Re: SPAM :-(
Just FYI, the ads can be removed for 48.00 per year. I would hazzard to guess that many would gladly chip in a coupl ebucks for that. Harshdeep S Jawanda wrote: Lea Anthony wrote: I agree, this is better. Can we not get the s/w updated rather than miss out on the list altogether? What advantages does hosting this list at the present site have vis. a vis. hosting this mailing list at egroups.com? egroups.com offers all such facilities, plus all mails remain archived. -- Regards, Harshdeep Singh Jawanda. -- Steve Rogers, CCNA, Prince of Darkness Evil Overlord of 3D Network Engineer, Lightwave Animator since 1990 "Proud member of PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals)"
Re: Dual processor
While that is correct that multiple processors are handled by the OS itself, assuming this is the entire answer is incorrect. The Application itself has to be written to take advantage of this function. Unless GIMP has multithreading built into it, it will not take advantage of multiple processors, even if the OS can. Brian Weber wrote: The dual processor part is handled in the kernel. I have a dual PII 266 Mhz which I am very happy with. Linux does a great job handling the two processors equally. I have done tests and my dual PII 266 goes about as fast as a PII 450 Mhz single. Part of that might be because I am using an IDE drive and a 33 Mhz mother board. Other than that I have been very happy with the performance especialy when it comes to doing graphics manipulation. Mogens Jæger wrote: Hey there. I am planning a upgrade of my machine, so I am trying to find out, if I can have any advantage of a dual processor system, because it actually is cheaper with a dual Celleron 500 MHz as a 700 MHz Athlon/AMD or PIII, and I have 256 Mb PC100 RAM, which will be to slow for these machines! I have read the FAQ's on the Gimp homepage, but I can't find any thing about support for multiple processors - does anybody know if the Gimp support dual/multi processors? Regards Mogens Jæger -- Brian Weber Computer Consultant Cap Gemini [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- Network Engineer, Lightwave Animator since 1990! "Those bastards! they killed Kenny!!"
Re: Complex riddle...
Apparently someone got quite offended by my posting to the list that the graphics on this web site could be easily done in a graphics package like GIMP, even though I offereed to post a tutorial on it as well. I thought it would be nice to contribute useful information after deleting dozens of useless posts at Amy for someones inability to unsubscribe. Was my comment about the graphics on this web site referenced below so offensive that I deserved this kind of response? the following was a portion of the exceedingly rude e-mail I got in private: "When you call someone a liar please get your facts straight." "cause you to to post distorted and incorrect information to the potential detriment of the rest of the list. Some people here might benefit from a knowledge of rendering and don't know much about it. You do a disservice to the list" Is this typical of the way you people behave here? or is this individual an exception? I am willing to do tutorials and help people, but if this is the kind of nonsense this list generates, I won't waste my time. I have better things to do than be flamed by idiots. Jon Winters wrote: Hi, I've been subscribed now for a few weeks and I'm excited about this list. Recently I ran across a web site that had some pretty impressive graphics. (or so I thought) http://www.blueskyheart.com/ Nice stuff. His "trademark style" of the translucent plastic or glass looking button/lens thingie is what really leaps off the screen and grabbs my attention. Unfortunately this guys parents didn't teach him to share and he wants to keep his techniques a secret.
Re: Complex riddle...
Okay, let me clear something up before people make too many assumptions that are innaccurate. I did not READ this guys site at all. I went and looked at the graphics, and determined from a visual inspection, that there was nothing there that could not be done in Photoshop (probably GIMP as well) without the need for a 3D rendering package. There were maybe one or two exceptions to this, but as I was on my way out the door when I saw this message, I was not inclined to make long winded explanations or descriptions at the time. regardless, the transparent "gel" and bubble effects are easy. the "plate" backgrounds are easy and the appearance of reflections are also reasoanbly easy without the need for a rendering package to do them. To make a 100% definitive statement, I would need to take the time to sit down and dissect each one individually to evaluate the steps needed to reproduce them or a similar effect. Jon Winters wrote: Steve Rogers wrote: > > Rendering? not likely. He mentions he has dabbled in 3D apps but the core of what he does is done with photoshop. Since this guy is unwilling to share his secrets, where he used any rendering at all is rather pointless. Good technique will do virtually everything thing that was on his site with maybe one or two exceptions. Years ago Amiga artists created stunning graphics with Deluxe paint that took close examination to see that they were not in fact rendered in a 3d program they were so good. A number of images I did back then were quite popular and distributed through the Amiga community that depicted the different models of Amiga computers that looked rendered, I did those in Deluxe Paint GIMP is a far better tool than the paint programs Amiga used over a decade ago.
