Re: Experimenting With Smoke... 2005-06-09 - By elsiget
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It's called anime, manga is Japanese for comic or comic book...
Cartoons are animes, simply the Japanese expression for animated films...
It's always been called that, just not in the western part of the world...
Astro Boy or whatever it's called, is usually considered the first
anime cartoon, but it's nowhere near the first manga...
--- In Carrara@(protected), "ccoles_avengers" <ccoles_shado@(protected)>
wrote:
> --- 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
> >
> >
> >
> > __ __
> >
> > 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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