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Ragnar, That sounds interesting. Definitely going to have to check that out. The MS Scheduled Task thing could definitely be useful for automating some tasks and basic project management. Thanks for reminding me that was even there! When it comes to automation my brain is still living in the DOS days. Rodney

Looking good! He's got style. Easy to see that you are having fun. Capture that element. Lock it in. Don't forget it. Go Bobby Boy!

He looks tired. But other wise fine.

The drawing will be held on 31 Dec 2004! As stated before the drawing wouldn't be later than 31 Dec 2004 so... it won't be. Tic Tic Tic... The new year is coming... Hey... what about you... yeah... You! Bet you'd look nice driving a brand new version of A:M v12 into the New Year.

Crazy as ever John! Thanks!

Heehee Good to see you Marcel! Neat little plugin... the tint thing is pretty cool... now I just need to think of a good little test project to test it out.

Thierry, Looks like he is ready for adventure. I really like the eyes... reminds me of John (Artbox) Henderson's Kapsule eyes a little. Do you have any more renders of him in different poses?

Gazz, I just returned to your site after not visiting for awhile. Looks like you've added a lot to Bella's world since I last looked in. ...and so far it looks like a fun world to live in. Can you give us an update on your plans for Bella and friends? There are a lot of new users that probably haven't had the chance to get acquainted. If you have time that is.

I'm always a bit sad when I can't view your projects because I'm sitting behind a firewall. I'll check it out later. I just thought I'd throw a word of encouragement at you while I was here though. Keep up the tinkering!

Nice step by step pics John. Very impressive that in the meshes simplicity the ends of the structures aren't even closed. That doesn't seem to detract in the least from the final displaced image. Neat.

Don't let me distract you from your progress. When you get this finished I'd like to know more about how you achieve your line/outline quality. Great stuff!

Okay Mr. 3,269... you sir are in!

Scott, You are eligible... but with caveats. If you already own (just waiting on) 2005 then an upgrade isn't going to do you much good. You'll already own 2005 so it won't do much good to upgrade you to it. Not sure what a good method to resolve that issue is... as the contest is more or less designed to help upgrade someone who otherwise might not have upgraded this early or at all. If you were to win I guess I could upgrade you to the next available CD. How would that be?

Pretty. It hurts my eyes to look at the sun so you must have done something right there too. If i have anything to critique it would be that the foreground seems to retain too much blue. That is a small thing though. If it had bunches and bunches of Joshua trees at the bottom it would be almost a perfect representation of some of the mountain areas near Indian Springs Nevada. Thanks for the project file Paul!

I had added you whether you wanted to be added or not!

Heheheehehe! I like this one. Very nice Jose! Casting Session by Jose M. Ruiz For some other work by Jose check out his website: http://www.josemruiz.com/ *Note: There are other films that have been added to A:M Films too!

Good to see you back in action Jim! It's been far too long.

This can actually be a question too. It doesn't have to be assisting others. I don't remember writing that at least. The contest was (and is) just meant to encourage people to participate in the forum... to stop lurking and get involved. There are benefits to getting involved with the community that far outweigh the value of a free upgrade.

Refreshing the rules a bit here: One lucky A:M Forum User will recieve a free upgrade to Animation:Master courtesy of (the still unpublished) A:M Digest and the current moderator of the New Users Forum. That'd be me! Contest Rules/Fine Print Basic rules of eligibility for a free Animation:Master upgrade(a $99 value): - Only owners of Animation:Master are eligible - The poster must post at least 2 posts between the date stamp of this post and the drawing. The drawing will not be conducted later than 31 December 04. Edit: Ohoh we are almost out of time! - One of the posts must be an introductory post introducing the user via a problem solving type question or regular introductory post to the forum (this requirement will be waived for anyone who is already a known quantity in the A:M Community) - One post is *recommended* to be placed in the same discussion as this message to ensure the poster is actually interested in recieving a free upgrade. Who knows... maybe someone doesn't care to recieve a free upgrade. It could happen! I'm not sure how else to determine who is eligible so post in this topic/discussion! - Current owners of v11 may have to wait until v12 is released to claim their prize. Edit: V11.1 (2005) CD is out so there is no need to wait. - Once the drawing is conducted the winner will have 30 days to collect the prize. On the 31st day an alternate will be selected from the same pool of entrants. Failure to collect the prize within the 30 day limit releases the prize to the alternate. - The sponsor (thats me!) is not required to spend more than $99 to terminate the intent of this promotional opportunity. What... you want Netrender!!! Go buy it! - If this promotion is terminated for any reason the names of *identifiable* persons will be added to a similar promotion for a free upgrade to Animation:Master. (i.e. A:M Digest's potential Starving Artist contest) *** This promotion is not sponsored by Hash Inc and no endorsement, support or requirement on their behalf is intended.*** Questions, comments, recipes?

Done Mr. 144!

Wow... Number 9. Thaz impressive.

John, That's very neat. Wish we could see more experimentation and documentation of material usage here in the forum. Could you post a larger version of the original mesh. The complex imagery you've created from just a simple mesh and materials is something that we all should have a special place for in our toolboxes. Thanks for posting this.

DL, You've definitely added some great/yet subtle detail into the environments. Great scenes for your characters to tell their story in. )

Yep... that is a paintbrush. Rump, I have to say that is the best looking 3D paintbrush I've seen to date. Would you care to post a wireframe view?

If you look at the date stamp of the start of this discussion you'll find the answer. We've gained just over 1,000 registered forum users since then. I did want to make sure the maximum possible number of people got a chance at the free upgrade.