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    Hyenas

    in Tar of Zandoria

    Posted

    Doing some experimenting today with Sculptris. This is a rock formation modeled and textured in Sculptris, exported as .obj and imported as a PROP in A:M. The background is a photo. (I'm going to do paintings for the backgrounds, so this is not the final look that I'm going for..)

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    tar_hyena2.0.jpg

    TAR of Zandoria Kickstarter

    in Tar of Zandoria

    Posted

    Only 615 people even viewed the video, but of them almost 13% made a pledge. The take away for me is that I need a bigger network to find "my audience"...

    I really appreciate my fans here helping spread the word, and especially those who pledged. This was a disappointment but it will not deter me from bringing TAR to life !

    Texturer needed

    in Help Wanted (Available Jobs)

    Posted

    In Photoshop, you can lasso areas from a photo reference and drag them into your document. then you scale,rotate and distort them into place, building up your color map. Keep your wireframes on a separate layer (set to multiply) so that you can see what you're doing.

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    TAR of Zandoria Kickstarter

    in Tar of Zandoria

    Posted

    http://kck.st/14tgJQ3

     

    8 days to go, and only 35 backers...Those 35 are my true fans--thanks! And thanks to Hash for the support with the pledge rewards.

     

    I really have to stop and evaluate my idea of turning into an open-source project with the A:M community...Probably not enough interest to justify the headaches that go with collaboration, and maybe no audience for TAR anyway.

    The untitled "Let's do something with A:M" topic

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    To clarify, my nieces are triplets and are sharing a computer--I have given them my OLD CD(singular) and serial number, which is not installed on my machine (I am using the subscription version). I don't think there is anything wrong or illegal in that.

     

    You HAVE been speaking for Hash, for this entire thread! The original poster was inquiring about whether he could purchase an old version from someone, not just an old disk--which to me is a question about transferring a license, which perhaps you could have just directed him to Jason....

    The untitled "Let's do something with A:M" topic

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    Regarding your gift: If you purchased a current license and gave that activation code to someone else then you aren't violating any license... this is equivalent to purchasing a copy of the license for someone else. You certainly shouldn't be able to activate the same code on your computer if they've activated it on theirs.

     

    How is that any different than what we are talking about--Most current users are running a NEW license, that is subscription-based, and is completely separate from the version that we bought that was tied to the CD. If I sell or give away that CD and serial #, I am no longer using it (nor could I, since I don't have the CD anyway).

    Do YOU speak for Hash in an official capacity? Or are you just pissing me off for your own self-aggrandizement?

    The untitled "Let's do something with A:M" topic

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    What perhaps is most disappointing is when intelligent people state things like this.

    Here we see the basic problem compounded by those who should know better but do not understand the basic legalities.

     

    I know at this point we should trot out the license and see for ourselves in black and white the error of Will's thinking...

     

    Rodney,

    You are the one who is mistaken about the law:

    http://www.out-law.com/page-10421

     

     

    US court says software is owned, not licensed

    Software company Autodesk has failed in its bid to prevent the second-hand sale of its software. In a long-running legal battle it has not been able to convince a court that its software is merely licensed and not sold.05 Oct 2009

    Topics E-commerce and the internet General contract and boilerplate Corporate TMT & Sourcing Software

    Like many software publishers Autodesk claims that it sells only licences to use its software and that those who pay for it do not necessarily have the right to sell it on. It sued Timothy Vernor, who was selling legitimate copies of Autodesk software on eBay, for copyright infringement.

    The US District Court for the Western District of Washington has backed Vernor, though, in his claim that he owned the software and had the right to sell it on.

    The Court said that there were two cases to use as a precedent and that they clashed fundamentally. It had no choice, it said, but to follow the earlier precedent, which was a dispute over the ownership of prints of Hollywood films sold to film stars.

    While many of the film copies were explicitly only licensed, the court had previously found that in one case, involving Vanessa Redgrave, the agreement had transferred ownership of the print to the actress. This is called the Wise case.

    One major consideration in that was the fact that the studio did not have the right, as it did in other agreements, to demand the return of the print.

    The Court said that though the issue was complicated, software agreements were similar enough to those film agreements to act as a precedent.

    "The Autodesk License is a hodgepodge of terms that, standing alone, support both a transfer of ownership and a mere license," said the ruling. "Autodesk expressly retains title to the 'Software and accompanying materials,' but it has no right to regain possession of the software or the 'accompanying materials'. Licensees pay a single up-front price for the software. Autodesk can require the destruction of the software, but only as consideration in the later purchase of an upgrade."

    "The court concludes that Wise leads to the conclusion that the transfer of AutoCAD copies via the License is a transfer of ownership," it said.

    The Court said that it had to follow that case's precedent because it was older than another conflicting ruling, and that it could not choose a precedent based on the most desirable policy.

    "The court’s decision today is not based on any policy judgment. Congress is both constitutionally and institutionally suited to render judgments on policy; courts generally are not," the Court ruled. "Precedent binds the court regardless of whether it would be good policy to ignore it."

    The Court did say, though, that Autodesk's claims that Vernor's actions were likely to result in the creation and sale of illegal copies of its AutoCAD software were not well founded.

    "Autodesk’s claim that Mr. Vernor promotes piracy is unconvincing," the ruling said. "Mr. Vernor’s sales of AutoCAD packages promote piracy no more so than Autodesk’s sales of the same packages. Piracy depends on the number of people willing to engage in piracy, and a pirate is presumably just as happy to unlawfully duplicate software purchased directly from Autodesk as he is to copy software purchased from a reseller like Mr. Vernor."

    Vernor had tried to argue that Autodesk's behaviour in suing him amounted to a misuse of its copyrights. The Court rejected that claim.

     

    My current license is a subscription. It has nothing to do with my old license-- which I am free to give away or sell. And since there is no way to upgrade it, I don't see how you think that giving it to my nieces deprives Hash of $99 upgrades(!?) they are 9 years old and also unable to come up with $79 subscription....but if they develop an interest, they might in the future.

    The untitled "Let's do something with A:M" topic

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    I think that it is when you are transferring the same license, But if you bought different Licenses I think you can sell one of them. I don't know if this is the case of "Ilidrake".

     

    There is no need to guess. It's all in the license.

     

    Here's one problem with selling/giving away an old A:M CD that you feel you don't want. (There are others)

    Most A:M Users only purchased the initial license to A:M on the first go around.

    For instance, when I purchased A:M back in '98 I paid $299 for that license.

    After that I could upgrade every year for $99. This upgrade then extends the terms of the original license.

    Over the next few years I upgraded (I skipped a year and have regretted that often).

    So I've got a lot of A:M CDs that are still under that original license.

    If I give away or sell any one of those CDs then I have (illegally) attempted to transfer the license.....

     

     

    Actually, when hash moved to the subscription model we no longer can "update" that old version that is tied to the CD. I gave my old version to my nieces (since they are interested in animation). There is nothing illegal in selling an old version of the software and it's license

    TAR of Zandoria Kickstarter

    in Tar of Zandoria

    Posted

    Some Bonus rewards courtesy of Jason and Hash Inc.:

     

    At the $50 and $100pledge level, the demo version of Animation:Master will work for 60 days, instead of 30!

     

    At the $500 pledge level, you will get a downloadable version of Animation:Master that never expires!!! This level includes Hash's "Extras" DVD download .zip, iso, .rar, digital manuals and included data --This is a fantastic deal! :yay:

    TAR of Zandoria Kickstarter

    in Tar of Zandoria

    Posted

    I got this message from someone who, though they aren't donating ('cause they're broke), and aren't going to share the link (because of the boobies on the dancing chick), had some "advice" for me:

     

    You’ve made Tar a very flat character to your kickstarter audience. He isn’t likeable yet because you haven’t let us get to know him. People are much more likely to support someone they like, and while you're likeable, you're only the artist, not the character.

     

    Make your audience adore TAR. Here in Facebook, post a BIO for Tar. Do not compare him to other characters or to other famous characters’ famous creators; you’ve done that already. Tell us: What makes TAR unique? How does his story, his personality, add something NEW to the animation that has come before him? How does he reveal how WE are as human beings? Let everyone get to know him a bit, beyond just that he’s a violent hippo.

     

    But really...He IS just a violent hippo! :lol::)

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