Gene

Oi Xtaz, Muito Bom....Gosto o seu site. You have some really great lighting and modeling on your site....you should write some tutorials for the rest of us!! Ate Mais, Eugene

Great Model!...I really like this one. Eugene

Hey Daniel, I think you could do something with the text and in the background have the Earth swooshing with the stars as sprites...in the final frames, the earth comes swooshing around into position and the SPRITES get subsituted with the remaining stars as you have them in the image. So...that was the first thing that popped into my head. See ya, Eugene

Excellent work as usual! Looks like there is a lot to look forward to on the next CD! Thanks for the generous donation. Eugene

I remember something about having to export as Illustrator 8 version. Do not export as most current version. Cheers, Eugene

Hey John, Seems to have worked for me just fine. I have a high speed connection and it took a minute or two before it started playing, but otherwise seems like everything is just fine. I really like the Animation too! Cheers, Eugene

Hi John, Yes, this way works as well. I have an old habit of doing it with the wand tool whenever I am working with complex shapes which are a combination of many. Cheers, Eugene

This was in another thread, but probably better to be in its own topic. Attached is a Word document showing how to Export a simple shape out of Photoshop as an Adobe Illustrator path and then into AM as a mode. If someone could post on a website that would be great (I am approaching my limit for bandwidth for the month ) Cheers, Eugene USING_THE_AI_PLUGIN.doc

Here is a tutorial I put together on using the AI plugin with Photoshop. It's quite simple, but I think you get the point. Cheers, Eugene USING_THE_AI_PLUGIN.doc

Hey Zeb, Yes, Absolutely. All you need to do use the Wand tool to select all the desired objects and then go to the "path" tab, (I choose the little arrow on the right side) and then select "Make work Path". Once this is done, FILE->EXPORT->PATHS TO ILLUSTRATOR This will export the AI path file and then you can use it to import in AM. Not much to it really, the hard part is figuring out how to make the path in Photoshop. Cheers, Eugene

I'va attached screenshots of how to get to the AI menu and also attached another image of the basic shapes that get extruded to make up the robot. The background is the inside of a cube that comes right off the AM CD. I was going to try Radiosity, but decided against it because it's just too time consuming. Regards, Eugene

Ooops...page refreshed and lost link. E fastrobot_003.mov

Worked this up using the AI plugin in about an hour. Cheers, Eugene

I had a look at Zugskin. Although it's not my kind of thing, I thought there were some good shots in there. Actually, it reminds me a bit of the video from Tool (Sober)...it has a similar kind of feel to it (dark and depressing). Interesting... Eugene

Very nice...I would also like to know more about the trees and leaves...quite nice. Eugene

Yeah....the first frame took about an hour and 10 minutes and the animation is 3 seconds...I'm not that young anymore. E

Thanks Yves, I played with the scene a bit, but found that adding the keylight was quick and made the biggest difference. The drums look much better now that I have changed the color. By the way...your tutorials are Brilliant! Cheers, Eugene ShopFloor_007.mov

Truly simple and great work with a great look. These guys look like they can make you some dough. Cheers, Eugene

I was thinking that if the drums were heavy enough that the palette on the floor would probably move, but you are right...I should animate the palette on the forklift as well!! Thanks, Eugene (Nobody was hurt in this animation)

I thought that was very professional...Music works well too E

Maybe one of you could give me some insight...I would like to know if it's ok to add a keylight in this scene when I am using radiosity. I would like to lighten up the areas that are dark. If I add the keylight, does it take away from the radiosity? For example, you can't make out the label on the drum...it's one of the symbols for a hazardous material. Oh yeah...it's in autopilot for now, but maybe I could Thom or keekat as the driver! Thanks E

Feel free to critique anything you wish...anything you think that will help the scene or my animating skills! Thanks, Eugene

Hey Guys...yes I know about the "dirty" look. I usually get ahead of myself when I start putting stuff like this together and finish up the details a bit later. Here is a very short animation of the forklift hitting the 55 gallon drums...Please note that I did something wrong on the very first frame and the forklift is into the floor! Just ignore that. I had to stop the render because there was another 17 hrs to go and I had the scene rendering for about 20 hours already...gotta love that radiosity! Anyway...I've attached the animation, so please let me know what you think so far. Cheers, Eugene ShopFloor_006.mov

Hey Gang, After seeing all the Awesome stuff that Yves started on his Radiosity threads, I decided to mess around with a scene that I am working on. This is just the beginning, playing with the settings. I am certain that if I spend more time, I can get a better effect. I have 8 lights setup as Yves suggested (Cone Angle 180 degrees, 100% Width Softness) One exception is that the falloff doesn't touch any of the objects in the scene, except for the walls. I tried to move the lights closer together, but then the light was too concentrated in one spot. Should I be using more lights with smaller falloff?? I don't like the fact that the 55 gallon drums are dark and so is the side of the forklift facing the viewer. Anyway, I hope to post more as it gets better...Please, Please, Please offer any suggestions you can think of to make this look better. Thanks, Eugene

Hey Dave, If your like me...I scare myself silly when I try organic modeling. I like what you did with the fittings. Looks good and avoids Booleans. I am curious about a couple of things: Did you use a decal for the threads? If they are going to be seen, adding a bump map using the same decal does wonders! Also, are you using high reflectivity for the body or is it a decal all the way around? Cheers, E