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Article: 10251 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: flyingshan@aol.com (FlyingShan) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation,comp.graphics.packages.3dstudio,comp.sys.mac.graphics,comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Animation Master 4 Features! Date: 16 Jan 1996 09:37:08 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 6 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dgd6k$26u@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4d6u4c$aov@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> Reply-To: flyingshan@aol.com (FlyingShan) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.graphics.animation:29622 comp.graphics.packages.3dstudio:10015 comp.sys.mac.graphics:30745 comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:10251 As long as we're discussing Animation Master, could someone email me any information they have about the ware? Contact numbers, feature lists, URLs or numbers for a nifty free video, whatever... I've heard both good and bad things about this 'ware, and would like to take a closer look at it. Thanks in advance! Article: 10252 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: jbooth411@aol.com (JBooth411) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Constant Particle Stream Date: 16 Jan 1996 10:40:50 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 17 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dggu2$3v2@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4derif$c1s@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article <4derif$c1s@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, tpeirce9@aol.com (TPeirce9) writes: >Anyone know how to generate a constant flow of particles from a single >point or small area. This is for sparks in cutting a logo out of metal. > >Is this process made much easier with Sparks or Particle Storm? > >Thanks Actualy, it's very easy without sparks. Simply make your object as you want it to end (Ie: all particles out), load it into layout, at frame 1 make the scaling .0001 on all axises, and make it 1 on the last frame. You'll have to play with the motion curve to get the motion to be even, which can be a little tricky, but it'll work fairly well. It won't actualy be continous, but if you make your object right it can last as long as you need it too... Article: 10253 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!nntp.coast.net!torn!newshub.ccs.yorku.ca!news From: Zoltan Hunt <zhunt@calumet.yorku.ca> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Lee Stranahan's Problem With NewTek Date: 16 Jan 1996 17:50:05 GMT Organization: Calumet College, York U. Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4dgogd$aqg@sunburst.ccs.yorku.ca> References: <4d76k2$42q@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4d9o05$7n7@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <30F8A49C.7F5C@osu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bootstrapmac43.calumet.yorku.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; PPC) To: jasper.7@osu.edu X-URL: news:30F8A49C.7F5C@osu.edu Jeff Jasper <jasper.7@osu.edu> wrote: >> Adobe LightWave. Just an opinion. > >Not Adobe! Lightwave would become an ungodly pig of a program and >would probably get a Mac look to it to boot. What about KAI Lightwave? > Or maybe AmigaTech will get its hand in there- they are getting very cosy (or want to be) with NewTek (like more meetings in one month than C= ever did since '89) -This gleamed form one of the NewTek people at the WOA/Toronto Dec. 95 Zoltan Article: 10254 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!bt!usenet From: stuart@aeolians.bt.co.uk (Stuart Smith) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: FS: SGI Indigo w/Lightwave Date: 16 Jan 1996 16:50:04 GMT Organization: BT Labs Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4dgkvs$ar1@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk> References: <4dcgj9$140@maureen.teleport.com> Reply-To: stuart@aeolians.bt.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: scooby.aeolians.bt.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In article <4dcgj9$140@maureen.teleport.com>, "Gene Z. Ragan" <gzr@nvr.com> writes: >Indigo R3000 33MHz IP12 >56 MB RAM >300MB Internal/650 MB External >16" Monitor LG1 Graphics >IRIX 5.3 >Lightwave 4.0 > >Good machine for modelling, ScreamerNet > >$3200.00 > > Jeez, that's a good price for someone, the ram alone is worth 1400 pounds plus! Stu -- ____ \_/ \____ (")______(")> Stu's Rule of Thumb: "Don't use a rule made of thumb. It will invariably not be straight, will stain easily and isn't very long. Try other appendages...." Article: 10255 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!DIALix!melbourne.DIALix.oz.au!not-for-mail From: stevok@melbourne.DIALix.oz.au (Steven Johansen) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: How to get backgrounds..LW4.0(PC) Date: 16 Jan 1996 23:53:40 +1100 Organization: DIALix Services, Melbourne, Australia. Lines: 20 Sender: stevok@melbourne.DIALix.oz.au Message-ID: <4dg74k$b1r$1@melbourne.DIALix.oz.au> References: <tibm.4.00452515@passport.ca> <4d8o1u$r9g@news.voicenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: stevok@melbourne.dialix.oz.au pirate@voicenet.com writes: >tibm@passport.ca (Ray Dyer) wrote: >> I have Lightwave 4.0 for the IBM-PC...is there a way to put a background in? >>I see it in one of the menus..but when I click on the Background bar it keeps >>saying (None) ..all the time..thanks greatly! >First load in any image.Then go to the effects menu,and hit image >compositing,then background image. >Hope this helps you >Wayne If he couldn't figure that out himself he's wasting his time using Lightwave at all. -- X Article: 10256 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!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: Constant Particle Stream Date: 16 Jan 1996 06:44:00 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 10 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dg320$sdb@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4dfc9k$k65@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: stranahan@aol.com (Stranahan) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com I've not seen all the options out there, but Particle Storm seems VERY good... _____________________________________________ Lee Stranahan Check out the home page! URL - http://users.aol.com/stranahan/main.htm Article: 10257 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!nntp.msstate.edu!sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu!postmaster From: matt nothelfer <mattguy@sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: I bought Lightwave v4.0 without manuals, *PLEASE* help me! Date: 16 Jan 1996 16:50:31 GMT Organization: University of Mississippi NDES Lines: 7 Message-ID: <4dgl0n$bh8@sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu> References: <4dd1d6$9u4@norconnect.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: mattguy.nexus.olemiss.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) Ouch. You ask for a lot...so much to go into on a newsgroup...you know what though? I think your best route would be to buy one of those training tapes. The Esentials of Lightwave (?) or something like that. I'm not sure, but I think if you tried to have someone explain this to you over a post, you'd just end up getting more confused. Or, I could be wrong and somebody'll type a concise, clear, and helpful message. Regardless, try the Lightwave Essentials tape. It'll help ya out. Article: 10258 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!news.easynet.co.uk!Easynet From: gavster@easynet.co.uk (Gavin JE Heron) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: _VW_BUSES_(Kombi's) (Hippie-wagons :) Date: Tue, 16 Jan 96 21:13:55 GMT Organization: home use only Lines: 9 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4dgm8o$a4d@lemon.easynet.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: gavster.easynet.co.uk X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #2 help! i am in desperate need of a model for lightwave of a vw split screen bus or any other type of kombi. if you have one, or even know where i could possibly get one, PLEASE mail me: gavster@easynet.co.uk THANKYOU IN ADVANCE :) Article: 10259 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!xpat.postech.ac.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.imnet.ad.jp!wnoc-tyo-news!spinnews!spin-hsd0-tky!nsggate.sgi.co.jp!news.nsg.sgi.com!news.co From: graimond@worldcom.ch Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Mpeg savers for Razor Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 21:08:03 +0100 Organization: Coin-Op Lines: 5 Message-ID: <30FAB423.6DA6@worldcom.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: port_b14.worldcom.ch Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) I'm looking for an Mpeg savers for use with Razor from In:Sync. If you have any idea where to find it, you welcome. Pg. Switzerland. Article: 10260 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sfo.com!news.zeitgeist.net!cygnus.com!kithrup.com!news.Stanford.EDU!agate!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!xpat.postech.ac.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.imnet.ad.jp!wnoc-tyo-news!spinnews!spin-hsd0-tky!nsggate.sgi From: graimond@worldcom.ch Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Object floating on water Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 20:27:16 +0100 Organization: Coin-Op Lines: 13 Message-ID: <30FAAA94.6D73@worldcom.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: port_c3.worldcom.ch Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) I'm trying to do an object floating on water. I have a subdivided water object on which I apply displacment map as wave. I want my object (this could be a boat or a can or anything that could float) floating on the water. How can I do to have this object follow the exact wave of the water ?? The only way I found is to move my object separate from the water ! Very long and boring ! Is there a way to do moving this object both with the water wave ?? Thank you for your incoming answer !!! PG. Switzerland. Article: 10261 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!zetnet.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!beanbaw.demon.co.uk From: John Reddington <john@beanbaw.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: I bought Lightwave v4.0 without manuals, *PLEASE* help me! Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 17:35:01 GMT Organization: None Lines: 15 Message-ID: <381250wnr@beanbaw.demon.co.uk> References: <4dd1d6$9u4@norconnect.no> Reply-To: john@beanbaw.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: beanbaw.demon.co.uk X-Broken-Date: Tuesday, Jan 16, 1996 17.35.01 X-Newsreader: Newswin Alpha 0.7 X-Mail2News-Path: relay-4.mail.demon.net!post.demon.co.uk!beanbaw.demon.co.uk Can I make a suggestion. If anyone feels a post has come from a pirate (rightly or wrongly) can they just please ignore it and prevent the long tedious arguments over the wrong doing of pirates. No one ever says anything for or against that we haven't all heard before. Please just don't take the bait and ignore them, they'll soon get the message and it will save bandwidth. Just a suggestion :-) --------------------------------------------------------------------| John Reddington EMail john@beanbaw.demon.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------| Article: 10262 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!news.alt.net!news1.alt.net!news.exodus.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!news.compulink.co.uk!cix.compulink.co.uk!usenet From: snouty@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Phil South") Subject: HIIP patch Message-ID: <DLAI49.ECq@cix.compulink.co.uk> Organization: Compulink Information eXchange Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 19:57:44 GMT X-News-Software: Ameol32 Lines: 9 I just read the Lightwave Pro December issue and John Gross says that a patch to sort out the HIIP problems should be available on-line soon. Is it? --- ------------------------------------------------------------- Phil South <snouty@cix.compulink.co.uk> "nuqDaq yuch Dapol" Webscape Home Page http://www.webscape.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------- Article: 10263 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!winternet.com!fury.berkshire.net!news.ironhorse.com!news.unisys.com.br!rjo02.embratel.net.br!usenet From: "Breno A. Silva" <cybernet@embratel.net.br> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: "camera shake" effect? Date: 14 Jan 1996 04:47:48 GMT Organization: Pro Graph Lines: 2 Message-ID: <4da1tk$21d@rjo02.embratel.net.br> References: <4chkge$5tc@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> <4cjj7b$pg7@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 200.255.254.36 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Hi Guys. Article: 10264 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!news-relay.us.dell.com!natinst.com!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!new From: jbooth411@aol.com (JBooth411) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Lee Stranahan's Problem With NewTek Date: 16 Jan 1996 10:02:16 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 9 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dgelo$2s2@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <30F8A49C.7F5C@osu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article <30F8A49C.7F5C@osu.edu>, Jeff Jasper <jasper.7@osu.edu> writes: >Not Adobe! Lightwave would become an ungodly pig of a program and >would probably get a Mac look to it to boot. What about KAI Lightwave? > > Ohh, Kia's power lightwave.. Hmm, Allen/Stuart/Kai, an interface team to tangle with.. Article: 10265 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.interlog.com!ra.isisnet.com!news From: (Ken Mayfield)ad914@cfn.cs.dal.ca Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Avid (Mac-based) and dumping animation files from an Amiga 2000 Date: 14 Jan 1996 21:31:52 GMT Organization: Chebucto Community Net Lines: 32 Message-ID: <4dbso8$36o@ra.isisnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ccn.cs.dal.ca > From: David Koegler <dkoegler@lis.ab.ca> > >Second question: > >So, if a Power-Mac-based, turnkey Avid system costs from $25,000 to >$30,000, is there something out there of similar quality, without the >disappointments of a Flyer, for a better price? > >The Avid interface looks beautiful, is intuitive, looks like lots of fun, >but the price is frightening. However, when I look at the cost of going >to the Flyer, by the time I get done, my costs will be around $20,000, so >paying up to 50% more for all the added features may be worth it. > >Comments or advice from anyone? The Avid has become a de facto standard non-linear edito, and they are also developing the OMFI standard; and yes, the interface is beautiful. Because of these reasons and the upgradability, I'd spend the other frightened %50 more and jump in (then learn what tax breaks are available ;) Owning or having Avid experience places you in good stead with many film and video clients, and the user support is pretty good, too. All of my observation and opinions on the Avid and using Lightwave with it come from a year of experience, so take it as you will. -Ken Mayfield -- Article: 10266 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.missouri.edu!news From: David Rogers <c600529@showme.missouri.edu> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation,comp.graphics.packages.3dstudio,comp.sys.mac.graphics,comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Animation Master 4 Features! Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 17:09:16 -0500 Organization: MST Lines: 17 Message-ID: <30FC220C.42CE@showme.missouri.edu> References: <scc6969DKyDy0.493@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mizzou-ts7-01.missouri.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b5 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.graphics.animation:29637 comp.graphics.packages.3dstudio:10031 comp.sys.mac.graphics:30766 comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:10266 > Martin Hash's Animation (MHA), I'll be happy to forward a miniFAQ that > I've written on the currently available v3, which I will be updating soon > to include the features from v4 once they are totally finalized. Please forward a copy of the mini FAQ to me. Thank you David Rogers Article: 10267 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!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: jbooth411@aol.com (JBooth411) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: I bought Lightwave v4.0 without manuals, *PLEASE* help me! Date: 16 Jan 1996 10:08:41 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 10 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dgf1p$30b@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4dd1d6$9u4@norconnect.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article <4dd1d6$9u4@norconnect.no>, thomasl@norconnect.no (Thomas Lageraaen) writes: >Please explain to me step-by-step, as i said in the subject I bought >Lightwave v4.0 private, and got no manuals. > > Don't you mean you got lightwave v4.0 pirate, not private? No manuals? Please... Article: 10268 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!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: jbooth411@aol.com (JBooth411) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Pennello Lite doesn't WORK. Date: 16 Jan 1996 10:09:12 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 2 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dgf2o$30o@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <30FA1143.531A@interramp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader You'll have to delete the lines from your Lw.cfg that refer to pennello and use add plugin again, that'll fix it.. Article: 10269 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!server-b.cs.interbusiness.it!caton From: caton@eniware.it (Danilo Bucca) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: SeaWater Settings Date: 16 Jan 96 19:37:17 CET Organization: Jungle calls Tarzan Lines: 8 Message-ID: <BF7006DF@eniware.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.99.136.14 X-GateSoftware: AmiGate 1.6 (13.11.95) I'm looking for good settings for a seawater!!! Please help me!! Reply to: Danilo Bucca <caton@eniware.it> byebye Danilo Bucca Article: 10270 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!usenet From: d.degollado@mail.utexas.edu (DJazz) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Live action PAR video into Lightwave ? Date: 16 Jan 1996 19:51:59 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4dgvkv$fq0@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip-43-14.ots.utexas.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 I'm mind boggled. Could someone tell me how to dump live action PAR video into Lightwave.. thx in advance Article: 10271 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!beanbaw.demon.co.uk From: John Reddington <john@beanbaw.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Cracks, Pirates & Bullshitters Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 18:24:03 GMT Organization: None Lines: 39 Message-ID: <40859968wnr@beanbaw.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: john@beanbaw.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: beanbaw.demon.co.uk X-Broken-Date: Tuesday, Jan 16, 1996 18.24.03 X-Newsreader: Newswin Alpha 0.7 X-Mail2News-Path: relay-4.mail.demon.net!post.demon.co.uk!beanbaw.demon.co.uk I don't know about anyone else but I'm getting pretty tired of listening to the same old for/against piracy argument that seems to spring up every time someone asks for a crack or help with something that proves they don't have a legitimate copy. I'm as pissed off with the whole piracy thing as everyone else who shelled out for the software but why don't we just ignore these pleas from pirates and save bandwidth. No one is saying anything for or against that we all haven't heard many times before. And lets not kid ourselves here. We are never going to convince someone with a pirate copy that they are doing wrong and that they should bin it or go buy a legitimate copy. Likewise, you guys out there with cracked copies aren't likely to convince someone with a bought copy that what you are doing is harmless. And you aren't likely to get much help here either. If they get no response then they will most likely get the message that no one is fooled and piss off to alt.comp.pirates or something like that. One suggestion I saw which might be useful to legitimate users is attached below. >If you're a legal, registered user, then here's a novel suggestion: >upload your real name, address and the serial number of your copy of >whatever (If you are a real user, then you shouldn't have a problem >with this, should you?) >Otherwise, quit bullshitting us. Just a suggestion :-) ------------------------------------------------------- | John Reddington EMail john@beanbaw.demon.co.uk | | | ------------------------------------------------------- Article: 10272 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!news.alt.net!news1.alt.net!news.u.washington.edu!news.uoregon.edu!cs.uoregon.edu!usenet.ee.pdx.edu!newsrelay.netins.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!homer.alpha.net!news.ultranet.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!news From: davep@access.digex.net (Dave Paige) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Avid (Mac-based) and dumping animation files from an Amiga 2000 Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 06:01:30 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4dff04$sm0@news4.digex.net> References: <4d1f8m$rai@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> <4dci5o$aej@server3.mich.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dcc11780.slip.digex.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Sam Marrocco <marrocco@mich.com> wrote: >Regarding getting LW renders over to AVID: >Here's what I do: >Render the frames as TARGA uncompressed individual files. Then, assuming >you have some type of ethernet connection between machines, use Fetch 3.0 >(public domain) on the Power Mac to bring the files across to the AVID >machine. I'm not sure if the AVID reads targas or not (think it does). If >not, use Debabelizer on the Mac to convert them to something the AVID >will read. Avid will not import targa files directly but will import PICT files directly. So there you go. Dave Article: 10273 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!hookup!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: Andrew Weiler <aweiler@mindspring.com> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: best prog. for Textures Date: 16 Jan 1996 21:05:51 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4dh3vf$3b0@brickbat.mindspring.com> References: <30F9CF88.B98@polaris.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: marco@polaris.net Marco Sederquist <marco@polaris.net> wrote: >What is the best program to make original textures with. Some thing that >won't cost me a fortune. Platform Win 3.11 or NT 3.51 >Marco >marco@polaris.net >Thanks in advance Adobe Photoshop 3.0, Fractal Painter, and maybe Picture Publisher. I was a hard-core Amiga user a couple years back, but nothing on the Amiga ever compared to Photoshop. Check it out sometime. Andrew Weiler http://www.mindspring.com/~aweiler/aweiler.html Article: 10274 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.iadfw.net!usenet From: Lance Gray <empire@airmail.net> Newsgroups: rec.video.desktop,rec.video.production,comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: (2) 9gigs for Flyer Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 17:30:39 -0800 Organization: customer of Internet America Lines: 12 Message-ID: <30FAFFBF.21CC@airmail.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dal22-13.ppp.iadfw.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4a (Win16; I) Xref: zippy.cais.net rec.video.desktop:14421 rec.video.production:35874 comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:10274 Anyone know a decent price for places selling (2) 9 gig Seagate Elites already in a tower??? For use with the Video Flyer....I have 6gig right now from my purchase of a year ago when the flyer came out---and now I'm looking to expand my system to 24gigs total! Lowest price per drive I've heard of is $2300. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!!! Lance <>< Empire Productions Inc. empire@airmail.net Article: 10275 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: davidh1734@aol.com (DavidH1734) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: PRESS RELEASE: Virtual Visions announces Date: 16 Jan 1996 17:16:35 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 12 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dh843$c6d@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <bhoodDKzIs2.LED@netcom.com> Reply-To: davidh1734@aol.com (DavidH1734) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com >Virtual Visions, Incorporated, a software engineering and computer animation >firm based in Littleton, Colorado, announced today the commercial availability >of its premier software product, BML(tm). Hi Bob, Congrats on a job well done! Good luck! Dave CineGraphics Article: 10276 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.mathworks.com!gatech!newsxfer2.itd.umich.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: Can't get into newtek FTP site using WS_FTP Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 03:53:59 GMT Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada Lines: 8 Message-ID: <Jeff_Holinski.180.30FC72D7@mindlink.bc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: line125.nwm.mindlink.net X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] I've been trying to get into the Newtek FTP site using WS_FTP32. Every time I try I get an error. If I use Netscape I can get in, but I find it a little clumsier than WS_FTP. Any idea what I'm doing wrong. Jeff H... Article: 10277 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: Lee Stranahan's Problem With NewTek Date: 16 Jan 1996 18:35:49 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 14 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dhcol$e7p@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4dgogd$aqg@sunburst.ccs.yorku.ca> Reply-To: stranahan@aol.com (Stranahan) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com AmigaTech has far less of a marketing clue then even current NewTek... Adobe - good marketing. Metatools (the Kai company) - great marketing, very cool company, KICK-ASS demo crew. However, I doubt a company switch is likely any time soon much. _____________________________________________ Lee Stranahan Check out the home page! URL - http://users.aol.com/stranahan/main.htm Article: 10278 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mel.aone.net.au!d42-1 From: imagine@h130.aone.net.au (Kevin Gleeson) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: test post Date: Wed, 17 Jan 96 00:44:20 GMT Organization: Imagine It Lines: 4 Message-ID: <4dhgp4$k4_001@cpe.Hobart.aone.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: d42-1.cpe.hobart.aone.net.au X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 test post Kevin Gleeson Hobart TAS OZ Article: 10279 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!demon!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!peer-news.britain.eu.net!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!pipeline!not-for-mail From: justin@nyc.pipeline.com (Michael Justin Austin) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave Date: 16 Jan 1996 15:40:58 -0500 Organization: The Pipeline Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4dh2gq$et1@pipe2.nyc.pipeline.com> References: <4df9gg$9k1@news.accessone.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pipe2.nyc.pipeline.com X-Newsreader: The Pipeline v3.2.0 On Jan 16, 1996 04:28:00 in article <Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave>, 'jeric@accessone.com' wrote: > >> Integrate Layout and Modeler in one program. You can then work directly >> on your scene, and modifications to objects can be done without having to: >> save object, jump back to Modeler, reload the object, modify it, save it, >> jump to Layout, replace object. > I think the gui's are too crowded as they are, PLEASE NEWTEK don't integrate them!! besides it is a nice safety net and we must keep in mind that object creation (modelling) is a fully separate task than anim'ting objects, The brilliance behind layout is that it is a studio shoot situation, and myself, coming from a cinematography and lighting background I find it particularly helpful. (with the new nt shell ala '95 its just a click of a button to switch from one to the other.) my 2 cents Article: 10280 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: equiroz@ix.netcom.com (Eric A. Quiroz) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Quicktime VR Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 03:23:55 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 7 Message-ID: <4dhqf0$lok@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-san1-01.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Tue Jan 16 7:29:36 PM PST 1996 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Is anybody using lightwave to render frames for Quicktime VR? If so, what camera settings are you using. You can reply to this message or e-mail at equiroz@lonestar.utsa.edu. Thanks. Article: 10281 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.mathworks.com!hookup!news.nstn.ca!coranto.ucs.mun.ca!news.cabot.nf.ca!usenet From: sean@mirror.det.mun.ca (Sean Huxter) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Telnet?? Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 04:56:19 GMT Organization: Cabot College, Newfoundland, Canada Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4dhrgh$ltg@dragon.cabot.nf.ca> References: <30F9E7D9.4E8C@airmail.net> <4de59k$ccg@islandnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p020.remote.cabot.nf.ca X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 dretch@islandnet.com (Christopher Stewart) wrote: >In a message dated Sun, 14 Jan 1996 21: empire@airmail.net writes: >E> it would be IDEAL for me to telnet to the NewTek bbs instead of paying >E> the long distance call from Dallas! Agreed. So once you have telnet working (I use it all the time) how would one connect to the NEWTEK BBS through it? I have an account on the BBS (or did once) but haven't accessed it for a long time because of long distance charges. Sean Huxter sean@mirror.det.mun.ca http://www.cabot.nf.ca/~sean Article: 10282 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!lily.redrose.net!john From: cdurham@xspot.com (Chuck Durham) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Pricing on non PC platforms Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 06:58:10 GMT Organization: a Digital Internet AlphaServer Site Lines: 53 Message-ID: <4di6rh$31i@lily.redrose.net> References: <4cholg$np3@news.onramp.net> <4ci9g0$b0l@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4cv2ed$835@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> <wturber.789.01BD6771@primenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: d58.redrose.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) wrote: >In article <4cv2ed$835@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> leimberger@marbls.enet.dec.com () writes: >[snip] >> BTW I still don't have 4.0 of LW for the Amiga >> but feel that under the circumstances the wait while frustrating is >> justifiable. >> >> -bill >> >I could be wrong, but LW for all three platforms was supposed to ship more or >less simultaneously sometime in early 1995. At least this is how I remember >the original Siggraph announcement and subsequent reports. It has been a >while now, so my memory could be wrong on this. It is now early 1996. What >exactly is the justification? >The way things have gone, NewTek will gain one more PC license from us than we >planned and one less Amiga license. We are still waiting for the Toaster >Upgrade which may come even later than the Standalone Upgrade - or did we miss >the mailing somehow? Anyway - the point is that we are likely to skip the >Toaster Upgrade and add another Pentium. Meanwhile Amiga based animation work >is somewhat crippled compared to PC work. It would be nice to have the two >tools "in sync" as far as rendering features. >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!! It's becoming very redundant on all the newsgroups on the subject of software companies missing release dates. Most, if not all companies that develop software for commercial and internal usage have missed deadlines and release dates. It will continue regardless of how much people complain. Hash, Inc put it well when they said "Graphics are hard, Programming is harder". Particilarly the development of a 3D graphic design program, very math intensive and complex. It is bad enough to work out all the bugs and "features" that happen on one platform, let alone to develop a cross-platform application. To the point: it's a useless complaint, planning is an effective tool to help meet objectives and to set stages of work-in-progress, but usually does little for realistic time estimates. Chuck Durham Imaginative Entertainment http://www.xspot.com http://www.imaginative.com Article: 10283 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!lily.redrose.net!john From: cdurham@xspot.com (Chuck Durham) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: LW Pro December issue? Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 07:06:26 GMT Organization: a Digital Internet AlphaServer Site Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4di7b1$31i@lily.redrose.net> References: <4db9kc$921@castle.nando.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: d58.redrose.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 momentum@nando.net (Paul D. Godley) wrote: >Is the December or January LW Pro out yet? The latest one I have is the >November issue (Modeler Mysteries on the cover). If Dec/Jan are out yet, >what's on the cover. Maybe I've just misplaced and forgotten it. >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 I have just recieved the December issue a few days ago. So they are apparently shipping it out. This is my first issue though, and from what I have been hearing on the group they often need reminded of the fact that you subscribe to the magazine and they should therefore send one to you, but I have not been a subscriber long enough to verify or deny these statements. Chuck Durham Imaginative Entertainment cdurham@xspot.com http://www.imaginative.com http://www.xspot.com Article: 10284 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news1.digex.net!news3.digex.net!usenet From: davep@access.digex.net (Dave Paige) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Object floating on water Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 00:53:28 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4dhhal$8ta@news4.digex.net> References: <30FAAA94.6D73@worldcom.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: dcc11780.slip.digex.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 graimond@worldcom.ch wrote: >I'm trying to do an object floating on water. I have a subdivided water >object on which I apply displacment map as wave. I want my object (this >could be a boat or a can or anything that could float) floating on the >water. >How can I do to have this object follow the exact wave of the water ?? >The only way I found is to move my object separate from the water ! Very >long and boring ! Is there a way to do moving this object both with the >water wave ?? What might work is to creat a null-object, give it the same displacement map given to the water object, then parent the floating object to the null object. Haven't actually tried this but it should work. Dave Paige Article: 10285 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news3.digex.net!usenet From: davep@access.digex.net (Dave Paige) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: 2d picture to 3d lwo Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 00:54:37 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4dhhcq$8ta@news4.digex.net> References: <4devsb$7g@defiant.america.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dcc11780.slip.digex.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 cda@america.com wrote: >Does anyone know how to convert a 2d picture intoa lightwave 3d >object, on the P.C.? >I used to do that on the Amiga with Pixal 3d Pro. >Thanks in advance, Shawn Polyform is what became of Pixel 3D Pro for the PC. Article: 10286 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.av.qnet.com!cello!mcoats From: Manuel Coats <mcoats@qnet.com> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: tesselation times & 3D Artist Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 17:39:42 -0800 Organization: Quantum Networking Solutions; USA; info@qnet.com Lines: 8 Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.91.960116173759.20016B@cello> NNTP-Posting-Host: cello.qnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: mcoats@cello I understand that the two above named magazines sometimes deal with Lightwave. Does anybody have an e-mail address to whowever handles them? Thanks. MC Article: 10287 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!decwrl!pa.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!marbls.enet.dec.com!leimberger From: leimberger@marbls.enet.dec.com () Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave Date: 17 Jan 1996 02:02:33 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 37 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4dhlbp$qce@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> References: <4df9gg$9k1@news.accessone.com> <4dh2gq$et1@pipe2.nyc.pipeline.com> Reply-To: leimberger@marbls.enet.dec.com () NNTP-Posting-Host: marbls.enet.dec.com In article <4dh2gq$et1@pipe2.nyc.pipeline.com>, justin@nyc.pipeline.com (Michael Justin Austin) writes: |>Path: nntpd.lkg.dec.com!depot.mro.dec.com!news.jrd.dec.com!tbjnws.tbj.dec.com!news.dec-j!spin-hsd0-tky!spinnews!wnoc-tyo-news!news.join.ad.jp!news.imnet.ad.jp!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.mathworks.com!tank |>From: justin@nyc.pipeline.com (Michael Justin Austin) |>Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave |>Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave |>Date: 16 Jan 1996 15:40:58 -0500 |>Organization: The Pipeline |>Lines: 27 |>Message-ID: <4dh2gq$et1@pipe2.nyc.pipeline.com> |>References: <4df9gg$9k1@news.accessone.com> |>NNTP-Posting-Host: pipe2.nyc.pipeline.com |>X-Newsreader: The Pipeline v3.2.0 |> |>On Jan 16, 1996 04:28:00 in article <Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave>, |>'jeric@accessone.com' wrote: |> |>> |>>> Integrate Layout and Modeler in one program. You can then work |>directly |>>> on your scene, and modifications to objects can be done without having |>to: |>>> save object, jump back to Modeler, reload the object, modify it, save |>it, |>>> jump to Layout, replace object. |>> |>I think the gui's are too crowded as they are, |> |>PLEASE NEWTEK don't integrate them!! |> They don't have to. On the Amiga You can run both import/export objects from and to layout. Really a nice setup if I may say so. It really makes it nice when you select several layers at once and export them all to modeler as a single unit. This is also handy when it comes to surfacing objects. If you import the object from layout the surfaces come with it. -bill Article: 10288 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!hookup!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip029.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Constant Particle Stream Date: 17 Jan 1996 01:02:01 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 37 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <wturber.822.004F17CD@primenet.com> References: <4derif$c1s@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4dfc9k$k65@newsbf02.news.aol.com> X-Posted-By: ip029.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <4dfc9k$k65@newsbf02.news.aol.com> replicatch@aol.com (ReplicaTch) writes: >From: replicatch@aol.com (ReplicaTch) >Subject: Re: Constant Particle Stream >Date: 16 Jan 1996 00:15:32 -0500 >>> Anyone know how to generate a constant flow of particles from a single >point or small area. This is for sparks in cutting a logo out of metal. >Is this process made much easier with Sparks or Particle Storm? >Thanks <<< >Much, much, much easier. >In fact, I personally don't know of a way to do it otherwise. But then >again, I am pretty dim. >Keith Lango >Director Mac 3D Development >REPLICA Technology >"Affordable, Quality 3D models" I haven't done it, but if you can't get Sparks or Particle Storm, you might try using a clip map that cuts a cone or similar shaped object up into little sparks. This would be a black image with a bunch of randomly sizes and placed spots(or is that white with black spots - if you get it backwards there is an inverse or negative option that will make it dots instead of holes. Then set a velocity along its length to get the motion. You could morph the object or use bones to make an arc. You could use a fractal displacement map with some velocity to get some randomness to the motion of the "sparks". Its just a theory, but it might work. 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: 10289 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!hookup!lll-winken.llnl.gov!taco.cc.ncsu.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip029.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Scremernet batch rendering Date: 17 Jan 1996 00:48:01 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 36 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <wturber.821.00426336@primenet.com> References: <4dfa5o$j27@newsbf02.news.aol.com> X-Posted-By: ip029.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <4dfa5o$j27@newsbf02.news.aol.com> wannab3d@aol.com (Wanna B 3D) writes: >From: wannab3d@aol.com (Wanna B 3D) >Subject: Scremernet batch rendering >Date: 15 Jan 1996 23:39:20 -0500 >Greeting fellow users! >I'm having a problem seeting up my 1 computer to batch render files under >screamernet. Any help would be appreciated... >I set up an icon to set my computer up as node 1, then launch lightwave. >when I initialize SN, it says one computer available. I click o.k. it >loads the scene and my hard drive is going gang busters. I look and it >says under the status that it's waiting for the computer to render. In >actuality, my computer has convieniantly crashed! I hit ctl+alt+del and >get this msg. "no free file handles cannot load command, system halted." >I have to reboot. >Anyone, anyone.... >Thanks very much, >Frank Chiappetta >WannaB3D@aol.com > Frank Chiappetta What OS are you running? These details help. My wild-ass guess is that you might be running Win 3.x. If so, you might try increasing the value of your FILES= statement in the config.sys file. If I am way off and you aren't running Win 3.x, look in your Operating System documention under file handles and see what they have to say. I am unfamiliar with NT and just getting experienced under Win95 and I know little about how multiple open files are dealt with under either of these. 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: 10290 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!hookup!jussieu.fr!univ-lille1.fr!ciril.fr!news.imag.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!in2p3.fr!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.belwue.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!black From: Roger.Johansson@dacapo.se (RoGeR JoHaNsSoN) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation,comp.graphics.packages.3dstudio,comp.sys.mac.graphics,comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Animation Master 4 Features! Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 09:42:46 +0100 Organization: DaCapo AB Lines: 9 Message-ID: <Roger.Johansson-1701960942460001@193.44.160.222> References: <scc6969DKyDy0.493@netcom.com> <4d6u4c$aov@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> <4d8srs$l6b@news.iastate.edu> <4dec2t$qes@news2.realtime.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.44.160.222 X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.1.2 Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.graphics.animation:29662 comp.graphics.packages.3dstudio:10052 comp.sys.mac.graphics:30799 comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:10290 I asked about this a few weeks ago, but got no reply. All this talk about how great AM is has made me curious... I want to see what it's like, so... is there a demo version available? If not, why? - No Microsoft products were used to create this message. Unfortunately, other people at the company I work for use Microsoft products every day and for some reason want to keep doing so, so in case I should say something bad about MS, consider this a disclaimer. - Article: 10291 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: tpeirce9@aol.com (TPeirce9) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Constant Particle Stream Date: 17 Jan 1996 04:35:25 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 1 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4difst$t91@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4dggu2$3v2@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: tpeirce9@aol.com (TPeirce9) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Thanks for the responses and tips. Article: 10292 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer2.itd.umich.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: tomahawk FTP site ??? Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 03:55:41 GMT Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada Lines: 5 Message-ID: <Jeff_Holinski.181.30FC733D@mindlink.bc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: line125.nwm.mindlink.net X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] Anybody know what's up with the tomahawk FTP site? I haven't been able to get into it for a while. Has it moved or (shudder) shut down? Jeff H... Article: 10293 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.usa.net!earth!jgjones From: jgjones@earth.usa.net (James Jones/Nibbles and Bits) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: HIIP Targa 32 works. Surprise, surprise... Date: 17 Jan 1996 04:14:51 GMT Organization: Internet Express (800-592-1240 customer service) Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4dht3r$7i7@shiva.usa.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: earth.usa.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Sorry if this has been mentioned before... The Targa32 HIIP saver now works. (LW rev C patch, of course.) BUT, you have to delete all the HIIPSAVE.p lines from the LW.CFG file and reinstall the plugin from the Options panel in LW. Then, just use the Save RGB button (with Targa32 selected) and both the RGB and alpha will be saved to one Targa32 file. (Save Alpha does NOT have to be on.) Yet another item that the rev C installation and readme file fail to address. (Why does NewTek go to the trouble of fixing these things and then botch the install...?) Also, the new HIIP IFF.EXE no longer expands less-than-24-bit files to 24; can't say the same about the BMP.EXE, TIFF.EXE... etc. -Jim James G. Jones Nibbles & Bits jgjones@usa.net Article: 10294 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: carp3d@aol.com (Carp3D) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: NEWTEK FTP ???? THIS BLOWS Date: 17 Jan 1996 00:12:14 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 8 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4di0fe$ng4@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: carp3d@aol.com (Carp3D) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Sorry to have to use such strong and loud type but this is getting out of hand. I haven't been able to get on to newteks FTP site for some time now. How can such a successfull computer hardware and software selling company have such a flakey FTP site? Any Comments?!?!?! Anyone Anyone.......Voodo economics... Carp3D Editor/Animator... """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" Article: 10295 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sover.net!lori.albany.net!magik.albany.net!not-for-mail From: dwarner@magik.albany.net (David Warner) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: LightSpeed Animation Contest! Date: 17 Jan 1996 05:12:07 GMT Organization: AlbanyNet - E-mail info@albany.net Lines: 170 Message-ID: <4di0f7$219@lori.albany.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: magik.albany.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] *********************************************************************** * * * Digital Concept Productions is pleased to announce the * * LightSpeed Animation Contest - 1996 * * * *********************************************************************** - As of January 16th, there is over $10,000 worth of prizes!! - * The deadline for contest entries is April 1st, 1996. (no fooling!) * First, second, and third prize packages will be awarded to winners in the following categories: 1. Best Logo Animation - anims with any sort of company logo or text. 2. Best Compositing - anims that mix digitized video with LightWave generated imagery. 3. Best Character Animation - anims that feature animated characters. 4. Best Short Story - anims that emphasize the telling of a story. 5. Best General Animation - anything not covered above. * The following prizes will be awarded in each category: 1st Prize Package: ------------------ 1 year subscription to LightSpeed Video Magazine 1 year subscription to LightSpeed companion disk The FX Kit for LightWave (book by Alan Chan) Volcano Music Buy-Out CD Particle Storm - Dynamic Realities WinImagesNT - Black Belt Systems Fiber Factory - MetroGrafx Scene Machine (PC) -or- WaveMaker 2.0 (Amiga) - Radiosity 12 hours of rendering time on a Raptor workstation - LumaQuest Universal 3D CD-Rom - Dedicated Digital Imagery LightRom3 - Graphic Detail 2nd Prize Package: ------------------ 1 year subscription to LightSpeed Video Magazing 1 year subscription to LightSpeed companion disk The FX Kit for LightWave (book by Alan Chan) Volcano Music Buyout CD 3rd Prize: ---------- 6 month subscription to LightSpeed Video Magazine 6 month subscription to LightSpeed companion disk - One EXTRA SPECIAL prize package will be awarded to the BEST contest entry. Prizes will be announced soon! * There are no time limitations on the length of animations submitted. * All animations must be created primarily with LightWave3D. * Animations MUST be submitted on one of the following formats: S-VHS, 3/4", 3/4"SP, or BetaSP. Sorry, no VHS! * As many as five entries may be submitted on one tape, but each entry must be clearly marked with the following information: Category: Entry # of # Animation Submitted by: Contact Information: Phone # E-mail Address Mailing Address * Videotapes will not be returned, unless accompanied by self-addressed, postage-paid packaging. * Prize packages will be awarded in the form of product vouchers issued by participating companies. It will be the responsibility of contest winners to collect these prize packages from participating companies. LightSpeed and the participating companies are not obligated to provide prizes that will be compatible with your computer system, although every attempt has been made to select prizes that will work on many different computer platforms. * All winning entries will be included in a compilation videotape that will also include other contest entries. By entering this contest, all entrants agree that they will provide a signed release which will allow Digital Concept Productions to reproduce their animations in the "LightSpeed Animation Contest - 1996" compilation videotape. * Contest finalists will be notified by phone, e-mail, or regular mail. Upon notification, finalists will have 5 days to return a signed release or they will be disqualified from the contest altogether. * All animators that have work appearing in the compilation videotape will receive a free copy and will also have their name and contact information displayed in the closing credits. Entries should be sent to: LightSpeed Animation Contest - 1996 c/o Digital Concept Productions 2763 West Avenue L Suite 172 Lancaster, CA 93536 If you have any questions, contact: Manuel Coats (mcoats@qnet.com) or: David Warner (dwarner@albany.net) ---------------------> Participating Companies <------------------------ Particle Storm and Impact! contributed by: Dynamic Realities 21800B Doral Road Waukesha, WI 53186 Phone: 414-798-9400 FAX: 414-798-9403 --- WinImagesNT contributed by: Black Belt Systems Building #2 398 Johnson Road Glasgow, MT 59230 Sales & Marketing: 800-852-6442 International Sales: 406-367-5513 FAX: 406-367-2329 BBS: 406-367-2227 E-mail: blkblt@ibm.net sales@blackbelt.com 74774.3106 - Compuserve Contact Number --- Fiber Factory contributed by: MetroGrafx 625 Newton Drive Lake Orion, MI 48362 Orders, Info and FAX: 810-693-5134 --- Scene Machine and WaveMaker 2.0 contributed by: Radiosity Software 3970 North Victoria Street Shoreview, MN 55126 Phone: 612-787-0855 --- 12 hours of rendering time contributed by: LumaQuest Phone: 513-643-7333 --- Universal 3D CD-Rom contributed by: Dedicated Digital Imagery 770-426-7427 --- LightRom3 contributed by: Graphic Detail 4556 South 3rd Street Louisville, KY 40214 Phone: 502-363-2986 E-mail: michael@iglou.com --- LightSpeed subscriptions, The FX Kit for LightWave, and the Volcano Music Buy-Out CD were contributed by: Digital Concept Productions 2763 West Avenue L Suite 172 Lancaster, CA 93536 Orders: 805-726-3545 or 805-764-8696 Info: 805-726-3546 FAX: 805-726-3544 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article: 10296 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.mathworks.com!gatech!gt-news!prism!prism!not-for-mail From: gt4687c@prism.gatech.edu (Jeff Yeh) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Gunshot effect Date: 17 Jan 1996 08:19:38 -0500 Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4dit1a$t3@acmex.gatech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: acmex-prism.gatech.edu I've shot a scene (with 8mm camcorder) where a guy is shotting a gun. How can I use Lightwave to create a quick "flash" from the nozzle and maybe a little smoke as well? -- "The truth is out there..." - THE X-FILES Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 Internet: gt4687c@prism.gatech.edu Article: 10297 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.mathworks.com!gatech!gt-news!prism!prism!not-for-mail From: gt4687c@prism.gatech.edu (Jeff Yeh) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Lightwave flying duck? Date: 17 Jan 1996 08:23:54 -0500 Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4dit9a$2i9@acmex.gatech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: acmex-prism.gatech.edu Here's what I need in a scene (shot with 8mm camcorder): A guy walks into his apartment and sees a duck flying around. Like most people, I don't have access to ducks, so I'm going to use Lightwave to generate it and then composite it with my live footage. Anyone have any suggestions on how to make the duck look and move as real as possible? Perhaps I can find a duck object somewhere? -- "The truth is out there..." - THE X-FILES Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 Internet: gt4687c@prism.gatech.edu Article: 10298 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: stranahan@aol.com (Stranahan) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: best prog. for Textures Date: 17 Jan 1996 01:58:17 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 18 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4di6m9$pqs@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4dh3vf$3b0@brickbat.mindspring.com> Reply-To: stranahan@aol.com (Stranahan) I'll make a non-PC suggestion - anyone out there with a Mac, get Specular's Texturescape - it ROCKS... Basically, it makes tilable textures that are resolution independent because they are based on EPS shapes...and it can make incredibly realistic looking textures... I've been a bad little webmaster lately, because a LOT is going on, but check my wbe page this weekend and I should have a review, with pics, of Texturescape...part of STATIC, my new online zine for multimedia creators... _____________________________________________ Lee Stranahan Check out the home page! URL - http://users.aol.com/stranahan/main.htm Article: 10299 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip029.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Crack NEEDED for intel Rev. B Date: 17 Jan 1996 00:37:02 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 63 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <wturber.820.0038BAF1@primenet.com> References: <4d25bb$96h@nntp.crl.com> <4dfalj$pcv@nntp.crl.com> X-Posted-By: ip029.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <4dfalj$pcv@nntp.crl.com> rci@crl.com (Michael Powell) writes: >From: rci@crl.com (Michael Powell) >Subject: Re: Crack NEEDED for intel Rev. B >Date: 16 Jan 1996 04:47:47 GMT > To all concerned: > I'm writing this message to hopefully close this sad affair and > restore harmony, such as it is and such as it might last, to > this group. > I have proposed a truce with Jay, and as part of that truce > I have offered to take back the venting (read: fire and brimstone > flames) that I directed at NewTek in my original post. > The flames I directed at NewTek were unreasonably harsh and > uncalled for. For this I apologize to NewTek, especially > those responsible for the legitimate practice of dongling > Lightwave, and also to any readership here that might have > taken offense to said flaming. > My grumpiness over a dongle failure should have not spread to > the net. > I promise to never let it happen again (unless they loose my > dongle while they are fixing it, and I never get it back :-) > Jay and I have both agreed that under other circumstances, we > would very likely get along much better (and in fact have). > Regards to all, > Michael Powell This is true. Normally, I go to some effort to give the benefit of the doubt to people AND to behave politely regardles of the situation. I didn't manage to do that in my respons to Michael's original post. Impolite behavior is not only unpleasant, it is pretty damn unproductive. I think we proved that with this thread. One of the problems with communicating over the internet is that we lose a LOT of the clues that are available during face to face or even voice to voice communications. Its a fine line between between BEING a jerk and being extremely irritated and frustrated by hardware or software that has failed at the worst possible time or some equally damnable situation. I should have figured that out by this time. I don't make New Year's resolutions. I figure that what is good for a year is generally good for much longer that that. I will re-double my efforts to keep my posts polite. If I cannot, I'll hit the DISCARD button. While I still disagree with what Michael posted, I also disagree with my calling him a "rude jerk". I could have made my point without that comment. So, for that Michael, I am sorry. 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: 10300 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation,comp.graphics.packages.3dstudio,comp.sys.mac.graphics,comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!nntp.coast.net!torn!spartan.ac.BrockU.CA!bross From: bross@locutus.ac.BrockU.CA (Brian Ross) Subject: Re: Animation Master 4 Features! Message-ID: <1996Jan17.134441.26272@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA> Sender: news@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Usenet News) Nntp-Posting-Host: sandbanks.cosc.brocku.ca Reply-To: bross@sandbanks.cosc.brocku.ca Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Brock University, ON, Canada X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL9] References: <4dec2t$qes@news2.realtime.net> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 13:44:41 GMT Lines: 24 Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.graphics.animation:29675 comp.graphics.packages.3dstudio:10059 comp.sys.mac.graphics:30810 comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:10300 David L. Campbell (dcampbel@bga.com) wrote: : Justin Northcutt (justin) wrote: : : I spoke with someone at MH and they said they are in the process of "tearing" : : the online help out of the program and converting it into some type of : : text/manual. They said they were thinking of possibly posting it onto their : : ftp site. You may want to call them for sure, sorry, don't have the number : : handy. : Sigh. I'm genuinely happy that they want to do something about it, but : when I was complaining about the doc issue on the A:M/MHA mailing list, : I tried to be very clear that the media was less of an issue than the : quality and comprehensiveness of the written material. This was the : opinion of many people on the list. If they just take the same old : stuff and put it on paper, that still won't solve the problem, IMO. Amazing. Haven't they heard of technical writers and software documentation specialists? -- ____________ Brian Ross \__________________ bross@sandbanks.cosc.brocku.ca \_______________ http://sandcastle.cosc.brocku.ca/~bross \______________ Dept of CompSci, Brock U, St Catharines, Ont, Canada L2S 3A1 \ Carpe carpum. Article: 10301 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: wmendez@ix.netcom.com (William A. Mendez ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Constant Particle Stream Date: 17 Jan 1996 06:41:37 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4di5n1$444@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> References: <4derif$c1s@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4dggu2$3v2@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-jc9-03.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Tue Jan 16 10:41:37 PM PST 1996 To all, What are the differnces between Sparks and Particle Storm? Also Which of the two have more functions. Will Mendez Article: 10302 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!news.alt.net!news1.alt.net!news.oz.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!lince.lander.es!news From: Daniel Rodriguez <dot@lander.es> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: PLUG-INs site Date: 17 Jan 1996 13:00:54 GMT Organization: DOT Lines: 3 Message-ID: <4diru6$66d@lince.lander.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp061.lander.es Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) Where in Internet i can see all or almost all plug-ins available for LW4.0? Thanks. Article: 10303 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news2.new-york.net!not-for-mail From: keng@ademco.com (Ken Geary) Subject: Re: Sigh...no joy from Newtek on LW4.0 final X-Newsreader: Quarterdeck Message Center [1.0] X-Nntp-Posting-User: (Unauthenticated) Lines: 1 Organization: ademco Message-ID: <N.011796.093857.51@multimedia> References: <47bhgb$au@ulowell.uml.edu> <wturber.646.001C8B62@primenet.com> <309A29BA.41C6@cs.uml.edu> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: wsn37.ademco.com Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 17:38:57 GMT test Article: 10304 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: jbooth411@aol.com (JBooth411) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: I bought Lightwave v4.0 without manuals, *PLEASE* help me! Date: 17 Jan 1996 06:13:55 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 12 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dillj$1te@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <381250wnr@beanbaw.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article <381250wnr@beanbaw.demon.co.uk>, John Reddington <john@beanbaw.demon.co.uk> writes: >Can I make a suggestion. If anyone feels a post has come from a pirate >(rightly or wrongly) can they just please ignore it and prevent the >long tedious arguments over the wrong doing of pirates. No one ever >says anything for or against that we haven't all heard before. Please >just don't take the bait and ignore them, they'll soon get the message >and it will save bandwidth. Ahh, but bashing them is sooo much fun.. Article: 10305 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.missouri.edu!news.umsl.edu!usenet From: Farzad <s944258@umslvma.umsl.edu> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: ??Scanning Question?? Date: 17 Jan 1996 13:20:00 GMT Organization: UM-St.Louis Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4dit20$cg6@news.umsl.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: umslts1_65.umsl.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-URL: news:comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Hi, I scanned in a 2d picture. Then I wanted to load it in the LW. i knew it wouldn't work, but I gave it try...it didn't work! Do you know how can I load a 2D picture in the LW and then play around with it in Modeler? Thanks -Farzad s944258@umslvma.umsl.edu http://www.geopages.com/SiliconValley/1323 Article: 10306 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.mathworks.com!gatech!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!pipeline!not-for-mail From: justin@nyc.pipeline.com (Michael Justin Austin) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Anim to Video Date: 17 Jan 1996 02:06:12 -0500 Organization: The Pipeline Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4di754$nsl@pipe1.nyc.pipeline.com> References: <4d6v2u$m1e@steel.interlog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pipe1.nyc.pipeline.com X-Newsreader: The Pipeline v3.2.0 Major snipsy > > >Please don't laugh at this question <G>...has anyone tried using a PC >to Video encoder? They cost less than $500. They're not as pro as >the PAR but it's a start, isn't it? > >Chris > > A video encoder won't play back animation -just a single frame! you still need a way to move 60 flds per sec of an animation file at atleast 640 x 480 lines every 2 fields or 30 fps.?? You would still need a single frame recorder or some such. atleast an mpeg card but those are pretty crappy for video. but if you dont care about artifacts and color smearing an mpeg \ encoder combo would be the way to go. or an mpeg card with a cheap ntsc encoder on board good luck Article: 10307 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!everest.iserv.net!usenet From: rojoyinc@iserv.net (Ron K) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: memory usage for LW4.0 on PC? Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 16:44:07 GMT Organization: Iserv.net, Grand Rapids, MI, USA Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4djha1$g6a@everest.iserv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup236.iserv.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 I had LW on AMIGA and loved it, and a friend got recent 4.0 for his Pentium. He is having problems with lack of ram.... but he has 16 megs! Is this low for LW? After he loads in a sample scene there isn't enough ram to do much more then a 5 frame preview... it appears from the info that software gives that its only using the 640k conventional ram???? it doesn't mention his EMS or extra ram... also he did manage to get it to actually render without a out of ram error (one small object) but it only rendered in a small winow in what looked like less then 256 colors (he's running in a ultra hi res display in 64 thousand colors? doesn't it render to full screen like my amiga version did? We're both really confused. Article: 10308 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!everest.iserv.net!usenet From: rojoyinc@iserv.net (Ron K) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Lightwave/Toaster 4000 for sale Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 16:45:52 GMT Organization: Iserv.net, Grand Rapids, MI, USA Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4djhdb$g6a@everest.iserv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup236.iserv.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 I'm selling my VIDEO-TOASTER 4000 complete with full docs and Lightwave 3.0 asking 1200.00 or best offer. I sold 3 of my amigas and no longer have a need for the toaster. (once my prized procession!) I can't believe I'm parting with it, but I have moved on to other interests. The 4000 works in 2000, 2500, 3000, 4000 machines... email me if interested. perfect shape/working order. Article: 10309 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!homer.alpha.net!usenet From: syndesis@inc.net (John Foust) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Cracks, Pirates & Bullshitters Date: 17 Jan 1996 17:21:42 GMT Organization: Syndesis Corporation Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4djb76$rqg@homer.alpha.net> References: <40859968wnr@beanbaw.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: s04c.globaldialog.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.6 NT In article <40859968wnr@beanbaw.demon.co.uk>, john@beanbaw.demon.co.uk says... > > We are never going to convince someone with a pirate >copy that they are doing wrong and that they should bin it or go buy a >legitimate copy. Here I disagree. I believe that most pirates have enough brains and moral sense that *eventually* they will stop pirating software. That's why I think it is beneficial to show them the error of their ways. - John Article: 10310 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!van-bc!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!usenet From: johnc@mt-inc.com (John Crookshank) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Telnet?? Date: 17 Jan 1996 17:52:24 GMT Organization: MCSNet Internet Services Lines: 39 Message-ID: <1633.6590T661T308@mt-inc.com> References: <30F9E7D9.4E8C@airmail.net> <4de59k$ccg@islandnet.com> <4dhrgh$ltg@dragon.cabot.nf.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: mtinc.pr.mcs.net X-Newsreader: THOR 2.22 (Amiga;TCP/IP) On 17-Jan-96 04:56:19, Sean Huxter (sean@mirror.det.mun.ca) posted: > dretch@islandnet.com (Christopher Stewart) wrote: >>In a message dated Sun, 14 Jan 1996 21: empire@airmail.net writes: >>E> it would be IDEAL for me to telnet to the NewTek bbs instead of >>paying E> the long distance call from Dallas! > Agreed. So once you have telnet working (I use it all the time) how > would one connect to the NEWTEK BBS through it? > I have an account on the BBS (or did once) but haven't accessed it for > a long time because of long distance charges. > Sean Huxter > sean@mirror.det.mun.ca > http://www.cabot.nf.ca/~sean Sean, you would just set your telnet software to telnet to bbs.newtek.com. From there, it will appear as if you made a normal modem call to Topeka with a terminal program. Well, *almost* the same. The response as you type will be a little jumpy, since the data is going out in TCP/IP packets instead of one character at a time. But otherwise, it's completly usable. Certainly worth the savings of not having a long-distance phone call. -- ______________________________________________________________ / 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, Amiga Dealer | |------------------------------|---------------------------------| | johnc@mt-inc.com http://www.mt-inc.com/ | \______________________________________________________________/ Article: 10311 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news.nic.surfnet.nl!newshost.vu.nl!cs.vu.nl!sun4nl!Utrecht.NL.net!easy1.worldaccess.nl!usenet From: vidiform@worldaccess.nl (vinnie) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: df Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 22:52:26 GMT Organization: World Access Lines: 2 Message-ID: <4dha8f$ekn@easy1.worldaccess.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: wxs3-14.worldaccess.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Article: 10312 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.iadfw.net!usenet From: Lance Gray <empire@airmail.net> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Telnet?? Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 10:18:28 -0800 Organization: customer of Internet America Lines: 15 Message-ID: <30FD3D74.7581@airmail.net> References: <30F9E7D9.4E8C@airmail.net> <4de59k$ccg@islandnet.com> <4dhrgh$ltg@dragon.cabot.nf.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: dal11-25.ppp.iadfw.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4a (Win16; I) > >In a message dated Sun, 14 Jan 1996 21: empire@airmail.net writes: > > >E> it would be IDEAL for me to telnet to the NewTek bbs instead of paying > >E> the long distance call from Dallas! > Thanks to all for the TELNET info (I easily got it up and running)...however, is it always mega-slow...I mean it's so slow that when I type I have to wait a couple of seconds to see what I punched in?!? Granted, it's no longer a long-distance call...but still! -Lance <>< empire@airmail.net Article: 10313 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.iag.net!oo.com!news From: TL Westgate <juris@oo.com> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: NEWTEK FTP ???? THIS BLOWS Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 15:56:47 -0500 Organization: Juris Corporation Lines: 14 Message-ID: <30FD628F.64C6@oo.com> References: <4di0fe$ng4@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dionysus.oo.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Win95; I) Carp3D wrote: > > Sorry to have to use such strong and loud type but this is getting out of > hand. I haven't been able to get on to newteks FTP site for some time now. > How can such a successfull computer hardware and software selling company > have such a flakey FTP site? Any Comments?!?!?! Anyone > Anyone.......Voodo economics... > > Carp3D Editor/Animator... > """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" I got on just the other day and DLed the rev. C patch. No probs. TL Article: 10314 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.iag.net!oo.com!news From: TL Westgate <juris@oo.com> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: rev C bug with AVI save Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 15:58:20 -0500 Organization: Juris Corporation Lines: 5 Message-ID: <30FD62EC.949@oo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dionysus.oo.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Win95; I) I got the AVI saver to work porperly, but then I updated with the rev C patch, and now I getActivation Failed: Code -2 errors every time I try to save an AVI. Anybody have any clues? TL Article: 10315 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.nic.surfnet.nl!newshost.vu.nl!cs.vu.nl!sun4nl!charon.cvi.ns.nl!Utrecht.NL.net!easy1.worldaccess.nl!usenet From: * Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: te koop Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 23:08:09 GMT Organization: World Access Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4dhb5s$eq2@easy1.worldaccess.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: wxs2-14.worldaccess.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Te koop. Lightwave 4.0 compleet met orginele CD en boeken. Vraagprijs f 500,-. E-mail:vidiform@worldaccess.nl Homepage:http://www.worldaccess.nl/~vidiform/ Article: 10316 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.nic.surfnet.nl!newshost.vu.nl!cs.vu.nl!sun4nl!charon.cvi.ns.nl!Utrecht.NL.net!easy1.worldaccess.nl!usenet From: * Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: te koop Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 23:08:23 GMT Organization: World Access Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4dhb6a$eq2@easy1.worldaccess.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: wxs2-14.worldaccess.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Te koop. Lightwave 4.0 compleet met orginele CD en boeken. Vraagprijs f 500,-. E-mail:vidiform@worldaccess.nl Homepage:http://www.worldaccess.nl/~vidiform/ Article: 10317 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.nic.surfnet.nl!newshost.vu.nl!cs.vu.nl!sun4nl!charon.cvi.ns.nl!Utrecht.NL.net!easy1.worldaccess.nl!usenet From: * Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: te koop Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 23:08:25 GMT Organization: World Access Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4dhb6c$eq2@easy1.worldaccess.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: wxs2-14.worldaccess.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Te koop. Lightwave 4.0 compleet met orginele CD en boeken. Vraagprijs f 500,-. E-mail:vidiform@worldaccess.nl Homepage:http://www.worldaccess.nl/~vidiform/ Article: 10318 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.coast.net!torn!news.bc.net!news.express.ca!not-for-mail From: kinesthesia@mailhost.net (K) Subject: Re: tesselation times & 3D Artist Message-ID: <30fd5739.2520513@news.express.ca> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 20:09:11 GMT References: <Pine.SV4.3.91.960116173759.20016B@cello> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99d/32.168 Lines: 15 On Tue, 16 Jan 1996 17:39:42 -0800, Manuel Coats <mcoats@qnet.com> wrote: | | I understand that the two above named magazines sometimes deal with | Lightwave. Does anybody have an e-mail address to whowever handles them? | | Thanks. | | MC HTTP://www.3dartist.com - Kinetic Article: 10319 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.nic.surfnet.nl!newshost.vu.nl!cs.vu.nl!sun4nl!charon.cvi.ns.nl!Utrecht.NL.net!easy1.worldaccess.nl!usenet From: * Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: te koop Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 23:08:27 GMT Organization: World Access Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4dhb6e$eq2@easy1.worldaccess.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: wxs2-14.worldaccess.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Te koop. Lightwave 4.0 compleet met orginele CD en boeken. Vraagprijs f 500,-. E-mail:vidiform@worldaccess.nl Homepage:http://www.worldaccess.nl/~vidiform/ Article: 10320 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.nic.surfnet.nl!newshost.vu.nl!cs.vu.nl!sun4nl!charon.cvi.ns.nl!Utrecht.NL.net!easy1.worldaccess.nl!usenet From: * Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: te koop Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 23:08:36 GMT Organization: World Access Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4dhb6n$euu@easy1.worldaccess.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: wxs2-14.worldaccess.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Te koop. Lightwave 4.0 compleet met orginele CD en boeken. Vraagprijs f 500,-. E-mail:vidiform@worldaccess.nl Homepage:http://www.worldaccess.nl/~vidiform/ Article: 10321 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.nic.surfnet.nl!newshost.vu.nl!cs.vu.nl!sun4nl!charon.cvi.ns.nl!Utrecht.NL.net!easy1.worldaccess.nl!usenet From: * Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: te koop Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 23:08:38 GMT Organization: World Access Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4dhb6o$euu@easy1.worldaccess.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: wxs2-14.worldaccess.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Te koop. Lightwave 4.0 compleet met orginele CD en boeken. Vraagprijs f 500,-. E-mail:vidiform@worldaccess.nl Homepage:http://www.worldaccess.nl/~vidiform/ Article: 10322 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: mcdeath@ix.netcom.com (Emmanuel Olympia ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave,comp.sys.amiga.graphics Subject: does DPS have a newsgroup? Date: 17 Jan 1996 23:20:43 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4dk08b$lo6@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lax-ca18-09.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Wed Jan 17 3:20:43 PM PST 1996 Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:10322 comp.sys.amiga.graphics:44819 does DPS have a newsgroup? if not, can you pls. give me their tech support phone number. I am having problems connecting my Par to the Toaster. thanks Emmanuel Article: 10323 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!bcm.tmc.edu!news.tamu.edu!news.utdallas.edu!news.starnet.net!wupost!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!avalon.chinalake.navy.mil!usenet Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: tesselation times & 3D Artist Message-ID: <DLCC3w.1ys@avalon.chinalake.navy.mil> From: Des McPherson <mcpherson@sirius.chinalake.navy.mil> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 19:43:07 GMT Sender: usenet@avalon.chinalake.navy.mil (NAWS news admin) References: <Pine.SV4.3.91.960116173759.20016B@cello> Organization: NAWS, China Lake, CA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) X-Url: news:Pine.SV4.3.91.960116173759.20016B@cello Lines: 4 check out http://www.3dartist.com Article: 10324 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!sun4nl!xs4all!marketgraph!jwk From: jwk@marketgraph.xs4all.nl (Jan-Willem Korver) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Live action PAR video into Lightwave ? Message-ID: <1a04saq60.alamito@marketgraph.xs4all.nl> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 96 18:04:26 CET References: <4dgvkv$fq0@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> Reply-To: jwk@marketgraph.xs4all.nl Organization: MarketGraph Visual Automation Lines: 37 X-Newsreader: Alamito Mail and News Manager (V2.0.4 for Waffle) registered to MarketGraph Visual Automation In <4dgvkv$fq0@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> d.degollado@mail.utexas.edu (DJazz) wrote: >I'm mind boggled. Could someone tell me how to dump live action PAR video into >Lightwave.. You'll have to enter the footage as an image sequence. Once you enter the sequence into lightwave you can use it in textures and as a background image sequence. The PAR has a special feature which lets you access each individual frame of a particular animation. This is different on the PAR and the PVR and may also differ between Amiga and PC pars. Basically, the idea is that lightwave needs all individual frames of an animation on disk in order to use it as a sequence. The PAR's filesystem provides a feature to trick LW into thinking the PAR anim is in fact a bunch of loose frames. On the amiga this can be achieved by specifying a frame number after the file name when specifying an image sequence (so frame 1 of 'MyFirstSony' would become MyFirstSony.001) I found that when specifying an image sequence on the amiga lightwave it was best to specify a few extra leading zeroes after the dot or the image would not be loaded. Once again, I have no experience with the PC version of the Par and the PVR has a different (and more transparent) approach to this trick. Good luck! Any other suggestions more than welcome... -- ________________ Jan-Willem Korver MarketGraph, Haarzuilens, The Netherlands e-mail: jwk@marketgraph.xs4all.nl Article: 10325 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.intr.net!news.charm.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: Andrew Weiler <aweiler@mindspring.com> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: SeaWater Settings Date: 17 Jan 1996 22:42:45 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4dju15$7pp@brickbat.mindspring.com> References: <BF7006DF@eniware.it> 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: caton@eniware.it caton@eniware.it (Danilo Bucca) wrote: > >I'm looking for good settings for a seawater!!! >Please help me!! > >Reply to: Danilo Bucca <caton@eniware.it> > >byebye > Danilo Bucca Greg Teegarden at Amblin did a very convincing ocean for Seaquest, it was featured on the front of LWPro magazine, and on the inside cover of the latest one, you might want to pick it up. He used a combination of displacement mapping and the crumple procedural to acheive a nice effect. Here's some of the other settings: Surface color: 0,0,0 Diffuse: 0% Reflectivity: 60% Raytracing: on Hope that's helpful Andrew Weiler http://www.mindspring.com/~aweiler/aweiler.html Article: 10326 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: hector.d@ix.netcom.com (HECTOR DAVILA ) Newsgroups: comp.fonts,comp.graphics.algorithms,comp.graphics.animation,comp.graphics.api.inventor,comp.graphics.api.misc,comp.graphics.api.opengl,comp.graphics.api.pexlib,comp.graphics.apps.alias,comp.graphics.apps.avs,comp.graphics.apps.data-explorer,co Subject: ***KEYBOARD RECORDERS*********************************************** Date: 17 Jan 1996 20:22:18 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4djlpq$2dh@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lax-ca9-21.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Wed Jan 17 12:22:18 PM PST 1996 Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.fonts:38060 comp.graphics.algorithms:26216 comp.graphics.animation:29696 comp.graphics.api.inventor:865 comp.graphics.api.misc:316 comp.graphics.api.opengl:2612 comp.graphics.api.pexlib:289 comp.graphics.apps.alias:878 comp.graph SUBJECT:***KEYBOARD RECORDERS******** ALSO KNOWN AS:Keyboard Grabber, Keyboard Key Logger, Keyboard Monitor, Keyboard Recorder. PURPOSE: Captures keystrokes and sends & saves them to a hidden file. Now you can keep a record of any keyboard activity on your computer. Monitor your computer at home or office. My private collection of keyboard recorders is yours for only $9.95. You will receive 18 different programs on a 3 1/2 disk. You'll get:KEYCOPY,KEYFAKE,KEYREAD,KEYTRAP,KEYREC,KEYLOGWN(Windows), HACKKEY,BAGKEYS,GETIT,PLAYBACK,ROBOKEY,RECORD,ENCORE, KCAP10,PTM229N,QWERTMAN,GKG,DEPL. Just send $9.95 plus $1.00 for shipping and handling to: HLD PLUBLISHING COMPANY 1680 N. VINE ST. #1103 LOS ANGELES, CA. 90028 Article: 10327 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!realtime.net!dcampbel From: dcampbel@bga.com (David L. Campbell) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave Date: 17 Jan 1996 20:18:50 GMT Organization: Real/Time Communications Internet customer posting Lines: 29 Message-ID: <4djlja$k5k@news2.realtime.net> References: <4df9gg$9k1@news.accessone.com> <4dh2gq$et1@pipe2.nyc.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: urchin.bga.com X-RTcode: baca5ecc30aa9666e9fd5977 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Michael Justin Austin (justin@nyc.pipeline.com) wrote: : On Jan 16, 1996 04:28:00 in article <Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave>, : 'jeric@accessone.com' wrote: : : > : >> Integrate Layout and Modeler in one program. You can then work directly : >> on your scene, and modifications to objects can be done without having to : >> save object, jump back to Modeler, reload the object, modify it, save it, : >> jump to Layout, replace object. : : I think the gui's are too crowded as they are, : : PLEASE NEWTEK don't integrate them!! : : besides it is a nice safety net and we must keep in mind that object : creation (modelling) is a fully separate task than anim'ting objects, Really, that rule is completely arbitrary and doesn't buy you much. The "safety net" thing is a pretty nice side-effect, but IMO it doesn't nearly make up for the lost utility of not being able to quickly and conveniently tweak models as you animate them. David. ----------------------------------------------------------- David L. Campbell The Ego Wall: dcampbel@bga.com http://www.realtime.net/~dcampbel ========= Will make computer animations for food! ========= Article: 10328 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news2.whytel.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.wwa.com!pool1-046.wwa.com!user From: singh@wwa.com (singh) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave,comp.graphics.packages.3dstudio,comp.sys.sgi.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.graphics Subject: Re: IRC LightWave Panel Discussions Date: 17 Jan 1996 22:20:59 GMT Organization: WorldWide Access (tm) - Chicagoland Internet Services (http://www.wwa.com) Lines: 163 Distribution: world Message-ID: <singh-1702951626120001@pool1-046.wwa.com> References: <19960115.7D2D698.58FF@graphics.rent.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pool1-046.wwa.com X-Newsreader: Value-Added NewsWatcher 2.0b27.1+ Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:10328 comp.graphics.packages.3dstudio:10079 comp.sys.sgi.graphics:13408 comp.sys.amiga.graphics:44823 In article <19960115.7D2D698.58FF@graphics.rent.com>, bobl@graphics.rent.com (Bob Lindabury) wrote: > LIGHTWAVE IRC CHANNEL FOR INTERACTIVE LIGHTWAVE INFO! > > With the advent of the Internet and low-cost connections via online > services such at Netcom and others providing SLIP/PPP, it is now > possible to work interactively with other LightWave users from around > the globe! You can interact in REAL TIME with other people who share > your interests. You can help them and they can help you almost as if > you were right there! How? By using IRC (Internet Relay Chat)! > > IRC allows one to join different channels (much like CB simulators on > various BBS's or chat rooms on AOL or Prodigy) and to type in real > time to other users from around the world in the channel. There's no > limit to the amount of people you can have in a channel. With > programs for the Amiga such as GrapeVine and AmIRC, mIRC and WSIrc for > the IBM, IRCII for Unix machines and a SLIP or PPP connection to the > Internet, you too can join in on these conversations! > > Several of us have created the LightWave IRC chat channel and there's > always somebody there to help people and to just chat about LightWave > and other various topics related to using LightWave. (Sometimes the > conversations stray..but that's the fun of it!) > > Besides the talk about lightwave, IRC allows you to share files with > others via something called DCC (Direct Client Connect). While you're > chatting with someone about why your model doesn't render correctly, > you can send them a render of your scene as well as your model so they > can look at them and tell you what you may have done wrong. > > NOTE: Routinely, updates and patches to LW have been released FIRST on IRC > direct from Newtek! > > THE IRC MONTHLY PANEL DISCUSSIONS > > Myself and a select few individuals are attempting to start what we > hope to be a monthly live interactive conference via IRC (Internet > Relay Chat) pertaining to various aspects of LightWave featuring > prominent figures in the animation/graphics world. > > We plan to gather an elite group of professional Lightwave animators > as well as recruit professionals in the industry to serve as panelists. > These panelists will answer your questions pertaining to various aspects > of Lightwave. All questions will be routed through moderators which > will pass them on to the panelists. The guest panelists will then > answer them in turn. > > HOW IT WORKS: > > We will have two IRC channels open called; #LWPanel and #Lightwave. > (#lightwave is the normal discussion channel that is available to > everyone all the time) > The panelist will be in #LWPanel while the public will join both. > > #LWPanel will be moderated and will allow only the panelist to speak > at random while the public will only be able to speak in turn as the > moderator see's fit. > > #Lightwave will not be moderated and will allow the public to chat > amongst themselves while awaiting their turn to address the panel. > > We feel that this will be a great learning experience for all and > should be alot of fun. This is just another means of sharing > information about LightWave via the Internet. We hope to have you > aboard. > > WHERE WE ARE NOW > > We're currently in the process of setting up the first few months topics > and trying to gather panelists and other professionals to participate in > the panel discussions. We are also gathering information from you so > that we can make this forum as productive and easy to use as possible. > > Please answer the appropriate group of questions below (Panelists or > Attendee) and submit the answer to either of the two addresses listed > at the end of this message. We are planning on starting the discussions > in March, so please reply as soon as possible. > > Even if you don't currently have access to the Internet, we would like > to get your feedback. We are looking at ways to provide everyone that > is interested with accounts that will allow them to IRC, so please > respond. > > > SOME QUESTIONS FOR PROSPECTIVE PANELISTS > > If you are interested in becoming a panelist, please reply with the > following information so that we can determine a date and time that > best suits everyones schedule. > > 1) Generally, what day of the week would you be available for one to > two hours starting at 10:00 PM EST? > > Note: We feel that this time would be the best compromise for the east > and west coast people in the USA. We may change this based on > responses to this questionair. > > 2) Please give one other day and time. > > 3) If there are any particluar dates that would be best for you > between now and the end of March, please list. > > 4) Please list projects and or accomplishments. We will compile a > list of these for each panelist which will be echoed to the public > before the conference begins. > > 5) If you have ANY questions concerning IRC or this project, list > them here. > > 6) Do you know of any other professional animators that might be > interested in being a guest panelist? If so, how can we contact them? > > > SOME QUESTIONS FOR ATTENDEES > > So that we can best serve your needs, please answer the following > questions in as much detail as possible. > > 1) Do you have access to the Internet now and if not, do you plan on > obtaining access in the near future? > > 2) Would you be interested in attending such IRC discussions and do > you feel this is a worth-while project? > > 3) What topics would you like to see covered in panel discussions on IRC? > > 4) What would be the best time for you to attend such discussions? > > 5) Do you need help in getting an Internet connection and an IRC > program so that you can attend the monthly discussions? > > 6) Who would you like to see as guest panelists? > > We will be contacting all participants within the next few weeks with > a confirmation of scheduling. Thanks for your time and hope to see ya > soon on IRC! > > > bobl@graphics.rent.com (Bob Lindabury) IRC Nickname: TheRaven > rnorwood@teleplex.net (Ronnie Norwood) IRC Nickname: RonDude > > > -- > -- Bob Lindabury > The NEW Graphics BBS 908/469-0049 "It's better than a sharp stick in the eye!" > FidoNet : Bob Lindabury@1:107/320.0 -- PCGNet : Bob Lindabury@9:510/271.0 > Internet: bobl@graphics.rent.com Actually I was one of the creators and I am generally banned. The irc is a chat line and nothing more; as a net surfer and lightwave artist I recommend Lightwave users find real info sources and not let the irc suck away their time with no real benefit. The irc is a good way to kill time if you are bored and lonely; nothing more. I say this as someone who's spent way too much of the last three years. The lightwave channel is pretty bad as irc channels go anyway, so there's even more reason not to go there. -- wavegirl Support Amiga development, *BUY* amiga software! Article: 10329 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsserver.jvnc.net!netnews.sb.com!news From: Mark_Kern%notes@sbphrd.com Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Crack NEEDED for intel Rev. B Date: Wed, 17 Jan 96 16:32:43 PDT Organization: SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals Research & Development Lines: 31 Message-ID: <NEWTNews.821926473.30715.Postmaster@UWD126.um.us.sbphrd.com> References: <4d25bb$96h@nntp.crl.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: uwd126.um.us.sbphrd.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage In article <4d25bb$96h@nntp.crl.com>, <rci@crl.com> writes: > > Hi all... > > I need help with Lightwave, in either: > > 1 - Help for why Lightwave (Rev B) can no longer initialize > (can't find the dongle) could it be a system or install > problem? Need a bit more info. I get the feeling that the first question is a cut and paste. The real question, must be below... > 2 - if no soultion is there, I need a crack. > (and don't you other other guys bother giving me > crap about it... I have a business to run, and I'm hard > down now....) People sure are quick to get to the point of asking for the "crack"... Why not try and fix the problem, or better yet, buy a copy of the software from NewTek. ********* I work for nobody, but myself... ************* This is my two cents. Since I'm new to the group, it probably does not mean much. Mark Article: 10330 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!news.onramp.net!usenet From: Archie Jones <archiej@onramp.net> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: can't save avi file Date: 17 Jan 1996 22:02:48 GMT Organization: On-Ramp; Individual Internet Connections; Dallas/Ft Worth/Houston, TX USA Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4djrm8$g66@news.onramp.net> References: <4d7st8$efr@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lub11.onramp.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 32bit) thiesuhl@aol.com (Thies Uhl) wrote: >I want to save an animation, but i can do everything nothing happened. i >have lightwave 3d 4.0 intel on a win95 platform. Does anybody know the >problem and can help me? > >-Thies- Thies, I had the same problem. There have been several posts concerning replacing a particular file that is missing or overwritten. I don't know but I was able to get my AVI save to work by reinstalling Win95 (no changes, just reinstall). After the reinstall everything worked fine. Hope it works, Archie Jones Article: 10331 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: Andrew Weiler <aweiler@mindspring.com> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Object floating on water Date: 17 Jan 1996 22:34:57 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4djtih$7pp@brickbat.mindspring.com> References: <30FAAA94.6D73@worldcom.ch> 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: graimond@worldcom.ch graimond@worldcom.ch wrote: > >How can I do to have this object follow the exact wave of the water ?? >The only way I found is to move my object separate from the water ! Very >long and boring ! Is there a way to do moving this object both with the >water wave ?? > >Thank you for your incoming answer !!! > >PG. Switzerland. Welcome to the world of 3D animation. there might be other ways to accomplish this, but the best would be to set individual key frames for the object at the different levels. You may want to offset the motion afterward in the graph mode to give it the "bobbing" look of something floating. Skillful use of spline settings will also save you a little work. Have fun, Andrew Weiler http://www.mindspring.com/~aweiler/aweiler.html Article: 10332 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.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: Cracks, Pirates & Bullshitters Date: 17 Jan 1996 22:57:17 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 36 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4djusd$7vp@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> References: <40859968wnr@beanbaw.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: leimberger@marbls.enet.dec.com () NNTP-Posting-Host: marbls.enet.dec.com |>One suggestion I saw which might be useful to legitimate users is |>attached below. |> |>>If you're a legal, registered user, then here's a novel suggestion: |>>upload your real name, address and the serial number of your copy of |>>whatever (If you are a real user, then you shouldn't have a problem |>>with this, should you?) |> |>>Otherwise, quit bullshitting us. |> |>Just a suggestion :-) |> |> |>------------------------------------------------------- |>| John Reddington EMail john@beanbaw.demon.co.uk | |>| | |>------------------------------------------------------- |> |> John, I see your point but I for one would not post my serial # any more than my Charge card #. After all this is how NewTek tracks is's customers. I think anybody that will not post there real name and enet address should be given zero consideration. You want to know how to add a surface, it's on xxxx page of the manuel. A request for a fairly complex problem could be the type of question that is addressed as it may not have an answer in the manual. We need to look after our own list in a responsible manner and some basic guidelines could help. As for buying 4.0 without a manual maybe someone did but it sure was not a smart thng to do. I read this as someone with 4.0 rev x upgraded to rev xx and then sold rev x off. BTW this is not the way it should go. All revs are tied to the license agreement covering the software. -bill Article: 10333 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news3.digex.net!usenet From: gandalf@access.digex.net (Eric J Fleischer, MD) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: simple question from a newbie. Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 23:17:19 GMT Organization: AlfHeim Imaging Lines: 21 Message-ID: <30fd7f2e.75461824@news.digex.net> References: <4cvf7t$36r@harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au> <30f468b2.78699200@news.digex.net> <4d4g8b$gsa@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> <30f875ea.344227264@news.digex.net> <4dfg3e$e8i@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: bac12766.slip.digex.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/16.141 >We have tried several pieces of trial software over the last 8 months and not >all came with manuals. Several have included basic instuctions and some >tutorials along with support services. If fact most of all the software we have >purchased for our SGI system (except for Lightwave and AVID) did not come with >paper manuals but use SGI's "Iris InSight Online Documentation and Help. Why is it that through all this everyone is suddenly talking about SGI Lightwave? Mathew Davis said nothing about running on SGI, and if you may have noticed, has not returned after over a week to object to my comments. Sounds to me like Mr Davis has this "Lightwave Lite" thing that is floating around, which still sounds to me like a pirate version. So how about it, Mathew? Are you running an SGI, or did you get your "trial version" from your favorite download site? <ELF> - Dr Gandalf - Eric J Fleischer, MD gandalf@access.digex.net DrGandalf@cup.portal.com Article: 10334 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: satori2u@aol.com (Satori2u) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: FS-Panasonic AG-3 3-CCD camcorder Date: 17 Jan 1996 20:00:59 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 4 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dk64b$lcc@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: satori2u@aol.com (Satori2u) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com For Sale: Panasonic AG-3 camcorder: 3 CCDs, S-VHSC, HiFi sound, color viewfinder, 20x1 digital zoom and digital efx, comes with charger, cables and 3 extra batteries. EXCELLENT CONDITION - hardly used. $1700 firm. Serious inquiries only reply via e-mail to: Satori2u@aol.com Article: 10335 Path: zippy.cais.net!news From: Brad Hayes <bjhayes@pacificnet.net> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: NEWTEK FTP ???? THIS BLOWS Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 20:52:24 -0500 Organization: Hayes Visual Communication Lines: 16 Message-ID: <30FDA7D8.3F1B@pacificnet.net> References: <4di0fe$ng4@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pm4-29.pacificnet.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (WinNT; I) Carp3D wrote: > > Sorry to have to use such strong and loud type but this is getting out of > hand. I haven't been able to get on to newteks FTP site for some time now. > How can such a successfull computer hardware and software selling company > have such a flakey FTP site? Any Comments?!?!?! Anyone > Anyone.......Voodo economics... > > Carp3D Editor/Animator... > """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" Hey, let's face it They don't even have Voice Mail or a Tech Support Phone Que. I mean come on... "Hey Guy's lets move up to the Eighties at least" Brad Hayes Article: 10336 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.iag.net!news From: cnelson@iag.net (CNelson) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: MPEG HIIP? Date: 18 Jan 1996 01:48:11 GMT Organization: The Internet Access Group, Inc. Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4dk8sr$n0i@news.iag.net> References: <wturber.803.00FE1938@primenet.com> <DL87zC.It4@cix.compulink.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: pm3-orl1.iag.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.6 In article <DL87zC.It4@cix.compulink.co.uk>, snouty@cix.compulink.co.uk says... > > >> There are very few inexpensive MPEG solutions for the PC. I have used >> a freeware program called CMEPG successfully. It runs in DOS only and >> can only create MPEGs of up to approximately 400x300 resulution. I >> made a couple of batch files that make it easier to use and it is >> actually pretty quick at compiling the MPEG. There are some 320x240 >> MPEGs on our Studio WWW page. If they seem of satisfactory quality, >> let me know and I will arrange to mail, link, or ftp the program to you. > >I agree with this. It is a freeware or shareware program, but it doesn't >do sound, sadly. You can load and save MPEG files from Corel Photo-Paint >version 6, but then you have to buy the entire darn Corel 6 suite >(including versions of Add-Depth and Ray Dream which you might not want) >as well. Again you can't do sound. >THe hardware solutions seem to be the only way to go to get MPEG and >sound. An HIIP MPEG plugin would be nice though. As would an MPEG saver >for Adobe Premiere. Right, Adobe? Thanks to all who replied on the mpeg issue. Unfortunately, I missed most of the follow-up articles! Probably didnt miss much... cmpeg unfortunately dosent support some of the mpeg output options required for my specific decoder. Something to do with inter-frames or somesuch.... ImageFX was the ideal performer, but I had to send the 'ole 4000 out the door to pay for the pentium.... I'll miss her so.... Sincerely, CNelson Article: 10337 Path: zippy.cais.net!news From: Brad Hayes <bjhayes@pacificnet.net> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: ??Scanning Question?? Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 20:57:50 -0500 Organization: Hayes Visual Communication Lines: 28 Message-ID: <30FDA91E.28B1@pacificnet.net> References: <4dit20$cg6@news.umsl.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pm4-29.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: Farzad <s944258@umslvma.umsl.edu> Farzad wrote: > > Hi, > > I scanned in a 2d picture. Then I wanted to load it in the LW. i knew it > wouldn't work, but I gave it try...it didn't work! > > Do you know how can I load a 2D picture in the LW and then play around > with it in Modeler? > > Thanks > > -Farzad > s944258@umslvma.umsl.edu > http://www.geopages.com/SiliconValley/1323 Farzad: You didn't say what platform your working on. If you are working on the amiga there is a program called PixlePro That will take an IFF image and auto trace it into a 3D object. It can also save and load a whole bunch of formats. If you are working on a PC there is a new program (I think from the same guys) called PollyForm. I have not used it but have heard good things. Brad Hayes Article: 10338 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!ip084.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Crack NEEDED for intel Rev. B Date: 17 Jan 1996 18:54:00 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 31 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <wturber.823.0012B07B@primenet.com> References: <4d25bb$96h@nntp.crl.com> <NEWTNews.821926473.30715.Postmaster@UWD126.um.us.sbphrd.com> X-Posted-By: ip084.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <NEWTNews.821926473.30715.Postmaster@UWD126.um.us.sbphrd.com> Mark_Kern%notes@sbphrd.com writes: >From: Mark_Kern%notes@sbphrd.com >Subject: Re: Crack NEEDED for intel Rev. B >Date: Wed, 17 Jan 96 16:32:43 PDT >Need a bit more info. >I get the feeling that the first question is a cut and paste. The real >question, must be below... >> 2 - if no soultion is there, I need a crack. >> (and don't you other other guys bother giving me >> crap about it... I have a business to run, and I'm hard >> down now....) >People sure are quick to get to the point of asking for the "crack"... >Why not try and fix the problem, or better yet, buy a copy of the software >from NewTek. And I thought I wouldn't post on this thread again. For what it is worth, I can independantly verify that months ago (for those of you who are interested) Michael Powell did post questions here asking why he couldn't read long file names off of his Rev. B CD. I'm pretty certain he is a registered licensee. Walter (Jay) Turberville |wturber@primenet.com wturber@aol.com Studio 522 Productions |http://www.primenet.com/~wturber http://www.studio522.com |ftp.primenet.com/users/w/wturber Hey!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We have our new Studio 522 URL!! Article: 10339 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip084.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Mojo sure didn't stick around very long ... Date: 17 Jan 1996 19:04:01 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 29 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <wturber.824.001B8B6D@primenet.com> References: <4c8413$obl@kirin.wwa.com> <4clp0k$li9@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <wturber.776.0037E1D1@primenet.com> <30F60320.4072@evansville.net> <4d5uik$c8a@kirin.wwa.com> <30F71207.3969@evansville.net> <4dcter$mfn@kirin.wwa.com> <4dgfpm$9fg@homer.alpha.net> X-Posted-By: ip084.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <4dgfpm$9fg@homer.alpha.net> syndesis@inc.net (John Foust) writes: >From: syndesis@inc.net (John Foust) >Subject: Re: Mojo sure didn't stick around very long ... >Date: 16 Jan 1996 15:21:26 GMT >In article <4dcter$mfn@kirin.wwa.com>, dbr@wwa.com says... >> >>2). Look, as near as I can tell, this newsgroup serves no useful >> purpose whatsoever. It exists solely to a). serve as a forum >> for third-party vendors to promote their products >Did someone say promotion? Did I mention that we're offering >a $100 credit for anyone who'd like to purchase InterChange >for Windows, if you send in the front page of your InterChange >for Amiga manual? :-) >- John What kind of credit will you give me if I send in my Pixel Pro disks AND manual? :^) 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: 10340 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip084.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: best prog. for Textures Date: 17 Jan 1996 19:16:01 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 36 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <wturber.825.00270846@primenet.com> References: <30F9CF88.B98@polaris.net> <4dh3vf$3b0@brickbat.mindspring.com> X-Posted-By: ip084.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <4dh3vf$3b0@brickbat.mindspring.com> Andrew Weiler <aweiler@mindspring.com> writes: >From: Andrew Weiler <aweiler@mindspring.com> >Subject: Re: best prog. for Textures >Date: 16 Jan 1996 21:05:51 GMT >Marco Sederquist <marco@polaris.net> wrote: >>What is the best program to make original textures with. Some thing that >>won't cost me a fortune. Platform Win 3.11 or NT 3.51 >>Marco >>marco@polaris.net >>Thanks in advance >Adobe Photoshop 3.0, Fractal Painter, and maybe Picture >Publisher. I was a hard-core Amiga user a couple years back, >but nothing on the Amiga ever compared to Photoshop. Check it >out sometime. >Andrew Weiler >http://www.mindspring.com/~aweiler/aweiler.html I actually had as much fun compositing with Photoshop as I usually do while working in LightWave. The more I use Photoshop, the more I like it. It is an excellent tool for LightWave. A few months I used its spherize filter and lighting effects to dummy up a "golf ball" in LightWave. The ball was actually a disc with this dummied Photoshop image mapped to it. I used the lighting effects filter in Photoshop to match the lighting of the LW scene. For this particular purpose, Photoshop saved me a lot of time. Modeling a golf ball is harder than I thought. 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: 10341 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!ip084.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave Date: 17 Jan 1996 19:29:02 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 36 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <wturber.826.003322D0@primenet.com> References: <4df9gg$9k1@news.accessone.com> <4dh2gq$et1@pipe2.nyc.pipeline.com> <4djlja$k5k@news2.realtime.net> X-Posted-By: ip084.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <4djlja$k5k@news2.realtime.net> dcampbel@bga.com (David L. Campbell) writes: >: > >: >> Integrate Layout and Modeler in one program. You can then work directly >: >> on your scene, and modifications to objects can be done without having to >: >> save object, jump back to Modeler, reload the object, modify it, save it, >: >> jump to Layout, replace object. >: >: I think the gui's are too crowded as they are, >: >: PLEASE NEWTEK don't integrate them!! >: >: besides it is a nice safety net and we must keep in mind that object >: creation (modelling) is a fully separate task than anim'ting objects, >Really, that rule is completely arbitrary and doesn't buy you much. >The "safety net" thing is a pretty nice side-effect, but IMO it doesn't >nearly make up for the lost utility of not being able to quickly and >conveniently tweak models as you animate them. >David. >----------------------------------------------------------- I don't find it that time consuming to ALT-TAB to Modeler. Open the object file. Make and save my changes. ALT-TAB back to Layout and do an object replace (the object name will default to the object you have selected, so this goes fairly quickly). I think some import/export link ala the Amiga would be slick, but I don't consider tha above too cumbersome. However if you do a lot of tweeking of objects, I suppose it could get old. 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: 10342 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!homer.alpha.net!usenet From: syndesis@inc.net (John Foust) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Lee Stranahan's Problem With NewTek Date: 18 Jan 1996 02:34:31 GMT Organization: Syndesis Corporation Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4dkbjn$gd0@homer.alpha.net> References: <4dgogd$aqg@sunburst.ccs.yorku.ca> <4dhcol$e7p@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: s13c.globaldialog.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.6 NT In article <4dhcol$e7p@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, stranahan@aol.com says... > >Metatools (the Kai company) - great marketing, very cool company, KICK-ASS >demo crew. Wow, Lee, you didn't tell me you were trying to get a job as a trade-show demonstrator for MetaTools! :-) - John Article: 10343 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip084.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: memory usage for LW4.0 on PC? Date: 17 Jan 1996 19:39:01 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 28 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <wturber.827.003BC2C2@primenet.com> References: <4djha1$g6a@everest.iserv.net> X-Posted-By: ip084.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <4djha1$g6a@everest.iserv.net> rojoyinc@iserv.net (Ron K) writes: >From: rojoyinc@iserv.net (Ron K) >Subject: memory usage for LW4.0 on PC? >Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 16:44:07 GMT >I had LW on AMIGA and loved it, and a friend got recent 4.0 for his >Pentium. He is having problems with lack of ram.... but he has 16 >megs! Is this low for LW? After he loads in a sample scene there >isn't enough ram to do much more then a 5 frame preview... >it appears from the info that software gives that its only using the >640k conventional ram???? it doesn't mention his EMS or extra >ram... also he did manage to get it to actually render without a >out of ram error (one small object) but it only rendered in a small >winow in what looked like less then 256 colors (he's running in a >ultra hi res display in 64 thousand colors? doesn't it render to full >screen like my amiga version did? We're both really confused. All that you describe sounds like you have the pre-release copy. What do your manuals look like? 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: 10344 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!bhood From: bhood@netcom.com (robert hood) Subject: Re: PLUG-INs site Message-ID: <bhoodDLCv1y.3Mn@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <4diru6$66d@lince.lander.es> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 02:32:22 GMT Lines: 11 Sender: bhood@netcom10.netcom.com Daniel Rodriguez (dot@lander.es) wrote: > Where in Internet i can see all or almost all plug-ins available for > LW4.0? Thanks. ftp.netcom.com:/pub/bh/bhood/plugins -- Render me gone, ||| Bob ^(===)^ -------------------------oOO--(_)--OOo-------------------------------------- Bob Hood, President | All governments suffer from a recurring problem: Virtual Visions,Inc.| Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not Tel: 1.303.989.4191 | that power corrupts, but that it is magnetic to the FAX: 1.303.727.7555 | corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become | drunk on violence, a condition to which they are bhood@netcom.com | quickly addicted - Frank Herbert ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article: 10345 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: equinoxii@aol.com (Equinox II) Newsgroups: comp.fonts,comp.graphics.algorithms,comp.graphics.animation,comp.graphics.api.inventor,comp.graphics.api.misc,comp.graphics.api.opengl,comp.graphics.api.pexlib,comp.graphics.apps.alias,comp.graphics.apps.avs,comp.graphics.apps.data-explorer,co Subject: Re: ***KEYBOARD RECORDERS*********************************************** Date: 17 Jan 1996 21:55:46 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 14 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dkcri$p72@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4djlpq$2dh@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: equinoxii@aol.com (Equinox II) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.fonts:38091 comp.graphics.algorithms:26223 comp.graphics.animation:29706 comp.graphics.api.inventor:867 comp.graphics.api.misc:317 comp.graphics.api.opengl:2625 comp.graphics.api.pexlib:290 comp.graphics.apps.alias:880 comp.graph Thank you for littering the newsgroups with your sales spam. I'm sure whatever you're selling deserved to be posted to every comp. newsgroup because your product will revolutionize the computer industry, so you just shot your internet wad out of benevolance, right? Because your product, above all others, will make the world a great place, warrenting the repetition of the posting to 20+ newsgroups? In the future, practice a little discretion in posting please. Just say no to SPAM. --Brian Equinox Images, Inc. http://members.aol.com/equinoxii/ Article: 10346 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!winternet.com!guitar.sound.net!news From: nanook@guitar.sound.net (Keith Dickinson) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: NEWTEK FTP ???? THIS BLOWS Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 04:51:57 GMT Organization: Sound.Net Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4dkd2k$ee@guitar.sound.net> References: <4di0fe$ng4@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: nanook@guitar.sound.net NNTP-Posting-Host: psycho.sound.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 carp3d@aol.com (Carp3D) wrote: >Sorry to have to use such strong and loud type but this is getting out of >hand. I haven't been able to get on to newteks FTP site for some time now. > How can such a successfull computer hardware and software selling company >have such a flakey FTP site? Any Comments?!?!?! Anyone >Anyone.......Voodo economics... Sorry guys... I'll check the server when I drop by the office tomorrow. Mea Culpa! L8r G8r Keith Article: 10347 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!winternet.com!guitar.sound.net!news From: nanook@guitar.sound.net (Keith Dickinson) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: memory usage for LW4.0 on PC? Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 04:57:01 GMT Organization: Sound.Net Lines: 34 Message-ID: <4dkdc4$ee@guitar.sound.net> References: <4djha1$g6a@everest.iserv.net> Reply-To: nanook@guitar.sound.net NNTP-Posting-Host: psycho.sound.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 rojoyinc@iserv.net (Ron K) wrote: >I had LW on AMIGA and loved it, and a friend got recent 4.0 for his >Pentium. He is having problems with lack of ram.... but he has 16 >megs! Is this low for LW? After he loads in a sample scene there >isn't enough ram to do much more then a 5 frame preview... >it appears from the info that software gives that its only using the >640k conventional ram???? it doesn't mention his EMS or extra >ram... also he did manage to get it to actually render without a >out of ram error (one small object) but it only rendered in a small >winow in what looked like less then 256 colors (he's running in a >ultra hi res display in 64 thousand colors? doesn't it render to full >screen like my amiga version did? We're both really confused. I have 48M of ram running Win95 on my machine. When I load LW, the scene pannel says that I have 9M of REAL RAM left in the load.... I don't know if this is _realistic_. I can go into the camera pannel and set the segment size to ~12M and render a scene w/o swapping out, so I think Win95 probably padds the disk buffers till you use some serious ram. I will say that 16 is the ABSOLUTE minimum I'd try rendering with, though 24 or 32 is a much better option if you can afford it! I can't wait till I swap my 2 8M SIMMs for 2 32M simms.... 96M ram to render with?? Wonder if LW can handle a 64M segment.... (grin). L8r G8r Keith Article: 10348 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!fusion From: fusion@netcom.com (Fusion Films) Subject: Re: Lightwave flying duck? Message-ID: <fusionDLCx08.7zM@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <4dit9a$2i9@acmex.gatech.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 03:14:32 GMT Lines: 32 Sender: fusion@netcom10.netcom.com : A guy walks into his apartment and sees a duck flying around. : Like most people, I don't have access to ducks, so I'm going : to use Lightwave to generate it and then composite it with : my live footage. : Anyone have any suggestions on how to make the duck look and : move as real as possible? Perhaps I can find a duck object : somewhere? Semi commercial plug here! It sounds like you may be new to LW and or compositing - I would not recommend trying such a complicated animation on top of trying this composite. My partner, Mark Thompson, has a video tape out that has an excellent section on compositing and it comes with a CD-ROM that has the scene file on it so that you can learn from his example scene. You can get more information from our web site in the In.Focus section. The URL is - http://www.ids.net/gamut/fusion1.html Sorry for the commercial post, but I really do think that Mark's section on compositing is pretty darn good ;-) Paul -- *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* * Paul Griswold (305)279-5435 * * Fusion Films, Inc. Fusion@netcom.com * * Director/Animator http://www.ids.net/gamut/fusion1.html * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Article: 10350 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: virtualbri@aol.com (VirtualBri) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: PLUG-INs site Date: 17 Jan 1996 22:59:21 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 5 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dkgip$quq@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4diru6$66d@lince.lander.es> Reply-To: virtualbri@aol.com (VirtualBri) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com http://www.teleport.com/~memex on the Web is amassing an index of LightWave Plug-ins. http://members.aol.com/virtualbri/ http://members.aol.com/equinoxii/ Article: 10351 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: virtualbri@aol.com (VirtualBri) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: LW Pro December issue? Date: 17 Jan 1996 22:59:34 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 9 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dkgj6$qv1@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4db9kc$921@castle.nando.net> Reply-To: virtualbri@aol.com (VirtualBri) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com >Is the December or January LW Pro out yet? The latest one I have is the >November issue (Modeler Mysteries on the cover). If Dec/Jan are out yet, >what's on the cover. Maybe I've just misplaced and forgotten it. December is out. No January yet. I tend to get my issues right at the end of the month, so that's when I'll be expecting January's issue. --Brian http://members.aol.com/virtualbri/ http://members.aol.com/equinoxii/ Article: 10352 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: virtualbri@aol.com (VirtualBri) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: NEWTEK FTP ???? THIS BLOWS Date: 17 Jan 1996 22:59:33 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 6 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dkgj5$qv0@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <30FD628F.64C6@oo.com> Reply-To: virtualbri@aol.com (VirtualBri) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Much as I can slam them for some things, I've never had a problem getting onto the FTP site, up to and including last weekend. I'd check your program, and your service provider. --Brian http://members.aol.com/virtualbri/ http://members.aol.com/equinoxii/ Article: 10353 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.eng.convex.com!hermes.oc.com!usenet From: Kreg Branden <memex@teleport.com> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: PLUG-INs site Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 21:10:31 -0800 Organization: Meme-X Lines: 18 Message-ID: <30FDD647.4D53@teleport.com> References: <4diru6$66d@lince.lander.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: acme.etsu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (WinNT; I) Daniel Rodriguez wrote: > > Where in Internet i can see all or almost all plug-ins available for > LW4.0? Thanks. We recently put up the LightWave Plug-In Page. It's address is: http://www.teleport.com/~memex/lwpipage.htm This page is an attempt to have a comprehensive listing of Plug-Ins for LightWave for the user. The list is slim at the moment (but growing). Kreg Branden - Meme-X - http://www.teleport.com/~memex Article: 10354 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!hookup!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: carp3d@aol.com (Carp3D) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: NEWTEK FTP ???? THIS BLOWS Date: 18 Jan 1996 00:59:09 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 4 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dknjd$1a6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <30FD628F.64C6@oo.com> Reply-To: carp3d@aol.com (Carp3D) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Amazing!! I'll cross my fingers. Thanks Carp3D Editor/Animator... """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" Article: 10355 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: carp3d@aol.com (Carp3D) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: PROBLEM INSTALLING LIGHTWAVE3D Date: 18 Jan 1996 00:59:28 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 14 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dknk0$1ae@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: carp3d@aol.com (Carp3D) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Has anyone come across this problem. I go and run the setup for lightwave, get 82 percent done and then I get a "can't find MSVCRT20.dll. File must be in use by another app." What does this file do? And why won't it let me install lightwave? I have installed lightwave on 3 other PC's running Win95 and they went without any problems. My computer is a Micron p133 w/32 megs running Win95. Any suggestions? Your help is much appreciated.... Thanks Carp3D Editor/Animator... """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" Article: 10356 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!rci From: rci@crl.com (Michael Powell) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Crack NEEDED for intel Rev. B Date: 18 Jan 1996 07:56:40 GMT Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access (415) 705-6060 [Login: guest] Lines: 33 Message-ID: <4dkufo$6f2@nntp.crl.com> References: <4d25bb$96h@nntp.crl.com> <NEWTNews.821926473.30715.Postmaster@UWD126.um.us.sbphrd.com> <wturber.823.0012B07B@primenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: crl14.crl.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Walter (Jay) Turberville (wturber@primenet.com) wrote: : And I thought I wouldn't post on this thread again. For what it is worth, I : can independantly verify that months ago (for those of you who are interested) : Michael Powell did post questions here asking why he couldn't read long file : names off of his Rev. B CD. I'm pretty certain he is a registered licensee. Me either.... (sigh) Not only am I licensed, but my DONGLE IS BACK! Came today, overnight Airborn Express, and in working condition once again! This is a great response from NewTek.... a 24 hour turn- around once they got it. They included no note of any kind that would indicate what they actually did, or what they suspected caused the failure. I have also applied the Rev C. patches and everything is running smoothly under that revision. Although for some reason the HIIP loader and saver refused to extract from the zip archive over the existing files. Strange. I extracted them elsewhere, and then manually moved them into their correct directories. Anyway, this crisis is officially over! -mp- Article: 10357 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!willis.cis.uab.edu!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!usenet From: dAVE@mikicic Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Rev's on the Web? Date: Thu, 18 Jan 96 01:54:23 PDT Organization: MCSNet Internet Services Lines: 11 Message-ID: <NEWTNews.821959231.21980.mikicic@mikicic> NNTP-Posting-Host: mikicic.pr.mcs.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage Does anyone know if the Patchs for upgrading to Rev C are downloadable from any WebSite. I tried and tried to ftp to ftp.newtek.com, no luck. I know that there is a webpage for LightWave by NewTek, I can access that page any time. So what's the deal. I've even connected by telnet, didn't take the common backdoor Login: Anonymous or Guest. Sans, :-( dAVE Article: 10358 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: probs with migration to NT Date: 18 Jan 1996 03:23:35 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 14 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dl027$4lv@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: leuey@aol.com (Leuey) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Just upgraded from wfw 3.11 to win NT 3.51. Everything went relatively ok, except I can't seem to get LW to work. I reinstalled LW from my cd (rev. b), selecting the Windows NT box, and LW and Contect. I also ran the sentinal program to install the sentinal drivers. However, when I double click on LW or Modeler I get this "msvcrt20.dll only intended for Win32's....initialization of the dynamic link library failed..blah..blah..blah...application terminated....blah...blah." What's this all about? I tried reinstalling from the cd twice, and still the same thing. Why does it think I'm trying to run LW with Win32's when I installed the WinNT version? ANY help would be appreciated. Please no RTFM replies, because the FM is real F thin on this issue. thanx, greg Article: 10359 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!ub!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!news.voicenet.com!news From: pirate@voicenet.com Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: have a problem connecting Par to the Toaster.help! Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 08:28:25 GMT Organization: Voicenet - Internet Access - (215)674-9290 Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4dl0dl$spi@news.voicenet.com> References: <4dcmpo$16i@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: philly02.voicenet.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 mcdeath@ix.netcom.com (Emmanuel Olympia ) wrote: >Hello, I just recently bought a PAR and I read the manual and looked at >how I should connect the PAR to the toaster and when I do, I get >garbage. I connect the composite(from the PAR) to the input 1 on the >toaster card and then I have a cable coming out of the program output >to the vcr. I am doing something wrong. Pls. help. thanks All I know is, when I did what you did,I ran the output through my TBC in-and I come out into number 2,and it works fine. If there is another way i would like to know. Also,I have to use a joystick to trigger the darn thing. I hooked up a GPI from my edit-controller,and it doesn't work. Oh well,i am still doing research,so If I find out something worthwhile,I'll post it Cul8R Wayne Toaster Powered ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Article: 10360 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!bt!usenet From: stuart@aeolians.bt.co.uk (Stuart Smith) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: rev C bug with AVI save Date: 18 Jan 1996 09:36:37 GMT Organization: BT Labs Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4dl4b5$gid@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk> References: <30FD62EC.949@oo.com> Reply-To: stuart@aeolians.bt.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: scooby.aeolians.bt.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In article <30FD62EC.949@oo.com>, TL Westgate <juris@oo.com> writes: >I got the AVI saver to work porperly, but then I updated with the rev C >patch, and now I getActivation Failed: Code -2 errors every time I try >to save an AVI. Anybody have any clues? > >TL Sounds like your lw.cfg file. Textedit it (without LW running) and check it's OK.. it's obviously haveing difficulty loading the saver. Stu -- ____ \_/ \____ (")______(")> Stu's Rule of Thumb: "Don't use a rule made of thumb. It will invariably not be straight, will stain easily and isn't very long. Try other appendages...." Article: 10361 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!bt!usenet From: stuart@aeolians.bt.co.uk (Stuart Smith) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Anim to Video Date: 18 Jan 1996 09:48:17 GMT Organization: BT Labs Lines: 43 Message-ID: <4dl511$gid@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk> References: <4di754$nsl@pipe1.nyc.pipeline.com> Reply-To: stuart@aeolians.bt.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: scooby.aeolians.bt.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In article <4di754$nsl@pipe1.nyc.pipeline.com>, justin@nyc.pipeline.com (Michael Justin Austin) writes: >Major snipsy >>Please don't laugh at this question <G>...has anyone tried using a PC >>to Video encoder? They cost less than $500. They're not as pro as >>the PAR but it's a start, isn't it? >> >>Chris >A video encoder won't play back animation -just a single frame! > >you still need a way to move 60 flds per sec of an animation file >at atleast 640 x 480 lines every 2 fields or 30 fps.?? > >You would still need a single frame recorder or some such. > >atleast an mpeg card but those are pretty crappy for video. > I may have got the wrong end of the stick... but I think what Chris is talking about a card that either plays back AVI's out to VHS/ S-VHS (plently around at the sub. 200 pounds mark), or better still something like the Miro DC1+ at 300 pounds over here (incl. lots of software). The Miro is an MJPEG card. This means it can capture and compress (in real time) 30 frames /sec of 320x240 into mjpegs. And play back (in real time) 320x240 (interpolated to 640x480) frames at up to 60 frames per second out to VHS/S-VHS. This would be adequate for rough VHS quality output. They do a DC20 (?) card which does 640x480 capture playback at 60 fps (MJPEG) which is about 700 pounds... still pretty good value. I know it ain't a PAR, but it'll work with your harddrive, a decent sized anim of 30 secs is only gonna be .... say.. 30Kx60x30=54MB. Which is pretty decent. Stu -- ____ \_/ \____ (")______(")> Stu's Rule of Thumb: "Don't use a rule made of thumb. It will invariably not be straight, will stain easily and isn't very long. Try other appendages...." Article: 10362 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsrelay.netins.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!usenet From: Jay Lloyd Neal <jayneal@vt.edu> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation,comp.graphics.packages.3dstudio,comp.sys.mac.graphics,comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Animation Master 4 Features! Date: 18 Jan 1996 11:13:34 GMT Organization: Virginia Tech Lines: 50 Message-ID: <4dla0u$155@solaris.cc.vt.edu> References: <4dec2t$qes@news2.realtime.net> <1996Jan17.134441.26272@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA> NNTP-Posting-Host: soilmicro-lab.biol.vt.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) X-URL: news:1996Jan17.134441.26272@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.graphics.animation:29723 comp.graphics.packages.3dstudio:10094 comp.sys.mac.graphics:30876 comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:10362 bross@locutus.ac.BrockU.CA (Brian Ross) wrote: >Amazing. Haven't they heard of technical writers and >software documentation specialists? Well, unfortunately the problem isn't really on how to use the software, that in itself is well documented enough. Let me use an analogy.... Say you buy an oscilloscope, a circuit tester, and other various electrical tech tools. After reading the docs, you are completely familiar with the tools, but without some understanding of circuit logic, it is unlikely that you will be repairing stereo tuners, eh? While Hash tools can be learned easily enough from the docs, modeling advanced intricate cartoon or photoreal figures is not something you learn on your own in a couple of weeks. If you look on the Hash CD, there are examples of eyelid mechanics construction, mouth pockets, hands, etc.. All very complex subjects, but right there to visually pull apart and learn from. It takes me sometimes weeks to sketch, plan, and execute a complex humanoid model... To describe the thinking processes involved, the whys, and the how to's might take an entire textbook if it were general enough to cover more than one specific pro-level figure. If PIXAR published a "how we construct a Toy Story figure for theatrical animation" text it would be directly applicable to all Hash users. Why? Because designing animatable figures with good IK, eyesockets, detailed hands, etc. takes practice and experience. Like anything, it is easier if you have an experienced user sitting nearby to help out while first learning. Is there a text out there on 4-point spline modeling figures in Softimage3D? Or did ILM break completely new ground in "The Mask"? Seriously, any texts on style and technique for 4-point patch modeling will help newbie Hashters. Most doc complaints haven't been on how features work, but rather what to do with those features. The greater freedoms of Hash's patch modeling also requires the user to make more design decisions and select from many more choices. cheers, Jay -- Jay Lloyd Neal, jayneal@vt.edu http://soilmicro-lab.biol.vt.edu/jln.html "...a computer is just a stupid pencil with lots of colors. The artist makes the difference." -Steve Williams Article: 10363 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!axe.netdoor.com!port22.netdoor.com!frank From: frank@netdoor.com (Frank D. Cocke) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Object floating on water Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 20:44:17 Organization: The Lightray Factory Lines: 31 Message-ID: <frank.48.0014BCFD@netdoor.com> References: <30FAAA94.6D73@worldcom.ch> <4dhhal$8ta@news4.digex.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: port22.netdoor.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] >What might work is to creat a null-object, give it the same >displacement map given to the water object, then parent the floating >object to the null object. Haven't actually tried this but it should >work. >Dave Paige The null object will just sit there. I tried just taking one of the polygons of the water object and doing the same thing but it seems that when you parent an object to another object it will not follow the object as it is displaced. Try this. After you finish with all your displacement settings and you know where your can or boat is going to be placed, mark these polygons of your water object, take it into modeler and copy and save these polys as a new object. Load it back into layout and put the same displacement settings to it as your water. Then use it as a reference as to the placement of your can object at the apropriate frame at the same time creating a keyframe for your can object for say frame 1,5,10,15, for as long as you need. This will make it easier to see where to place your object. Hope this makes sense. Frank D. Cocke E-mail: frank@netdoor.com Check out my Home Page URL - http://www2.netdoor.com/~frank "The Lightray Factory" 3D animation and graphics Article: 10364 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!willis.cis.uab.edu!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!usenet From: johnc@mt-inc.com (John Crookshank) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Up the Contrast? (Gamma?) Date: 18 Jan 1996 16:21:07 GMT Organization: MCSNet Internet Services Lines: 24 Message-ID: <1212.6591T575T993@mt-inc.com> References: <4d7h6k$84l@news.iag.net> <wturber.807.005E7303@primenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mtinc.pr.mcs.net X-Newsreader: THOR 2.22 (Amiga;TCP/IP) On 13-Jan-96 18:11:00, Walter (Jay) Turberville (wturber@primenet.com) posted: > Our Amiga PAR didn't come with any SMPTE bars. Does anybody know if > there is a SMPTE file for the PAR? If so, you can load and display > them to determine if the problem is in the hardware (PAR and "TV"), or > in the rendered images. Sure it did - look at the program "TSG". It's a "Test Signal Generator", and will selectively generate a bunch of test pattern stills, SMPTE included. You can then just call them up, and use the output to calibrate monitors, genlock timing, etc. If you have their WFM/VSC card, the same program came with that, too. -- ______________________________________________________________ / John Crookshank | Raptor3 DEC Alpha Workstations \ | MicroTech Solutions, Inc. | Lightwave 3D, Toaster/Flyer | | Desktop Video Systems Dealer | JVC Professional Video Products | | NewTek Systems Group Dealer | PVR, Speed Razor, Amiga Dealer | |------------------------------|---------------------------------| | johnc@mt-inc.com http://www.mt-inc.com/ | \______________________________________________________________/ Article: 10365 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!not-for-mail From: kipster@primenet.com (Kip Pesuti) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Telnet?? Date: 18 Jan 1996 01:38:01 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 21 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <541.6591T30T2217@primenet.com> References: <30F9E7D9.4E8C@airmail.net> <4de59k$ccg@islandnet.com> <4dhrgh$ltg@dragon.cabot.nf.ca> X-Posted-By: ip220.pom.primenet.com X-Newsreader: THOR 2.22 (Amiga;TCP/IP) *UNREGISTERED* >>E> it would be IDEAL for me to telnet to the NewTek bbs instead of paying >>E> the long distance call from Dallas! >Agreed. So once you have telnet working (I use it all the time) how >would one connect to the NEWTEK BBS through it? >I have an account on the BBS (or did once) but haven't accessed it for >a long time because of long distance charges. >Sean Huxter >sean@mirror.det.mun.ca >http://www.cabot.nf.ca/~sean I believe the telnet address is: bbs.newtek.com. God bless you! (and your Amiga) Or Whatever you use :) -Kip Article: 10366 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!news.onramp.net!usenet From: Archie Jones <archiej@onramp.net> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: best prog. for Textures Date: 18 Jan 1996 12:41:40 GMT Organization: On-Ramp; Individual Internet Connections; Dallas/Ft Worth/Houston, TX USA Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4dlf64$kfl@news.onramp.net> References: <30F9CF88.B98@polaris.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lub01.onramp.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 32bit) Marco Sederquist <marco@polaris.net> wrote: >What is the best program to make original textures with. Some thing that >won't cost me a fortune. Platform Win 3.11 or NT 3.51 >Marco >marco@polaris.net >Thanks in advance I use Picture Publisher for my texture maps. I've used Photoshop as well but I think Picture Publisher edges it out. Also, with Picture Publisher, you can use Photoshop plug-ins like KPT and such. You can pick it up for less than 150. Archie Article: 10367 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!zrz.TU-Berlin.DE!suncom.rz.hu-berlin.de!news From: codex@kadewe.artcom.de (christian wuerdemann) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Q: Sreamernet? Date: 18 Jan 1996 12:59:00 GMT Organization: Humboldt Universitaet zu Berlin Lines: 9 Message-ID: <367.6591T863T1326@kadewe.artcom.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: pp9.rz.hu-berlin.de X-Newsreader: THOR 2.22 (Amiga;TCP/IP) *UNREGISTERED* I got 1 Amiga4000 and 1 DecAlpha/WinNT (Raptor). What i'm trying to do , is set up the Screamernet. On the Amiga i got LW3.5 and on the Raptor LW4.0. I don't have experiences with SN. Does anyone know where I can get a manual or can anyone explain me how I'm able to set up SN. (is SNII avaible on the Amiga ??) -christian wuerdemann Article: 10368 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: diwt@aol.com (DIWT) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: NEWTEK FTP ???? THIS BLOWS Date: 18 Jan 1996 09:16:06 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 4 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dlkn6$b8s@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4dknjd$1a6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: diwt@aol.com (DIWT) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com There is also a Newtek presence on AOL that has the files as well. If you have AOL you can use keyword "newtek" to get there. Ed Article: 10369 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news2.acs.oakland.edu!condor.ic.net!news.cic.net!news.gatecom.com!gatecoms!cgolchert From: cgolchert@gatecoms.gatecom.com (Chris Golchert) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: NEWTEK FTP ???? THIS BLOWS Date: 18 Jan 1996 16:34:25 GMT Organization: Gateway Communications Inc. Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4dlsqh$f54@www.gatecom.com> References: <4dknjd$1a6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4dlkn6$b8s@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gatecoms.gatecom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I don't every have a problem getting on to their FTP site....every time I've ever tried it's been up...the only problem I've had FTPing from somewhere is my server (those people at the bottom of my post) corrupts some files and locks up my newsgroup reading. Article: 10370 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!demon!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!yama.mcc.ac.uk!cs.man.ac.uk!usenet From: lucass@cs.man.ac.uk (Stephen Lucas) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: LightWave Plug In development Date: 18 Jan 1996 15:24:23 GMT Organization: Dept Computer Science, University of Manchester, U.K. Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4dlon7$mci@m1.cs.man.ac.uk> Reply-To: lucass@cs.man.ac.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: n8m.cs.man.ac.uk NNTP-Posting-User: 371 Hi, I'm new to this group so excuse this if it is an obvious question. Is the Lightwave Plug In developer information freely available? I've got some ideas for plug ins and would like to have a go a implementing them myself. ftp.newtek.com isn't working for me ATM, so ignore this if all the relevant information is there. Cheers Steve Article: 10371 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gumby!wmich-news!vidjunk From: vidjunk%cs.wmich.edu (jim) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Lightwave 4.0 is a pig Date: 18 Jan 1996 18:52:55 GMT Organization: an unorganized place Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4dm4u7$mjs@news.news.wmich.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: yakko.cs.wmich.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Just recieved my LW 4.0 fromNT today. I did a render comparison on a scene I am working on. Before installin g the 4.0, I rendered a frame and it took 780 seconds. I installed the 4.0 and the same frame in the scene took 1792 seconds!!!!!!!!!! 2.3 times slower!!!! Am I doing something wrong? Now, how in the world can software be considered as an improvement with all these great new features I would love to use like the limited regeon bones and IK when the finished rendering willl be more than twice as long?? The newer version would be rendering faster, donchathink?? Joe Freeman the Video Junky A2000/g-force040/24megs Back to 3.5 so I can get some work done. I won't consider rendering with such a pig untill I have an alpha. What a waste of effort. Article: 10372 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!zetnet.co.uk!usenet From: richard.griffiths@zetnet.co.uk (Richard Griffiths) Newsgroups: comp.fonts,comp.graphics.algorithms,comp.graphics.animation,comp.graphics.api.inventor,comp.graphics.api.misc,comp.graphics.api.opengl,comp.graphics.api.pexlib,comp.graphics.apps.alias,comp.graphics.apps.avs,comp.graphics.apps.data-explorer,co Subject: Re: ***KEYBOARD RECORDERS*********************************************** Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 16:51:12 GMT Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4dm86g$dms@irk.zetnet.co.uk> References: <4djlpq$2dh@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: foula.zetnet.co.uk Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.fonts:38138 comp.graphics.algorithms:26267 comp.graphics.animation:29742 comp.graphics.api.inventor:872 comp.graphics.api.misc:319 comp.graphics.api.opengl:2638 comp.graphics.api.pexlib:291 comp.graphics.apps.alias:886 comp.graph In message <4djlpq$2dh@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> hector.d@ix.netcom.com (HECTOR DAVILA ) writes: > SUBJECT:***KEYBOARD RECORDERS******** > You will receive 18 different programs on a 3 1/2 disk. > You'll get:KEYCOPY,KEYFAKE,KEYREAD,KEYTRAP,KEYREC,KEYLOGWN(Windows), > HACKKEY,BAGKEYS,GETIT,PLAYBACK,ROBOKEY,RECORD,ENCORE, > KCAP10,PTM229N,QWERTMAN,GKG,DEPL. > Just send $9.95 plus $1.00 for shipping and handling to: > > HLD PLUBLISHING COMPANY > 1680 N. VINE ST. #1103 > LOS ANGELES, CA. 90028 You fool - what gives you the right to sell other peoples programs. Just tell me how many of those grabbers you actualy wrote your self!! -- -Richard Griffiths richard.griffiths@zetnet.co.uk Article: 10373 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!not-for-mail From: tiredsn@primenet.com (Sterno Boy) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Update: Lightwave Pro Book Date: 18 Jan 1996 13:20:07 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 18 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <4dma1n$i0t@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> X-Posted-By: ip149.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99a.107 FYI: I just talk to the people who advertised the LightWave Pro Book (over 100 tutorials + CD from past LightWave Pro issues.) For anyone who ordered it NO they did not just take your money. There is some pre-press problems and shipping has been pushed back to March. Anyone interested in this can call LWPro FAX 408-743-9251 Phone 408-743-9250 The book is 39.95 with a few bucks for shipping. Anyone not familar with LightWave Pro, chek this out. It is a great magazine with easy to follow tutorials. Impress your friends, Impress your family, get the book! Article: 10374 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.pe.net!norconnect.no!news.seinf.abb.se!nooft.abb.no!Norway.EU.net!oslonett.no!sn.no!newsfeed.tip.net!academy.bastad.se!news From: matsola@academy.bastad.se (Mats-Ola Ström) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Rev C upgrade... where? Date: 18 Jan 1996 20:09:17 GMT Organization: Strom Graphics Inc. Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4dm9dd$gdi@academy.bastad.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: academy.bastad.se Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.5 I would like to upgrade to LW4.0 iNTEL Rev C, but i can't seem to find the upgrade anywhere. I was told that it was to be found on the NewTek FTP site, but i can't seem to connect. And when i do, Netscape can't find the /incoming dir. Please help, or send me the upgrade attached. Thanks / Mats-Ola Ström Article: 10375 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: pavdg@aol.com (PavDg) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Live action PAR video into Lightwave ? Date: 18 Jan 1996 16:06:52 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 3 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dmcpc$ld7@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <1a04saq60.alamito@marketgraph.xs4all.nl> Reply-To: pavdg@aol.com (PavDg) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com When using an Amiga Par for image sequences, you have to enter the name of the sequence as such: if the sequence is called Livevideo on the par then in Lightwave enter it as Livevideo. with a period at the end. Article: 10376 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!fido.asd.sgi.com!news.neu.sgi.com!eugate.sgi.com!imaginet.fr!rain.fr!news.worldcom.ch!usenet From: Coin-Op <graimond@worldcom.ch> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: New ftp site Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 21:26:40 +0100 Organization: Coin-Op Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4dmadi$t6t@news.worldcom.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: port_c13.worldcom.ch Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) I am looking for an ftp site which is the same kind as Tomahawk (as this one doesn't exist anymore). If you have some adress. You welcome. PG. Switzerland. Article: 10377 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!fido.asd.sgi.com!news.neu.sgi.com!eugate.sgi.com!imaginet.fr!rain.fr!news.worldcom.ch!usenet From: Coin-Op <"Coin-Op <graimond"@worldcom.ch>> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: New ftp site Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 21:28:09 +0100 Organization: Coin-Op Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4dmagb$t76@news.worldcom.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: port_c13.worldcom.ch Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) I am looking for an ftp site which is the same kind as Tomahawk (as this one doesn't exist anymore). If you have some adress. You welcome. PG. Switzerland. Article: 10378 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!fido.asd.sgi.com!news.neu.sgi.com!eugate.sgi.com!imaginet.fr!rain.fr!news.worldcom.ch!usenet From: Coin-Op <"Coin-Op <graimond"@worldcom.ch>> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: New ftp Site Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 21:29:05 +0100 Organization: Coin-Op Lines: 6 Message-ID: <30FEAD91.68CA@worldcom.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: port_c13.worldcom.ch Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) I am looking for an ftp site which is the same kind as Tomahawk (as this one doesn't exist anymore). If you have some adress. You welcome. PG. Switzerland. Article: 10379 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!gt-news!prism!prism!not-for-mail From: ccasttt@prism.gatech.edu (Taka Torimoto) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: How to import AutoCAD file into Lightwave?? Date: 18 Jan 1996 16:32:14 -0500 Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4dme8u$90o@acmex.gatech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: acmex-prism.gatech.edu Can someone tell me how I can import an AutoCAD file into Lightwave? What do I have to do? Any help would be appreciated... -Taka -- Taka "Dr.Love" Torimoto Electrical Engineering Senior (Class of 96) 340154 Georgia Tech Station Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-1465 http://www.gatech.edu/taka E-mail: gt0154a@prism.gatech.edu ********** This space for rent! ********** Article: 10380 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!shf From: shf@netcom.com (Stuart Ferguson) Subject: Re: LightWave Plug In development Message-ID: <shfDLECus.FHq@netcom.com> Organization: The Blue Planet References: <4dlon7$mci@m1.cs.man.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 21:54:27 GMT Lines: 11 Sender: shf@netcom16.netcom.com +-- lucass@cs.man.ac.uk (Stephen Lucas) writes: | Is the Lightwave Plug In developer information freely available? I've | got some ideas for plug ins and would like to have a go a implementing | them myself. Free and freely distributable. The main site is ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/ lw/lwsdk, but other faster sites are available. -- Stuart Ferguson (shf@netcom.com) "How do you compute that? Where on the graph do `must' and `cannot' meet?" Article: 10381 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!vyzynz!usenet From: Chris Dansie <chris@digop.com> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.wavefront,comp.graphics.apps.softimage,comp.graphics.packages.3dstudio,comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: High-end 3D animation business for sale Date: 18 Jan 1996 23:28:05 GMT Organization: Digital Options Inc. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4dml25$425@lonepeak.vii.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.26.85.132 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.12IS (X11; I; IRIX 5.3 IP22) X-URL: news:comp.graphics.apps.wavefront Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.graphics.apps.wavefront:1803 comp.graphics.apps.softimage:436 comp.graphics.packages.3dstudio:10125 comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:10381 That's right, the high-end 3D animation and graphics portion of our company is for sale. Great clients, great demo reel, SGI and Alias. Serious inquiries...reply to chris@digop.com for the details. Thanks. Hope it is OK to post here...I apologize if it's not. -- Chris --------------------------------------------- Chris Dansie Digital Options Inc. email: chris@digop.com Salt Lake City, Utah ---------------------------------------------- Article: 10382 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: Andrew Weiler <aweiler@mindspring.com> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Live action PAR video into Lightwave ? Date: 18 Jan 1996 23:05:00 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4dmjms$am4@brickbat.mindspring.com> References: <4dgvkv$fq0@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: aweiler.mindspring.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 32bit) To: d.degollado@mail.utexas.edu d.degollado@mail.utexas.edu (DJazz) wrote: >I'm mind boggled. Could someone tell me how to dump live action PAR video into >Lightwave.. > >thx in advance > Taken that you've captured you footage into the PAR already, export that as a series of IFF images, load that sequence into LW, voila! (PS, you need a lot of HD space for these sort of operations) Andrew Weiler http://www.mindspring.com/~aweiler/aweiler.html Article: 10383 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsjunkie.ans.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: RNCB33A@prodigy.com (Randy Penn) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Shader Plug-in? Date: 18 Jan 1996 23:38:37 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 7 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4dmllt$k78@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: inugap4.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 Unless my eyes deceived me, I read that there was a shader plug-in on Newtek's FTP site. I have been unable to locate this file and was hoping someone could help me. Thanks, Randy Article: 10384 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!ip043.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Lightwave flying duck? Date: 18 Jan 1996 18:57:03 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 18 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <wturber.830.00807F5A@primenet.com> References: <4dit9a$2i9@acmex.gatech.edu> <fusionDLCx08.7zM@netcom.com> X-Posted-By: ip043.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] In article <fusionDLCx08.7zM@netcom.com> fusion@netcom.com (Fusion Films) writes: >Sorry for the commercial post, but I really do think that Mark's section >on compositing is pretty darn good ;-) >Paul >-- > *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* > * Paul Griswold (305)279-5435 * We did a demo of a duck for a local customer. It is harder than might be supposed. Especially if the client wants the wings seemlessly integrated to the body. Walter (Jay) Turberville |wturber@primenet.com wturber@aol.com Studio 522 Productions |http://www.primenet.com/~wturber http://www.studio522.com |ftp.primenet.com/users/w/wturber Hey!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We have our new Studio 522 URL!! Article: 10385 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: twilcox@ix.netcom.com(Timothy Wilcox ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Is it possible to use an .AVI sequence as a BG Image Sequence? Date: 19 Jan 1996 04:55:36 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4dn888$koc@cloner3.netcom.com> References: <4dbr04$h19@sam.inforamp.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lax-ca24-16.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Thu Jan 18 8:55:37 PM PST 1996 In <4dbr04$h19@sam.inforamp.net> John Moores <jmoores@inforamp.net> writes: > >I am running LW 4.0 on a PC under Win95. I am trying to do >some interesting scenes using video sequences for the >background. So far, the only way I can do this is to load my >avi file in Premiere, convert it to a filmstrip, and then cut >each frame and save and rename it (plus numbered file >extension) in Photoshop. As you can imagine this takes >forever. Is there an easier way to achieve this? Is there a >plug-in to load avi files as BG image sequences? > >Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > If you go into the "make movie" option.... you will find that premiere will take a filmstrip or avi and output a sequence of tgas or tiffs at the resolution that you specify...... good luck. Tim Wilcox Article: 10386 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!pacbell.com!amdahl.com!amd!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!mdmmds From: mdmmds@netcom.com (Matthew Sorrels) Subject: Re: Is it possible to use an .AVI sequence as a BG Image Sequence? Message-ID: <30fef93d.84971008@192.0.2.3> Sender: mdmmds@netcom7.netcom.com Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/16.141 References: <4dbr04$h19@sam.inforamp.net> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 01:53:55 GMT Lines: 26 John Moores <jmoores@inforamp.net> wrote: >I am running LW 4.0 on a PC under Win95. I am trying to do >some interesting scenes using video sequences for the >background. So far, the only way I can do this is to load my >avi file in Premiere, convert it to a filmstrip, and then cut >each frame and save and rename it (plus numbered file >extension) in Photoshop. As you can imagine this takes >forever. Is there an easier way to achieve this? Is there a >plug-in to load avi files as BG image sequences? > >Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > Why didn't you use use Premiere to save it as a targa sequence and then just load this into Lightwave. It works for me. In Premiere say make movie and for output pick targa sequence and give the path and base name. Then in lightwave load them in that way you don't have to do the filmstrip and Photoshop trick. Its not as good as directly loading them as a sequence but its not that bad. Matthew Sorrels mdmmds@netcom.com, matthews@pontari.com Pontari Productions (http://www.pontari.com/pontari) Article: 10387 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!pacbell.com!amdahl.com!amd!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!netcomsv!uu3news.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!mdmmds From: mdmmds@netcom.com (Matthew Sorrels) Subject: Re: Is it possible to use an .AVI sequence as a BG Image Sequence? Message-ID: <30fef93d.84971008@192.0.2.3> Sender: mdmmds@netcom7.netcom.com Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/16.141 References: <4dbr04$h19@sam.inforamp.net> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 01:53:55 GMT Lines: 26 John Moores <jmoores@inforamp.net> wrote: >I am running LW 4.0 on a PC under Win95. I am trying to do >some interesting scenes using video sequences for the >background. So far, the only way I can do this is to load my >avi file in Premiere, convert it to a filmstrip, and then cut >each frame and save and rename it (plus numbered file >extension) in Photoshop. As you can imagine this takes >forever. Is there an easier way to achieve this? Is there a >plug-in to load avi files as BG image sequences? > >Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > Why didn't you use use Premiere to save it as a targa sequence and then just load this into Lightwave. It works for me. In Premiere say make movie and for output pick targa sequence and give the path and base name. Then in lightwave load them in that way you don't have to do the filmstrip and Photoshop trick. Its not as good as directly loading them as a sequence but its not that bad. Matthew Sorrels mdmmds@netcom.com, matthews@pontari.com Pontari Productions (http://www.pontari.com/pontari) Article: 10388 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.supernet.net!news.cyberport.com!news.leonardo.net!usenet From: John Brandwood <jcb@fishnet.net> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: I bought Lightwave v4.0 without manuals, *PLEASE* help me! Date: 19 Jan 1996 07:05:27 GMT Organization: Leonardo Internet Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4dnfrn$ac0@donatello.leonardo.net> References: <4dd1d6$9u4@norconnect.no> <381250wnr@beanbaw.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: port82.fishnet.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2 (Windows; U; 16bit) John Reddington <john@beanbaw.demon.co.uk> wrote: >Can I make a suggestion. If anyone feels a post has come from a pirate >(rightly or wrongly) can they just please ignore it and prevent the >long tedious arguments over the wrong doing of pirates. No one ever >says anything for or against that we haven't all heard before. Please >just don't take the bait and ignore them, they'll soon get the message >and it will save bandwidth. > >Just a suggestion :-) But an incredibly sensible suggestion :-) John. Article: 10389 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!winternet.com!mr.net!news.mr.net!urvile.msus.edu!news From: gravem01@tigger.stcloud.msus.edu (Michael Graveen) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Lightwave 4.0 is a pig Date: 19 Jan 1996 14:33:10 GMT Organization: St. Cloud State University Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4doa36$h9k@urvile.msus.edu> References: <4dm4u7$mjs@news.news.wmich.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: comm18p01.stcloud.msus.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6+ In article <4dm4u7$mjs@news.news.wmich.edu>, vidjunk%cs.wmich.edu (jim) says: > >Just recieved my LW 4.0 fromNT today. I did a render comparison on a >scene I am working on. Before installin g the 4.0, I rendered a frame >and it took 780 seconds. I installed the 4.0 and the same frame in the >scene took 1792 seconds!!!!!!!!!! 2.3 times slower!!!! > >Am I doing something wrong? > >Now, how in the world can software be considered as an improvement with >all these great new features I would love to use like the limited regeon >bones and IK when the finished rendering willl be more than twice as >long?? The newer version would be rendering faster, donchathink?? > >Joe Freeman the Video Junky >A2000/g-force040/24megs > >Back to 3.5 so I can get some work done. I won't consider rendering with >such a pig untill I have an alpha. What a waste of effort. You didn't mention what kind of machine you were running 4.0 on. Article: 10390 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: Lightwave flying duck? Date: 19 Jan 1996 15:07:57 GMT Organization: Syndesis Corporation Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4doc4d$sph@homer.alpha.net> References: <4dit9a$2i9@acmex.gatech.edu> <fusionDLCx08.7zM@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: s06c.globaldialog.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.6 NT In article <fusionDLCx08.7zM@netcom.com>, fusion@netcom.com says... > >: A guy walks into his apartment and sees a duck flying around. >: Like most people, I don't have access to ducks, so I'm going Did you know that the in-house icon for 3D Studio Max is a duck wearing a Superman-like cape? Article: 10391 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!jkrispow From: jkrispow@netcom.com (Jeff Krispow) Subject: Amiga LW 4.0 Is Shipping!!! Message-ID: <jkrispowDLFptK.MyF@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 15:32:08 GMT Lines: 16 Sender: jkrispow@netcom4.netcom.com Just thought you'd all want to know... I ACTUALLY received my Amiga LightWave 4.0 package in the mail yesterday. Comes with a CD-ROM (for installation & extras), aa 25-page "Systems Guide and Installation" book, and hefty well-written "Users Guide" and "Referrence Manual." (The Amiga version also comes with a short guide on using Pennello Lite, which seems a bit lame since you CAN'T RUN IT on the Amiga...). Anyways, gang, it out, I installed it, and it seems to work pretty well thus far. Enjoy... Jeff -- jkrispow@netcom.com Article: 10392 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.oz.net!we.got.net!news From: Ace Miles <ace@got.net> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Lightwave flying duck? Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 07:45:20 -0800 Organization: got net? Lines: 27 Message-ID: <30FFBC90.5B7@got.net> References: <4dit9a$2i9@acmex.gatech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ace.got.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) To: Jeff Yeh <gt4687c@prism.gatech.edu> Jeff Yeh wrote: > > Here's what I need in a scene (shot with 8mm camcorder): > > A guy walks into his apartment and sees a duck flying around. > Like most people, I don't have access to ducks, so I'm going > to use Lightwave to generate it and then composite it with > my live footage. > > Anyone have any suggestions on how to make the duck look and > move as real as possible? Perhaps I can find a duck object > somewhere? > > -- > "The truth is out there..." > - THE X-FILES > Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 > Internet: gt4687c@prism.gatech.edu One of the Muybridge collections is of animals in motion. Might find a flying duck in there. I've only got his human figure in motion book. -Ace ------------------------------------------------------------- Ace Miles * Senior Animator * Time Warner Interactive ace@agames.com (work) or ace@got.net (home) Article: 10393 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.oz.net!we.got.net!news From: Ace Miles <ace@got.net> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 07:48:55 -0800 Organization: got net? Lines: 39 Message-ID: <30FFBD67.3FD6@got.net> References: <4df9gg$9k1@news.accessone.com> <4dh2gq$et1@pipe2.nyc.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ace.got.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) Michael Justin Austin wrote: > > On Jan 16, 1996 04:28:00 in article <Re: Proposed changes to Lightwave>, > 'jeric@accessone.com' wrote: > > > > >> Integrate Layout and Modeler in one program. You can then work > directly > >> on your scene, and modifications to objects can be done without having > to: > >> save object, jump back to Modeler, reload the object, modify it, save > it, > >> jump to Layout, replace object. > > > I think the gui's are too crowded as they are, > > PLEASE NEWTEK don't integrate them!! > > besides it is a nice safety net and we must keep in mind that object > creation (modelling) is a fully separate task than anim'ting objects, > > The brilliance behind layout is that it is a studio shoot situation, > and myself, coming from a cinematography and lighting background > I find it particularly helpful. > > (with the new nt shell ala '95 its just a click of a button to switch from > one to the other.) > > my 2 cents Yes but it would be nice to be able to do surfacing while your modeling. Or to be able to animate the modeling process like you can in Soft Image. -Ace ------------------------------------------------------------- Ace Miles * Senior Animator * Time Warner Interactive ace@agames.com (work) or ace@got.net (home) Article: 10394 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!nectec!not-for-mail From: suraj@mozart.inet.co.th (Suraj Gulrajani) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Help: Need Toaster font!! Date: 19 Jan 1996 22:53:03 +0700 Organization: Internet Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand. Lines: 7 Message-ID: <783.6592T1369T1029@mozart.inet.co.th> NNTP-Posting-Host: mozart.inet.co.th X-Newsreader: THOR 2.2 (Amiga;SOUP) *UNREGISTERED* Please help! I accidently formatted my HD yesterday only to discover my Toaster disks (3.1) was corrupted and I can't install it. I then called the NewTek BBS to download the 4.07 archive only to find that it does not include all the system files. I ca My Toaster is S/N 5677643 (No, I am not a pirate in love with Toaster's system fonts!! :) and waiting for a replacement disk to Thailand would probably take 2-3 months (if ever!! It took them a year to come up with LightWave 4.0 for Amiga!!) so PLEASE? Thanks a million! Article: 10395 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.thorn.net!not-for-mail From: Christopher S Carpentier <Carpentier@ccgmetamedia.com> Subject: Illegal operation Message-ID: <30FFD262.570B@ccgmetamedia.com> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 12:18:26 -0500 Organization: CCG Metamedia, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b5 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 4 Has anyone gotten a repeat of the message "This program has created an illegal operation and must be shut down! Contact Vendor" This happens to me on a spoaratic basis. Is this Lightwave or Win95 and my system (a p133 w/32mg and stuff) or am I just having a bad dream....? Article: 10396 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: animmaster@aol.com (AnimMaster) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation,comp.graphics.packages.3dstudio,comp.sys.mac.graphics,comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Animation Master 4 Features! Date: 19 Jan 1996 12:52:54 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 6 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dolpm$mbr@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <Roger.Johansson-1701960942460001@193.44.160.222> Reply-To: animmaster@aol.com (AnimMaster) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.graphics.animation:29773 comp.graphics.packages.3dstudio:10157 comp.sys.mac.graphics:30967 comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:10396 Roger, We don't do demo versions. Instead, we offer a 30 day money back guarantee. Jeff, Hash, inc. Article: 10397 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.interlog.com!winternet.com!guitar.sound.net!news From: Jason@newtek.com (Jason Linhart) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Crack NEEDED for intel Rev. B Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 17:20:17 GMT Organization: NewTek Lines: 41 Message-ID: <4don9a$bt4@guitar.sound.net> References: <4d25bb$96h@nntp.crl.com> <4dfalj$pcv@nntp.crl.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: miami.newtek.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 rci@crl.com (Michael Powell) wrote: > To all concerned: > I'm writing this message to hopefully close this sad affair and > restore harmony, such as it is and such as it might last, to > this group. > I have proposed a truce with Jay, and as part of that truce > I have offered to take back the venting (read: fire and brimstone > flames) that I directed at NewTek in my original post. > The flames I directed at NewTek were unreasonably harsh and > uncalled for. For this I apologize to NewTek, especially > those responsible for the legitimate practice of dongling > Lightwave, and also to any readership here that might have > taken offense to said flaming. > My grumpiness over a dongle failure should have not spread to > the net. > I promise to never let it happen again (unless they loose my > dongle while they are fixing it, and I never get it back :-) > Jay and I have both agreed that under other circumstances, we > would very likely get along much better (and in fact have). > Regards to all, > Michael Powell I'd still be interested in seeing the "Top 10 Reasons I Hate NewTek List".............OK, so I'm curious! : ) Jason Linhart LightWave Group NewTek, Inc. Article: 10398 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!paperboy.ids.net!usenet From: Adam Hendershot <adamwh@ids.net> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: best prog. for Textures Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 14:12:03 -0500 Organization: D&A Software Lines: 22 Message-ID: <30FFED03.922@ids.net> References: <30F9CF88.B98@polaris.net> <4dlf64$kfl@news.onramp.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pslip024.ksc-fl.ids.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Win95; I) Archie Jones wrote: > > Marco Sederquist <marco@polaris.net> wrote: > >What is the best program to make original textures with. Some thing that > >won't cost me a fortune. Platform Win 3.11 or NT 3.51 > >Marco > >marco@polaris.net > >Thanks in advance > > I use Picture Publisher for my texture maps. I've used Photoshop as well but > I think Picture Publisher edges it out. Also, with Picture Publisher, you can > use Photoshop plug-ins like KPT and such. You can pick it up for less than > 150. > > Archie Do any of these have provisions for aiding in the creation of _seamless_ textures? Or, for that matter, does anyone simply have any tips on making textures seamless? Thanks, Adam Article: 10399 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nwgw.infi.net!news.infi.net!usenet From: ursamino@infi.net (Joe Bell) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: I bought Lightwave v4.0 without manuals, *PLEASE* help me! Date: 19 Jan 1996 18:38:16 GMT Organization: InfiNet Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4dooeo$pmj@news.infi.net> References: <4df551$5t7@pipe4.nyc.pipeline.com> Reply-To: TheRandomAvenger NNTP-Posting-Host: h-hengest.norfolk.infi.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6 In article <4df551$5t7@pipe4.nyc.pipeline.com>, justin@nyc.pipeline.com (Michael Justin Austin) says: >Send me your LW serial # and a photo of your dongle >and I would be happy to help. Hey buddy, you better watch it! If you send a photo of your dongle over the internet, you better do it before the Communications Decency Act is passed! :-) -joe Caution: MALFUNCTIONING SUBTLETY MEETER Article: 10400 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: virtualbri@aol.com (VirtualBri) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: LightWave Resources on the Web Date: 19 Jan 1996 15:32:26 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 11 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dov4q$qcd@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: virtualbri@aol.com (VirtualBri) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Check out my increasingly comprehensive and constantly evolving list of LightWave Resources, available at: http://memebers.aol.com/virtualbri/lwlinks.htm And feel free to E-mail me your resources, so I can add them to the list. (And if I can talk them into it, I'll get them on the LightWavePro web site as well....) --Brian http://members.aol.com/virtualbri/ http://members.aol.com/equinoxii/ Article: 10401 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.interlog.com!winternet.com!guitar.sound.net!news From: nanook@guitar.sound.net (Keith Dickinson) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Illegal operation Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 23:06:21 GMT Organization: Sound.Net Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4dp1iv$epm@guitar.sound.net> References: <30FFD262.570B@ccgmetamedia.com> Reply-To: nanook@guitar.sound.net NNTP-Posting-Host: psycho.sound.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Christopher S Carpentier <Carpentier@ccgmetamedia.com> wrote: >Has anyone gotten a repeat of the message "This program has created an >illegal operation and must be shut down! Contact Vendor" This happens >to me on a spoaratic basis. Is this Lightwave or Win95 and my system (a >p133 w/32mg and stuff) or am I just having a bad dream....? What were you doing at the time?? How about a capture of the dump info?? I know there are problems with rendering to avi if you have a small segment size... Raise it to 4000000 at least and the problem will stop for 90% of the renders. L8r G8r Keith Article: 10402 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.interlog.com!gdavison From: gdavison@interlog.com (Gord Davison) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Looking for LW Touch-tone Phone object Date: Fri, 19 Jan 96 22:42:42 GMT Organization: InterLog Internet Services Lines: 33 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4dp69v$o92@steel.interlog.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.206.77.166 X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #2 Hi all, As usual, I'm pressed for time with a client, and I'm looking for a public domain "touch-tone common household phone" object [LW format preferred]. I wanted to model a nice phone for some Metaform practice, but I'd like to get a couple hours of sleep between now and the end of next week :-). I've looked around at some FTP sites and found a couple of _very_ simple phone objects and a telephone booth [?]. [Un]fortunately, realism is of the essence. BTW, I have LightROM 3 on order ... <Sigh> Why do these things never show up when you _really_ need them? If someone could point me to an FTP or WWW site I would be eternally grateful. Maybe after this project is done, I'll create that metaform phone for *fun* ... Nah, then again, maybe not. Thanks in advance. ========================================================================== Gord Davison | 2D/3D Animator ¤ Multimedia Designer Phoenix Interactive Design, Inc. | graphics ¤ animation ¤ multimedia | "Complex problems have simple, gdavison@interlog.com | easy-to-understand, wrong answers." ========================================================================== Article: 10403 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!ip062.phx.primenet.com!wturber From: wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: probs with migration to NT Date: 19 Jan 1996 15:39:00 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 18 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <wturber.831.00279A98@primenet.com> References: <4dl027$4lv@newsbf02.news.aol.com> X-Posted-By: ip062.phx.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] [snip] >same thing. Why does it think I'm trying to run LW with Win32's when I >installed the WinNT version? ANY help would be appreciated. Please no >RTFM replies, because the FM is real F thin on this issue. >thanx, >greg I don't know for sure what the problem is, but you might try hunting down the msvcrt.dll file (I'm betting it is in Windows/System) and renameing to msvcrt.old. If that works, make sure you are sure nothing else needs it before deleting that .dll. Walter (Jay) Turberville |wturber@primenet.com wturber@aol.com Studio 522 Productions |http://www.primenet.com/~wturber http://www.studio522.com |ftp.primenet.com/users/w/wturber Hey!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We have our new Studio 522 URL!! Article: 10404 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!zetnet.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!agog.demon.co.uk From: "C:APPSWEBWINSOCKKA9QSPOOLMAIL" <gred@agog.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Anim to Video Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 20:24:10 GMT Organization: None Lines: 31 Message-ID: <406175011wnr@agog.demon.co.uk> References: <4di754$nsl@pipe1.nyc.pipeline.com> <4dl511$gid@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk> Reply-To: gred@agog.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: agog.demon.co.uk X-Broken-Date: Thursday, Jan 18, 1996 20.24.10 X-Newsreader: Newswin Alpha 0.7 X-Mail2News-Path: relay-4.mail.demon.net![158.152.1.72]!agog.demon.co.uk In article: <4dl511$gid@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk> stuart@aeolians.bt.co.uk (Stuart Smith) writes: > > This would be adequate for rough VHS quality output. Actually, it`s not even really that rough and considering the price I`m very impressed with it. With rendered frames and grabbing from a good source the jpeg artifacting is barely noticeable from a short distance and then only if you`re aware that it`s there. If all you want/need is a budget card to go onto vhs, you can`t go wrong. . > > They do a DC20 (?) card which does 640x480 capture playback at 60 fps (MJPEG) which is > about 700 pounds... still pretty good value. I know it ain't a PAR, but it'll work > with your harddrive, a decent sized anim of 30 secs is only gonna be .... > say.. 30Kx60x30=54MB. Which is pretty decent. > I grabbed a 1min 6sec seq from video earlier today at 100% with 16 bit 44khz mono sound, the avi is 104.8mb and plays back with no jittering off a bog standard scsi2 drive. Gwynne. -- ************************************************************************* * Gwynne Reddick -=* A G O G *=- * * London, UK A Vision for all Reasons * * Tel. 0171 703 4860 * * gred@agog.demon.co.uk Custom Reality Manufacturor * ************************************************************************* Article: 10405 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.bctel.net!nntp.pinc.com!usenet From: artartart@pinc.com (Slaven Radic) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Matrox Card with Powerview Plug-in? Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 23:55:13 GMT Organization: Pacific InterConnect Lines: 35 Message-ID: <4dpebs$9k6@nntp.pinc.com> References: <4d25bb$96h@nntp.crl.com> <wturber.793.001B8A5A@primenet.com> <4d4s61$ac8@nntp.crl.com> <357189721wnr@agog.demon.co.uk> <4d7js6$epu@nntp.crl.com> <4d7naf$d1p@cloner2.ix.netcom.com> <30f84e7c.1239917@news.telepost.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: pinc132.pinc.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 olegd@telepost.no (Ole Gunnar Dokka) wrote: >wmendez@ix.netcom.com (William A. Mendez ) wrote: >>I would like to know if any of you are using Any Matrox card with the >>Powerview plug-in, and how is the performance. >The Matrox Millenium`s performance is very good, it supports OpenGL... >>Also is the screen redraw in modeler any faster with the matrox. >I had a S3 864 card befor I got the Millenium - there is really a >great difference when it comes to speed in Modeler. >But it would be even better if NewTek put support for DirectDraw or >some other API into the program, Millenium supports most of the >standards. >Highly recommended. I've got a Matrox Millenium card with 4Mb of WRAM running under Windows NT 3.51 Server but I can't notice any improvement in speed whem I'm in Lightwave. The Windows NT OpenGL demos run really smooth but I keep thinking that I might be missing something - I have Asymetrix 3D/FX (a low end 3D package) and it uses Matrox built in 3D acceleration and it has real-time shaded models (no wireframes) that draw 20 times faster than the wireframes under Lightwave... Oh yes, the system is a P133 with 32mb of RAM. Slaven. ____________________________________________________________________ ArtArtArt Directory -- listing of Canadian and International Artists *** http://vvv.com/artartart/ -- EMail: artartart@pinc.com *** Toll free in Canada: 800-669-5188 -- Outside of Canada: 604-384-3766 Article: 10406 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!zetnet.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!agog.demon.co.uk From: "C:APPSWEBWINSOCKKA9QSPOOLMAIL" <gred@agog.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: best prog. for Textures Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 20:27:51 GMT Organization: None Lines: 21 Message-ID: <722234022wnr@agog.demon.co.uk> References: <30F9CF88.B98@polaris.net> <4dlf64$kfl@news.onramp.net> Reply-To: gred@agog.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: agog.demon.co.uk X-Broken-Date: Thursday, Jan 18, 1996 20.27.51 X-Newsreader: Newswin Alpha 0.7 X-Mail2News-Path: relay-4.mail.demon.net!post.demon.co.uk!agog.demon.co.uk In article: <4dlf64$kfl@news.onramp.net> Archie Jones <archiej@onramp.net> writes: > > I use Picture Publisher for my texture maps. I've used Photoshop as well but > I think Picture Publisher edges it out. Also, with Picture Publisher, you can > use Photoshop plug-ins like KPT and such. You can pick it up for less than > 150. Same here, I find Picture Publisher much easier to get around and the ruby overlay is an excelent touch. Gwynne -- ************************************************************************* * Gwynne Reddick -=* A G O G *=- * * London, UK A Vision for all Reasons * * Tel. 0171 703 4860 * * gred@agog.demon.co.uk Custom Reality Manufacturor * ************************************************************************* Article: 10407 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!rci From: rci@crl.com (Michael Powell) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Crack NEEDED for intel Rev. B Date: 20 Jan 1996 00:26:14 GMT Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access (415) 705-6060 [Login: guest] Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4dpcr6$sjj@nntp.crl.com> References: <4d25bb$96h@nntp.crl.com> <4dfalj$pcv@nntp.crl.com> <4don9a$bt4@guitar.sound.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: crl11.crl.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Jason Linhart (Jason@newtek.com) wrote: : I'd still be interested in seeing the "Top 10 Reasons I Hate NewTek : List".............OK, so I'm curious! : ) Hi Jason... David Letterman has a patent on such lists, and his lawyer informed me that I would be is big trouble if I ever made one of my own :-) I do appreciate that you did apparently note the humor I intended with that... I was really having a bad week... but the dongle repair staff at NewTek did a bang-up job of getting me up and running again so I'm much more agreeable. (Now if only Toaster 4.0 would ship... :-) Regards, Michael Powell Article: 10408 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.bctel.net!nntp.pinc.com!usenet From: artartart@pinc.com (Slaven Radic) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Refractions under LW + Finding out Rev. # Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 00:38:14 GMT Organization: Pacific InterConnect Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4dpgsg$d3v@nntp.pinc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pinc132.pinc.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 We have just purchased Lightwave for NT 3.51 (Intel) and everything is going great (I used to work with 3D Studio previous to this and LW seems so much more powerful). Two questions though: I will be spending a lot of time in the next few weeks to model a microscope. Is the refraction engine in LW precise enough that if I model and position all of the lenses properly in the microscope assembly to give me a 100x magnified image when I place the camera at the eye-piece (with a proper focal length and at the proper position)?? Or should I give up now?? :) Also even though I have a brand new copy I would like to know that I do have a revision C of the program. How can I found out what version of the LW I've got (there is no Help, About box, and readme.txt doesn't say much). Thanks a lot for help + thanks a lot to Newtek for a great program. Slaven. ____________________________________________________________________ ArtArtArt Directory -- listing of Canadian and International Artists *** http://vvv.com/artartart/ -- EMail: artartart@pinc.com *** Toll free in Canada: 800-669-5188 -- Outside of Canada: 604-384-3766 Article: 10409 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.dacom.co.kr!news.uoregon.edu!news.islandnet.com!islandnet.com!not-for-mail From: dretch@islandnet.com (Christopher Stewart) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Lightwave flying duck? Date: 19 Jan 1996 16:46:53 -0800 Organization: Island Net in Victoria, B.C. Canada Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4dpe1t$p2a@islandnet.com> References: <4dit9a$2i9@acmex.gatech.edu> <30FFBC90.5B7@got.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: island.islandnet.com In a message dated Fri, 19 Jan 1996 07: ace@got.net writes: A> One of the Muybridge collections is of animals in motion. Might find a A> flying duck in there. I've only got his human figure in motion book. A> -Ace Pigeons, Cockatoos, Ostrich and an Adjutant are all that's in the "Horses and Other Animals in Motion" book from Dover. No wabbits either, I was howwibwy dithapoynted.... Christopher ********************************************** Primordial * Christopher Stewart dretch@islandnet.com * Graphics Soup * http://www.islandnet.com/~dretch * WWW Animation * Home of the Lightwave 3D Search Engine * Training ********************************************** * Offline Orbit 0.73c * Article: 10410 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!udel!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsbuffer.myriad.net!news.myriad.net!usenet From: " me"@net.com Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: PAR & Lightwave Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 19:24:40 -0600 Organization: DigiPhone Corporation, Bryan/College Station Texas 409-693-8885 Lines: 21 Message-ID: <31004458.41C5@net.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup147.myriad.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b5 (Win95; I) I know this has been asked before but I just bought a used PAR and didn't pay attention to threads of this nature in the past. Like I said I have installed a PAR card on my PC with a segate 1.2 gig drive. Lightwave can see the drive all right but when I enter a file name in the 'Save RGB' requestor I get an error message like 'Can not access file, Do not have permission.. Have network administrator fix this.' Thing is I am the admin. and I have set up full access to that drive ( the one attached to the PAR). The weird thing is I get that message even when I DON'T load the network.... What is happening here ???????? I have had no luck in getting in touch with DPS tech support.. ANYONE have an answer??????? Thanx Daniel Bernard vidan@mail.myriad.net Article: 10411 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!usenet From: Anthony Cingle <ajc126@email.psu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: PAR & Lightwave Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 21:43:55 -0800 Organization: Penn State University, Center for Academic Computing Lines: 36 Message-ID: <3100811B.17E6@email.psu.edu> References: <31004458.41C5@net.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nb3slip26.cac.psu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Win16; I) To: me@net.com , me@net.com wrote: > > I know this has been asked before but I just bought a used PAR and didn't > pay attention to threads of this nature in the past. > > Like I said I have installed a PAR card on my PC with a segate 1.2 gig drive. > Lightwave can see the drive all right but when I enter a file name in the > 'Save RGB' requestor I get an error message like 'Can not access file, > Do not have permission.. Have network administrator fix this.' > > Thing is I am the admin. and I have set up full access to that drive ( the one > attached to the PAR). > > The weird thing is I get that message even when I DON'T load the network.... > > What is happening here ???????? I have had no luck in getting in touch with > DPS tech support.. ANYONE have an answer??????? > > Thanx > Daniel Bernard > vidan@mail.myriad.net I'm betting you're using Win 3.1. I had the same problem. What you have to do is enter the file name with the .TGA extension. "Name.tga". Then have LW save RGB images sans the extension "Name.tga001". One thing to get this to work (at least on my system) if you ran the par.exe before rendering you'll have to restart, for some reason if I loaded and exited the par VCR and then tried rendering to it the par wouldn't advance the frames and simply write over the last frame it recorded. This whole process worked for me. Now I'm rendering to the PAR under NT. The software is a bit flaky but I prefer it to Win 3.1. Becasue of the Multitasking in NT you can open the PAR software while your scene is rendering and play back the frames you've already recorded. Unfortunately, realtime video recording doesn't work with this version so I just reboot into Dos and use the dos PAR software. Hope this helps Tony Article: 10412 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!news.fsu.edu!usenet From: "T.J. Schuler" <T.J._Schuler@cat.pinellas.k12.fl.us> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Flyer Clips on Alpha Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 21:51:33 -0500 Organization: Center for Advanced Technologies Lines: 10 Message-ID: <310058B5.7A54@cat.pinellas.k12.fl.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: pnlsts1-3.firn.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Win95; I) Question: I am in a situation where I have Lightwave 4.0 on a 275 DEC Alpha, an SGI and a couple of AMIGA 4000's, one with a flyer. I was wondering is there anyway other than rendering with screamer net, which I can do if I have to, that I can get the ALPHA and SGI to render straight to a flyer clip. Thanks, T.J. Schuler <T.J._Schuler@cat.pinellas.k12.fl.us> Article: 10413 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: Andrew Weiler <aweiler@mindspring.com> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Photorealistic Seawater Date: 20 Jan 1996 02:31:00 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 40 Message-ID: <4dpk54$3se@brickbat.mindspring.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) A couple people have posted recently about a good surface setting for ocean or seawater. Here's what I've come up with, which with a little care can be hard to distiguish from the real thing. Surface Attributes: Color: 0,0,0 Diffuse: 0% Specularity: 80%, high gloss Reflectivity: 60%, (I used a combination of backdrop and raytracing) Bump map: Crumple, amplitude 100% Number of scales: 4 Small power: 0.75 Velocity: x0 y0.05 y0 Size: x0.2 y0.2 z0.2 (these settings might vary with size of your ocean) (all values that I haven't addressed should be left at 0) The Key to making this surface look realistic is to apply a wave sequence as a displacement map (Real 3D comes with a nice wave sequence, which I processed in Photoshop and used in LW). I used a flat plane tripled subdivided into 8000 polygons and a looping sequence of 30 frames. Use a backdrop fog to blur the horizon and add another touch of realism. I hope this is helpful, have fun! Andrew Weiler http://ww4w.mindsping.com/~aweiler/aweiler.html Article: 10414 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!nntp.coast.net!torn!newshub.ccs.yorku.ca!news From: Zoltan Hunt <zhunt@calumet.yorku.ca> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Lightwave 4.0 is a pig Date: 20 Jan 1996 04:12:00 GMT Organization: Calumet College, York U. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4dpq2g$8cu@sunburst.ccs.yorku.ca> References: <4dm4u7$mjs@news.news.wmich.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bootstrapmac43.calumet.yorku.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-URL: news:4dm4u7$mjs@news.news.wmich.edu >Now, how in the world can software be considered as an improvement with >all these great new features I would love to use like the limited regeon >bones and IK when the finished rendering willl be more than twice as >long?? The newer version would be rendering faster, donchathink?? > >Joe Freeman the Video Junky >A2000/g-force040/24megs > >Back to 3.5 so I can get some work done. I won't consider rendering with >such a pig untill I have an alpha. What a waste of effort. NewTek has said that LW4.0 was slowing down with SAS/C, but this is bad. As for WinNT- people keep there Amigas around for a number of reasons, Microsoft's lousy wanna-be AmigaOS is one of the reasons. Zoltan. Article: 10415 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!emory!darwin.sura.net!blaze.cs.jhu.edu!RacerX.mse.jhu.edu!news.jhu.edu!welchlink!keithc From: keithc@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu (Keith Christopher) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Tomahawk Date: 20 Jan 1996 05:23:22 GMT Organization: HCF - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4dpu8a$44r@news.jhu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.220.59.78 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] FYI: For those who haven't read the news or list in a while. Tomahawk is down until my 56K line is installed in my house. I have my router and CSU/DSU and the telco guys were here on Thursday to run the main line (pole to house) I predict by the end of the month (Jan) or first couple of weeks in Feb for the link to be up and domain name registered. I will post to both when the new site is up. I have a CDROM with all of the files from the old tomahawk site at hopkins. If you have any questions please contact me @ keithc@welch.jhu.edu Keith Christopher Article: 10416 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!madison.tdsnet.com!news From: Mitch Rosefelt <cyberdog@aol.com> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: probs with migration to NT Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 23:33:05 -0500 Organization: The Pixel Farm/WebMedia Lines: 26 Message-ID: <31007081.479B@aol.com> References: <4dl027$4lv@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ics0-a12.ics.tdsnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (WinNT; I) To: Leuey <leuey@aol.com> Leuey wrote: > > Just upgraded from wfw 3.11 to win NT 3.51. Everything went relatively > ok, except I can't seem to get LW to work. I reinstalled LW from my cd > (rev. b), selecting the Windows NT box, and LW and Contect. I also ran > the sentinal program to install the sentinal drivers. However, when I > double click on LW or Modeler I get this "msvcrt20.dll only intended for > Win32's....initialization of the dynamic link library > failed..blah..blah..blah...application terminated....blah...blah." What's > this all about? I tried reinstalling from the cd twice, and still the > same thing. Why does it think I'm trying to run LW with Win32's when I > installed the WinNT version? ANY help would be appreciated. Please no > RTFM replies, because the FM is real F thin on this issue. > > thanx, > greg Ungaruanteed suggestion: Check the CD for all the files that are installed by sentinel to run w/windows (win32), then find and delete all those files from your drive. That should do it, or you may need to install the sentinel drivers one more time. Good luck Mitch Rosefelt Article: 10417 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!panix!usenet From: digitek@panix.com (Yury German) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Matrox Card with Powerview Plug-in? Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 06:59:33 GMT Organization: DigiTek Consulting Lines: 21 Message-ID: <31009284.1150304@news.panix.com> References: <4d25bb$96h@nntp.crl.com> <wturber.793.001B8A5A@primenet.com> <4d4s61$ac8@nntp.crl.com> <357189721wnr@agog.demon.co.uk> <4d7js6$epu@nntp.crl.com> <4d7naf$d1p@cloner2.ix.netcom.com> <30f84e7c.1239917@news.telepost.no> <4dpebs$9k6@nntp.pinc.com> Reply-To: digitek@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Host: digitek.dialup.access.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99d/32.168 On Fri, 19 Jan 1996 23:55:13 GMT, artartart@pinc.com (Slaven Radic) wrote: >I've got a Matrox Millenium card with 4Mb of WRAM running >under Windows NT 3.51 Server but I can't notice any improvement >in speed whem I'm in Lightwave. The Windows NT OpenGL demos >run really smooth but I keep thinking that I might be missing >something - I have Asymetrix 3D/FX (a low end 3D package) and >it uses Matrox built in 3D acceleration and it has real-time shaded >models (no wireframes) that draw 20 times faster than the wireframes >under Lightwave... The one thing you might be missing is that you have to install the drivers (they get updated almost weekly now) for the Matrox card. Then there is a menu under one of the advanced options (sorry using it on Windows 95 so can not tell you which one) which lets you turn on the options of the card (3d acceleration, polygon acceleration and such) the default is off! DigiTek Consluting digitek@panix.com Unix System Administration (718)321-0998 WWW Design and Administration Article: 10418 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!ar409 From: ar409@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Saiyad Abdul) Subject: Re: best prog. for Textures Message-ID: <DLGx3B.3y1@freenet.carleton.ca> Sender: ar409@freenet2.carleton.ca (Saiyad Abdul) Reply-To: ar409@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Saiyad Abdul) Organization: The National Capital FreeNet References: <30F9CF88.B98@polaris.net> <4dlf64$kfl@news.onramp.net> <30FFED03.922@ids.net> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 07:06:47 GMT Lines: 17 Adam Hendershot (adamwh@ids.net) writes: > > Do any of these have provisions for aiding in the creation of _seamless_ > textures? Or, for that matter, does anyone simply have any tips on making > textures seamless? > > Thanks, > Adam The easiest way I know to make seamless textures is to use the tiling tool in FD Painter...Simply going over a border will result in the operation continuing on the opposite side, guaranteed seamless and easy! Sai Article: 10419 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!psgrain!nntp.teleport.com!usenet From: Darren Metcalfe <downinit@teleport.com> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Crack NEEDED for intel Rev. B Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 22:19:19 -0800 Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016 Lines: 12 Message-ID: <31008967.D8@teleport.com> References: <4d25bb$96h@nntp.crl.com> <4d4u1s$ac8@nntp.crl.com> <wturber.799.006A36E0@primenet.com> <560738915wnr@agog.demon.co.uk> <wturber.816.003799F1@primenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip-vanc1-06.teleport.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (WinNT; I) Walter (Jay) Turberville wrote: <How to run SNII without LW <snipped>> > That's it. This doesn't allow batch rendering of course. Who shall be the first to write that little ARexx script that does it on Amiga4.0? -- Darren Metcalfe downinit@teleport.com Article: 10420 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!psgrain!nntp.teleport.com!usenet From: Darren Metcalfe <downinit@teleport.com> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: best prog. for Textures Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 22:36:26 -0800 Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016 Lines: 14 Message-ID: <31008D6A.30E8@teleport.com> References: <4dh3vf$3b0@brickbat.mindspring.com> <4di6m9$pqs@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip-vanc1-06.teleport.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (WinNT; I) Stranahan wrote: > > I'll make a non-PC suggestion - anyone out there with a Mac, get > Specular's Texturescape - it ROCKS... Hmm, or an Amiga with ShapeShifter - it rawks too. -- Darren Metcalfe downinit@teleport.com "I met myself in a dream, and I just wanted to tell ya, everything was all right, I'm beginning to see the light." - Lou Article: 10421 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!psgrain!nntp.teleport.com!usenet From: Darren Metcalfe <downinit@teleport.com> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: LW4.0 Amiga and CyberGraphics, also Shapeshifter Rawks! Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 23:11:59 -0800 Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016 Lines: 29 Message-ID: <310095BF.2C60@teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip-vanc1-06.teleport.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (WinNT; I) CC: lightwave@garcia.com LW4.0 Rev. A for Amiga arrived. If you're using CyberGraphics and NewMode set NewMode Options for LW and Modeler to compare Program Name and Screen Data. Otherwise Layout crashes when it attempts to draw to the 16 color render preview (which NewMode will promote to CGFX). Modeler finally runs in better than NTSC resolution, hooray! Totally Off*ckin Topic: ShapeShifter is running nicely on my 3000T/3.1/Warp40/CV64. Easily as fast as a Quadra 840, in fact it boots faster than _any_ Mac or PMac I've seen, and this is with the unregistered version and "filedisks" on an Amiga drive. Hint: put SS and your filedisks on their own partition and pump the partition's File System block size to 4096 or better. It installed and booted System7.5.1 with absolutely no problems, even MacTCP on my Hydra enet card works (although I can't get it to use a _second_ Hydra while AmiTCP is running, any help?). My $40 (Yow! Cheap Mac!) is on it's way to Germany, thanks Christian. So this has been a good week for my Amiga, again proving it's far from a worthless pile of sand and old hype. -- Darren Metcalfe downinit@teleport.com "I met myself in a dream, and I just wanted to tell ya, everything was all right, I'm beginning to see the light." - Lou Article: 10422 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!alpine.valleynet.com!usenet From: shnooky@valleynet.com (shnooky) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave,comp.graphics.rendering.misc,comp.graphics.rendering.raytracing, Subject: If you need artwork done then read this... Date: 20 Jan 1996 06:54:33 GMT Organization: ValleyNet Communications Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4dq3j9$nbs@alpine.valleynet.com> Reply-To: shnooky@valleynet.com NNTP-Posting-Host: fresno1-15.valleynet.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6+ Xref: zippy.cais.net comp.graphics.apps.lightwave:10422 comp.graphics.rendering.misc:1240 comp.graphics.rendering.raytracing:5304 This is shnooky and I am a senior member in an artgroup called Boss Illusions Enterprises. Boss Illusions Enterprises (BIE) is a fairly new formed artgroup. Two other artgroups, which are GfxGurus and Virtual Escape have also merged with BIE. We don't have many people at all at the moment because a lot of our artists are in school and are unable to do any work until school is out. We are going to be doing some free artwork for anyone that wants some done. I am not sure wheather or not anyone that is available at the time in BIE does ansi drawings so for the time being we will only do VGA's. Since we have a very very limited number of people at the time we will also be doing no animations and won't be able to handle too much work. Once some of our artists come back we will be able to do more work and even some animations. We do not charge people for any of the artwork we do, although we do accept cash donations. If we do artwork and your not satisfied or even if you are satisfied, but don't feel like donating anything then that's okay by us. Please feel free to e-mail me at shnooky@valleynet.com and tell me exactly what you want done. Our minds can only think of so many things so I would appreciate it if most of you guys don't ask us to think up a logo or something similar. Thanks, shnooky Boss Illusions Enterprises Senior Member e-mail: shnooky@valleynet.com Article: 10423 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.iag.net!news From: ahurley@iag.net (EnnBee) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: PAR & Lightwave Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 15:12:17 GMT Organization: Internet Access Group, Orlando, Florida Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4dr0gn$nuj@news.iag.net> References: <31004458.41C5@net.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: image_nation.iag.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99b.112 On Fri, 19 Jan 1996 19:24:40 -0600, I heard " me"@net.com say: >Like I said I have installed a PAR card on my PC with a segate 1.2 gig drive. >Lightwave can see the drive all right but when I enter a file name in the >'Save RGB' requestor I get an error message like 'Can not access file, >Do not have permission.. Have network administrator fix this.' Make sure you have the drive set to take TGAs and not PAR files (by running the PAR.EXE and making your settings there). Also, if you are using WFWG make sure you have all the 32 Bit File/Disk Access turned OFF. >What is happening here ???????? I have had no luck in getting in touch with >DPS tech support.. ANYONE have an answer??????? DPS Tech Support? HAHAHA! Thats another thread altogether. Aaron Article: 10424 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: diwt@aol.com (DIWT) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Anim to Video Date: 20 Jan 1996 07:13:54 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 6 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dqma3$jei@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4di754$nsl@pipe1.nyc.pipeline.com> Reply-To: diwt@aol.com (DIWT) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com You might want to check on the prices of either ISA version of the Q-motion or Fast FPS/60. These have dropped in price since the PCI versions became available. Ed Article: 10425 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!news.onramp.net!usenet From: kenwshmt@onramp.net (Ken Schmitt) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Free Shader Plug-in for Modeler Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 11:11:36 GMT Organization: On-Ramp; Individual Internet Connections; Dallas/Ft Worth/Houston, TX USA Lines: 4 Message-ID: <4dqm08$rqs@news.onramp.net> References: <4cqrm7$sun@lantana.singnet.com.sg> <30F1B8EB.5323@pacificnet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: stemmons07.onramp.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/32.126 >You can find the powerview plugin at Newteks FTP site. has it been updated in the last few weeks? Article: 10426 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: toastrguy@aol.com (ToastRGuy) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Toaster 4.0 ??? Date: 20 Jan 1996 07:33:15 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 13 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dqneb$ju6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4dbpf2$4ks@universe.digex.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article <4dbpf2$4ks@universe.digex.net>, galtham@universe.digex.net (Lloyd Eldred) writes: >Can someone update me >as to the status of the full Toaster 4.0 update? Availability and >price (from 3.5)? Format (is a floppy based version available, does >it still include the CD-Rom?) NewTek is finally shipping 4.1 for Flyer owners. Toaster 4.1 needs some more work before it can be released. NewTek says a couple more months, so it shouldnt be more than 4 or 5. CD-ROM version $550 Way too many floppies $600 Article: 10427 Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.coast.net!torn!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!ah289 From: ah289@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Jonathan Mavor) Subject: Re: best prog. for Textures Message-ID: <DLHFr4.AME@freenet.carleton.ca> Sender: ah289@freenet2.carleton.ca (Jonathan Mavor) Reply-To: ah289@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Jonathan Mavor) Organization: The National Capital FreeNet References: <30F9CF88.B98@polaris.net> <4dlf64$kfl@news.onramp.net> <30FFED03.922@ids.net> <DLGx3B.3y1@freenet.carleton.ca> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 13:49:52 GMT Lines: 29 Saiyad Abdul (ar409@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) writes: > Adam Hendershot (adamwh@ids.net) writes: >> >> Do any of these have provisions for aiding in the creation of _seamless_ >> textures? Or, for that matter, does anyone simply have any tips on making >> textures seamless? >> >> Thanks, >> Adam > > The easiest way I know to make seamless textures is to use the tiling tool > in FD Painter...Simply going over a border will result in the > operation continuing on the opposite side, guaranteed seamless and easy! > > Sai > > Speak not of butterflys, for you may have your wings plucked. L8r, Jon -- /----------------------------------------------------------------\ | | | | \----------------------------------------------------------------/ Article: 10428 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news3.digex.net!usenet From: davep@access.digex.net (Dave Paige) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Refractions under LW + Finding out Rev. # Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 16:00:46 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Lines: 30 Message-ID: <3101113a.3946112@news.digex.net> References: <4dpgsg$d3v@nntp.pinc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dcc11780.slip.digex.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/16.141 >I will be spending a lot of time in the next few weeks to model >a microscope. Is the refraction engine in LW precise enough >that if I model and position all of the lenses properly in the >microscope assembly to give me a 100x magnified image when >I place the camera at the eye-piece (with a proper focal length >and at the proper position)?? Or should I give up now?? :) The only reason to give up might be because if the tremendous rendering time that's going to require. > >Also even though I have a brand new copy I would like to >know that I do have a revision C of the program. How can I >found out what version of the LW I've got (there is no Help, >About box, and readme.txt doesn't say much). Your rev. is on the CD itself, probably A or B. > >Thanks a lot for help + thanks a lot to Newtek for a great >program. > >Slaven. No Problem Dave paige Dave Paige Alfheim Imaging dave@access.digex.net Article: 10429 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news1.digex.net!digex.net!usenet From: Bob Lindabury <bobl@bobsbox.rent.com> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Rev's on the Web? Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 11:17:16 -0400 Organization: Raven Enterprises Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3101077C.3C6A@bobsbox.rent.com> References: <NEWTNews.821959231.21980.mikicic@mikicic> NNTP-Posting-Host: bobsbox.rent.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) To: dAVE@mikicic dAVE@mikicic wrote: > > Does anyone know if the Patchs for upgrading to Rev C are downloadable from > any WebSite. I tried and tried to ftp to ftp.newtek.com, no luck. I know > that there is a webpage for LightWave by NewTek, I can access that page any > time. So what's the deal. I've even connected by telnet, didn't take the > common backdoor Login: Anonymous or Guest. > > Sans, :-( > > dAVE Try my sites below. Stuff is in /incoming. You can also get the files via IRC if I'm online (TheRaven on channel #lightwave). -- Bob Lindabury bobl@graphics.rent.com The NEW Graphics BBS http://www.graphics.rent.com Main line: +1 908/469-0049 ftp://ftp.graphics.rent.com Piscataway, NJ USA 3D Studio, Lightwave, TrueSpace, POVRay, PCGNet, Tesselation Times... Article: 10430 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!van-bc!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!usenet From: johnc@mt-inc.com (John Crookshank) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Up the Contrast? (Gamma?) Date: 20 Jan 1996 17:32:09 GMT Organization: MCSNet Internet Services Lines: 34 Message-ID: <1597.6593T622T195@mt-inc.com> References: <4d7h6k$84l@news.iag.net> <wturber.807.005E7303@primenet.com> <1212.6591T575T993@mt-inc.com> <wturber.828.007A5FD8@primenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mtinc.pr.mcs.net X-Newsreader: THOR 2.22 (Amiga;TCP/IP) On 18-Jan-96 18:50:03, Walter (Jay) Turberville (wturber@primenet.com) posted: >>> Our Amiga PAR didn't come with any SMPTE bars. Does anybody know if >>> there is a SMPTE file for the PAR? If so, you can load and display >>> them to determine if the problem is in the hardware (PAR and "TV"), >>> or in the rendered images. >>Sure it did - look at the program "TSG". It's a "Test Signal Generator", >>and will selectively generate a bunch of test pattern stills, SMPTE >>included. You can then just call them up, and use the output to >>calibrate monitors, genlock timing, etc. If you have their WFM/VSC card, >>the same program came with that, too. > We got one of the first PARs and I don't recall seeing the TSG program. > Was it included in the softwar updates? Either way, I'll look for it. > Thanks. You might be right, but later updates did. I looked at my install disk for PAR V2.52, and it's there. You can download the update from DPS's FTP site, it should have the TSG program in it. Regards, John. -- ______________________________________________________________ / 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, Amiga Dealer | |------------------------------|---------------------------------| | johnc@mt-inc.com http://www.mt-inc.com/ | \______________________________________________________________/ Article: 10431 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!van-bc!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!usenet From: johnc@mt-inc.com (John Crookshank) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Flyer Clips on Alpha Date: 20 Jan 1996 17:33:12 GMT Organization: MCSNet Internet Services Lines: 33 Message-ID: <1494.6593T632T805@mt-inc.com> References: <310058B5.7A54@cat.pinellas.k12.fl.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: mtinc.pr.mcs.net X-Newsreader: THOR 2.22 (Amiga;TCP/IP) On 19-Jan-96 21:51:33, T.J. Schuler (T.J._Schuler@cat.pinellas.k12.fl.us) posted: > Question: > I am in a situation where I have Lightwave 4.0 on a 275 DEC Alpha, an > SGI and a couple of AMIGA 4000's, one with a flyer. I was wondering is > there anyway other than rendering with screamer net, which I can do if I > have to, that I can get the ALPHA and SGI to render straight to a flyer > clip. > Thanks, > T.J. Schuler > <T.J._Schuler@cat.pinellas.k12.fl.us> Flyer software 4.1 will have standalone utilities for Intel and DEC Alpha to take RGB stills and build them into a Flyer clip, which can then be copied/FTP over to a Flyer-equipped system for playback. So while you won't be able to directly render to a Flyer clip file, you can create Flyer clips on one of these faster machines for later playback. Flyer 4.1 CD's and manuals are being pressed/packaged as we "speak", so your answer should happen soon. -- ______________________________________________________________ / 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, Amiga Dealer | |------------------------------|---------------------------------| | johnc@mt-inc.com http://www.mt-inc.com/ | \______________________________________________________________/ Article: 10432 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!bdady From: bdady@netcom.com (Brian Dady) Subject: Re: AMIBACK CORRUPT FILES?? Message-ID: <bdadyDLHqDM.154@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <KLUPARK-1501960556100001@line01.hj.yknet.yk.ca> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 17:39:22 GMT Lines: 33 Sender: bdady@netcom16.netcom.com Phil Bastien, Media Services (KLUPARK@yknet.yk.ca) wrote: : I had a HD that crashed. Someone said they could retrieve everything with : Amiback. It appeared they did, but I lost most of the original file : names. A lot of the files had only numbers in a directory folder. These : files are not recognizable. Most of the files are Lighwave and some are : .IFF24 images. ...Did the process of retrieving the files with Amiback : corrupt them beyond repair or am I just missing something like a header : for the files. : ...HELP! : Lost in the ozone : Phil : -- : PB - Media Services, KNPR I think this is a procedural problem. ;) AmiBack is *most* effective if you back up your hard disk *before* it crashes. That way you don't lose anything (except what you saved since the last backup). Sorry, I know this is not a joking matter. Believe me, I went through several HD catastrophes before I finally bought AmiBack and a tape drive. It has saved my data once already when one of my smaller hard disks decided to quit. -- =============================================== Brian Dady --* Video Magic / modeller /// Santa Clara, California / animator /// Email: bdady@netcom.com / S/W dev \\\/// ======================================\XX/===== Article: 10433 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!bdady From: bdady@netcom.com (Brian Dady) Subject: WTB: LW3.5 for Amiga Message-ID: <bdadyDLHqH2.1C8@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 17:41:25 GMT Lines: 10 Sender: bdady@netcom16.netcom.com I would like to purchase a copy of Lightwave 3.5 with dongle. Please specify your asking price and whether or not it has been registered. The manual would be nice, but is not required since I already own one copy of LW with my VT. -- =============================================== Brian Dady --* Video Magic / modeller /// Santa Clara, California / animator /// Email: bdady@netcom.com / S/W dev \\\/// ======================================\XX/===== Article: 10434 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: wmendez@ix.netcom.com (William A. Mendez ) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Sotimage Press Release and Demo in NYC Date: 20 Jan 1996 17:56:32 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4dracg$cjm@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> References: <30FB113A.1126@pacificnet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-jc9-08.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sat Jan 20 9:56:37 AM PST 1996 Hello, This past Thursday I went to a Sotimage press release and demo in NYC and one of the examples they showed was a bee obeject that flew through a straw and deformed as it went in and again when it exited. Is there a way that we can do this in LW? It was somekind of lattice or spline deformation. overall the product is very good as well as verrrry expensive $7995. Bones and null object look the same as LW. Thanks! Will Mendez Article: 10435 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.accessone.com!news From: jbarrett@daka.com (Justin Barrett) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Up the Contrast? (Gamma?) Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 17:03:08 GMT Organization: Free Spirit Productions Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4drhlg$2gs@news.accessone.com> References: <4d7h6k$84l@news.iag.net> <wturber.807.005E7303@primenet.com> Reply-To: jbarrett@daka.com NNTP-Posting-Host: mail.daka.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 On 13 Jan 1996 18:11:00 -0700, wturber@primenet.com (Walter (Jay) Turberville ) wrote: > What are you using as a "TV" screen? Is it a TV or a video monitor? Our > Amiga PAR didn't come with any SMPTE bars. Does anybody know if there is a > SMPTE file for the PAR? If so, you can load and display them to determine if > the problem is in the hardware (PAR and "TV"), or in the rendered images. I believe DPS has a SMPTE bar file you can download from their BBS, and probably their FTP site as well. Wave on... ---< Justin Barrett - Free Spirit Productions >--- Article: 10436 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!mail2news.demon.co.uk!edensoft.demon.co.uk From: Robert Dorney <Rob@edensoft.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: best prog. for Textures Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 20:18:27 GMT Organization: None Lines: 23 Message-ID: <731164384wnr@edensoft.demon.co.uk> References: <30F9CF88.B98@polaris.net> <4dh3vf$3b0@brickbat.mindspring.com> Reply-To: Rob@edensoft.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: edensoft.demon.co.uk X-Broken-Date: Saturday, Jan 20, 1996 20.18.27 X-Newsreader: Newswin Alpha 0.7 X-Mail2News-Path: relay-4.mail.demon.net!post.demon.co.uk!edensoft.demon.co.uk In article: <4dh3vf$3b0@brickbat.mindspring.com> Andrew Weiler <aweiler@mindspring.com> writes: > > Marco Sederquist <marco@polaris.net> wrote: > >What is the best program to make original textures with. Some thing that > >won't cost me a fortune. Platform Win 3.11 or NT 3.51 > >Marco > >marco@polaris.net > >Thanks in advance > > Adobe Photoshop 3.0, Fractal Painter, and maybe Picture > Publisher. I was a hard-core Amiga user a couple years back, > but nothing on the Amiga ever compared to Photoshop. Check it > out sometime. Right, Photoshop IS very good. Painter too. But an equally good and FAST Amiga package if you have a videocard is TVPaint 3. Tremendous when coupled with a Wacom. * Robert Dorney * Red Devil of Dual Crew^Shining * * Head of Art and Graphics at Eden Entertainment Software Ltd * * Digital Candy BBS * +44 (0)191 232 5527 (6nodes) * Article: 10437 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!edensoft.demon.co.uk From: Robert Dorney <Rob@edensoft.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Comm Program that has Null Modem Transfers? Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 20:03:39 GMT Organization: None Lines: 20 Message-ID: <661919081wnr@edensoft.demon.co.uk> References: <4d8v5m$qhl@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: Rob@edensoft.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: edensoft.demon.co.uk X-Broken-Date: Saturday, Jan 20, 1996 20.03.39 X-Newsreader: Newswin Alpha 0.7 X-Mail2News-Path: relay-4.mail.demon.net!post.demon.co.uk!edensoft.demon.co.uk In article: <4d8v5m$qhl@newsbf02.news.aol.com> xtremes757@aol.com (XTremes757) writes: > I need a Comm program that has Null Modem Transfers at High Speeds. I > tryed Twin but it transfer too slow, Not sure why, I have a Amiga 2000, it > seems to transfer at 19200. My PC can transfer up to 115200. I want to use > Ripterm on my PC. Thanx Just a case of having a faster IO card in yer Ami. Ive put a GVP IO extender in mine to transfer between the two with no problems at a 115k link. Any Ami comms s/w such as Term or Terminus that can then allow you to use something other than serial.device (In my case, Terminus using GVPSER.DEVICE) and qmodem on the pc. Just connect them with the same serial settings on both machines, then type on one keuyboard and see if it comes up on the other monitor correctly. If it does, then wheyhey- its done! Just upload on one and the other will receive it no probs. Id still prefer a cross-platform version of Parnet though =( * Robert Dorney * Red Devil of Dual Crew^Shining * * Head of Art and Graphics at Eden Entertainment Software Ltd * * Digital Candy BBS * +44 (0)191 232 5527 (6nodes) * Article: 10438 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!edensoft.demon.co.uk From: Robert Dorney <Rob@edensoft.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: FS: LW Pro back issues! Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 20:09:32 GMT Organization: None Lines: 11 Message-ID: <383345014wnr@edensoft.demon.co.uk> References: <4dbcrl$s28@acmez.gatech.edu> Reply-To: Rob@edensoft.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: edensoft.demon.co.uk X-Broken-Date: Saturday, Jan 20, 1996 20.09.32 X-Newsreader: Newswin Alpha 0.7 X-Mail2News-Path: relay-4.mail.demon.net!post.demon.co.uk!edensoft.demon.co.uk In article: <4dbcrl$s28@acmez.gatech.edu> ccasttt@prism.gatech.edu (Taka Torimoto) writes: > > Anyone interested in old issues of LW Pro? Yes Sir. Which ones and how much do you want for them? * Robert Dorney * Red Devil of Dual Crew^Shining * * Head of Art and Graphics at Eden Entertainment Software Ltd * * Digital Candy BBS * +44 (0)191 232 5527 (6nodes) * Article: 10439 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!edensoft.demon.co.uk From: Robert Dorney <Rob@edensoft.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Lee Stranahan's Problem With NewTek Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 19:51:06 GMT Organization: None Lines: 18 Message-ID: <813781517wnr@edensoft.demon.co.uk> References: <4d76k2$42q@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4d9o05$7n7@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <30F8A49C.7F5C@osu.edu> <4dgogd$aqg@sunburst.ccs.yorku.ca> Reply-To: Rob@edensoft.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: edensoft.demon.co.uk X-Broken-Date: Saturday, Jan 20, 1996 19.51.06 X-Newsreader: Newswin Alpha 0.7 X-Mail2News-Path: relay-4.mail.demon.net!post.demon.co.uk!edensoft.demon.co.uk In article: <4dgogd$aqg@sunburst.ccs.yorku.ca> Zoltan Hunt <zhunt@calumet.yorku.ca> writes: > >Not Adobe! Lightwave would become an ungodly pig of a program and > >would probably get a Mac look to it to boot. What about KAI Lightwave? > > > Or maybe AmigaTech will get its hand in there- they are getting very > cosy (or want to be) with NewTek (like more meetings in one month than > C= ever did since '89) > -This gleamed form one of the NewTek people at the WOA/Toronto Dec. 95 > Zoltan Hopefully to try and arrange a Power PC (and thus Power Amiga) version to coincide with the release of the Power Amiga? Now THAT would be top! * Robert Dorney * Red Devil of Dual Crew^Shining * * Head of Art and Graphics at Eden Entertainment Software Ltd * * Digital Candy BBS * +44 (0)191 232 5527 (6nodes) * Article: 10440 Path: zippy.cais.net!news From: Brad Hayes <bjhayes@pacificnet.net> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Refractions under LW + Finding out Rev. # Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 14:13:45 -0500 Organization: Hayes Visual Communication Lines: 16 Message-ID: <31013EE8.715F@pacificnet.net> References: <4dpgsg$d3v@nntp.pinc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pm3-2.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: Slaven Radic <artartart@pinc.com> > I will be spending a lot of time in the next few weeks to model > a microscope. Is the refraction engine in LW precise enough > that if I model and position all of the lenses properly in the > microscope assembly to give me a 100x magnified image when > I place the camera at the eye-piece (with a proper focal length > and at the proper position)?? Or should I give up now?? :) Slaven: I just did an animation of a dancing magnifing glass the problem that I ran into was not the amount of refraction but the wah that the Phong smoothing handled the shape of the lens. The lense was the perfect shape 640 polygons. but when it rendered it looked like a frenel lense. wierd rings showed up. When I modled the lens I did run Metaform on it this probibly intrduced some anomoly. Just My 2 Cents Brad HAyes Article: 10441 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!chi-news.cic.net!io.org!else.net!innuendo.tlug.org!clio.trends.ca!worldlinx.com!onlink3.onlink.net!usenet From: lmcfdm4@onlink.net Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: graphics needed Date: 20 Jan 1996 01:08:27 GMT Organization: Ontario Northland--ONLink Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4dpfab$p6i@onlink3.onlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: nrba1_onlink16.onlink.net X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) A message to animators; I am interested in working with those of you who are, preferably freelance artists. I have a requirement for custom animation. My thoughts are that many of you have a library of work that you would be interested in licensing out to various clients. I could be one of these clients. I am specifically interested in lunar, (space or world) animation, as well as business & commerce metaphors. My platform is Microsoft Windows 3.1 and some 95. Preferred format is either jpeg or bmp. Saw some interesting work on the Newtek home page (www.newtek.com). Thank your for your attention. Luigi M. Calabrese lmcfdm4&onlink.net Article: 10442 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!mr.net!news.mr.net!urvile.msus.edu!oak.ic.mankato.mn.us!news From: jp Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: PAR & Lightwave Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 00:04:05 GMT Organization: Internet Connections, Inc. (507) 625-7320 Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4drovs$efk@Oak.IC.Mankato.MN.US> References: <31004458.41C5@net.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: s22.ic.new-ulm.mn.us X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/32.126 For some odd reason, DPS has decided to leave non NT users out in the cold on this, They say, "It should work" But it does'nt, I have been rendering out to a slave drive then from a dos session, importing into the par. it sux but it werx. Any solutions to this prob would welcomed. JP Article: 10443 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!willis.cis.uab.edu!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!Mercury.mcs.com!gus From: Steven Gustafson <gus@mcs.net> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: My Amiga 2000 `030 renders faster than my A4000 `040 ??? Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 16:49:54 -0600 Organization: MCSNet Internet Services Lines: 18 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.960120162848.27719A-100000@Mercury.mcs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mercury.mcs.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: gus@Mercury.mcs.com Hi, I just bought an Amiga 4000 with a gvp 040 and 18 megs of ram. the problem seems to be that I can't get the FP version of LW to run (in synch) on my A4000. I read the install doc that says not to use FP with EC type accellerators but FP works almost flawlessly on my A2000 EC`030, which is almost twice as fast as non-FP on the A4000. :( There are also some ADPro convolves that won't work without an FPU. If you have any advice or consolation, I would like to hear from you, because there must be a fix.... if this was a common problem I expect I would have heard about it by now, so if you want to write and tell me your completely happy with your A4000 EC`040 and it runs lightwave just fine, I'll be happy (and much relieved to hear it.) Thankyou for your time, Spencer Article: 10444 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!rain.fr!teaser.fr!usenet From: Guy Rabiller <Guy.RABILLER@teaser.fr> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Sotimage Press Release and Demo in NYC Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 23:58:11 +0100 Organization: Oxalys Lines: 50 Message-ID: <31017383.1755@teaser.fr> References: <30FB113A.1126@pacificnet.net> <4dracg$cjm@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: clt-336333c2.teaser.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) William A. Mendez wrote: > > > overall the product is very good as well as verrrry expensive $7995. > Bones and null object look the same as LW. > Hi. I'm new user of Lightwave 4.0 on Intel P133, and an ex-user of Softimage on SGI. I had to sell my SGI equipement and software for family reasons.. Ok. I just want to great Lightwave creator. I can tell to all th readers here: Don't cry if you haven't $7995 to buy Softimage on SGI. You can do with Lightwave some things that you cannot do in $7995 Softimage.. Oh, well, Softimage is the greatest package when it's come to animation. BUT, for exemple, when it comes to flare.... It's impossible to make it so simply and so powerfully than in Lightwave. In fact there is NO flare in Softimage. There is in Mental Ray, a third party renderer wich come with the package. There is no even a simple function to make the pivot point of an object centre to itself !.. Well.. I'm not criticising Softimage, I just want to say that I fall in Love with Lightwave, because I can feel that the creators are "Movie thinking" and not over "technical thinking". Lightwave: very powerfull in modelling (except for those "curves" wich need handle to controle each control point) very powerfull in rendering (beautifull! Just need the transparency surfaces to be effectively transparent for the lights) ok in animation (Congratulation for the spline control, nearly like in Softimage, except that you must implement separate spline controle for each "channel" - but it's ok with parenting). Long Life to Lightwave. Thank's a lot. Guy Rabiller 3D Independant Director. Article: 10445 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!pacbell.com!amdahl.com!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!patchbay!mark.whitney From: mark.whitney@patchbay.com (Mark Whitney) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Premiere install fails un Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 17:47:00 GMT Message-ID: <9601201502481490@patchbay.com> Organization: The Patchbay BBS, Pasadena, CA +1-818-683-0627 Distribution: world Lines: 20 I bought Adobe Premiere 4.0a the other day primarily to use with Lightwave. The docs state to install it first under Windows (WFWG in my case) and then to re-run Setup under NT and use the same DIR. When I run Setup, the install halts right after entering the registration info with a message that Script of DLL has been corrupted, unable to load template mscuistf.dll : 103. FailedUIStartdlg (mscuistf.dll, 103 FINFo0DlgProc, 0), and to call Tech Support. This occurs with both the CD disc and the floppy disks. Well, the Adobe Tech Support folks being their ususal "accessible" selves are only available 6a-5P M-F, and my work hours start before and end well after that of course. Has anyone else run into this and know a fix for it? M. --- * CMPQwk 1.42 #6.3 I prefer not to call it speeding but spirited drivin Article: 10446 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: radiobyfm9@aol.com (Radiobyfm9) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: rev C bug with AVI save Date: 20 Jan 1996 23:31:20 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 28 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dsfio$c7c@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4dl4b5$gid@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk> Reply-To: radiobyfm9@aol.com (Radiobyfm9) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com They said--- In article <30FD62EC.949@oo.com>, TL Westgate <juris@oo.com> writes: >I got the AVI saver to work porperly, but then I updated with the rev C >patch, and now I getActivation Failed: Code -2 errors every time I try >to save an AVI. Anybody have any clues? > >TL Sounds like your lw.cfg file. Textedit it (without LW running) and check it's OK.. it's obviously haveing difficulty loading the saver. Stu -- ____ \_/ \____ (")______(")> Stu's Rule of Thumb: "Don't use a rule made of thumb. It will invariably not be straight, will stain easily and isn't very long. Try other appendages...." ---I say Uhh..I'm having the same problem..What do I look for in the lw.cfg file? Rocky Article: 10447 From: Linden4@msn.com (Theodore Terranova) Subject: Re: memory usage for LW4.0 on PC? Date: 21 Jan 96 04:17:16 -0800 References: <4djha1$g6a@everest.iserv.net> <4dkdc4$ee@guitar.sound.net> Message-ID: <0000940a+00001c13@msn.com> Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.msn.com!msn.com Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Organization: The Microsoft Network (msn.com) Lines: 14 Is Ram all that important for lightwave. I only have 16 megs on a P90 and I'm now rendering a scene with 37000 polygons and 4 mb of textures, about 20 lights(most trace shadows) and I have it set for 4 segment to render at 752X480 low antialias. My harddrive only grinds when it changes segments and then for about a second and then when jumping to the next frame. I realize that thats some time and does add up after a few hundred frames, but its not unbearable if you can't put out for the ram and seems like the processor is the real factor here unlike say photoshop. It seems like if you set up the segments ok you should be able to render anything. Ted Article: 10448 From: Linden4@msn.com (Theodore Terranova) Subject: PAR & RAM Date: 21 Jan 96 04:25:38 -0800 Message-ID: <0000940a+00001c15@msn.com> Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.msn.com!msn.com Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Organization: The Microsoft Network (msn.com) Lines: 16 I just read a post about RAM and thought some people might be interested in knowing that under Win 95 and probably NT and 3.11, but I'm not sure, the PAR takes 2MB of RAM from the system. If you right click on the my computer icon on the desktop and select properties it will tell you how much ram 95 has to use. I have 16 but it reads 14 with the Par operating. It seems that the PAR.exe line in the autoexec.bat takes the RAm for its own use. Now I rem the line, reboot, and render. Then unrem it, reboot and compress my files. Is there an easier way to do it. I was upset a while back that LW wouldn't render directly ot the PAR under Win 95, but knowing it steals(borrows) the 2MB of RAM i'm happier with the faster rendering and decrease in the number of rendering segments i have to use. Hope this odd fact helps someone and if its already been brought up, sorry about the wasted space. Ted Article: 10449 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!alpine.valleynet.com!server3.mich.com!pm001-17.dialip.mich.com!marrocco From: Sam Marrocco <marrocco@mich.com> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Lightwave for PowerPC in Final Development? Date: 21 Jan 1996 04:09:50 GMT Organization: mich.com, Inc., Farmington, Michigan Lines: 15 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4dseae$l8u@server3.mich.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pm001-17.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: <AD2727214B011092@pm001-17.dialip.mich.com> X-XXDate: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 04:11:29 GMT So, while perusing through my just-received Amazing Computing for the Amiga magazine (Vol.11 No.1, Jan. 1996), I noticed the following tidbit. On page 39, in an article by R. Shamms Mortier, he writes... I quote... "Many of the top graphics and animation programs now on the Pentium will be ported to the PowerMAC environment just to cover the bases (Lightwave, an Amiga original that is now a PC-native application, has a PowerPC application in final development)." What?! Is Mr. Mortier privy to some piece of secret information? Is he part of some secret organization that is porting Lightwave over to the Power Mac? Does anyone else have any information to substantiate or destroy this rumor? Let's stick to facts only, please, and not turn this into a Mac vs. PC vs Amiga argument. Article: 10450 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!van-bc!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!usenet From: dAVE@mikicic Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: 2d picture to 3d lwo Date: Sun, 21 Jan 96 00:56:21 PDT Organization: MCSNet Internet Services Lines: 17 Message-ID: <NEWTNews.822215014.1207.mikicic@mikicic.mcs.net> References: <4devsb$7g@defiant.america.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mikicic.pr.mcs.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage > Does anyone know how to convert a 2d picture intoa lightwave 3d > object, on the P.C.? > I used to do that on the Amiga with Pixal 3d Pro. > Thanks in advance, Shawn > Impulse's Imagine on the IBM will convert B&W IFF files (iff/lbm) or Truevision Targa files (tga/vda/cel). You load the image and Imagine will "auto trace" it. Once reproduced as polys, you can export it as a DXF and read it into Lightwave. The File will be composed pre-trianglulated. You can always merge polys in LightWave. Sure do wish someone would write a plugin "auto-tracer" for LightWave (hint hint to all you programers out there) Article: 10451 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!newsflash.concordia.ca!news.nstn.ca!inforamp.net!winternet.com!winternet.com!pgprod From: pgprod@parka.winternet.com (Paul Goor) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: PVR Audio Sync Date: 21 Jan 96 06:47:55 GMT Organization: StarNet Communications, Inc Lines: 18 Message-ID: <pgprod.822206875@winternet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: parka.winternet.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #2 (NOV) I have a long "Play list". I would like to sync audio to the whole thing not just a clip. I do not have the $ to buy Razor or I would. Also, how do you print out the play list? Onlu way I know is copy and past into a doc and print as a graphic. Not very good way. I would think others would have these same problems. Thanks, Paul pgprod@winternet.com Article: 10452 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!jgross From: jgross@netcom.com (John Gross) Subject: Re: Lightwave for PowerPC in Final Development? Message-ID: <jgrossDLIrLy.A6G@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <4dseae$l8u@server3.mich.com> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 07:03:33 GMT Lines: 9 Sender: jgross@netcom14.netcom.com : What?! Is Mr. Mortier privy to some piece of secret information? Is he : part of some secret organization that is porting Lightwave over to the : Power Mac? Does anyone else have any information to substantiate or : destroy this rumor? Let's stick to facts only, please, and not turn this : into a Mac vs. PC vs Amiga argument. He knows not of what he speaks. JG Article: 10453 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!in-news.erinet.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!usenet From: dAVE@mikicic.mcs.net Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: best prog. for Textures Date: Sun, 21 Jan 96 01:52:55 PDT Organization: MCSNet Internet Services Lines: 26 Message-ID: <NEWTNews.822218714.13290.mikicic@mikicic.mcs.net> References: <30F9CF88.B98@polaris.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: mikicic.pr.mcs.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage > What is the best program to make original textures with. Some thing that > won't cost me a fortune. Platform Win 3.11 or NT 3.51 > Marco > marco@polaris.net > Thanks in advance > Yes - PhotoShop and Kai's PowerTools can be used to make some real good textures. In PhotoShop, you can use a "other" offset tool that would "wrap" your image in both X and Y as you offset it. This aids in custom seamless texture making. Soon the maker of "Forge" for the Amiga will release a version for the IBM, although it will be named something else. Steven Worley, the author, is developing all kinds of tools for LightWave and the PC platfrom. Forge is an excellent Texture making program that both rendered bitmaps, as well as, made procedurals "Essence" plug-ins for Imagine. This is his site but nothing there yet. Http:\\www.worley.com\ Article: 10454 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!van-bc!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!usenet From: dAVE@mikicic.mcs.net Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: The LightWave Plug-in Master List Date: Sun, 21 Jan 96 02:08:34 PDT Organization: MCSNet Internet Services Lines: 8 Message-ID: <NEWTNews.822219358.15393.mikicic@mikicic.mcs.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: mikicic.pr.mcs.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage Please Post all "Known" Plug-ins, the platform, their usefullness, their location, and their price. Purpose: The LightWave Plug-in Master List. Article: 10455 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news3.digex.net!access1.digex.net!erniew From: Ernie Wright <erniew@access1.digex.net> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Refractions under LW + Finding out Rev. # Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 03:21:45 -0500 Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Lines: 16 Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960121002838.9415B-100000@access1.digex.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: access1.digex.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4dpgsg$d3v@nntp.pinc.com> Slaven Radic asked: > Is the refraction engine in LW precise enough that if I model and > position all of the lenses properly in the microscope assembly to > give me a 100x magnified image when I place the camera at the eye- > piece (with a proper focal length and at the proper position)?? LW can handle it in principle, but unless your purpose is to use LW to prove something about geometric optics, I wouldn't do it this way. Modeling and aligning the lenses is too hard, renders will take too long (especially if depth of field is used, which it should be), and in any case you may end up exceeding the numerical precision of the raytracer. Use an image map for the view through the eyepiece. - Ernie Article: 10456 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!lily.redrose.net!john From: cdurham@xspot.com (Chuck Durham) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Cracks, Pirates & Bullshitters Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 07:39:56 GMT Organization: a Digital Internet AlphaServer Site Lines: 129 Message-ID: <4dsqq4$20g@lily.redrose.net> References: <40859968wnr@beanbaw.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: d57.redrose.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 John Reddington <john@beanbaw.demon.co.uk> wrote: >I don't know about anyone else but I'm getting pretty tired of >listening to the same old for/against piracy argument that seems to >spring up every time someone asks for a crack or help with something >that proves they don't have a legitimate copy. >I'm as pissed off with the whole piracy thing as everyone else who >shelled out for the software but why don't we just ignore these pleas >from pirates and save bandwidth. No one is saying anything for or >against that we all haven't heard many times before. And lets not kid >ourselves here. We are never going to convince someone with a pirate >copy that they are doing wrong and that they should bin it or go buy a >legitimate copy. Likewise, you guys out there with cracked copies >aren't likely to convince someone with a bought copy that what you are >doing is harmless. And you aren't likely to get much help here either. > >If they get no response then they will most likely get the message that >no one is fooled and piss off to alt.comp.pirates or something like >that. >One suggestion I saw which might be useful to legitimate users is >attached below. >>If you're a legal, registered user, then here's a novel suggestion: >>upload your real name, address and the serial number of your copy of >>whatever (If you are a real user, then you shouldn't have a problem >>with this, should you?) >>Otherwise, quit bullshitting us. >Just a suggestion :-) I agree in part with what you are saying, but I am going to go out on a limb a bit on this whole issue. I need to state up front that I take no firm position for or against piracy. I would like to just give a perspective if I may and am curious as to the reactions I will get. About 8 months ago I was designing graphics using Visual Reality and Animation Master. Both of which I have purchased and registered. Although both packages are very useful for what they can do, we wanted to find a package that offered more effects and expanded our graphic toolset. The packages that we were considering were 3D Studio, Real 3D and Lightwave. After using the Real 3D demo, I tossed that option out (Now not meaning to offend any Real 3D users, I have heard it's been much improved since the old demo). A contracter we work with was a 3DS man and he'd done some demos for us, which had us pretty convinced to go with 3D Studio, we didn't really like the interface (Dos based as it is til 3DS Max) nor the price. I hadn't gotten that much information on Lightwave but had heard about the features that it had built in which required IPASs for 3DS. But I had the chance to mess with 3DS and I became rather comfortable even in it's Dos based interface. We'd found a decent price on 3DS and planned on doing the expenditrue for the end of the year. About 2 months ago I was offered Lightwave that didn't require that nasty dongle and I thought why not. I started messing with it pretty seriously and in a much shorter time was modeling things quite a bit more easily than in 3DS, plus the renderings looked great. At that point a decision was made and we saved half the money we'd planned on spending for 3DS. I know own Lightwave and probably would not be a satisfied user had I not used the Pirated copy. This of course does not justify piracy. I am professionally a developer, mainly doing custom client/server applications. I know what it takes to program and I would not want someone to take all that work for nothing. I do custom application designs and I get paid way more than just about any piece of commercial software on the market. I think Alias beats my apps on occasion. So comparing the hours spent on commerical applications and how much they cost, you can see how important it is to sell as many copies as possible. So piracy is like depriving someone of his salary, or is it? Who says that the person who pirated would have bought that software if he was moralistic, It may not have been worth the price to them, and they never would purchase the software. You can easily argue a number of ways. Now on to what I feel is important. I agree with John on not wasting time on here arguing about piracy, I come here looking for information on Lightwave. I also may ask questions that are in the manual, which I am not going to read cover to cover, It's a reference manual and users guide. I look at them when I need to refer to something or I need guided. I also would be able to ask questions on this newsgroup, which often times return a more in-depth answer or additonal tips that are not covered well in the manuals or covered at all. I wonder if any Lightwave users do this, hummm. I'd get pretty upset if someone started accusing me of pirating Lightwave since I am a registerd owner. Oh but if I put up a name and number I won't be insulted then. Joe Duncan 125 W. State St. Erie, PA 15932 LW23287 Is this my correct information??? It looks good though are you going to look it up before answering my question. It might be easier just to answer the question and not worry about it, you may even answer a question that someone else was going to ask. Hey we could do like a lot of the games do. What is the subject on page 220 or the Lightwave reference manual: Mirror How's that. Kinda waste of time isn't or did you go look it up. So that's my long winded perspective on answering people questions on the newsgroup. Either you know it and you are willing to answer or just keep quite. You may find that not everyone who is asking for another book to supplement the manual is a pirate, I have a shelf full of books besides manuals for alot of software I own, Don't you?? Hey any problems with this, E-mail me. I like to think rational human beings can work things out and function effectively without imposing a million rules and red tape. Later Chuck D Imaginative Entertainment cdurham@xspot.com http://www.imaginative.com http://www.xspot.com Article: 10457 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!lily.redrose.net!john From: cdurham@xspot.com (Chuck Durham) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: LightWave Plug In development Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 07:47:26 GMT Organization: a Digital Internet AlphaServer Site Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4dsr84$20g@lily.redrose.net> References: <4dlon7$mci@m1.cs.man.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: d57.redrose.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 lucass@cs.man.ac.uk (Stephen Lucas) wrote: >Hi, I'm new to this group so excuse this if it is an obvious question. >Is the Lightwave Plug In developer information freely available? I've got some ideas for plug ins and would like to have a go a implementing them myself. >ftp.newtek.com isn't working for me ATM, so ignore this if all the relevant information is there. >Cheers >Steve You can find the SDK on the CD under DOCS, that's C header files, etc. Or if your not a C developer, you can check out Rober Hood's BML scripting language. He's usually hanging around here in the news group somewhere, he usually posts hit FTP site for you also. Chuck Durham Imaginative Entertainment cdurham@xspot.com http://www.imaginative.com http://www.xspot.com Article: 10458 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: beverins@aol.com (B E Verins) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: AVI saver for AMIGA Date: 21 Jan 1996 06:55:03 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 11 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dt9in$mrq@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: beverins@aol.com (B E Verins) Does such a beast exist? Actually, I know that Mainactor Broadcast supposedly has one, but I have no knowledge if the AVIs it saves actually work on IBMs or MACs (Theshareware version sure doesn't have a working cross-platform AVI saver). How about it NewTek? AVI savers for the Amiga version of LW. ANIM saver for IBM... cross-platform is what it's all about. Obviously, this isn't a VITAL thing, but it would save me a migraine or two. -----------------> RICHARD HAGEN <------------------ ... "Cower beneath my multitasking MIGHT!!! " ... Article: 10459 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: jbooth411@aol.com (JBooth411) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Lee Stranahan's Problem With NewTek Date: 21 Jan 1996 03:04:57 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 16 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dss39$inf@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4dhcol$e7p@newsbf02.news.aol.com> X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article <4dhcol$e7p@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, stranahan@aol.com (Stranahan) writes: >AmigaTech has far less of a marketing clue then even current NewTek... > >Adobe - good marketing. > >Metatools (the Kai company) - great marketing, very cool company, KICK-ASS >demo crew. > >However, I doubt a company switch is likely any time soon much. > > Hey - A guy can dream can't he! Article: 10460 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!svc.portal.com!portal.com!cup.portal.com!DonH From: DonH@cup.portal.com (Don - Hirschfeld) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: New ftp site Date: 21 Jan 1996 06:20:06 -0800 Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 11 Sender: pccop@unix.portal.com Message-ID: <149840@cup.portal.com> References: <4dmagb$t76@news.worldcom.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: 156.151.4.12 Check out my WEB page for all kinds of Lightwave/graphic links. Don Hirschfeld http://www.portal.com/~donrh ************************************************************** I am looking for an ftp site which is the same kind as Tomahawk (as this one doesn't exist anymore). If you have some adress. You welcome. PG. Switzerland. Article: 10461 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!news.neca.com!news From: Mike Tormey <mtormey@neca.com> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: 3DS and Lightwave Date: 21 Jan 1996 14:39:40 GMT Organization: NECAnet Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4dtj7c$4f6@taurus.neca.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip-ts0-114.neca.com I have 3DS4 now and was considering getting Lightwave. I just heard about it, say, a half an hour ago. Anyways, I was wondering if projects in 3DS and Lightwave were interchangeable. This way, I could do an animation in both programs. Thanks in advance for any help. Mike Tormey <mtormey@neca.com> Article: 10462 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: jonath7330@aol.com (Jonath7330) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: fli Date: 21 Jan 1996 10:20:03 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 3 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4dtlj3$sgm@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: jonath7330@aol.com (Jonath7330) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com The book said that you could save .fli files. I have not seen anything that even hints that you can save a .fli file. Does anyone have any information? Article: 10463 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsbuffer.myriad.net!news.myriad.net!usenet From: Daniel Bernard <vidan@mail.myriad.net> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Screamer Net Help.....PLEASE!!! Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 09:41:26 -0600 Organization: DigiPhone Corporation, Bryan/College Station Texas 409-693-8885 Lines: 16 Message-ID: <31025EA6.1993@mail.myriad.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup130.myriad.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b5 (Win95; I) CC: lightwave@garcia.com I have set up LW 4.0 PC on my office computer and want to take advantage of the 45 P-100 computers on our office network. But when I follow the directions in the manual on how to set up the SN on each machine it does not work.... I set up Screamernet Dir with a command sub directory on our server and put LWSN.exe and the most current LW.CFG there. Now I create the icon with the command line option of 's:\snet\lwsn.exe -2 s:\snet\command\job1 s:\snet\command\ack1' and the working dir set as 's:\snet'. But when I double click on the icon I get 'This program can not be run in DOS mode'.... This is driving me crazy!!!!!! I even tried to launch it via a dos shell with out luck. We are running WFWG 3.11 and Lantastic 6.0. One really strange thing... I CAN run LWSN.exe on the workstation that LW is installed on!!!!! Does anyone have an answer to this perplexing problem???? Daniel Bernard vidan@mail.myriad.net Article: 10464 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: Refractions under LW + Finding out Rev. # Date: 21 Jan 1996 09:01:05 -0700 Organization: HP Fort Collins Site Lines: 17 Sender: koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com Message-ID: <oj6ivi5zge6.fsf@hpsrk.fc.hp.com> References: <4dpgsg$d3v@nntp.pinc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hpsrk.fc.hp.com In-reply-to: artartart@pinc.com's message of Sat, 20 Jan 1996 00:38:14 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.0.9 artartart@pinc.com (Slaven Radic) wrote: > Also even though I have a brand new copy I would like to > know that I do have a revision C of the program. How can I > found out what version of the LW I've got (there is no Help, > About box, and readme.txt doesn't say much). There is a version string in the binary: [11|133|Programs]: version Modeler.FP FULL LightWave Modeler FP 4.02 (07/12/96) [11|134|Programs]: version LightWave.FP FULL LightWave Amiga FP 4.00y (12/20/95) - steve Article: 10465 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!usenet.seri.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: LW 4.0 Amiga & comments thereto Date: 21 Jan 1996 09:20:40 -0700 Organization: HP Fort Collins Site Lines: 62 Sender: koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com Message-ID: <oj6hgxpzfhj.fsf@hpsrk.fc.hp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hpsrk.fc.hp.com X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.0.9 Finally showed up. A nice, slickly-titled CD-ROM. 'Course, I don't have a CD-ROM drive. I managed to convert the whole mess by putting the CD-ROM in a Unix machine and tar-ing the contents off to a DAT, which I then extracted using the DAT drive on the Amiga and installed. My first attempt was to read the CD-ROM with my PC, but it 8.3-ized all the filenames and generally had other problems as well :-( Anyway, I've only played with it for a few minutes, but here are some comments so far: * Overall, it is a nice improvement over version 3.5. Lots of little things have been improved. * In particular, *finally* having the ability to run in decent resolutions is most welcome. Modeler has a nice way to pick screenmodes. I'm running it in 1280x1024 right now, and it is improved in lotsa little ways such as normal vectors drawn in a different color from object polygons, unlike 3.5 where they were the same. Modeler is just wonderful in this resolution. * I cannot find an equivalent function in Layout, so I just promote it to 1280x1024. At the moment, I have only found the presets for 1024x768x8-colors, which doesn't make full use of my 1280x1024x256 screen. Anyone found a way to convince it that I have a screen bigger than 1024x768? It isn't a huge deal, but I'd like to use the extra real estate, and have it use all colors available for rendering the image previews, etc. * Minor problem: when you change colors in the surface dialog, it uses the same pen as it uses to draw buttons. This makes the UI look odd until you exit the color requester, whereupon it restores itself. ObtainPen() has only been around for what, 4 years now? Common, Newtek :-) * Another minor problem: Layout redraws things twice or more. For example, if I change the grid using options, when I click continue the view is redrawn no fewer than 3 times! Same when you finish moving the view with the mouse. Seems like a bug. * The program came with about 571 zigabytes of objects and images. I haven't looked at 'em yet. I was able to save quite a bit of HD space by storing the objects on a compression filesystem. I suppose one could batch convert the images to JPEG, now that we have plugins for reading other image formats, and save mongo space that way too. * Alas, the stupid render status screen *still* seems to want to use DBLNTSC, which makes my monitor resync when switching between screens. Sigh. I really hate the render status screen. I'd like to get rid of the stupid thing altogether and have a simple "percentage complete" display, or at *least* use a reasonable screenmode for the thing. I end up just putting it behind my other screens and ignoring it anyway. * The "solid" preview in Modeler is way nicer, especially for complex models, than the old wireframe. That's all for now... Its sure nice to finally have a halfway reasonable resolution to run LW in! - steve Article: 10466 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!alpine.valleynet.com!Danap From: danap@valleynet.com (Whiplash) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: rev C bug with AVI save Date: Sun, 21 Jan 96 16:35:10 GMT Organization: ValleyNet Communications Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4dtpc0$atg@alpine.valleynet.com> References: <30FD62EC.949@oo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: fresno1-12.valleynet.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 In article <30FD62EC.949@oo.com>, TL Westgate <juris@oo.com> wrote: >I got the AVI saver to work porperly, but then I updated with the rev C >patch, and now I getActivation Failed: Code -2 errors every time I try >to save an AVI. Anybody have any clues? > >TL I'm getting the same errors. What's up? Whiplash ========================================== EMail: danap@valleynet.com Web page: HTTP://www.valleynet.com/~danap/ PGP Key: Finger or visit web page Article: 10467 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!col.hp.com!fc.hp.com!news From: koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com (Steve Koren) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: one other nice 4.0 thing Date: 21 Jan 1996 09:31:27 -0700 Organization: HP Fort Collins Site Lines: 8 Sender: koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com Message-ID: <oj6g2d9zezk.fsf@hpsrk.fc.hp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hpsrk.fc.hp.com X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.0.9 which I forgot to mention: *Finally* both Modeler and Layout using the real ASL file requester, which is about 1000X better than the old Newtek one. Thanks, Stuart, or whoever did that! It seems like a little thing, but it is really a lot nicer now. Just little things like being able to use completion in the file requester make a world of difference. - steve Article: 10468 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news3.digex.net!usenet From: davep@access.digex.net (Dave Paige) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: 3DS and Lightwave Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 16:53:00 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Lines: 15 Message-ID: <31026f56.2777792@news.digex.net> References: <4dtj7c$4f6@taurus.neca.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dcc11780.slip.digex.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/16.141 Mike Tormey <mtormey@neca.com> wrote: >I have 3DS4 now and was considering getting Lightwave. I just >heard about it, say, a half an hour ago. Anyways, I was >wondering if projects in 3DS and Lightwave were >interchangeable. This way, I could do an animation in both >programs. Thanks in advance for any help. > > Mike Tormey <mtormey@neca.com> > Lightwave well load 3DS objects but not the scene files. Dave Paige Alfheim Imaging dave@access.digex.net Article: 10469 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!winternet.com!guitar.sound.net!news From: nanook@guitar.sound.net (Keith Dickinson) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Refractions under LW + Finding out Rev. # Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 17:28:28 GMT Organization: Sound.Net Lines: 37 Message-ID: <4dtmhm$of4@guitar.sound.net> References: <4dpgsg$d3v@nntp.pinc.com> Reply-To: nanook@guitar.sound.net NNTP-Posting-Host: psycho.sound.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 artartart@pinc.com (Slaven Radic) wrote: >We have just purchased Lightwave for NT 3.51 (Intel) and >everything is going great (I used to work with 3D Studio previous >to this and LW seems so much more powerful). Congrats. >Two questions though: >I will be spending a lot of time in the next few weeks to model >a microscope. Is the refraction engine in LW precise enough >that if I model and position all of the lenses properly in the >microscope assembly to give me a 100x magnified image when >I place the camera at the eye-piece (with a proper focal length >and at the proper position)?? Or should I give up now?? :) Even if it works ok, just give up now. It will save you a LOT of rendering time! >Also even though I have a brand new copy I would like to >know that I do have a revision C of the program. How can I >found out what version of the LW I've got (there is no Help, >About box, and readme.txt doesn't say much). Look on the CD. It says what rev you have there. >Thanks a lot for help + thanks a lot to Newtek for a great >program. Don't forget you can hit ftp.newtek.com for the update if you have Rev-B. (Someone yell at me next time it crashes and I'll reboot it :) L8r G8r Keith Article: 10470 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!EU.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!demon!waffle.demon.co.uk From: mick@waffle.demon.co.uk (Mick Harper) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Sotimage Press Release and Demo in NYC Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 18:25:42 GMT Lines: 33 Message-ID: <1033.6594T1016T1866@waffle.demon.co.uk> References: <30FB113A.1126@pacificnet.net> <4dracg$cjm@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> <31017383.1755@teaser.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: waffle.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: waffle.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: THOR 2.22 (Amiga;TCP/IP) *UNREGISTERED* Hello All, I have to agree with this... Guy Rabiller wrote: > ok in animation (Congratulation for the spline control, >nearly like in Softimage, except that you must implement separate >spline controle for each "channel" - but it's ok with parenting). It would be great if the next release of Lightwave stole a few of SoftImage's function curve features. And how about adding envelopes to all the texture map and RGB channels too? I was lucky enough to use SoftImage last year on a traditionally animated feature which had a fair bit of computer animation in it. It's strongest feature is it's function curve and when I saw that Lightwave had its equivelent I got 3.5 as soon as it came out. I must say that independent keyframing of each channel would make Lightwave MUCH easier to animate with. I tend to use alot of key frames so editing them can often be a pain. - Mick Harper Former Digital Effects Supervising Animator Amblimation / Universal Pictures mick@waffle.demon.co.uk Article: 10471 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.oz.net!we.got.net!news From: Ace Miles <ace@got.net> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: HIIP patch Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 10:46:24 -0800 Organization: got net? Lines: 18 Message-ID: <31028A00.2E3F@got.net> References: <DLAI49.ECq@cix.compulink.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: ace.got.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) To: Phil South <snouty@cix.compulink.co.uk> Phil South wrote: > > I just read the Lightwave Pro December issue and John Gross says that a > patch to sort out the HIIP problems should be available on-line soon. Is > it? > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Phil South <snouty@cix.compulink.co.uk> "nuqDaq yuch Dapol" > Webscape Home Page http://www.webscape.co.uk > ------------------------------------------------------------- I believe the patch he was refering to was actually RevC. It fixed a couple of HIIP problems. ------------------------------------------------------------- Ace Miles * Senior Animator * Time Warner Interactive ace@agames.com (work) or ace@got.net (home) Article: 10472 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp.cntfl.com!usenet From: Marco Sederquist <marco@polaris.net> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Anyone use Q-motion? Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 13:37:06 -0800 Organization: CMDS News machine Lines: 8 Message-ID: <31016082.29FB@polaris.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: p1dyn28.polaris.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (Win16; I) Hello has anyone used the q-motion with lightwave? and if you have, what kind of output did you get. I'm thinking of getting the PCI version by the end of the week and would like a little warning. And if you've had any expierence with either version (ISA or PCI) how was the output of video and your general feelings toward the product? Thanks in advance. Marco Sederquist Animator in training marco@polaris.net Article: 10473 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!venus.sun.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news3.digex.net!usenet From: davep@access.digex.net (Dave Paige) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: memory usage for LW4.0 on PC? Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 16:46:30 GMT Organization: Express Access Online Communications, USA Lines: 25 Message-ID: <31026d9f.2338496@news.digex.net> References: <4djha1$g6a@everest.iserv.net> <4dkdc4$ee@guitar.sound.net> <0000940a+00001c13@msn.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dcc11780.slip.digex.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/16.141 Linden4@msn.com (Theodore Terranova) wrote: >Is Ram all that important for lightwave. I only have 16 megs on a >P90 and I'm now rendering a scene with 37000 polygons and 4 mb of >textures, about 20 lights(most trace shadows) and I have it set for 4 >segment to render at 752X480 low antialias. > My harddrive only grinds when it changes segments and then for about >a second and then when jumping to the next frame. I realize that >thats some time and does add up after a few hundred frames, but its >not unbearable if you can't put out for the ram and seems like the >processor is the real factor here unlike say photoshop. > It seems like if you set up the segments ok you should be able to >render anything. > > >Ted RAM is very important for lightwave. Any time your system has to page to virtual memory you are increasing your rendering time significantly. Although you may not realize this until you get more ram. Dave Paige Alfheim Imaging dave@access.digex.net Article: 10474 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news-feed.mci.newscorp.com!news.delphi.com!usenet From: Daryl Stultz <dstultz@delphi.com> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Amiga LW 4.0 bugs (great start, NEWTEK) Date: Sun, 21 Jan 96 15:00:47 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 18 Message-ID: <B3KrAsX.dstultz@delphi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1b.delphi.com I got LW 4.0 for the Amiga running today. Imediately I had the following problems. I'm running on an A3000 w 2.04 OS. 1. The screen in layout has some serious redrawing problems. I constantly have garbled graphics data around the edge of the layout viewing area. The buttons frequently get garbled as well. 2. Every once in a while the screen goes completely blank. I don't get any kind of flashing power light, GURU or any indication that things have gone wrong. I have to reboot and lose data. Anyone experiencing similar problems? Thanks 3D Daryl Article: 10475 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!hookup!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!usc!sdd.hp.com!sgigate.sgi.com!sgiblab!news.spies.com!genmagic!bug.rahul.net!a2i!infoseek.com!news.onramp.net!us From: Archie Jones <archiej@onramp.net> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Lighting Date: 21 Jan 1996 18:49:30 GMT Organization: On-Ramp; Individual Internet Connections; Dallas/Ft Worth/Houston, TX USA Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4du1rq$2vu@news.onramp.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lub04.onramp.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 32bit) I use Softimage and Alias at work and am able to use exclusive lighting. Does anyone know how to exclusively link a light to a particular object in Lightwave for Windows? Thanks in advance, Archie Jones Article: 10476 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!wizard.pn.com!news.zeitgeist.net!news.pixi.com!usenet From: melorama@pixi.com (Mel Matsuoka) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: VRML support for LW? Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 21:44:57 GMT Organization: Pacific Information Exchange, Inc. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <3102b358.1573601@news.pixi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gamera02.pixi.com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/16.141 Is there a plug-in available to save LW scene files as VRML worlds? I need a version for the PC or Amiga versions of LW 4.0. If not, can someone suggest the easiest/best way to do this? -- mel matsuoka <melorama@Pixi.com> ============================================================== Mel Matsuoka Editor/Computer Systems Administrator Hawaiian Image Video Productions 627 South Street #201 Honolulu, HI 96813 (808) 531-5474 Pager: (808) 549-6431 http://www.mandy.com/haw001.html ============================================================== Article: 10477 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!cats.ucsc.edu!adamchry From: adamchry@cats.ucsc.edu (Adam Ives Chrystie) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: FS: LW Pro back issues! Date: 21 Jan 1996 22:35:08 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4duf2s$fcf@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> References: <4dbcrl$s28@acmez.gatech.edu> <383345014wnr@edensoft.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: ese.ucsc.edu X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) just thought you all might want to know..in a month or so there will be a book of almost all the LwPro articles ever published..it comes with a cd filled with the scenes, macros and objects too...supposedly it will be $34 USA...pretty good deal!!..i wonder if it is hardback or not...my old issues are getting beat up :( -- ---------------------------------- Adam Chrystie LightWave 3D Animator Cinema/Video Major, Senior University Of California at Santa Cruz Article: 10478 From: Linden4@msn.com (Theodore Terranova) Subject: Re: rev C bug with AVI save Date: 21 Jan 96 23:03:59 -0800 References: <30FD62EC.949@oo.com> <4dtpc0$atg@alpine.valleynet.com> Message-ID: <0000940a+00001c42@msn.com> Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.msn.com!msn.com Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Organization: The Microsoft Network (msn.com) Lines: 12 It probably means that on of the paths in you lw config is heading lightwave to a wrong directory or disk. I got this error because my config had a line in it that was D:\newtek etc. this told lightwave that the plugin was in my cd rom but only when my lw cd was in the rom. So I just opened the lwcnfg file in a text editot and change the path to c:\newtek\plugins etc. and made sure to not change anything else and sve it. Its kinda like lightwaves config.sys or autoexec.bat. Go through it and check all the avi directories are pointing lw to the right folders. Hope this helps. Ted Article: 10479 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.eng.convex.com!hermes.oc.com!usenet From: Kreg Branden <memex@teleport.com> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: The LightWave Plug-in Master List Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 15:25:42 -0800 Organization: Meme-X Lines: 16 Message-ID: <3102CB76.789@teleport.com> References: <NEWTNews.822219358.15393.mikicic@mikicic.mcs.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: acme.etsu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b3 (WinNT; I) dAVE@mikicic.mcs.net wrote: > > Please Post all "Known" Plug-ins, the platform, their usefullness, their > location, and their price. > > Purpose: The LightWave Plug-in Master List. Well you can go to: http://www.teleport.com/~memex/lwpipage.htm That's the address of the LightWave Plug-In Page. Kreg Branden - Meme-X - Article: 10480 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!rain.fr!teaser.fr!usenet From: Guy Rabiller <Guy.RABILLER@teaser.fr> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: help: lw4.0 patch Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 00:04:24 +0100 Organization: Oxalys Lines: 46 Message-ID: <3102C678.3B8F@teaser.fr> References: <4d1ari$jeo@mn5.swip.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: clt-336333c2.teaser.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4 (Win95; I) peter carlsson wrote: > > I go crazy > > is there any one how can explain in modeler how i use the function PATCH. > I have tryed many different method. but the answere is still curves do not > cross correctly. > > Please send me a answer, if you now some way. > > thanks in advance > > Peter > > Answer to: > Peter.carlsson@mailbox.swipnet.se Try first with 4 curves. It's much easy to understand. Think about a piece of paper. 4 sides. ok ? The four curves must be joined, but not merged ! But Curve 1 must share the same end point with the head point of the Curve 2. Etc.. First, the four curves are in the same plane. If you patch its, you will have a simple plane. Now, drag any point on any curve and repatch. You will have like mountain. Now, remove one curve and merge/weld the end point of the third curve with the head point of the first curve. You will have triangle. Understand that now, (for example), move the points of the first curve ONLY in "x" axys, the points of the second curve ONLY in "z" axis and the last one in "y" axis. You will have what we call a "spline cage". Don't expect to make one all car like this. To make one all car, you will need at least 4 spline cages. It is not like "fit" in 3DS. Hope this help. Guy Rabiller. 3D Independant Director. Article: 10481 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!pacbell.com!amdahl.com!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!patchbay!mark.whitney From: mark.whitney@patchbay.com (Mark Whitney) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Rev. "C" render problems Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 16:56:00 GMT Message-ID: <9601211502111520@patchbay.com> Organization: The Patchbay BBS, Pasadena, CA +1-818-683-0627 Distribution: world Lines: 21 I d/l'ed and installed the Rev A to Rev C patch yesterday for LW 4.0 (Intel) and now not able to render AVI's or 24-bit Targa's. With the NewTek AVI type selected, Layout crashes after the first frame; same thing when saving to sequential TGA's. I can't even select the HP savers in the Record panel as it crashes right then and there. What do I need to do to resolve this? Thanks. Please get back to me via Internet E-mail at: mwhitney@patchbay.com or mark.whitney@hottips.com M. --- * CMPQwk 1.42 #6.3 You go to heaven... God sneezes... What do you say? Article: 10482 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: Sotimage Press Release and Demo in NYC Date: 21 Jan 1996 20:03:01 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 15 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4duno5$ek9@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <1033.6594T1016T1866@waffle.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: stranahan@aol.com (Stranahan) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Well, SoftImage's pricing will help LW...I'm sure SI is great - at $8000 to start, I'm sure I won't be buying it. The other thing that could help LW is that this makes NT based machines, paricularly Alpha and MIPs, the de facto pro-standard - replacing SGIs on a cost performence/software level. The relationship with Deskstation is a potential drawback there, though, meaning NewTek may not be able to capitalize on all those ready-to-run LW machines... _____________________________________________ Lee Stranahan Check out the home page! URL - http://users.aol.com/stranahan/main.htm Article: 10483 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: Andrew Weiler <aweiler@mindspring.com> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Sotimage Press Release and Demo in NYC Date: 22 Jan 1996 02:09:38 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4durl2$d30@brickbat.mindspring.com> References: <30FB113A.1126@pacificnet.net> <4dracg$cjm@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> <31017383.1755@teaser.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: aweiler.mindspring.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 32bit) To: Guy.RABILLER@teaser.fr Guy Rabiller <Guy.RABILLER@teaser.fr> wrote: >Oh, well, Softimage is the greatest package when it's come to >animation. >BUT, for exemple, when it comes to flare.... It's impossible to >make it so simply and so powerfully than in Lightwave. >In fact there is NO flare in Softimage. There is in >Mental Ray, a third party renderer wich come with the >package. Just for the record, Mental Ray is probably the best renderer out there besides Renderman. MR is NOT third party, it's done by Soft and is included in their Softimage Extreme package (along with a couple of other things, like particle systems, etc.) Soft has a lot to offer, especially if you do characters, pretty much everything else is faster and easier in LW >Long Life to Lightwave. Thank's a lot. > >Guy Rabiller >3D Independant Director. Andrew Weiler http://www.mindspring.com/~aweiler.html Article: 10484 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: Andrew Weiler <aweiler@mindspring.com> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Lighting Date: 22 Jan 1996 02:14:14 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4durtm$d30@brickbat.mindspring.com> References: <4du1rq$2vu@news.onramp.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: archiej@onramp.net Archie Jones <archiej@onramp.net> wrote: > I use Softimage and Alias at work and am able to use >exclusive lighting. Does anyone know how to exclusively link a >light to a particular object in Lightwave for Windows? > >Thanks in advance, > >Archie Jones > LW doesn't do exclusive lighting in the sense of light falling on only a specified object. You should, however, be able to acheive this effect by using a spot, selecting it as your viewpoint, and adjusting the cone angle to fit the object. You can also turn of cast shadows for that spot if all you want to do is cast light. Andrew Weiler http://www.mindspring.com/~aweiler/aweiler.html Article: 10485 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.iadfw.net!usenet From: Lance Gray <empire@airmail.net> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Flyer & PC rendering!!! Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 18:49:02 -0800 Organization: customer of Internet America Lines: 9 Message-ID: <3102FB1E.134@airmail.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dal04-09.ppp.iadfw.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b4a (Win16; I) Hey I saw someone mention that 4.1 (Flyer software) will allow the PC to render out as a Flyer Clip....is this like a plug-in that will come with 4.1 to install on the PC side for LightWave??? If so, that sounds exactly what I need...considering I port all my images over to the Amiga then render the animation with IFF2Clip----I pray this info is correct!!! Cheers! -Lance <>< Article: 10486 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!nntp.coast.net!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!usenet From: mathew <mathew> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Spline and patch modelling? Date: 22 Jan 1996 02:32:32 GMT Organization: Monash University Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4dut00$bih@harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: gcr2.fcit.monash.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1S (X11; I; IRIX 5.3 IP22) X-URL: news:comp.graphics.apps.lightwave I am considering buyin lightwave for pc and sgi. I realise that, lw offers spline modelling, but it seem to expect the spines to be frozen into polygons before rendering. Is there a way around this? ( i am using the manual-less sgi demo) or is there a suitable plug in ? thanks. Article: 10487 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.supernet.net!news.cyberport.com!news.leonardo.net!usenet From: John Brandwood <jcb@fishnet.net> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: probs with migration to NT Date: 21 Jan 1996 21:30:21 GMT Organization: Leonardo Internet Lines: 41 Message-ID: <4dub9d$e51@donatello.leonardo.net> References: <4dl027$4lv@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <31007081.479B@aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: port34.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) Mitch Rosefelt <cyberdog@aol.com> wrote: >Leuey wrote: >> >> Just upgraded from wfw 3.11 to win NT 3.51. Everything went >> relatively ok, except I can't seem to get LW to work. I reinstalled >> LW from my cd (rev. b), selecting the Windows NT box, and LW and >> Contect. I also ran the sentinal program to install the sentinal >> drivers. However, when I>> double click on LW or Modeler I get this >> "msvcrt20.dll only intended for Win32's....initialization of the >> dynamic link library failed..blah..blah..blah...application >> terminated....blah...blah." Easy. It sounds like you installed NT over your Win3.11. This left your old Win32s directory in place. LW rev B has an install bug that fails to copy over the NT version of msvcrt20.dll to the NT system32 directory. So when NT searches for this file it fails to find the NT version and goes looking for it in other directories. It discovers the Win32s version in your old directory, tries to load it, and then spits out the error message you see. The solution is to copy the msvcrt20.dll from you LW CD to your NT system32 directory (I think its in the Sentinal NT driver directory). Other unrelated things you might want to do are 1) Download the version 5.1 Sentinal drivers from their ftp site. 2) Recopy all the LW files from the 32-bit directories on the LW CD to your hard drive so that you get the long-filename versions. The installer ignores your request for the NT version and always installs the 8.3 filename versions. Good luck, John. Article: 10488 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!primus.ac.net!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.pe.net!news.corpcomm.net!news.gate.net!sarfl2-18.gate.net!user From: zapp@gate.net (Jack Campbell) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Matrox Card with Powerview Plug-in? Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 20:45:04 -0500 Organization: Graphics Touch Lines: 19 Message-ID: <zapp-2101962045040001@sarfl2-18.gate.net> References: <4d25bb$96h@nntp.crl.com> <wturber.793.001B8A5A@primenet.com> <4d4s61$ac8@nntp.crl.com> <357189721wnr@agog.demon.co.uk> <4d7js6$epu@nntp.crl.com> <4d7naf$d1p@cloner2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sarfl2-18.gate.net In article <4d7naf$d1p@cloner2.ix.netcom.com>, wmendez@ix.netcom.com (William A. Mendez ) wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to know if any of you are using Any Matrox card with the > Powerview plug-in, and how is the performance. > > Also is the screen redraw in modeler any faster with the matrox. > > Thanks! > Will Mendez I have a Matrox 4meg card coming in about a week. -- Posters printed from your photos or Computer art. $3 sq.ft Photogloss and Matte http://www.pacificrim.net/~bydesign/poster.html Article: 10489 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!caen!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!dseaman From: dseaman@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: avifil32.dll w/ win95 bombs Message-ID: <1996Jan21.205538.112441@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Date: 21 Jan 96 20:55:38 CST Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services Lines: 18 I just installed LW 4.0 Intel for Win95. However when I go to save an animation in hiip32.avi format I get: avifil32.dll is linked to missing export ntdll.dll: memmore. hiip16.avi works fine. IS there any work around or is the 16 bit version as good as the 32 bit version? Derek -- +---------------------------+-----------------+-----------+ | Mechanical Engineering | P90/Wide SCSI II| Open | | Senior |32MB Ram/ 3GB HD |Windoze let| | D-Seaman@ukans.edu | 4mm 8GB SCSI DAT| bugs in. | | Finger Lark for PGP key |17" Nanao F2-17EX|DOS/Win/OS2| | PGP mail *encouraged* | HP LJ 5MP w/7MB | *LINUX* | +---------------------------+-----------------+-----------+ Article: 10490 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!sundog.tiac.net!usenet From: "Stephen J. Gaudet" <sjg@dcginc.com> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: 500 SPECfp for under $11k. Date: 22 Jan 1996 02:58:39 GMT Organization: DCG Computers Inc. Lines: 37 Message-ID: <4duugv$6p7@sundog.tiac.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: sjg.tiac.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 32bit) Hello DCG Computers is proud to announce new lower pricing on our top of the line Digital Alpha systems. PC164 Alpha 300MHz 21164 Processor 330 SPECint92, 500 SPECfp92 est. 2MB 3rd level cache, 10ns Tower Case & 400 watt p.s. 1.44mb floppy 32mb ram (8 x 4mb) This systems requires all 8 slots filled. 2Gb SCSI-2 Disk, 7200 rpm NCR 53c810 FAST SCSI-2 PCI controller 4x CD-Rom drive S3 PCI video w / 4mb vram Keyboard and 3 button mouse (PS/2 style) Windows NT 3.51 10/100MB PCI Ethernet Price:$10,995.00 All systems carry a one year return-to-factory warranty. Thank you, Steve +1-603-421-1800 __________________________________________________________________ | Stephen Gaudet | Reseller of Digital Alpha based systems | | DCG Computers Inc. | and motherboards running NT, OSF/1, and | | 35 Otterson Rd. | Red Hat Linux at affordable prices. | | Londonderry, NH 03053 |------------------------------------------| | ph:603-421-1800 fax:603-421-0911 e-mail:sjg@dcginc.com | ------------------------------------------------------------------ Now shipping 21164-333Mhz systems at 400 SPECint92 & 570 SPECfp92 est. *** Microsoft NT Hardware Compatibility List Approved *** Article: 10491 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.pe.net!news.corpcomm.net!news.gate.net!sarfl2-18.gate.net!user From: zapp@gate.net (Jack Campbell) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Anyone have Lightwave 4.0 for the PC?????? Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 20:55:08 -0500 Organization: Graphics Touch Lines: 6 Message-ID: <zapp-2101962055080001@sarfl2-18.gate.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: sarfl2-18.gate.net Looking for it on W95. -- Posters printed from your photos or Computer art. $3 sq.ft Photogloss and Matte http://www.pacificrim.net/~bydesign/poster.html Article: 10492 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!bull.hkstar.net!usenet From: futureb@mail.hkstar.com (Future Base Multimedia Production Ltd) Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Reducing surfaces Date: 18 Jan 1996 16:28:01 GMT Organization: Hong Kong Star Internet LTD. Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4dlseh$itp@bull.hkstar.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: star54.hkstar.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 Is anyone know which function of Lightwave Modeller can automatically search the neighbor surfaces with same flatness and change it to a polygon. Thanks Article: 10493 Path: zippy.cais.net!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.chatlink.com!news.cyberport.com!news.leonardo.net!usenet From: John Brandwood <jcb@fishnet.net> Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave Subject: Re: Lightwave 4.0 is a pig Date: 21 Jan 1996 21:45:59 GMT Organization: Leonardo Internet Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4duc6n$e51@donatello.leonardo.net> References: <4dm4u7$mjs@news.news.wmich.edu> <4dpq2g$8cu@sunburst.ccs.yorku.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: port34.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) Zoltan Hunt <zhunt@calumet.yorku.ca> wrote: >NewTek has said that LW4.0 was slowing down with SAS/C, but this is bad. >As for WinNT- people keep there Amigas around for a number of reasons, >Microsoft's lousy wanna-be AmigaOS is one of the reasons. Yep, they still have a use. I just bought a souped-up second-hand A1200 to replace the Amiga that got lost in shipping when I moved from England to the US. Part of the reason was that it's the only way I can get to see the improvments Electronic Arts made in DPaint5. The amount of pirated software that was on the HD is quite frightning (including LW 3.5). I'm amazed that companies like NewTek can still afford to develop for it. But I think that Windows is really a wanna-be MacOS, not a wanna-be AmigaOS. Except for NT, which is also wanna-be Unix. John.