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Pete Lawrence
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Posts: 192
From: Middleburg, PA
Registered: Aug 1999

posted 06-02-2000 10:13 PM

Tim,
Very nicely done. I have to ask, what software and computer did you use for the graphics, both the logo and the animation? Now if you and Joe could colaborate we would have an intermittent with blood dripping from the sprocket.

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Joe Redifer
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From: Denver, Colorado
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posted 06-03-2000 03:16 AM

Well, I'm not Tim, but I'll pretend I am just for now

I think Tim used Ray Dream Studio to do that. I have no clue if he used the Mac or PC version, though.

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Tim Reed
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posted 06-03-2000 09:27 AM

Thanks, Pete! Glad you liked it! Joe's right, I used Ray Dream Studio 5 for all the graphics, on my PC. The logo (which, BTW, you only see the last few seconds of) is about 95% RayFlect's "4-elements" terrain extension (plug-in). I cut the picture, added music, sound effects, and a temporary narration track in Media Studio Pro 5.2. This is the most versatile editing software I've seen. You really can do ANYTHING with it (and much more than you see in the clip)!

Bloody intermittent... that's good.

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Joe Redifer
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posted 06-03-2000 11:03 PM

Tim, how long did that take to render? Did you do it on just one computer, or did you set up a render farm?

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Tim Reed
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posted 06-03-2000 11:59 PM

The full logo (30 secs long, w/lots of objects and lights) took about 24 hours to render at 352 x 240. The geneva animation took just two or three hours for each view, as I only had to render one revolution per static camera position (the early animation experience paid off here

). But some shots had to be changed and re-rendered several times, to get the behaviors right... so one object wouldn't "bounce" the other off-axis. If you look closely at the outer bearing in the closeup, you'll see such an error; one I didn't bother to fix because it wasn't important. The longest camera move (the exploding case, I believe it was) took about 6 1/2 hours to render, all at 352 x 240 dpi.

I only have the one computer, a PII/266, 32MB RAM. Matrox Rainbow Runner Studio video capture/playback. HD is Seagate 4GB, SCSI. I know, I need to upgrade bad... a Medea 51GB/4 video server is next, as soon as I save up an extra $1,500.

For my next trick, I plan on doing a similar animation showing a pin-cross movement. Always wanted to see that. And then, a high-speed movement, and a 3/2 movement, and a push-pull, etc, etc, etc...

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Gordon McLeod
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From: Toronto Ontario Canada
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posted 06-04-2000 08:59 AM

Whne do we get the powers movement and maybe after a few scotchs we can get the famous "Drunken Screw Movement" that phillips used on some of there 16mm machines

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Tim Reed
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posted 06-04-2000 10:55 AM

The Powers movement was a pin-cross. That's next.

Lessee... drunken-screw.... got it! But only if you're buyin'!

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Gordon McLeod
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posted 06-04-2000 11:32 AM

Tim what happened to the drivein screensaver?
I had to format a harddrive and lost it
I am looking for the Hycan book. They are still sought after by ILM as they take MP carbons that are ideal for process work

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Tim Reed
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posted 06-04-2000 03:23 PM

Gordon, don't know about a d/i screensaver. You must have me confused with Tim Thompson of the driveintheater.com site, seems like I heard he had something like that a while back. (My website was driveinworkshop.com.)

Thanks for lookin' for the Hy-Candescent book for me, I really, really appreciate it!!! I hear those lamps had a beautiful flat field. There were a pair in operation at the Director's Guild as recently as several years ago, that's what I heard, anyway.

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Joe Smith
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From: Dale City, Va. USA
Registered: Oct 1999

posted 06-04-2000 06:06 PM

Tim,

Not to change the subject, but:

When is Something Exciting about to happen?

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Tim Reed
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posted 06-05-2000 05:56 PM

See post #5 of this topic, second paragraph, above.

I didn't realize so many people remembered my website!

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