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SO- by global ambiance, that simply means the choreography setting where you select a global color or HDRI image... if I select a color and add a value, the scene becomes less dependent on lights but does NOT become more realistic... It's not simply choosing it... you have to use it right and for the right reasons.

"Radiosity" seems to be for cases where you need the color bounce from adjacent surfaces. For most situations that's not a major factor.. Global ambiance and ambient occlusion should be able to do most of your realistic shading needs.

I'm glad you're asking questions instead of leaving disappointed! Come back if there's more trouble.

Once again, we said your name three times and you appeared! Thanks for the answers, Yves! Can you think of anyone, any likely suspects, who might be engaged to implement this new, preferred method in A:M?

Heres' my look at it... clip3844JohnsBottle.mov

If they are still empty when it renders then it isn't just a problem of Show Backfaces OFF (shift-6) You're sure all the latitude and longitude lines are attached together, I suppose. If you want to PM it to me I'll take a look at it.

I can't think of any display problems I'm having anywhere, work book or not, except occasionally I will do a Turn and only a portion of the display moves. Usually Spacebar will fix that.

Yves' Cornell Box thread that discusses process and settings. https://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9803&hl=radiosity For a list of "radiosity" threads in which Yves has mostly appeared to answer specific questions do a search on... Find Words: radiosity Find Author: ypoissant

Yves has a radiosity primer thread on the forum. (Oh I see you mentioned that. I'm sure ti's still there.) I haven't used it in a long time but i recall being able to get good results by following his general process. I think it is more suitable for stills rather than animation.

Since it's still there after Reset Settings go ahead a submit a bug report. You could always cancel it if the problem disappears in v18n.

Welcome back to A:M, Ken!

In A:M... Help>Reset Settings There doesn't seem to be such a menu item in NR

Wait until v18n comes out and try that before you do a report. I have the beta of that and it doesn't appear to have the problem here. In NetRender it is possible to drag the dividing line between "Description" and "Time" to change the space allotted to each column but A:M doesn't have that. Does Reset all Settings change anything?

Perhaps "Pro" is short for something other than "professional", but I can't imagine what.

Fun Fact: Insects are called "insects" because they are in sections. It's true. The ancient Greeks called them ἔντομον [éntomon] which means "cut in sections". The Roman naturalist Pliny translated that idea literally into Latin to get insectum. "Insect" first appeared in English in 1601 in a translation of Pliny's text and most European languages also use some variation of insectum. (That was going to be an interstitial in the award video but I never got around to it.)

Charming work, once again, Nancy! It might have been funny if they had an extra set of arms (being insects and all) so the one on the left could have a guitar in the lower pair and and a little ukelele in the top pair.

On the camera front... Microcenter did take it back for a full refund! I saw the clerk slap a new "Open Box" sticker on it (it had two already) for yet another $20 price reduction. It's fatal downfall for me was that it recorded in .mts format. There are utilities that claim to be able to "re-wrap" mts files into quicktime without having to re-encode it all but none of them worked on the files from this camera. Now I need to research an HD camcorder that is more suitable for my needs and budget.

Everyone should definitely click thru on the image to see the dissolve effect in the GIF. That's quite instructive. I was thinking of making a requirement of the contest to submit a wireframe along with the final render so we could all learn more from each other's efforts.

The difference in "index of refraction" for water and glass is so small that for most casual 3D purposes they could be modeled as one continuous substance rather than try to separate them. A lathe cross section for a bowl with water in it might look something like this... The fish would swim inside the solid part. Notice the tiny curve where the surface of the "water" meets the side of the bowl. (the "meniscus")

I hope it didn't seem that long! Thanks, none-the-less! Anyway, my goal was to give the winners some more time in the sun than we usually give them around here. It was fun to talk to Gerald, Matt and Kevin and find that they are all living commercials for A:M. Just ask them, "What do you like about A:M?" and off they go! I hope everyone enjoyed getting to know some of our accomplished users a bit more.

Nope, you have to take the money! It's the rules, ya know!

I'm short on time so I haven't tried it. It looks like a good candidate for a bug report. "One frame in sequence doesn't render" Just to try, what happens if you shift EVERYTHING...3 frames later? Does it still hang anywhere?

Full contest results now in the 2nd post!

For the record, the full contest results... Congratulations for our three medalists: 1st place Gerald (Fuchur) also will receive a Hash Siggraph jacket. 2nd place Matt (John Bigboote) also won a caricature by Largent 3rd place Kevin (detbear) also won 1$ TX lottery ticket money Receiving a "Top 5" certificate will be: Nancy (nancygormezano) Paul (faealba) also won 2$ TX lottery ticket money Steve (Shelton) (Paul and Steve tied at 5th) The rest of the top 10 finishers will receive a "Top 10" certificate: (in alphabetical order) Jason (thejobe) John (johnl3d) Rodney (Rodney) also won a caricature by Largent Roger (Roger) also won a caricature by Largent The medals are a work in progress which you can follow on the forum in WIP. The certificates are expected to include a seal that reproduces the imagery of the medal, so those will be waiting for the medal to get done as well. Mark Largent is handling the fulfillment of the caricatures. TX lottery winnings will be sent by me via PayPal. Thanks for taking part, I hope it was enjoyable for everyone to test their skills in the Insect Image Contest!

Awards, prizes, surprises, fun facts, winner interviews, and lots of scratching! Get yourself a tall beverage, sit down and watch the show in fabulous 720p HD on YouTube! Animation:Master Insect Image Contest Results