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3D World Issue 102
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3D World Issue 102 // Roundtable
Post by splinters // Feb 22, 2008, 3:59pm
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Wow, what an issue. Not only a 12 page tutorial on how to model, render, rig etc. a dinosaur from a guy at Weta but a feature on the Caligari acquisition that actually knows no more than we do...:D
Best of all though a DVD featuring the 50 best Independent Animated shorts from the last 10 years, VUE tutorials, Poser assets, quality automobile 3D models, HDRI files, a full copy of imagesynth which automatically makes tiled textures in photoshop.
And over 7 hours of video to accompany the dinosaur tutorial. Oh, and you get a magazine to read....bargain!!
This almost beats issue 100 with the full copy of Carrara 5 Pro. |
Post by mykyl1966 // Feb 22, 2008, 4:23pm
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I really should get subscribed to that mag. I buy it and ImagineFX every month anyway. Sounds like a cracker of an issue though.
Cheers
Mike R |
Post by transient // Feb 22, 2008, 4:23pm
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[edit] read you post wrong... whoops
The dinosaur tutorial sounds interesting. |
Post by rjeff // Feb 22, 2008, 5:03pm
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Splinters is this a Uk mag?..all the prices for sub is in Pounds. Might you tell me how much 75 pounds is in dollars? |
Post by kena // Feb 22, 2008, 5:10pm
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1 British pound = 1.9523 U.S. dollars
so that comes to 147.55
http://coinmill.com/GBP_USD.html#GBP=75 |
Post by splinters // Feb 22, 2008, 11:07pm
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Yup, UK mag but they do US subscriptions at $99 according to the mag;
Call +441858 438 794 Quoting ref p045
Copies arrive 3 weeks earlier that way too.
And it is a cracker of an issue...:D |
Post by Délé // Feb 23, 2008, 1:19am
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a feature on the Caligari acquisition that actually knows no more than we do...
I know that you can't post the article itself, but could you share what it talked about? If they talked about more than we currently know, I'd be interested in hearing what they said. ;) I don't think we would even be able to get the magazine for some time yet here in the States.
Thanks |
Post by splinters // Feb 23, 2008, 2:58am
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That's the point Dele; it reads like some kind of newsflash but intersperses quotes from Roman which, upon further inspection, are all lines from the Captain's Blog and finishes with the line 'Roman Ormandy was not available for comment at the time of going to press'....so it is not just us. An industry leading mag knows nothing either...:D
Reads like a fresh take on it but it simply a reporters take on the event using 'quotes' from the blog. It attempts no conjecture at all...just the facts.
Don't let this put you off buying the mag though which is excellent. That DVD is worth far more than £6 and I intend to have a play with imagesynth. |
Post by frootee // Feb 23, 2008, 3:08am
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oh I read your post again splinters. It said, ... Actually knows NO more than we do.
I thought it read, .... Actually Knows More than we do.
:D
Guess my mind was doing some 'wishful thinking' there. haha!
Froo |
Post by Délé // Feb 23, 2008, 3:35am
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Ah, thanks Paul. I must have read it wrong too. Perhaps having the word "know" and "no" right next to each other causes that effect. Your mind reads the same sounding word twice, so ignores one, even though they are technically different. Or maybe I'm just dyslexic or something. :p |
Post by rjeff // Feb 23, 2008, 3:41am
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Well I guess it is safe to say I wil not be getting a sub to that mag. 100 or more bucks is to much. I will try to get the issues though at a bookstore. I can use that stuff on the cd. |
Post by mykyl1966 // Feb 23, 2008, 4:03am
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Its very good. Just picked it up. Pity the first animation I tried to run refused to play. Was trying to show my wife the Kiwi animation.
Cheers
Mike R |
Post by jamesmc // Feb 23, 2008, 4:39am
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Its very good. Just picked it up. Pity the first animation I tried to run refused to play. Was trying to show my wife the Kiwi animation.
Cheers
Mike R
Have WIZARD do a "jig" for ya here on the forums. You can then be fulfilled with the designated "kiwi" animation. :cool: |
Post by mykyl1966 // Feb 23, 2008, 5:52am
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lol. Two so far refuse to play. Interesting that ummm Bryce and Carrara and Daz studio got onto the quick reference card guides for the and I quote from the celophane wrapper, "worlds leading 3d applications". :) Is that a benefit of handing out free dollies on the cd each month. ;)
Sorry but at Least Bryce and Daz studio could have been left off that card and replaced with more to the fore apps.:confused:
Maybe I am just annoyed because I just ordered Lightwave and I didnt get a card. :) I have one for Truesapce and Carrara so i hope there is one in my Lightwave box when it arrives Monday.
Cheers
Mike R |
Post by Jack Edwards // Feb 23, 2008, 7:47am
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Hi mykyl1966,
This nifty little app will help you identify what codecs you're missing:
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
Also the FFDShow codec pack will get you pretty much straight on all the formats anyway:
http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net/
:D |
Post by rjeff // Feb 23, 2008, 8:12am
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also do a search for Klite codec. It installs most every one there is out there. I I use it and it is free. And the media player classic that it installs is what I used over the windows media player. Better yet here is the link..
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm |
Post by rjeff // Feb 23, 2008, 8:14am
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Splinters you mean to tell me that this issues of 3dworld comes with the full imagesynth..this is a 100 dollar program! Is a trial version or a watered down version or the full thing? Seems like a pretty good deal...wonder if it works with PS 7 |
Post by splinters // Feb 23, 2008, 8:23am
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As it says on the DVD case:
'Imagesynth as sold for $99. Full texture creation plug-in for Photoshop CS. Full software, PC and MAC'...
Nice. |
Post by rjeff // Feb 23, 2008, 8:48am
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well poop..I don't have CS..and that is what it is for...shoot.. |
Post by Jack Edwards // Feb 23, 2008, 8:53am
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Some of the PS plugins work in GIMP... |
Post by mykyl1966 // Feb 23, 2008, 11:09am
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Before I went to CS3 Imagesynth worked perfectly well in my pc version photoshop 6. Never had an issue at all with it.
Regarding missing codecs. Its not that problem. Its another issue. they have all been re-encoded for the disk and each subdirectory has an flv file and an flvPlayer_Progressive.swf file among others as well as a scripts subdirectory.
I imagine anyone trying to watch Kiwi will find it does nothing. When you press the play button it just doesn't respond.
I can play it with the vlc player I have installed on my Mac. Its a problem on the page that displays it on the disk.
Cheers
Mike R |
Post by Garion // Feb 23, 2008, 1:07pm
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I imagine anyone trying to watch Kiwi will find it does nothing. When you press the play button it just doesn't respond.
Kiwi played fine here, so far no probs with any of the DvD's contents... erm .. touch wood :D
Cheers
Garion |
Post by Jack Edwards // Feb 23, 2008, 10:12pm
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swf format is Flash. Maybe you need to update your Flash player? |
Post by ed_baker // Feb 24, 2008, 2:19am
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Before I went to CS3 Imagesynth worked perfectly well in my pc version photoshop 6. Never had an issue at all with it.
Regarding missing codecs. Its not that problem. Its another issue. they have all been re-encoded for the disk and each subdirectory has an flv file and an flvPlayer_Progressive.swf file among others as well as a scripts subdirectory.
I imagine anyone trying to watch Kiwi will find it does nothing. When you press the play button it just doesn't respond.
I can play it with the vlc player I have installed on my Mac. Its a problem on the page that displays it on the disk.
Cheers
Mike R
Hey Mike,
I posted this over in the dribble thread that can help you. If you can't get the flv files to work, you can try this:
Here's an online tool that will convert and recompress:
http://www.media-convert.com/
Or if you don't mind a command line converter, you cold try ffmpeg. Here's a link to how to use it and ffmpeg itself. Really easy and nice results.
http://worldtv.com/blog/guides_tutor..._converter.php
and the documentation:
http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg-doc.html#SEC5
It will convert just about anything. |
Post by Burnart // Feb 24, 2008, 11:29am
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Crikey - haven't even seen issue 100 yet on the newstands in Adelaide! |
Post by jamesmc // Feb 24, 2008, 11:55am
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There are FLV players available. Some of them are free too. :) |
Post by transient // Feb 24, 2008, 1:27pm
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Crikey - haven't even seen issue 100 yet on the newstands in Adelaide!
You might want to try Borders, I think they air-freight them in. That's where I got my copy (in Brisbane). |
Post by Burnart // Feb 24, 2008, 3:29pm
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You might want to try Borders, I think they air-freight them in. That's where I got my copy (in Brisbane).
Good on you transient - there are a couple of places around here which air-freight them but charge $7 more for it!! I'm too stingy for that - anyway I told my local newsagent to hold it for me...... if I'm patient it'll arrive eventually .. |
Post by W!ZARD // Feb 24, 2008, 7:21pm
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Have WIZARD do a "jig" for ya here on the forums. You can then be fulfilled with the designated "kiwi" animation. :cool:
Sorry but Wizards never jig. They can amble, stroll or walk sedately and under extreme provocation they can build up to a determined stride. "Jigging" is not an option!!:D |
Post by v3rd3 // Feb 24, 2008, 8:16pm
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Splinters, thanks for keeping us up to date on 3dworld. Have you thought of starting a 3dworld thread and just posting comments on each issue? |
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