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>Meanwhile, a few weeks ago, you sent me a Lightwave 3D
>upgrade notice FOR TOASTER USERS ONLY.  Knowing English pretty
>well, and NOT being a Toaster user, I ignored it, figuring that Newtek
>screwed up somehow.  I know better now; you screwed up in major
>fashion...

I'm questioning the same upgrade notice as well.  I too promptly ignored the
little postcard because I'm a 3.5 stand-alone user.  (I've got an old toaster,
but hardly ever use it)  Anyway, the annoucement went right into the circular
file 'kuz I thought it didn't pertain to us 3.5 users.

Luckily however, I did upgrade to the Intel 4.0 version last month.  But I was
just like you, and others it seems, in so much that I had no clue that the up-
grade policy was going to be cut-off.  Regardless that I now have 4.0, I'm still
upset about things because it projects an awful image of newtek to its customers.

It make one wonder about the state of affairs at the company.

As a final point, are you serious about the only public announcement about the
upgrade policy being made in VTU!?  Heck, I let my subscription run out months
ago 'kuz it wasn't offering ME any useful knowledge anymore.  Now, why would
any stand-alone user read VTU if they've got LW Pro, or some such?

This whole thing seems really stupid, and I sympathize with you and hope New
Tek works things out for ya...

mattguy


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From: Matthew Harvey <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: How can I get AVI or MPEG file From LightWave Windows Version?
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>Is there a way to take mult. Targa files and convert them to a AVI/MPEG file?

I do it by using the Personal Anim. Recorder PAR to AVI codec, but if you ain't
got the PAR I think you can do it with Adobe Premiere...

If you're asking if it can be done within LW4.0, I'll have to say nope.





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From: [e-mail] (Jrmdd)
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That's ftp://tomahawk.welch.jhu.edu

Check it out Lightwavers,  it's a great place to be.  Lots o' stuff.

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From: [e-mail] (robert hood)
Subject: Re: NEWTEK BLOWS IT AT SIGGRAPH!!!!!!!!! THE SHMUCKS!
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John Foust ([e-mail]) wrote:
[...]
:
: Heaven forbid that a LightWave animator be forced to the lowly
: status of Customer, one who pays their money, gets the current
: version of the shipping product, and takes their chances.  :-)

I agree with you on this point, John, but the laments I'm hearing
are over the fact that a small, personable company with a loyal
(and in some cases, rabid) following is starting to adopt some
distasteful business practices reminiscent of those larger
corporations that require the knee protection.  The gist I'm
getting is that LightWave animators have NOT felt like customers,
but rather family members.

Ever have someone who you thought cared about you suddenly, deliberately
forget who you are?

It is a sad -- and unavoidably damaging -- thing when a company does this.
You alienate long-standing customers, which in itself can add to your
demise.

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From: [e-mail] (The Shadow)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave
Subject: Re: LWPRO Magazine?
Date: 16 Aug 1995 14:32:43 GMT
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In article <40pfdn$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(JBooth411) wrote:

>      What I hate is that LWPro ocationaly decides to reprint something
> from Video Toaster User - I mean, really, who gets LWPro who doesn't get
> VTU?

Er....I don't get VTU. I'm only interested in Lightwave. I'm on a PC, I
don't have a Toaster. So I'm one that kinda likes the articles in LWPro.

Sorry, you asked...

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From: [e-mail] (Stefan_Didak)
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Subject: Re: NEWTEK BLOWS IT AT SIGGRAPH!!!!!!!!! THE SHMUCKS!
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Chris Minshall <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Uhhh....I don't think so there Tim!  The cost of distributed
>rendering is built into the cost of Lightwave at $995 retail
>versus 3D Studio V4.0 at $4995!  Uhhh....math degree not

Are you talking about Canadian Dollars or Australian Dollars here
since it sure ain't US Dollars :)

Regards,
Stefan.


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Somebody correct me if I'm wrong (of which I have no doubt),  but running
under NT you should have the use of both CPU's because NT itself can
utilize dual processors and LW is optimized for use on NT.

If I understand it right!!??

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From: [e-mail] (Monte Ohrt)
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Subject: Re: Need Help: Disco Ball!!
Date: 17 Aug 1995 20:42:41 GMT
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[e-mail] ("Phil South") writes:

>> Does anyone know where I could get a Disco Ball Object? If not... What
>> would be the best way to make one myself? I tried doing it once.... But
>> it didn't really look great. Also... I realized that a Disco Ball Has
>> Tiny little square mirrors on a large ball..... Not little squares
>> forming the ball. I think this is might be where I messed up. Any help
>> would be appreciated!!!
>>
>>                                                     -Gerald
>> [e-mail]
>>
>>

>Make a ball with enough polygons to make up the little mirrors you want
>on the side, 32 or 64 sides, then BEVEL the ball. Make sure the bevels
>are not too large, just enough to give the mirrors the looks of being
>stuck to the ball. Give it a reflective surface and you're made.

>For example, a 500mm ball with 32 sides and 16 segs, then bevel the whole
>ball 5mm inset and shift.

>I've uploaded a file to the Tomahawk site "miroball.zip" which has the
>object and an image of the ball reflecting the cow object.

>Hope that helps.

    On an actuall disco ball, the squares are all the same size, thus
creating a ball with the ball tool, it isn't right :)

Monte

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From: Jeff Hoffman <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave
Subject: (Facts)  What's happening to Amiga dealers.
Date: 17 Aug 1995 21:05:36 GMT
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As most of you already know, the most recent copy of LW-PRO features an
EDITOR'S MESSAGE including the complaints of John Gross with his own PC
dealer and something as simple as a tape drive.

"I've found that dealing with PC vendors is like dealing with car repair
people.  It sucks ..." he writes.

I think a lot of people better open their eyes and realize that it
doesn't have to be this way - you just force it upon yourselves.
Although the Amiga market has its dealers who don't care much for the
individual customer, the majority of the companies are based on different
business principles than the *too-large-for-their-own-good* companies in
the IBM retail world.  Gross' experiences only enforce the idea that PC
retailers don't care much about individuals - their market is so huge
that losing you as a customer wouldn't matter at all.

So - Have you forgotten the dealers that spent all their time with you,
demonstrating, supporting, and getting you involved with the most
incredible video tools on a personal computer?  Although the Amiga
situation has caused many of the smaller dealers into bankruptcy, there
are still several major players in the game.  Many of these dealers have
added a multitude of IBM products - including all of NewTek's and
lightwave-related products - to their catalogs.  Amiga dealers operate on
different principles, as I have already stated.  So why are you
purchasing from a huge company and wasting more money, time, and effort
to get support when your local (or mail-order) Amiga dealer could supply
you with the same product.

"Well, IBM dealers have it to me the next day!" some say.  What happens
when you have to send it back and not get a replacement for a couple of
weeks?  Many Amiga companies may not be able to get you the product next
day, but within two days is usually the standard.

What about price?  It is cliche to point out that what you save at an IBM
warehouse dealer is nothing compared to what you spend getting support
from it.  Don't you remember spending time at your local Amiga dealer
getting your questions answered, honestly and promptly.

It seems to me that simply because you are operating on a new platform
shouldn't mean that you should shut off contact with your favorite Amiga
dealer.


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From: [e-mail] (R S Rodgers)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.lightwave
Subject: Re: Autodesk Announces Competitive Trade-in, LW4.0 to 3DS MAX, $495!
Date: 16 Aug 1995 19:18:02 GMT
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In article <40t817$[e-mail]>,
Darren Metcalfe  <[e-mail]> wrote:
>Heh heh. Are you listening NewTek?
>
>This is a joke. It wouldn't be very funny though would it?
>
>Lee's right, something weird happened this spring at NewTek and it's been
>downhill ever since. The "Cool Friends of NewTek" now consists of the
>editorial staff of VTU and a few starving dealers.

What happened this spring?

Can anyone tell me whether LW4 does the following:

skeletons with maximum angles (i.e., joints can't move beyond x degrees,
only move on one axis at once)
skinning over joints (no broken arms, etc.)
morphing between objects with skeletons (incl. limitations on movement)
height-restricted fog (mist -- see previews of Povray 3.0)
beveling (i.e., rounting all edges)
(and finally) object deformation via collisions (in particular, useful for
"pour a liquid into a container" animations which are a REAL B**** with
truespace)

Thanks.

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Tristram Clark <[e-mail]> wrote:
> Does anybody know of any rendering tests results for amigas v p.c
>using lightwave ?
>
> My current setup consists of a A1200 10 megs with a 33mhz co pro, and i
>and very tempted to buy a p90 8 megs. The A4000 would be nice but i
>think that it would have be a 060 to match the p90 performance. There
>the p90 wins on price but the os is not very flexible and you cannot
>run Dopus (yet)?

You wont go far with a P90 and 8 megs of ram...  Lightwave needs 16 megs
and they recommend 32 megs. They also recommend running it on Windows NT
wich needs 12 Megs to run.

> Regarding the pc what is a practical amount of memory to run a pc to
>prevent paging out. I asume a minimum of 16 megs is probably the
>lowest. But after that of memory amount it all gets a bit too
>expensive.

If you want to do some serious Lightwave ?  Defenetly 32 Megs! 8-(

sorry...

I still don't see the advantage to go on IBM at the moment.  For
Lightwave that is ?

[e-mail]





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In article <4103vh$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Jrmdd) wrote:

> Somebody correct me if I'm wrong (of which I have no doubt),  but running
> under NT you should have the use of both CPU's because NT itself can
> utilize dual processors and LW is optimized for use on NT.

you are at least half right.
NT can, but LW can not.
LW is NOT optimized for use on NT. It is _ported_ to NT (i.e. runs.)
According to Stuart It does not yet take advantage of SMP which is
required for a program to use multiple processors. It will run on a
multi-processor box, but only on one processor at a time (same as
any other non-SMP app).

There are other performance bottlenecks with multiprocessor boxes
as well. You should shop carefully and buy one that is on the
Microsoft hardware compatibility list.

Hopefully John Gross will include them in the next round of benchmark
testing, hint hint ;-)

<<<<=======================================================================
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] writes:
> In article <Pine.SV4.3.91.950815220533.16881D-100000@cello> Manuel Coats <[e-mail]> writes:
>>From: Manuel Coats <[e-mail]>
>>Subject: Animation Master at Sigraph
>>Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 22:12:39 -0700
>
>
>>> : Does anyone have any thoughts about the Hash, Inc. "Animation Master"?
>>>
>>> If you are still interested I have written a miniFAQ on the package
>>> including it's cheaper sibling, Martin Hash' 3D Animation (MHA). It's
>>> built from the ground up to be a character animation package and modeler.
>>> On top of that it has a powerful, unlimited mapping decaler. Since it was
>>> just chosen over Alias PowerAnimator for one of my contracts, I'd say
>>> it's not too bad for 3D graphics. If you would like to see some of the
>>> -Steve C.
>>------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>>I almost purchased the siggraph special (I think it was $199 or $299) but
>>came to find out that the special priced package did not include motion
>>blur or field rendering.  TO get those features you needed to pop $700
>>for the full version.  It was kind of sneaky, as even when I asked
>>directly he tried to blow it off (he was a VERY good speaker BTW).  If I
>>had more time on my hands though, I would still think that the program is
>>worth the $699 full price just for the character animation features I
>>saw.  Decaling the surface was cool too.
>>
>>Manuel Coats
>>LIGHTSPEED: The Video Magazine for the Lightwave Enthusiast
>>** Issue #2 has shipped (over 100 minutes in length) **
>
> I tend to agree as I was interested in the SGI version, but after seeing the
> character stuff at the Wavey awards I was impressed at the ability of lightwave
> to do character stuff. I was not impressed by the rendering engine either which
> is like 3D studio i.e. too scanline looking.Of course what do you want at that
> price? Splines are much better for characters though.

That was one of my bigger grumps about Animation Master. Lightwave has a
superior rendering engine, and there seems to be no practical way to export
work done in AM to Lightwave.

Alan Chan
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I don't see any way of saving animations from the current version of lightwave.

Is there a way to take mult. Targa files and convert them to a AVI/MPEG file?

Dave Biltcliffe.

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I guess the big question is:

Will LightWave be able to leap free of the sinking juggernaut that is
NewTek?
(Or is it just going to be the source of cash for some golden parachutes?)

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Lee, I get the impression that you intended this to be a private reply
through e-mail, but I'm gonna reply to it anyways....


Stranahan ([e-mail]) wrote:

: and for me the writing was on the wall at the NAB show this past April. I
: posted some stuff online at the time, and I got some SERIOUS flack for it.

: How serious? VTU severed any ties to me, and pulled a (very favorable)
: review of my training tapes.

What?!  Isn't that like a child severing all ties with a parent?  You
created Video Toaster User (or more specifically Bread Box newsletter)
and I remember it well because I've been reading the magazine since the
very beginning.  This really sucks...I was looking forward to your return
to the pages of VTU, but just assumed you were too busy.  Very sad.



: The company that was doing my training tapes
: decided (under pressure from NewTek) not to do tapes with me anymore.

Excuse me??  You've produced the absolute best tapes available for learning
how to use the Toaster and LightWave....essentially put Desktop Images on
the map when it comes to producing quality video tutorials...and they're
abandoning you too?!


: ...the company I work for...was threatened with having it's beta status
: pulled. In short, my entire livelyhood was threatened

What the hell is going on here?  Since when did expressing a personal
opinion merit these sort of responses?!  NewTek is NOT MicroSloth...they
can't snap their fingers and wish you away to the cornfield because you
said something that somebody who works there didn't like!

Geez, I read your posts about NewTek and you didn't even say anything all
that "controversial"...certainly nothing that most other people didn't know
already.  A response of this nature makes me wonder if things at NewTek
aren't much worse than anybody figured...why would they be SO defensive over
your PERSONAL OPINION?



: It caused a GREAT deal of
: personal stress in my life, and was made doubly frustrating because I
: liked a lot of these people.

I believe it....sheesh, no wonder you moved to earthquake country!  =)


I'm rather amazed at all this though and I hope you don't catch additional
flack for posting your above message publicly....this kind of shit really
makes me wonder what's going on with this country lately.  Do we Americans
have the right to free speech or not?

--
                                     -David Warner



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From: [e-mail] (Dan Bloomfield)
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Subject: Re: EPS Logo to LightWave Object?
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-> Is PolyForm a shipping product? If so where can I get it from?
-> Thanks.
Yes it is, but I forget the name of Scott Thede's new company. The
program comes on a couple of floppies, and you can actually install the
program with save disabled for free to try it out. Computer Video in
Pinellas Park Florida has it in you could give them a call at
813-576-5242.

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Subject: Re: NEWTEK BLOWS IT AT SIGGRAPH!!!!!!!!! TH
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-> Does anyone have any thoughts about the Hash, Inc. "Animation
-> Master"? It's about as expensive as LW, but the feature list is
-> puzzlingly repetitive ("render" "features" occur over and over) and
-> it's hard to tell if it's really worth looking into.
AM's motto at Siggraph was "Just say no to polygons" and that really
does sum up the program. It uses spline patches exclusively both to
model and to render, and it's render engine is a ray tracer. If you must
have extremly smooth organic models you might want to consider it, but
now that LightWave has metaform and IK, I really don't see anything in
AM that you couldn't do with polys in LightWave. And LightWave is going
to render faster, have more overall tools, and a much better interface
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-> Torbjoern Olsson wrote:
-> >Does anyone know which program I need to convert 3ds-objects to
-> Lightwave obje >And ofcourse where I could find it?
-> >
-> >Thanx in advance.
->
-> Just use LightWave...
-> It will read a 3DS object, and
-> convert accordingly.
->
-> Dan Ablan
4.0 pre-release won't, but the release version should have this feature

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In article <[e-mail]>, Gareth Edwards
<[e-mail]> writes:
>> Use two flares at the same point. One for streaks, the other for
central glow.
>Sure enought, there are the streaks. Thanks for the help.

Anytime.
Do you get LWPro?
Mojo did some great articles on lens flares about 6 months ago - well
worth the few bucks for the back issue!

Erik Flom - ELF Works 3D Construction Co.

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Heh heh. Are you listening NewTek?

This is a joke. It wouldn't be very funny though would it?

Lee's right, something weird happened this spring at NewTek and it's been
downhill ever since. The "Cool Friends of NewTek" now consists of the
editorial staff of VTU and a few starving dealers.

--
Darren Metcalfe
[e-mail]



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In article <40tvtu$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Dave Paige) says:
>
>Stephen Chan ([e-mail]) wrote:
>: I don't mean to be dumb, but could someone tell me what IMPACT is. SOrry
>: for the newbieness. Thanks in advance :)
>
>: -STeve C.
>: --
>Hi Steve,
>IMPACT is a program to aid you in doing physically based motion simulation
>for your Lightwave scenes. Things like gravity, elasticity, and external forces
>can be simulated.
>
>Dave
>