The Out Of Work & Burnin’ Down The House Complaint Thread.
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The new site went live on May 16th, so it's pretty close to a year now.
That's a good one...can't log in because you're not logged in! :shut:
Dana
Actually, it probably meant the page you were trying to view, not the login page. But with this software, who knows?
Dana
...ooooh, I like that.
...it's spreading like a disease. I'm now getting it almost every time I try to submit a post.
My routine:
Enter text
Check spelling
Attach pic (if required)
Copy all text to clipboard
Click on Preview Post button
Click on Submit Post.
That usually works for me and provides a backup just in case something new and stupid happens (like I get logged out or hit with a timeout).
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After Effects, Nuke, or Fusion...? Looking for a compositing software to put on my wishlist and I've heard good things about all three...
Though Fusion from the looks of it has a nasty method of purchasing. Looked like a "Subscribe to use it" sort of thing, but I couldn't tell. I know someone who uses it regularly, I guess I could ask him.
Nuke there's a lot of material for learning it, and it has a PLE (Unlike Fusion), but I haven't checked the price tag on it.
Finally there is AE, which Cinema4D has wonderful compatability with - almost as good as its Photoshop compatability!
And of course, all are pretty much out of my budget range for months to come, hence the "Wishlist" part ^^;
I saw this on the "Lighting challenges" thread on the CGSociety and he said the fog/haze and floating particles were added in Nuke. That seems pretty cool, being able to do that ^_^
*editz* Mmm yeah Nuke being $4,200 and doubling that price to allow it on two computers... *sighs*
I almost always use my lappy, but... My desktop is so much faster D: (And it also crashes a ton... My laptop never crashes.)
Mmph.. I doubt I really need it, or that I'd even make much use of it... But still.
I can get rain and stuff in Cinema 4D, but only with Thinking Particles which I don't have. Fog is impossible in Indigo RT w/o SSS...
Bah. My head hurts D:
...ooooh, I like that.
Thanks ^_^
I love swapping out the materials on critters with glass and liquids. So much fun ^_^
--Joseph Heller.
OK, if you're trying to confuse me...mission accomplished. So, I take it that was from a novel?
Dana
Catch 22, by Joseph Heller.
And I had the sign-in prompt when trying to post this, but a refresh will have fixed it if this appears.
...OK the beast may have met its match.
There was a scene I tried several years ago on my old system that used the Mentha Piperata character (A3) and LPD2. Well having only 2G to throw at rendering at the time, once it got to the hair with all those transmaps, it would sputter, choke, and gag.
So, last night I reconstructed the scene (using some newer elements like Stefan's Urban Sprawl2, several vehicles, and Cloud9 instead of LDP2 as I am using 4.5). and let her rip. An hour and twenty eight minutes later the rendering was complete.
...well except for the hair. There it was stuck at 98% with something like 24 render buckets still not filled in around her face. For the next 25 or so minutes, nothing appeared to be happening, and as it was nearing 03:00, decided to cancel the process and go to bed.
Then I remembered I had the ray trace depth set to 4 (twice the default level). So today dropped it to 2, and lowered the bucket size to 8. Currently running so I'll see if there is any difference. So far even with the reduced trace depth, it appears to be hanging up in the same areas while rendering everything else. Certainly not a memory issue so it has to be making a heck of a lot of calculations for such a small area (emphasis on the word "lot").
I can't believe something that has been out for years (before Daz even had a 64 bit version of Studio) would be so heavy with transmaps it would challenge today's more powerful systems. Right now all 8 threads of my CPU are running at 99 - 100% though memory usage is only about 28%.
I hate rigging e3e
Hate hate hate. I fix one joint and break three others >_<<br /> Haha... But paying someone to do it for me would ... Yeah... Probably cost a lot ^^;
...well that didn't work. Even with the reduced settings it was actually taking longer, over an hour and only 17% complete where last night it was almost two thirds the way finished.
Methinks they overdid the transmaps on that hair just a wee bit.
do you need it to cast a shadow? invisible in raytracing should speed it up
shwoooms!
reeeediculous already. preview does seem to help ... there's no preview button in fast reply
do you need it to cast a shadow? invisible in raytracing should speed it up
...I heard about that but can't remember how to change that setting. Unfortunately you now need a connection to the net to use help files. The workstation does not have a net connection and streaming videos at home are a real pain because of my slow connection.
Morning pick-me-up? Hope your noggin's OK.
i haz a bad habit of leaving my socks where i take em off. :red: weekend chore to pick em all up
mmmm scrumptiouslicious. maybe try these next weekend.
i bought buttermilk this week to try and make irish soda scones. but there's no chocolate in the scones.
where's a babel fish when you need one? http://www.unamourderecettes.com/2011/12/eclairs-au-chocolat.html
Morning. Sunny under a pale grey sky here, and dead quiet, like a zombie apocalypse happened while we were asleep :)
Yes I see that a lot, even if I log out and back in again first, think there are caching issues :)
Pouncenoms
The folks in the places that might know what's up with the forums seem to think the massive DDoS attack has had an effect of some type. All the caching runs through the cloud so that is a very possible reason in my book.
Nuke is real good but unless you are in the business the five thousand or so a seat might give you pause. After effects is good, gets a lot of use on the motion graphics side. I mostly use the compositing functionality in Lightwave, or if you have a Mac there is $50 software called Motion that's real good, especially with Final Cut :) PS LW particle system is among the best of breed.
Im sure those involved had problems but http://gizmodo.com/5992652
Careful poly grouping and good mirror functionality will be your friends :)
Careful poly grouping and good mirror functionality will be your friends :)
Doesn't help much with parts like the chest and neck =/
Or the head and (With models that have it) tongue ^^
...I heard about that but can't remember how to change that setting. Unfortunately you now need a connection to the net to use help files. The workstation does not have a net connection and streaming videos at home are a real pain because of my slow connection.
That sucks =/
Cinema's helpfile you can access via the menu or by (How I usually access it) right clicking on pretty much any editable field the program offers.
Really helps when I forget what the "Relax/tension" settings for the Collission Deformer do or what the "Hull Value" is supposed to mean with metablobs. And more :P
The only thing that doesn't bring the help menu up is icons - like you can't right click on the camera icon and bring it up, but you can click a camera and then right click the Shutter Speed thing and bring the entry on cameras up. It's pretty helpful :3
Im sure those involved had problems but http://gizmodo.com/5992652Interesting but only their point of view and as it was a Cloud attack that even in my part of the world caused issues with my online banking I'll stick to the issues I experienced including those on this site.
...currently cooking up my own huge burger made with cheese. Picked up about a pound & a third of nice lean ground beef seasoned the whole lot of it with garlic & pepper then added a good BBQ sauce to the mix, rolled it all up again & then divided into separate patties. got one in the skillet now and the rest in the freezer for later this week. Topped off with Swiss cheese, a big slab of onion, tomato, and more BBQ sauce then served on an onion Kaiser roll.
...now that's good eatin'
Yeah and I'm not in any business ^_^
They do have a PLE, but I haven't checked out what the restrictions on it are yet.
I was pleasantly surprised to see it wasn't as expensive as I thought, but not so pleasantly surpried when to have it on two computers you essentially have to buy it twice ;) At least Cinema doesn't have that problem. You can install it on two computers, but you can only run it on one at a time.
I might take a look at AE, since a few of the artists I watch regularly use it and produce a lot of tutorials for it with making nifty tricks and stuff.
And nah, I don't have a mac.