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The only textures used in the scene are the carpet layers and the computer LCARS displays...
TSN - they orignally had no uniforms, they were nude! Or virtually so, muscular like an action figure. I had to bulk them up to make them appear as though they had clothes, and then colour them accordingly. Anyway I amended Mr Redshirt to look like me, hence the well endowed bulge.... lol, no seriously, I didn't realise it showed that much.
Michael, I'd love any LCARS stuff you've got. The bigger the resolution the better. Got any Galacy Class MSDs amongst them?
The lighting was a nightmare Balaam. This image was render number 28, after experiemtning with so many different lighting types/configurations that I lost count. This was the only one that offered adequate intensity and ambience at the same time, and also handled even shadows. In fact I had to have the figures abstain from casting shadows, because they were huge otherwise, spread out across the wall, looking quite bizarre, as if they were in a small cave huddled round a fire.
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I ran into that problem doing some CG set design stuff for my show. It hurts. Of course my show is called "Our Place In The Shadows" so I didn't mind too much, but I did wind up using quite a few more light sources than I thought I'd need. Sometimes pointing a series of wide angle kliegs up at where the source is coming from and then upping the reflectivity and the glow (to cover up the annoying mirrorlike reflections the object would otherwise have) of the object the light is supposed to be coming from will diffuse the lights a bit more. Sometimes that only makes it worse. Lighting is such a science of itself. And it's irritating because when it's done right, you just don't notice. As opposed to when you do it wrong (see some of the links in this thread) and everyone notices. Anyway, it's looking good sir! I look forward to seeing more.
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LightWave is neither free, nor cheap, nor Mac-only.
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Red, I know I have a color pic of the Galaxy Class MSD. Not sure how high a quality it is though.
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quote:Originally posted by The_Tom: LightWave is neither free, nor cheap, nor Mac-only.
Yeah I know it ain't free or cheap - unless you get a Warez copy - sadly it's too big for me to download in 2 hours (the warex copy that is). It's not Mac-only? Oh, must have mis-read the text.
So is anyone going to answer my question about where I can get a copy of a graphics program like Lightwave but is pretty cheap but can produce the same quality stuff?
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There is a reason why Lightwave and 3D Studio cost more than your average family saloon, you know
Luckily, I've been able to get my hands on both - I prefer LW however, because of its superior rendering engine.
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I'm no Mac user by the way, I've got a proper computer.
Michael, yes please do send me whatever you've got of the Galaxy Class MSD. It needn't be high res, it's not going to be seen in any great detail in the scene. Can you post it here? Or perhaps you could send it via email.
akb1979, are you on a 2 hour isp limit? In that case use Getright or another download manager, in many cases you'll be able to resume the downloads later after disconnecting.
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quote:Originally posted by The Red Admiral: I'm no Mac user by the way, I've got a proper computer.
HEHE! I feel a slaggin' match a coming! HEHE!
quote:akb1979, are you on a 2 hour isp limit? In that case use Getright or another download manager, in many cases you'll be able to resume the downloads later after disconnecting.
Cheers Bud!
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Red, I'm sending you pieces of my LCARS collection since I have ADSL only. Let me know if you want more.
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Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line - a lot faster alternative to 56K. Can be expensive, but Cable broadband has it beat, at least right now in the UK.
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