Carl's Corner :)

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ronviers wrote: I am working just as hard but I cannot tell you what I'm working on – it's a secret.

I thought you might be, cause you normally show us what your working on in Maya every now and then.

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StevieJ wrote: Tell me!!! Tell me!!!

Bad! Bad Stevie!

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ronviers wrote: Actually, I'm the opposite way

I get like that too but normally cause I am excited with what I am creating and how cool it looks etc.

Think I need to figure out how to make textures into .mat extensions for Bryce only way found so far is using reg textures as displacement maps for the mountains/terrain height thingie what's it option.. (not had much sleep recently think brain fried)...

Okay but I did open daz studio while in Bryce and added a figure called Glitch to an image, is more for fun and learning really but here it is

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ronviers wrote: love to have people watching me over my shoulder – especially cheerleaders

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Carl wrote: I'll put on my wig and cheerleading outfit for you.....

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***that should get "the cheeky one" out of hiding***

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ronviers wrote: I'm a hopeless showoff.

Well, how about a hint to what it is???

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Beliria wrote: Bad! Bad Stevie!

Looking good, Bel.....especially like the structure......

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StevieJ wrote: I'll put on my wig and cheerleading outfit for you.....

Maybe, but I will need to see some pictures. You can email them to me.

Ron, is that you at Renderosity.....or did someone hijack your work???

Yeah, it's permissable under FF's EULA.....but I don't like the quick copy/resell stuff.....

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Beliria wrote: Think I need to figure out how to make textures into .mat

Hmmm... not sure about that. The way it works in Maya is the individual surface maps are used as inputs to the material nodes.

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Beliria wrote: added a figure called Glitch

So cute!

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Beliria wrote: these look familiar?

Thanks for the link. It's so cool to see users using my filters.

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ronviers wrote: But I made the big time!

errr.....yes, yes you did!!!

I would just prefer to see you making money off of them.....and not them.....

This reseller thing and not having any incentives beyond the copy rewards are FF's two biggest problems, IMHO.....

+2 We're stuck with each other......we're family now.....

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ronviers wrote: I never thought about using those plasma balls as brushes but that's a darn good idea.

um.. my bad I have.. I made some a few months back into brushes in paintshoppro was going to sell them when I get my website sorted... um lol!

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ronviers wrote: Thanks for the link

yw! Was like omg they look like Ron's balls! Must show him this!

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StevieJ wrote: I would just prefer to see you making money off of them

That would be my thought too but for that to happen best bet is not to share with the Library . Part from that has draw backs in another way cause you could loose out on a HU, so it's more a catch 22, possible chance of HU via how many would you sell yourself. Mind I have a Rendosity site so *ponders* maybe I should make some of Ron's plasma balls and sell them too on their

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StevieJ wrote: Looking good, Bel.....especially like the structure

heh that was one of the double mountain thingys they have I raised it up a bit more and used it as a cave like structure.

Mind I added a bump map to the mountain map and mixed them think that's why the inside looks more craggy.

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ronviers wrote: So cute!

yep he was in the sales at the Daz site the other day and I just had to get him.. although am getting broke with the daily sales they are having , might have to consider waiting till the next lot of sales lol! Also got a cute bug like critter but I thought Glitch would look better in that scene.

Is more me experimenting with Bryce so might get better at that, plus just had a peek at this weeks course work and seems we are learning lighting which I so needed to know for that picture lol!

Here is a sample

Cool, Ron!!!

oo wow thanks Ron!!

Might have to get you to check the brushes I have made then , even um knocked a few lips up from Carl's filter for brushes, didn't use the presets, but thought they would make way cool brush images, that and some um hearts then I combined the heart filter or some of the elements with a some snippets one of the flower shape type ones I think.. was a about 3 months back.. or longer.

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Beliria wrote: I have no idea really what artists want

I don't think they want something canned. At least for me, I would want to have elements that I could mix together to make the brush I need. but I guess everyone works differently so you never know what might sell. Good luck with it. When will you get your store open? Are brushes something that will sell in an SL store?

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ronviers wrote: Are brushes something that will sell in an SL store?

plan them for my web site. They probably would sell in SL but people expect textures in SL for peanuts compared to what is realistically charged elsewhere.

Their attitude is it only costs you 10L$ to upload them so why are you charging more than that per texture? Most places textures are around 35$L each on average which works out at around $0.015 if I have done my maths right.. is around $4 for 1,000 Lindens.

The thing that blows my mind is the cut that places like Renderosity takes.

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Beliria wrote: there are some settings if you highlight parts of the figure you can move them yourself, like twist and things

The way it usually works in Maya is that there will be splines that float a short distance from the part that can be moved. When that spline is selected it can be moved by dragging one or more sliders. I will find a pic.

Here is the gui for a fairly typical rig.



And here is one with a more advanced gui.

So I assume your Bryce characters are sold rigged and skinned. Can you also show a screencap of the joints and bones?

Ron Daz Studio is free and you can get a few of the base stuff free as well.

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Beliria wrote: the grey boxes with text in to the right the top lot you can use for picking individual parts out of the scene and change colours and make them more transparent etc. The one below that you can change the directions of the part you have clicked on in the main screen

That makes perfect sense. Thanks.

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Beliria wrote: Daz Studio is free and you can get blah blah

I guess I could put it on my render machine just to look at it. It takes days do download those large apps with my dial-up connection but maybe I will do it.

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Beliria wrote: here's glitch in the pink one of the colour set you get with him and in one of the poses, have that screen with the list open to the left.

This is very impressive. I wonder how much of the gui is done for the person doing the rigging? So Glitch is in Daz not Bryce? Daz is where you do the posing?