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Fall-Off in VolumetricLight change to 900

Hello Hashers- In the beginning of the sequence the volumetric beam reaches all the way to the ground plane but as the project continues (frames 30-60) the beam breaks up and doesn't reach the ground. Can anyone figure the problem? VolumetricTest.prj

I was surprised they made a remake in 2000. All characters were changed into video personalities. The movies were exciting and well tight on script. That's what I tried to explain in my insight about the tv serie and the new movie. For some reason the original is so inhibited in my imagination I was realy stunned by the video's. They go much faster and are more placed into this time SF experience. I was impressed by a BBC print thay made in that time I chose to make a look_a_like.

I wasn't too keen on the live-action one they did in 2004. I think a lot of the charm of the show came from the miniatures and the puppets. I haven't had a chance to watch the newer animated series, but I remember they remade Captain Scarlett in a similar style in the early 2000s and that was well done.

Yeh, you're right. My mistake. I assumed that his name was James. As a kid I had two models, two and three. I was anxious to have the first one too but they were sold out. It had a little motor in it so it could ride on batteries. Yes, I'm still fond of them, although I don't have them anymore. Reason why I can't resist to this "guilty pleasure". What do you think of the modern version of the Thunderbirds video?

Some new models I made lately. For some reason this fidling with game options keep me facinating.

I'm not realy sure. I once made a "sprite" for the game Quake. I searched on internet for a good looking skyligntning. Once I had it I spend houres on redrawing the UV's and alpha's and it had become a good looking result. Later when this AI question came to order I saw some results with exact that skyligtning. The impression was quiet a shock to me, as it cried : "No, that's mine skylightning!" Then the rare awareness that it was the photographer's source and not my property. From then I have a strange unballancing feeling when it comes to ownership, or licenses. 🤨

looking at stuff on old AMcd found this animation and rendered it meows.avi

Looks like they over expanded and "Disney+" wasn't enough of a audience for the expanded output. I bet Disney+ gets sold off to Netflix or just closed in a few years. Too many streamers out there for the market. On the bright side, all the newly-unemployed can put "former Pixar" on their résumé. That will get attention.

Pixar is laying off 14% of their workforce, animators seem like another career threatened by AI- https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/pixar-animation-lay-off-about-14-workforce-2024-05-21/

It is a depressing thought that AI animation is being chosen over hand crafted animation....

Project1.prj

Yeh.., that sure looks good!!! Scares the universe out of me! ..,but I tend my ambition to the old animated results. Not that I have a bad relation with AI, but it comes to me as , well..., there is no soul in sparkel on a worldwide spooking on peoples contribution. 🥲 Not sure what happened. I can't find my entry on the site page anywhere. It has vanished from the board. If I hadn't made a screenshot I would be on the run for ever. Let's say: participating is more convienent than winning! 🙃

Not wanting to argue over a 60s marionette, but from everything I can find his first name is Aloysius. Anyway it's a cool model none the less. I used to love watching Thunderbirds as a kid.

You might not be so familiar with his first name James Parker. I can imagine. There are five Tracey's for each Thunderbird. While working on these I can't escape to the somehow "vintage retro" I get, because of the new video's there are nowadays about the subject. They go really fast and extensive, much more than the animations of the 60's. Of course it are computer assigned cartoons that take grip of once attention immediatly. If I search at my consious of attention it reminds me of screenshots of early movies it seems to me everything is much faster. Normally it takes thirty seconds to interprent what is going on in a scene, while in cartoons it takes just four or five seconds. It must have something to do with my age, and knowledge of the TV2000 scene.

Good news. That does appear to resolve the problem!

James? I thought lady Penelope's driver was called Parker?

Oh... well here is the file. 🙃 AM_TB6_Jamez.zip

I have been modelling some more on the Thunderbirds theme. I had most of them so I decided to make the Thunderbird 6 model automobile. And what is the mobile without its driver Jamez. The car design turned out a bit high : 32627 patches 59323 CP's.Mostly spend on the extra detailed wheels.

@Rodney the latest update to Chrome has fixed the problem of John's GIF animation in the first post not showing up. Does it show for you now?