Chris,
Same ol', same ol'. More "tin" toys. JoeG -----Original Message----- From: Chris Gutzmer <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:29 am Subject: [Papermodels II 35628] Re: Cap released What models are you working on? :) Also Pepakura has a high res version available but you gotta pay close to a hundred bucks to get it... On 4/10/09, Mike Hungerford <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 4:13 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bones, > > 1) I'm not on Windows, and God help, I never will be. > > 2) I've used Pepkura on a PC. It's way too much trouble for something that > > should be as simple as open and print. > > 3) It's just a complaint I wont let go of - it's a lousy, closed, > > proprietary format. Also, most of what Isee from it is very low resolution. > > Can it not handle a decent resolution? > > I've got two models in the design stage right now. Think I'll release them > > as Quark Xpress files even though I could just export a PDF or convert to a > > decent resolution jpeg. > > > > JoeG > > Joe, > > The .PDO format has the advantage of including a rotatable 3D image of > the model, with plenty of tools to make that all that's usually needed > in the way of instructions. It allows the designer to forgo all but > special instructions, and isn't tied to any single language. It's a > popular format also for Pepakura Designer's ability to unfold a number > of 3D mesh formats, which allows people to extract meshes and textures > from games and turn them into crude paper models (I think this is what > you meant by the "very low resoultion" models you see). The model > parts themselves are all vector shapes, but the textures are often > low-resolution bitmaps that only really look good from across a room. > :-/ > > When you release your new models, please downconvert to Quark 4; it's > the only version I have. <G> > -- > Mike Hungerford > http://users.sdccu.net/chthulhu2/models.html > Fools! I will destroy you all! (Ask me how!) > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
