your work????? >Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 19:16:44 -0800 [snip] > It may take a while to figure out what you should be >charging per day, but if you do a >job and you fell like you got screwed, raise the rate. To start with I would not >charge less than $100 per day. >If you find that you have trouble getting clients then lower it. >Last peice of advice never waver on your rate. never be afraid to reject a >client if he cant afford you. just >tell them that perhaps they should find someone else. if you lower your rate of >give discounts, you will never >be able to charge full price to that client again. >Brad Hayes Don't bid too low. If the price is too low you may be suspected of not knowing what you are doing. NEVER do anything for free - with the possible exception of doing something for a charitable organization. It may be reasonable to do something in trade, but make sure you receive real value in trade. One pricing theory is to determing the client's budget and then offer an animation to fit. We try to do that and give one higher cost and one lower cost alternative. Many clients are quite willing to give you some idea of their budget restraints. This actually generally works out well for both parties. Walter (Jay) Turberville |wturber@primenet.com wturber@aol.com Studio 522 Productions |http://www.primenet.com/~wturber http://www.studio522.com |ftp.primenet.com/users/w/wturber Hey!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We have our new Studio 522 URL!! Article: 9729 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!homer.alpha.net!usenet From: syndesis@inc.net (John Foust) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: n-gon Importing into Lightwave Date: 5 Jan 1996 03:11:44 GMT Organization: Syndesis Corporation Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4ci4th$leu@homer.alpha.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 156.46.146.70 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.6 NT In article , chuck@humancode.com says... > >Is there any way to import n-gon models into Lightwave? I've tried to >import a model via 3DS but it auto-triangulated the model. Is OBJ >triangulated as well? 3DS objects are always composed of triangles. The Wavefront format is quite similar to LightWave, when it comes to what kinds of polygons are possible. LW allows 1- and 2-gons, while Wavefront uses separate commands for those plus an ordinary 'f' face command for n-gons like those in LW. - John Article: 9730 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.alt.net!newspost1.alt.net!usenet From: 74513.747@compuserve.com (Tim Krego) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Switch to NT hard? Memory probs... Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 03:09:33 GMT Organization: pro.image Lines: 16 Sender: * Message-ID: <30ec9532.80253184@news.alt.net> References: <4cfrfc$g2k@newsbf02.news.aol.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/16.141 On Thu, 4 Jan 1996 08:34:54 GMT, kdthomas@netcom.com (Kim Thomas) wrote: >The new version of FD Painter is supposed to work, and there are NT versions of some of the >other software I use available, I just have to get the cash together for the upgrades. All the version of FD Painter I have since Painter 2 have run under NT. Painter 4 is a 32bit app and also runs under NT. The software is still buggy as ever, this piece of software crashes more than any Windows program I have. My machine is a Dell XPS 100 w/64MB RAM so it has enough power. Its just that Painter is essentially Mac code with GUI extensions to run under Windows. I was hoping that Painter4 would have been a re-write of the code like Adobe has done with Photoshop 3, Premiere 4, Pagemaker 6, and Illustrator 6. The 32bit version of Painter 4 crashes as much as the 16bit versions. Article: 9731 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip21-107.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: logo ? Date: 4 Jan 1996 20:18:01 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 24 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: References: <4cbp25$qal@news.voicenet.com> X-Posted-By: ip21-107.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <4cbp25$qal@news.voicenet.com> pirate@voicenet.com writes: >From: pirate@voicenet.com >Subject: Re: logo ? >Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 20:12:28 GMT >BTW,It seems that at all of the Computer shows (local) they are >selling tons of Postscript fonts on CD for $5.00 a disk.I bought 3 >last week,and now I have no truetype errors. >So keep your eyes open. >Wayne I think this is the best soulution. I got a disk with both TT and Postscript fonts (2001 of them) for $14 at computer city a few months ago. These work fine for making LW objects. These type of CD-ROMs are fairly easy to find. Walter (Jay) Turberville |wturber@primenet.com wturber@aol.com Studio 522 Productions |http://www.primenet.com/~wturber http://www.studio522.com |ftp.primenet.com/users/w/wturber Hey!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We have our new Studio 522 URL!! Article: 9732 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip21-107.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Stranahan & NewTek Date: 4 Jan 1996 20:35:02 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 40 Sender: root@primenet.com Distribution: na Message-ID: References: <21da26fa.1d8f15d2@amuc.mtroyal.ab.ca> <4c8jl7$lqg@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <21dc50da.1d8f1615@amuc.mtroyal.ab.ca> <4chtav$4u4@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> X-Posted-By: ip21-107.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <4chtav$4u4@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> leimberger@marbls.enet.dec.com () writes: >From: leimberger@marbls.enet.dec.com () >Subject: Re: Stranahan & NewTek >Date: 5 Jan 1996 01:02:23 GMT [snip] >|> > I think this my be. Many of the users in my local user group use Alphas > but as I am now working evenings, I don't get the pleasure of seeing them > anymore. The SGI version is being marketed by someone other than Newtek > and it cost more but is also bundeled with other stuff. Now business is > business and lets face it, software development cost, inventory cost. > The Alpha user base while growing is still mostly dominated by those > making money at LW. I see prices for other software vary from platform > to platform. It's easy to justify developing for a platform that dominates > the market, but if you develop for a small exclusive group the requirements > may vary. I realize it runs NT but it still required R&D and I for one am > glad to see it even if I can't afford the resources yet. How thin can one > expect NewTek to spread itself ? I am still waiting for 4.0 of the Amiga > version, but you don't see me complaining alot around here. The cross platform > effort NewTek is making is commendable. I had a chance to go to ANY version > of LW from 3.5 standalone. However I elected to wait for the Amiga version, > of course if thats all you own...:-). I think some tend to be a little harse > on NewTek . > BTW who has an Alpha that regrets running LW on it for the higher cost > given the increase in productivity it offers ? > -bill These arguments make sense, but NewTek anounced that they would be selling at the same price on all platforms a year ago. Some folks bought Alphas only to find the software price going by 100% unexpectedly. It breeds ill will when you can't trust what Newtek says. Its a common joke here. Notice all the "two week" comments. Walter (Jay) Turberville |wturber@primenet.com wturber@aol.com Studio 522 Productions |http://www.primenet.com/~wturber http://www.studio522.com |ftp.primenet.com/users/w/wturber Hey!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We have our new Studio 522 URL!! Article: 9733 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.qnet.com!news.av.qnet.com!braintree!news.sprintlink.net!cheatum.frontiernet.net!Empire.Net!news.net99.net!news.corpcomm.net!news.pe.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!Nor From: Per Swantesson Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: "Print res" needs huuuuuge amount of RAM, HELP! Date: 5 Jan 1996 10:34:02 GMT Organization: Ericsson Software Technology AB Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4ciuqq$9a0@erinews.ericsson.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: rypc42.ericsson.se Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) I am making a poster in Lightwave. I've got a Pentium 133 with 32 Mb RAM but it seems like it's impossible to render pictures larger than 1280x1024. It's a quite simple scene with 20000 polygons. How much more RAM do I need for 2500x1800? Why does not 100 Mb swapfile help? How can I split the image in smaller parts and then join them semlessly? Is more physical RAM the only solution? regards, Per Swantesson Ericsson Software Technology AB Sweden Article: 9734 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip21-107.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: NT-SGI Screamernetting Date: 4 Jan 1996 21:21:06 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 37 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: References: <30e99c87.13597888@netnews.voicenet.com> X-Posted-By: ip21-107.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <30e99c87.13597888@netnews.voicenet.com> marlonb@omni.voicenet.com (Marlon Beltz) writes: >From: marlonb@omni.voicenet.com (Marlon Beltz) >Subject: NT-SGI Screamernetting >Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 21:01:58 GMT >Could someone who has successfully done the above please respond by >email to me. >The hurdle I want to get over is that the path name for saves is >hard-coded into the scene file. NT's path is: >s:renders/cohen >whereas SGI's path to the same thing is: >/nfs/Dog/s/renders/cohen >I know I can use the relative path option off of the Newtek directory, >but I want to save files to a complete different HD. Is there a >option like 'assign' on Amigas in UNIX that would allow me to assign >s: to that path? >BTW, why is there no way for screamernet to occasionally check to see >if new CPU's have come online since they were initiated? >Please reply by email if possible. >Thanks in advance. You might try looking at the subst command. It is supposed to be supported under NT. I haven't seen anything like it under Win 95 though. Walter (Jay) Turberville |wturber@primenet.com wturber@aol.com Studio 522 Productions |http://www.primenet.com/~wturber http://www.studio522.com |ftp.primenet.com/users/w/wturber Hey!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We have our new Studio 522 URL!! Article: 9735 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip21-107.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave Date: 4 Jan 1996 21:30:02 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 36 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: References: <4cccba$6sh@easy2.mediacity.com> <4ccf25$frn@sundog.tiac.net> <4cern7$5ke@news.rain.org> X-Posted-By: ip21-107.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <4cern7$5ke@news.rain.org> dan@acti.com (Daniel J. McCoy) writes: >From: dan@acti.com (Daniel J. McCoy) >Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave >Date: Wed, 03 Jan 96 18:20:17 GMT >In article , > koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com (Steve Koren) wrote: >>I assume Win95/NT has something akin to: >> assign LWObjs: mydir2 objects/houses/big objects/houses/small ADD >You'd figure that with today's OS technology that WinNT and Win95 would have >such a thing. Alas, the PC world still has single drive letters and can give >names to disks yet can't access them via their names. No soft or hard links >for either WinNT or Win95 (ooohhh... Shortcuts....) that I'm aware of (if I [snip] >Dan >Off his soap box now and will go back to playing around with Dogz... >-- >Daniel J. McCoy - djmccoy@pacificnet.net or dan@acti.com >WWW - http://www.pacificnet.net/~djmccoy Yep - there are things AmigaDos does much better than Windows. Arexx is a beautiful idea. BUT there are things that Windows does better than AmigaDos as well. Windows NT does have the subst command. It is NOT as powerful as assign on the Amiga, but it may be enough to get somebody by. Oddly, this command only exists on Win95 from within a DOS session. Walter (Jay) Turberville |wturber@primenet.com wturber@aol.com Studio 522 Productions |http://www.primenet.com/~wturber http://www.studio522.com |ftp.primenet.com/users/w/wturber Hey!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We have our new Studio 522 URL!! Article: 9736 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: stranahan@aol.com (Stranahan) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Pricing on non PC platforms Date: 4 Jan 1996 23:29:52 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 14 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4ci9g0$b0l@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4cholg$np3@news.onramp.net> Reply-To: stranahan@aol.com (Stranahan) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com --------------------------------------- In order to be able to pay for the cost of porting the program to another platfor such as SGI, you have to charge more because you are going to sell much fewer copies. ------------------------------------------------- So in other words, the Amiga version should cost more then the PC version? _____________________________________________ Lee Stranahan Check out the home page! URL - http://users.aol.com/stranahan/main.htm Article: 9737 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp.cntfl.com!usenet From: Marco Sederquist Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: The new 9fx Reality 3d from #9? Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 23:26:59 -0800 Organization: CMDS News machine Lines: 5 Message-ID: <30EB8143.1E20@polaris.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: p1dyn11.polaris.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Win16; I) Does anybody know if the new #9 board will speed up the graphics in LW? I know it supports OpenGL but what about rendering? If LW ever supports OpneGl This might be the card to get. I heard it does 800k+ triangles for under $400. marco@polaris.net Article: 9738 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip21-107.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: HELP again! (was Ack! Help! Saving Animations) Date: 4 Jan 1996 21:41:04 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 27 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: References: <4cb6kd$ako@steel.interlog.com> <4cd5m6$9ul@steel.interlog.com> <4cf0lb$7aj@steel.interlog.com> X-Posted-By: ip21-107.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <4cf0lb$7aj@steel.interlog.com> mak@interlog.com (C Mak) writes: >From: mak@interlog.com (C Mak) >Subject: Re: HELP again! (was Ack! Help! Saving Animations) >Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1996 22:34:23 GMT >shf@netcom.com (Stuart Ferguson) wrote: [snip] >I have Win95 but have been hearing so many conflicting reviews and >opinions on it that I don't know if I should install it. Part of me >is saying "install", the other part of me is afraid it is going to >incidiously take over my entire comuter and I'll never be able to use >it again :-) >Chris Backup your 3.1 disks and install Win95. If you hate it - you can go back rather painlessly. Operating system preferences seem to be like religious beliefs. You have to form your own. Walter (Jay) Turberville |wturber@primenet.com wturber@aol.com Studio 522 Productions |http://www.primenet.com/~wturber http://www.studio522.com |ftp.primenet.com/users/w/wturber Hey!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We have our new Studio 522 URL!! Article: 9739 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!shellx.best.com!pfinch.vip.best.com!pfinch From: pfinch@best.com (Phillip Finch) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: PC Lightwave 4.0 - best deal? Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 22:58:40 Organization: Best Internet Communications, Inc. (info@best.com) Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <4ccvg7$amd@news.monad.net> <4ci4ha$leu@homer.alpha.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pfinch.vip.best.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] In article <4ci4ha$leu@homer.alpha.net> syndesis@inc.net (John Foust) writes: >From: syndesis@inc.net (John Foust) >Subject: Re: PC Lightwave 4.0 - best deal? >Date: 5 Jan 1996 03:05:14 GMT >>I'm currently a 3D Studio user looking to crossover into using >>Lightwave 4.0. Can anyone recommend a mailorder company that does the >>best deal on the full latest version (not a so-called 'educational' >>package though)? Is $750 the best price around? >I hear Safe Harbor is having a sale on LW PC, lower than anyone >else. Call 800-544-6599 for more info. I do like these folks. Good service, their prices are fair, good technical advice. You might also try Merle Ilgenfritz/Wild-Eyed Video (merleiz@ids.com). I think I saw his latest price at $719. I've also had only good experiences with him... Phil Finch (pfinch@best.com) *************************************************** "Anyone who has begun to think places some part of the world in jeopardy." --John Dewey *************************************************** Article: 9740 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!sundog.tiac.net!usenet From: kenwshmt@tiac.net (Ken Schmitt) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: REBOOT on SCI - FI channel, Anti-gravity room Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 20:47:15 GMT Organization: The Internet Access Company Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4ck2j8$dl6@sundog.tiac.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: kenwshmt.tiac.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/32.126 on this weeks 'Anti-gravity' room on the scifi channel (if you cant find a schedule, they have a web page) they have a good long segment on the making of reboot. its on saturday and sunday, the fifth and sixth.... a bit before noon eastern time both days i believe. it was informative. Article: 9741 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.iadfw.net!usenet From: Lance Gray Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: LightwavePro Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 00:29:18 -0800 Organization: customer of Internet America Lines: 4 Message-ID: <30ECE15E.7DC1@airmail.net> References: <4cffej$ado@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> <4cg7fm$nnk@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> <353.6577T1185T801@esoterica.pt> NNTP-Posting-Host: dal13-08.ppp.iadfw.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b2a (Windows; I; 16bit) I guess I was a little luckier when I was a subscriber...I'd ALWAYS get at least 2 sometimes 3 copies of the same issue---one addressed to me (first & last name) and another couple addessed to just my first name....Go figure?!? Article: 9742 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.supernet.net!news.cyberport.com!news.leonardo.net!usenet From: John Brandwood Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Explosion! Date: 4 Jan 1996 22:38:09 GMT Organization: Leonardo Internet Lines: 41 Message-ID: <4chksh$bqo@donatello.leonardo.net> References: <4bvfm8$bcu@alpha.delta.edu> <072cvab60.alamito@marketgraph.xs4all.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: port47.fishnet.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2 (Windows; U; 16bit) jwk@marketgraph.xs4all.nl (Jan-Willem Korver) wrote: >>Who makes a tape or book that explains how to make groovy explosions? > >Get yourself the "Pyrotechniques" tape from Desktop Images. I don't know if there are any other competing tapes available, but I was pretty disappointed by the Pyrotechniques tape. I had watched the 2 Ron Thornton spaceship tapes just before, and found them full of good tips with detailed explanations and a little humour to keep the wheels rolling. And once Ron was finished, the resulting spaceship looked really good. Brad Peebler's Pyrotechniques methods were not nearly as professional looking. Every time he started to explain a new technique, I'd sit there and wonder how he was going to get such a simple effect to look good. Every time he had finished and the results were shown, I'd sit there and see that he hadn't succeeded, and wonder why I'd paid $50 to see something that looked so cheesy. The tape will give you a number of basic ideas and starting points that you can then expand on to create your own effects, but I've seen better tutorials in Lightwave Pro magazine and on the LightSpeed tapes. The LightSpeed tutorial on procedural fire (by Dave Warner?) was particularly good, and looked much better than anything on the Pyrotechniques tape. You might consider buying the new Lightwave Pro compilation book and a LightSpeed subscription instead. Just my 2c, John. Article: 9743 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!homer.alpha.net!usenet From: scottg@cve.com (Scott Green) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Wanted: TBC IV Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 07:22:41 GMT Organization: Alpha.net -- Milwaukee, WI Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4cih4d$sjs@homer.alpha.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: d4.inxpress.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 I am looking for a DPS TBC IV or two. Please call or respond via e-mail. Scott Green (608) 274-7373 scottg@cve.com -- Scott Green Creative Video Editing 2605 Todd Dr. Madison, Wisconsin 53713 http://www.cve.com scottg@cve.com Article: 9744 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!usenet From: Adam Chrystie Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: The new 9fx Reality 3d from #9? Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 23:21:14 +0000 Organization: University Of california at Santa Cruz Lines: 5 Message-ID: <30EC60EA.5BAA@cats.ucsc.edu> References: <30EB8143.1E20@polaris.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: tsa-04.ucsc.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (WinNT; I) Well, I'd stay away from #9..as a company they give bad support! THey charged me for a free mpeg software and the software did not even work!! Adam Article: 9745 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.qnet.com!news.av.qnet.com!avalon.softaware.com!nntp-server.caltech.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!mr.net!news.mr.net!urvile.msus.edu!usenet From: gravem01@tigger.stcloud.msus.edu (Michael Graveen) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: PC Lightwave 4.0 - best deal? Date: 5 Jan 1996 18:01:48 GMT Organization: St. Cloud State University Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4cjp2f$fqi@urvile.MSUS.EDU> References: <4ccvg7$amd@news.monad.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: comm18p02.stcloud.msus.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6+ In article <4ccvg7$amd@news.monad.net>, dokk@top.monad.net (dokk) says: > >I'm currently a 3D Studio user looking to crossover into using >Lightwave 4.0. Can anyone recommend a mailorder company that does the >best deal on the full latest version (not a so-called 'educational' >package though)? Is $750 the best price around? > >Any and all info and advice is gratefully appreciated! Replies by >email are best. > >Thanks in advance! > >Paul Docherty >dokk@top.monad.net > Give or take a few bucks, that's the best price I've found. Michael Graveen Article: 9746 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!news.netvision.net.il!usenet From: "Nir A. Hermoni" Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: LW4.0/NT Bug Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 08:03:42 +0200 Organization: Zapa Digital Arts Ltd. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <30ECBF3E.191D@netvision.net.il> NNTP-Posting-Host: ts31p3.netvision.net.il Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (WinNT; I) All :) I'm back from this long off-line vacation. Great to see you again, and happy new year! While running LW 4.0 on Win NT I get an heap error 6018 while rendering. LW than disappears. I'm using a Packard Bell P133, 40 megs RAM, built-in video card (Cirus logic I believe). Anyone encountered this? Thanx, Nir Hermoni, Israel zapa@netvision.net.il Article: 9747 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sfo.com!news.zeitgeist.net!bdt.com!news.ossi.com!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!mr.net!news.mr.net!usenet From: Edward Smith Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Pricing on non PC platforms Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 13:09:24 -0600 Organization: Alpha Video and Audio Lines: 47 Message-ID: <30ED7764.41C6@alphavideo.com> References: <4cfr8p$fvt@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4cj6v5$ljg@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <30ED38AB.167E@alphavideo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: www.alphavideo.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (X11; I; IRIX 5.3 IP22) Chuck Furlong wrote: > > > Elfwork wrote: > ... > > Second, an SGI or and Alpha (up till very recently and is still pretty > true today) > > could do the work of at least two PC/Macs in terms of productivity. So, > to do > > the same amount of work, the user can buy two PCs/Macs, two Photoshops, > or one SGI/Alpha > > and one Photoshop and get the job done..... > > Flame, flame.... > > Guess you haven't tried a PPC lately. The speed of PH on a PPC is as fast > as you can draw (given > 40 or more of ram). The only way a SGI or Alpha could double productivily > is if it could make > your hand and/or brain go twice as fast. 3-D may be faster on SGI...not 2-D. Sure, got a bunch of them. 66 MHz 601's 80 MHz 601's 133 Mhz 604's. And they are fast. That's what I said, "up till very recently and is still pretty true today). But it sounds like you're assuming that all people do is draw with photoshop. And also, that everybody uses video resolution. A gaussian blur on a 2k resolution image takes a few seconds on and Indy or a PPC 604. This can and does translate into minute(s) on slower Macs and PCs. There are numerous filters for Photoshop that take Considerable time at that resolution. And our Indys are VERY much faster in manipulating 2D images than any of our PPC Macs (all of which have stock (non-accelerated) Apple graphics boards. So yes, PPC's are fast chips, but are are choked by MacOS. > > -- > Chow, > Chuck Furlong > chuck@humancode.com -- Edward Smith Systems Administrator Alpha Video and Audio http://www.alphavideo.com Article: 9748 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.cstone.net!usenet From: me Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Anim to Video Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 12:06:13 GMT Organization: Cornerstone Networks - Pure Internet! Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4cim75$8j9@dot.cstone.net> References: <4c0vq9$plk@news.ais.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialin11.cstone.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 eckland@ais.net (Rich Comber) wrote: >Hi! >As a new owner of LW4.0, my goal is to develop my skills and eventually >produce a demo tape of my work. There is alot of professional experience >here on this group and so ... I'm looking for a low cost (<$500) solution to >move my anims to video. Enough to show off my work. I'm looking for >suggestions on hardware/software (intel platform). I'm currently using a >5x86-120 w/32MB RAM, 1.2GB HD running Win NT 3.51. >BTW - I'm in the NW burbs of Chicago. Any users or LW usergroups in the area? >Thanks in advance for the advice! >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Rich Comber "The only bad day you have is the > one you'll never get to see." There are no low cost solutions. Either a single frame recorder (in excess of $1000.00 or a PAR with good HD in excess of $2,000.00 thats your choice. Article: 9749 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!kdthomas From: kdthomas@netcom.com (Kim Thomas) Subject: Re: Switch to NT hard? Memory probs... Message-ID: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <4cfrfc$g2k@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <30ec9532.80253184@news.alt.net> Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 08:08:06 GMT Lines: 23 Sender: kdthomas@netcom9.netcom.com Tim Krego (74513.747@compuserve.com) wrote: : On Thu, 4 Jan 1996 08:34:54 GMT, kdthomas@netcom.com (Kim Thomas) : wrote: : >The new version of FD Painter is supposed to work, and there are NT versions of some of the : >other software I use available, I just have to get the cash together for the upgrades. : All the version of FD Painter I have since Painter 2 have run under : NT. Painter 4 is a 32bit app and also runs under NT. The software is : still buggy as ever, this piece of software crashes more than any : Windows program I have. My machine is a Dell XPS 100 w/64MB RAM so : it has enough power. Its just that Painter is essentially Mac code : with GUI extensions to run under Windows. (snip) That's interesting, because the version I have (ver. 2 w/ X2) doesn't run. Any ideas? I'll still be getting the new version, eventually (it's sooo much fun not be able to find work...). -- Dave Thomas Moving Pixels "I haven't actually read your script, but I have some questions about it" - Actual client quote kdthomas@netcom.com Article: 9750 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!demon!alladin.demon.co.uk From: ajackson@alladin.demon.co.uk (Action Jackson) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Amiga 4000T ? Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 09:35:22 GMT Lines: 18 Message-ID: <820834601.24477@alladin.demon.co.uk> References: <4cf5cg$5qk@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: alladin.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: alladin.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 jkrause357@aol.com (JKrause357) wrote: >can i use a 1084 or 1084s monitor on my amiga 4000T >do i need a sync strainer. i'm geting it for lightwave. >thank you >joe YES! You can use the 1084 or 1084s monitors with the A4000T. But dont forget that it would be LOW RES. ie 640x200 (256 in PAL). OR flikker like HELL in Hi RES ie 640x400 (512 in PAL). If you are getting LW 4.0 (which I am told but dont know for sure) is supposed to support CyberGfx. So you could get the CV64 and use it on a Multi Sync Monitor with higher Res.