Re: Ideas for star fields?

2014-06-26 Thread Nancy Jacobs
] On Behalf Of Nancy Jacobs Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 2:17 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Ideas for star fields? I'm rendering with Redshift. What I've been experimenting with is to take the star field map I'm using for the background, whether Hubble or now Joey

Re: Ideas for star fields?

2014-06-24 Thread Nancy Jacobs
849-5025 WWW.SHEDMTL.COM http://WWW.SHEDMTL.COM am.png VFX Curriculum 03: Compositing Basics mail to: s...@shedmtl.com On Jun 23, 2014, at 5:42 PM, Nancy Jacobs illus...@mip.net wrote: Hello, I'm needing a star field kind of background for a scene, and looking for ideas to create

Re: Ideas for star fields?

2014-06-24 Thread Nancy Jacobs
-in are strictly those of the author and do not represent the opinions of NASA or any other party. -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage- boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Jacobs Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 5:43 PM To: Softimage Listserve

Re: Ideas for star fields?

2014-06-24 Thread Nancy Jacobs
for, then perhaps some fluids to do neb clouds, simulated particles for comets, meteors etc.. Perhaps use the hubble images or comp some stills together to make a bg cyclo to pull the 3d elements together? Adam On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 2:42 PM, Nancy Jacobs illus...@mip.net wrote: Hello

Re: Ideas for star fields?

2014-06-24 Thread Nancy Jacobs
On Jun 25, 2014, at 12:14 AM, Jason S jasonsta...@gmail.com wrote: Plus mistery soft light from a galaxies that always happens to be somewhere around so that there may be light, with dust in space so we can see lazers :) That's what I'm counting on! That Mystery soft light. Since what I'm

Ideas for star fields?

2014-06-23 Thread Nancy Jacobs
Hello, I'm needing a star field kind of background for a scene, and looking for ideas to create it. I have been using Hubble images wrapped around a sphere, around the scene, but I'm finding it doesn't read well, even with very high-res Hubble images. So, I'm wondering about other ways to

Re: Ideas for star fields?

2014-06-23 Thread Nancy Jacobs
some fluids to do neb clouds, simulated particles for comets, meteors etc.. Perhaps use the hubble images or comp some stills together to make a bg cyclo to pull the 3d elements together? Adam On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 2:42 PM, Nancy Jacobs illus...@mip.net wrote: Hello, I'm

Re: Rendering alternative to mental ray needed..

2014-03-23 Thread Nancy Jacobs
Thank you all so much for this information about Redshift! I'm planning on testing it out today, it looks like a very good tool for me. And I love the FPrime-like preview with gradual refinement. I really got hooked on that feedback some years ago. Miss it. One question. I have a quadro fx

Re: Demise of SI and what it means for fine arts work

2014-03-22 Thread Nancy Jacobs
plugins with SI everything else... Nancy Jacobs http://www.childofillusion.net/ On Mar 22, 2014, at 9:54 AM, Andres Stephens drais...@outlook.com wrote: I agree with you Tenshi and Peter. I still use Truespace for my modelling and previz 5 years after Microsoft shut it down. Yes

Rendering alternative to mental ray needed..

2014-03-22 Thread Nancy Jacobs
, Nancy Jacobs http://www.childofillusion.net/

Demise of SI and what it means for fine arts work

2014-03-20 Thread Nancy Jacobs
, but this (fine arts) aspect of 3D work needs to be able to exist. And that is becoming increasingly doubtful, with the big sharks gobbling up our accessible software package and leaving us behind with little chance to develop our work. Nancy Jacobs http://www.childofillusion.net/ On Mar 18, 2014

Re: Environment sphere issues

2013-08-02 Thread Nancy Jacobs
is free, but that is all you need for format conversion. On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Nancy Jacobs illus...@mip.net wrote: Thanks to both Nicholas and Stephen again, that explains a lot more and sounds like a great idea So you can only use this Pano2VR for the transform back and forth

Re: Environment sphere issues

2013-08-02 Thread Nancy Jacobs
. PS – Disclaimer: I’ve only used Pano2VR as a license was purchased for me but the actions ~should~ work nicely. Let me know if they don’t. -Nick From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Jacobs Sent: Thursday, August

Re: something to cheer you guys up a bit :)

2013-08-02 Thread Nancy Jacobs
You guys just crack me up...%^D On Aug 1, 2013, at 5:22 PM, Paul Doyle technove...@gmail.com wrote: this is why we cant have nice things. On 1 August 2013 17:12, Alan Fregtman alan.fregt...@gmail.com wrote: All right stop. Fabricate and listen! Splice is back with a brand new

Re: Environment sphere issues

2013-08-02 Thread Nancy Jacobs
the link. On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 2:43 AM, Nancy Jacobs illus...@mip.net wrote: I have an old copy of HDR shop v1 on my computer, I'm sure it's the same as your linkthe one you linked to, my Norton antivirus, horrified, deleted immediately! ;) I do remember using this in ancient times

Re: Environment alignment mapping question

2013-08-02 Thread Nancy Jacobs
). The reflection is in a different position than the raytrace. So, the rotation in the env. node is not in the same universe as my env. sphere rotations. How do they relate to each other? Does anyone know? Thanks, Nancy On Aug 2, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Nancy Jacobs illus...@mip.net wrote: Hey

Re: Environment sphere issues

2013-08-01 Thread Nancy Jacobs
nothing. make both a equirectangular and cube format environment map and choose what works best for you. I think you will see there is no difference, except when painting out the pole pinches. On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Nancy Jacobs illus...@mip.net wrote: Thanks, Stephen

Re: Environment sphere issues

2013-07-30 Thread Nancy Jacobs
to the Polar method mentioned before. Hope that is what you were going for – just glanced and thought I would share this. Nicholas Breslow From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Jacobs Sent: Sunday

Re: Implicit texture projection not working

2013-07-28 Thread Nancy Jacobs
projection. 3 - in the same ppg EDIT the Uv Projection and choose Implicit 4 - Render. It should work. 2013/7/28 Nancy Jacobs illus...@mip.net Luca, I didn't freeze the object, but the image texture doesn't render either. I'm using 2014 also. On Jul 27, 2013, at 11:06 PM, Luca superposit

Re: Environment sphere issues

2013-07-28 Thread Nancy Jacobs
at 9:42 PM, Nancy Jacobs illus...@mip.net wrote: Stephen, this plugin really didn't work for me. It way overdid some kind of smearing, spiraling algorithm. Looks a lot worse than the original. I wonder what he's thinking, or what went wrong here... Any ideas? Thanks for the link, however. I

Environment sphere issues

2013-07-27 Thread Nancy Jacobs
Greetings, I'm using the old-style environment spheres with an HDR image wrapped to light the scene, but invisible to rendering, and a beauty image visible to the render. The problem is the very visible distortion near the poles of the sphere. I need 360 degree visual acceptability. I am using

Implicit texture projection not working

2013-07-27 Thread Nancy Jacobs
Hey, I thought I'd solved my problem with images distorting in spherical mapping, by...what? Reading the manual. But, no Apparently, creating a 'purely implicit' texture projection is supposed to solve this issue of image distortion at the poles. They even have pictures proving it.

Re: Environment sphere issues

2013-07-27 Thread Nancy Jacobs
, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Nancy Jacobs illus...@mip.net wrote: Greetings, I'm using the old-style environment spheres with an HDR image wrapped to light the scene, but invisible to rendering, and a beauty image visible to the render. The problem is the very visible distortion near the poles

Re: Requesting advice about light object

2013-07-06 Thread Nancy Jacobs
Hey nevermindI think I got what I need with the mia_lightsurface node piped into the architectural shader, with considerable tweaking Thanks for the ideas! On Jul 5, 2013, at 7:03 PM, Nancy Jacobs illus...@mip.net wrote: I'm wondering about the suggested use of the rayswitch node

This is driving me crazy...

2013-07-06 Thread Nancy Jacobs
Hey, sorry to bother you guys again so soon, but wondering if anyone knows what would make portal lights NOT show the image behind them, in the background, wrapped in the environment sphere. This is an old problem I never could figure out, and it's driving me crazy... I have a room

Re: This is driving me crazy...

2013-07-06 Thread Nancy Jacobs
portal_light nodes) and 'visible in render' (just below 'Tint') is turned off. Cheers! On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 4:17 AM, Nancy Jacobs illus...@mip.net wrote: Hey, sorry to bother you guys again so soon, but wondering if anyone knows what would make portal lights NOT show the image behind

Re: Requesting advice about light object

2013-07-05 Thread Nancy Jacobs
Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Jacobs Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 3:02 PM To: Softimage Listserve Subject: Requesting advice about light object Hello, I've been away from XSi for about two

Requesting advice about light object

2013-07-03 Thread Nancy Jacobs
Hello, I've been away from XSi for about two years due to illness, but am back working on a project. So, this may be very easy for you guys to answer. I'm feeling noobness here, having forgotten so many things! I'm trying to make a small sphere look like a light source, illuminating part of

Re: Requesting advice about light object

2013-07-03 Thread Nancy Jacobs
] On Behalf Of Nancy Jacobs Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 3:02 PM To: Softimage Listserve Subject: Requesting advice about light object Hello, I've been away from XSi for about two years due to illness, but am back working on a project. So, this may be very easy for you guys to answer. I'm

Re: Requesting advice about light object

2013-07-03 Thread Nancy Jacobs
-Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Jacobs Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 3:02 PM To: Softimage Listserve Subject: Requesting advice about light object Hello, I've been away from XSi for about