Re: Experimenting With Smoke... 2005-06-09 - By ccoles_avengers
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--- In Carrara@(protected), "Steve" <Steve@(protected)> wrote:
> Coleco Pong, yep, we had that one. http://www.pong-story.com/intro.htm
>
> In hindsight I give my old man credit for not having us shipped off
to some
> academy as kids. He patiently sat there and watched night after
night as my
> brothers and sisters battled endlessly on the old trusty Black and
White.
> Lol
If you really think about it, the future of the whole video game
industry was in our parent's hands. I mean, what happened if they
*did* see it as complete mindless entertainment and decided to not let
their children have these systems in the home? Hey, the kids of today
need to be thanking us for somehow convincing our folks that seeing a
white blips going back and forth across a black screen was
constructive entertainment! :)
And yes, I *do* remember when I got my first color TV. Before that,
all the Japanese animated cartoons such as Speed Racer, Kimba, The
Amazing Three, etc. had to be viewed in black and white (some were
actually produced IN b+w). The kids today call this style of
animation, "Manga", but this form of cartooning is really based on an
"old-school" formula and has been around for decades. My nephew
thinks he and his buds discovered it. ;)
Cheers.
Claudia
"Selocic"
- 3D: when 'Flat' just isn't good enough! -
>
> I know he would much rather have been watching MASH or Johnny Carson or
> something.
>
> Now can you remember when you got your first color TV? Broncos Super
Bowl
> VS. Dallas Cowboys, 1976-77 season. They got crushed by Dallas. :-)
>
>
>
> We were the last kids on the block to get that one, not sure Denver
channels
> even broadcasted in color much earlier than that anyway. We're just now
> inventing the light rail and it may actually be done before I pay
the check.
> ;)
>
>
>
> I think my little wizard guy works now, for some reason the image didn't
> save and so it just popped up the little red x :\
> http://whitcombpalace.com/
>
> Now I'm gonna scrap him and do him all over so I can animate the little
> fellow, he's close but close isn't good enough.
>
> I want to work more on faces and hands and start letting loose,
still need
> more tutorials and practice.
>
> P.S. I know there are a few people who do ships and houses/architectural
> too, any chance we'll see a demo in a 3dextract applied to Hexagon
in the
> near future? I would love to see either or both and how to approach
> something like that.
>
> Steven
>
>
>
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> From: Carrara@(protected) [mailto:Carrara@(protected)] On
Behalf Of
> ccoles_avengers
> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 10:56 PM
> To: Carrara@(protected)
> Subject: [Carrara] Re: Experimenting With Smoke...
>
>
>
> Actually, I think I have you even beat with that, Glen. I STILL have
> an old Bentley (full name?) video arcade system (a non-brand). All it
> consisted of were rectangle pixels (probably 1 x 6) that were used for
> "paddles" and a 1 x 1 pixel for the "ball" with just 4 games: ping
> pong, tennnis, hockey, and squashball(?). And we were the only kids
> on the block that had it, too. :)
>
> Hey, and remember the Magnavox Odyssey system?
> <http://www.pong-story.com/odyssey.htm> And what about the Coleco
> Telstar? <http://www.pong-story.com/coleco.htm>
>
> Boy, talk about a trip down memory lane. :)
>
> Cheers.
>
> Claudia
> "Selocic"
> - 3D: when 'Flat' just isn't good enough! -
>
> --- In Carrara@(protected), "Glen Allen" <gallen8969@(protected)> wrote:
> > Hey Claudia,
> >
> > I've got ya beat there... I've got an Atari 400 in my basement -
it used
> > PM (Player-Missile) Graphics. :)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Glen
> >
> >
> > -- --Original Message-- --
> > From: Carrara@(protected) [mailto:Carrara@(protected)] On
Behalf
> > Of ccoles_avengers
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 9:36 PM
> > To: Carrara@(protected)
> > Subject: [Carrara] Re: Experimenting With Smoke...
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the "sprite" explanation. My recollection of sprites were
> > also with games, some reminiscent of ATARI ST 1040 games [ ooops,
> > showing my age, there. :) ]. But it's good to hear you mention the
> > Amiga. Brings back memories. :)
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > Claudia
> > "Selocic"
> > - 3D: when 'Flat' just isn't good enough! -
> >
> > --- In Carrara@(protected), "elsiget" <elsiget@(protected)> wrote:
> > > If you have the need for placing a texture and have that texture
face
> > > the camera, like a billboard or a plane with point at behaviour,
> > > but you need it for particles, that's what the plug-in is for...
> > > A sprite is a bitmap that is rendered as a 2d object, but it can
have
> > > a distance from the camera, and a placement in a 3d environment (if
> > > it's a sprite in 3d, 2d sprites are usually just bitmaps, like those
> > > rendered in games.
> > > I'm not going to cover hardware sprites and how one could with
only 8
> > > hardware sprites make really cool effects on the Amiga for
instance.).
> > >
> > > So if you need particles to act like billboards/planes w/point-at
> > > behaviour that's basically what it does (point at modifier for each
> > > individual particle, at least if its name is anywhere near
describing
> > > its function, and Mike's usually pretty good at descriptive names).
> > >
> > > --- In Carrara@(protected), "ccoles_avengers"
<ccoles_shado@(protected)>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Oooops, my bad...I used an unfriendly file name format:
> > > >
> > > > 1) Smoke Effect Using Sprite Plugin
> > > >
> > >
> >
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Carrara/files/Selocic/smoke_w_floor%28div
> > x%29.avi>
> > > >
> > > > 2) Smoke Effect Without Plugin
> > > >
> > >
> >
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Carrara/files/Selocic/smoke_w_floor_no_sp
> > rites%28d\
> > > > ivx%29.avi>
> > > >
> > > > Hopefully that willwork now.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers.
> > > >
> > > > Claudia
> > > > "Selocic"
> > > > - 3D: when 'Flat' just isn't good enough! -
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In Carrara@(protected), "ccoles_avengers"
> > > > <ccoles_shado@(protected)>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Hi All,
> > > > >
> > > > > Just trying to get a grasp on some of Michael's cool
plugins. I
> > > > > am experimenting with his Sprite plugin in trying to create a
> > > > > smoke effect. Now please note, I am really not that
familiar with
> >
> > > > > the particle system so I don't know if this is the exact way
that
> > smoke is
> > > > > supposed to be achieved in Carrara, but I experimented with
> > > > > creating smoke with and without Mike's plugin, and the only
> > > > > difference I saw was that the one that did not use the sprite
> > > > > plugin was a bit darker (sometimes desireable) than the one
using
> > > > > the plugin. Otherwise, I couldn't really tell the difference.
> > > > >
> > > > > Could anyone help out here and tell me exactly "what" I
should be
> > > > > seeing that would be different with adding the Sprite plugin? I
> > guess
> > > > > I am missing the concept here of the polygons needing to "face"
> > > > > the camera in this instance.
> > > > >
> > > > > 1) Smoke Effect Using Sprite Plugin
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Carrara/files/Selocic/smoke_w_floor(divx)
> > .avi>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > 2) Smoke Effect Without Plugin
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Carrara/files/Selocic/smoke_w_floor_no_sp
> > rites(divx).avi>
> > > > >
> > > > > Oh, BTW, these clips were generated *before* installing the
latest
> >
> > > > > Sprite Plugin update.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers.
> > > > >
> > > > > Claudia
> > > > > "Selocic"
> > > > > - 3D: when 'Flat' just isn't good enough! -
> >
> >
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