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Happy Birthday----and wishing you many more.

wildsided-----really nice models and great effort pushing these out so quickly. Nice work indeed.

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There are few joys in the world like the talk of a brand new computer. Smiles. (especially this many cores a churning).

Its hard to imagine that each new iteration can top the one before it ---yet somehow you seem to make it happen. Awesome job Mark.......I look at all the details and can only dream of such precision and artistry.

oh my ....that's amazing looking. Great job Rodger. Really fantastic !

KGH---wow ----that's a cool scene indeed. your right --seeing the whole scene gives you the depth and size perspective well.

kind of you Stian to share the textures --thanks.

Ha ha Nancy------"beads of sweat forming" --- hey --time is such a valuable commodity so anything that saves time is well worth it. If the purchase price makes sense for you ---I cannot see how you will be disappointed except in like three years down the road when computer speed processing envy might return.

Rodger r --thanks for that one too......two awesome things. And Chris --did not even know there was a AM wiki----smiles

tbenefi33--way to keep churning out the characters and models. I really liked the tommy gun and the boat. The characters are pretty nice too and really amazing how much you get done. will keep on watching with excitement as you progress.

very nice Gene-----gosh when you can have the attention to detail you showed here with the beats -----it really makes for a great animation. Enjoyed it very much ----watched it twice and nice music as well .

Robert- "I've got a secret . Can you keep a secret? Didn't think so" smiles ---(v17)

Thanks Rodney-- Will take a look at that. Also for those looking for a cheap alternative for noncommercial uses --corel sells a special coreldraw x5 Home and student version suite that weighs in at $129.00 list but which can be seen at times at other online sources for much much less. (Its nearly the same as its big brother commercial version minus some content and a few features but still a nice draw and paint etc suite) I have already seen for certain modeling things the AI importing process a huge time saver. (for me at least).

Was curious to learn how many folks have found this to be a useful resource. I know it has lots of models etc but wondered how many folks use things from it or not. I was contemplating purchasing it but was not sure.

thanks thekamps------this is very useful for me as well...appreciate it.

Looks awesome Rodger ..and I think adding a little character makes it seem more real. great job. and nice render too!

Jimd-----I liked that alot. Jason is right about fast pace ---nice. Overall a nice mix of sounds , music ,images --

wow...looks really nice Mike....and glad you decided to come back and share.

Totlover --good luck with school.....enjoy that. and when you get time to do more of this stuff will be watching eagerly to see how this develops.

Ilidrake --I like him ..nice job so far and even at this stage he has some personality oozing out of him ........keep churning along!!

Chris..I have used decals and loaded up a sequence _this time a tga sequence --and all seems pretty good except when I render the scene out as an avi movie the "movie" plays on my one patch tv but it not very smooth almost like its skipping frames or something. Thinking its maybe some kind of timing issue between the decal and the rendering of the avi ---gonna play with it some more myself.

I did a quick test using decals with image sequenced files and it seemed to work pretty good. I did use a png sequence and did seem a little rough so next time I have a chance will follow robert's sage advice with using jpg or tga's and see how that goes. The decal way was pretty quick to set up too.

And thanks for the additional info.....you guys always go the extra yard in help.

That's is one awesome looking scene and lighting and rendering. Its really looking amazing. Great job guys.. (Played it a few times for the sheer joy.)