Carl's Corner :)

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Beliria wrote: only asked what colour his eyes are

Wasn't there something else? I'm sure there was - you just forgot. This is a very difficult thread to search. I think it was several months ago and you were using one of your sock puppet accounts. You were not referring to him by name but it was obviously Bob Costas you were talking about.

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Beliria wrote: Salsa recipe to check against yours

Not necessary - it was a hit. I figured out the secret to great salsa - find great tomatoes. I also think the jalapeños and garlic are better roasted in the broiler than the pan - but that's just personal preference.

Btw, is the emphasis used to pronounce Beliria like that used to pronounce ballerina or delirious. It seems like I read that the English never place emphasis on more than one syllable in a single word. Is that correct?

WB Ambrosia. How have you been? This has been a long summer for me, I am ready for winter. I'm a winter person anyway.

Hiya Ambrosia good to see you back

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StevieJ wrote: I can't keep up with this string.....

that's an age thing

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Kraellin wrote: dont worry, steve, they cant either

LOL I wonder if it is possible to change the name of the thread to just "Corner"

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Beliria wrote: I don't know.. only asked what colour his eyes are

as far as Ron is concerned you left yourself wide open

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Ambrosia wrote: hot..

what temperature is hot?

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StevieJ wrote: I can't keep up with you young folk.....

ah for old times sake

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Carl wrote: what temperature is hot?

Sometimes went up to 39-40 degrees.. but remembering where you are from this might not be much for you ? what are your summers like ?

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Carl wrote: I wonder if it is possible to change the name of the thread to just "Corner"

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StevieJ wrote: Sorry, you're stuck with it.... LOL

lol

Now I just have to figure out Shake, Flame, Toxik, Inferno, Lightwave, Poser, Cinema4d, Flint...

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Carl wrote: Your just making up names now

I wish! And I didn't even mention Flint, Nuke, Fusion, Combustion, After Effects, Motion Builder, FBX…

don't forget about Houdini - Houdini is big right now and I don't even know what it does.

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Carl wrote: maya

Only a few minutes ago I finished the nurbs model of the cartoon goggles. I will not post a wip because I do not like the model. Next I have to model a cartoon character that I also dislike very much. I need to get good a nurbs though so I will do it but I do not like working on cartoon characters. I get to do a spider and a girl after that.

It looks like Houdini competes with RealFlow and Syflex in the dynamics area – wind blowing hair, explosions, gravity pulling muscles, that sort of thing. Not my problem right now.

Carl, have you ever tried to do a human skin texture?

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Carl wrote: I have got flesh

I like that one very much.

I have tried human skin several times but it looks like crap.

I was noticing the texture on this face. It looks surprisingly good. This is a model sold at Renderosity. supposedly when you buy the model you get the skin and some cloths but I have no idea how that all works.
Ahimsa knows all about that stuff.

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Carl wrote: I'll have to go

Good luck!

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Carl wrote: Ahimsa seem to have left us

For now. It will be sweet when she gets back. It may take FFv2 but she will be back.

what is the most common program they use in games to make there textures normally

Ahimsa is sweet I hope she does comes back

what page was that on - we need a search function for the corner - it was that english one if we are thinking of the same one - I'll go and find it

shake looks cool for movies

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Carl wrote: shake looks cool

I think it competes with Combustion, Toxik and Inferno in the compositing category. I am beginning to realize that compositing is crucial.

too much


i'm serious smiley i can't take seriously

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Carl wrote: what is the most common program they use in games to make there textures

I am having trouble finding an answer. I do not know if the textures used in games are generated in advance then applied to the character or object during game play or if they are generated in real-time.

actually, game graphics on consoles is in real time these days. the PS3 broke all sorts of new barriers on this. but, not so on the pc's yet. for sheer compute power dedicated to graphics, the consoles are hands down the winners in power over the desktops. so, dont worry too much about render times in FF translated over the game machines. there was a video circulating for a while back just before the PS3 hit the retail stores. it would blow your mind to see what they were doing in real time with both 3d animation and 3d texture rendering in real time. not only that, but the rendering included shaders being run in real time also. it would really just flip you out.

the pc's still have to pre-render; the consoles not so much any more.

also, re skin/flesh texture, you need to define what and how much you're going to do on that one. you going to include the hairs, the veins and blood vessels and other mottling or do you just want to do 'skin'?

if you're just talking skin, then 'noise' is one of the big secrets to good skin. skin is omni colored. it's not all pink or brown for one skin type. it varies quite a bit even within a single square inch. so, noise is your friend on this one.

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Kraellin wrote: if you're just talking skin, then 'noise' is one of the big secrets to good skin. skin is omni colored. it's not all pink or brown for one skin type. it varies quite a bit even within a single square inch. so, noise is your friend on this one.

Layers and using the blends with them help too, like colour layers with different tones of skin and over laying them etc with different levels of transparency to show some of the other colour through.

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ronviers wrote: 43 seconds

thats slow, i new it was a slow one, thats why the default preset had the anti alaison turned off i tryed to speed it up, but it kept loosing the look

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Kraellin wrote: actually........

very interesting

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Beliria wrote: Um I pronounce Beliria as in Bel-ear-i-a. Does that help?

is the i silent or an e sound

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StevieJ wrote: Sorry to hear that.....and hope you get better soon!!!

+1

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Kraellin wrote: consoles is in real time

They must use simple lighting.

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Kraellin wrote: consoles are hands down the winners in power over the desktops

I don't know, the specs on Carl's new graphics card/PC look pretty good - it may outperform the ps3.

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Beliria wrote: pronounce Beliria as in Bel-ear-i-a

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Beliria wrote: no its an I

I was way off!

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Beliria wrote: got a stupid respiratory virus

I had that recently. Maybe not exactly the same but I could only take shallow breaths. I just figured I was going to die then I heard it was going around - that was a relief. It lasted for less than a week for me. Are you getting better?