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Thank you, Spencer. I can see you have a good wife - like mine
Hoping to see the sequal to your animation soon.
Regards
Cobus
-- -- Original Message -- --
From: "Spencer Britton" <spencerbritton@(protected)>
To: <truespace@(protected)>
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: [TSML] Winning animation
> Thanks, Cobus and best wishes for your upcoming birth. I set the deadline
> because our birth was scheduled. I knew I had to be at least finished with
> the rendering part before we went to the hospital. MS is MotionStudio. I
> used both PPFX and Particle Illusion for the effects.
>
> I also need to give credit to my wife for giving me the free time to spend
> on this.
>
> Spencer
>
> -- -- Original Message -- --
> From: "Galaxyroom" <galaxyroom@(protected)>
> To: <truespace@(protected)>
> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 5:29 PM
> Subject: [TSML] Winning animation
>
>
> > Spencer, thanks for your response! Yes, Ii can see you used quite a mean
> > system to do that animation - I expected that since I noticed quite a
few
> > good particle effects.
> >
> > You talk about a deadline - was it a personal deadline for yourself, or
> was
> > it for some kind of commercial project? Anyhow, your perserverence
pulled
> > off - good work! What does "MS" stand for?
> >
> >
> > BTW, congrats with the new family member! I have a little lady waiting
to
> > come into this world in due course.
> >
> > Regards
> > Cobus
> >
> >
> > -- -- Original Message -- --
> > From: "Spencer Britton" <spencerbritton@(protected)>
> > To: <truespace@(protected)>
> > Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 6:16 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TSML] Winning animation
> >
> >
> > > Hey Cobus. I am here, lurking about. I spent 6 months on my project,
> > mostly
> > > nights and weekends. The first 4.5 were for character development and
> prop
> > > modeling. I spent the last week of July and the entire month of August
> > > rendering on a 3 GHz P4 with 512 MB or RAM. I also modeled and setup
as
> > > needed on my other 733 MHz P3. I even had a laptop at work the final
> month
> > > which I used to model during my lunch hour.
> > >
> > > It was one of those projects where I crammed 3 months of work into 1
> > month.
> > > My deadline for the rendering portion ended up being August 27th as
our
> > 3rd
> > > child was born on the 28th. Then after 3 days in the hospital, I spent
> the
> > > last week up to the 23rd hour mixing sound and other sorted final
> editing.
> > >
> > > I have to give Scott of Primitive Itch credit for helping me with a
> major
> > > problem involving MS. My truck model loaded with characters was so
> complex
> > > that it was giving MS fits. But Scott turned around a fix in like a
day
> > > which really saved me.
> > >
> > > I would love to talk more about this but my kids are demanding my
> > attention
> > > at the moment.
> > >
> > > Thanks to all,
> > >
> > > Spencer
> > >
> > > -- -- Original Message -- --
> > > From: "Galaxyroom" <galaxyroom@(protected)>
> > > To: <truespace@(protected)>
> > > Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 11:33 PM
> > > Subject: [TSML] Winning animation
> > >
> > >
> > > > Is Spencer Britton on this list?
> > > > I am curious to know how long it took him to render his winning
> > animation
> > > > "Bombastic" on the Caligari web page, and what type of hardware he
> > used?
> > > >
> > > > I think it will be valuable to know this type of information as
> > reference
> > > to
> > > > (more or less) prepare time wise for my own future animation
> project/s.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Cobus
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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