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after almost 3 years ... I'm back in the seat
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after almost 3 years ... I'm back in the seat // Rants and Raves
Post by auragreg // Jun 13, 2007, 7:24am
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You may remember me as "rondo" in the old forum .... well ... I tried my luck at a small skateboard/snowboard retail business. Economy in the US is in termoil. Especially in Michigan where business revolves around the Car companies.
So the shop is closing at the end of the month, and I am back in my old graphic design job. Getting re-aquainted with new programs and such. I've done some 3d work for a dvd that we did .. turned out cool.
I've been playing with Google Sketchup and I like it. For fast stuff it's cool, but no where near what I would feel comfortable doing anything complex with. And rendering leaves much to be desired.
I tried Blender, thinking that I'd learn something a little more industry-backed in case I got a job doing 3d, but man ... people complain about the TS interface?!?!? I just can't get into Blender. So I'm sticking with TS.
So hopefully I'll be back to playing in 6.6 soon ... I'm getting the itch to start modelling something ... just gotta get some ideas. |
Post by mrbones // Jun 13, 2007, 11:01am
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Welcome back Rondo, Nice to see you again. Looking forward to seeing some of your new creations!
Cheers |
Post by frootee // Jun 13, 2007, 11:18am
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Welcome back auragreg / rondo! I remember you mentioning your business.
Say, check out the 7.5 demo!
Frootee |
Post by Burnart // Jun 13, 2007, 1:07pm
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Welcome back to the warm embrace of tS. (Blenders UI made my brain hurt worse than ts7.5s!) |
Post by ProfessorKhaos // Jun 13, 2007, 3:35pm
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Rondo! Welcome back!!! Still remember your March '03 winning animation and the lightsaber challenge from back then! I think you'll enjoy the speed modelling challenges they're having around here these days.
ProfessorKhaos (a.k.a. Nightflight) |
Post by Humdinger // Jun 14, 2007, 12:52am
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Well though I wish it was under better circumstances, it's great to have you back!
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Post by auragreg // Jun 14, 2007, 1:44am
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cool guys ... thanks for the warm re-welcome .... at least I tried the business. I think it would have worked out better if the economy were good. Bad economic times are hard on small businesses. Especially those that are still young. I still have a long crappy battle with legal/financial stuff because of the failed business - but at least I have my old job. Lucky for that. A lot of people are out of work here in Michigan.
Anyway ... to happier fields .... anyone know where I can get the 6.6 update? I can't seem to remember how to get it.
I'm trying to catch up on everything that's happened here in the last couple years .... anyone want to give me a quick synopsis? ;) |
Post by Steinie // Jun 14, 2007, 3:30am
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Synopsis of last couple years:
Caligari seems to be listening much more to it's users and they created the "Captains Blog" which Roman uses to keep us informed.
John Logan is JFandL
Splinters designed the Icons and loves Pork.
Alien used to be a main contributor but lately has been observing.
The WWitch is creative and amusing
W!zard and DigitalDali are the ones to beat in the Monthly Gallery.
Mad Mouse is a Texturing Guru.
Prodigy and Parva ARE Vray
3Dpdk is out to Sea.
Dele, TrueBlue, Stan and ProfessorKhaos are Scripting Geniuses.
3dvisuals dude is going to build the next Disneyland in TruePlace for Musicians.
AndyK moved on the other pastures.
Cheary SeanR and Chrono never came back, poor Silo boards
Emmauel created the truePlaces
Shike is below the radar right now but extremely talented.
ChrisJ is realism at it's best.
EdBaker is the Master of the 2 hour Modeling contest
This Forum is the best you will find. All it's users are very friendly, helpful and talented.
SpaceKDet, JackEdwards and many more jump in to help when your stuck. (one of them likes to wear orange)
Norm is the Administrator so don't get him mad, just give him a cookie occasionally.
A lot of Caligari staff come here to help all the time.
TS 7.51 is awesome.
I left out tons of names that should be mentioned here but this is my experience.
Steinie
TSML user since 1998.:) |
Post by W!ZARD // Jun 17, 2007, 3:51am
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Hi welcome back - I don't recall you from before - we must have just missed each other. Sorry your business thing didn't work out - or did it? After all you are back here and the problem with the rat race is that even if you succeed and win your still a rat! ;)
I look forward to getting to know you. |
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