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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,263
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    TroutFace said:
    @Kyoto: Best of luck with your next interview! :cheese:

    Unix/Linux is written almost entirely in C. The C language has been implemented on almost every computer known to Man, thus making Unix/Linux extremely portable as very little machine-specific code is required in most cases.

    C is also a very concise language and produces compact, optimized code - C++ typically generates larger code
    AND the language "does things for you" under the hood, removing control of everything from the programmer.

    I code in C 80% of the time, then it's C++ and C#, a touch of Java, and yes - low level assembly language (VERY machine-specific).

    Lecture over... :red:


    ...thank you. Both the interview and assessment went very well. The hours, and as I mentioned, the commute are much better than the west side site. If Thy hire me, I'll b in for 6 weeks paid training. Should know later today.

    This was the reason I was AWOL from the forums yesterday.

    As I had time on my transit ticket (just got a day ticket) and was in the neighbourhood, took a side trip to the airport on the new tram line to do a bit of plane watching. Pretty disappointing compared to the "old days". No more of the "big jets" I remember like 707s, 720s, 727s, DC-8s, 757s, 767s etc. With all the downsizing airlines are doing these days most flights in and out of here are now on turboprops or what I call "toy jetliners" (those "micro" commuter jets) which make even an old DC-9 series 10 or 737-100 look like a "jumbo jet" in comparison. The most exciting events all afternoon were a formation of F-15s from the local air reserve which took off for routine patrol (afterburners lit) and a FedEx MD-11 (basically a cargo version of the DC-10) that landed. Sad, considering Portland used to be a bustling "International" airport.

    Interesting that Linux is written in C and not assembly/machine code.

    Oh, I hope you get the job, KK! It sounds like it would be perfect for you.

    Dana

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,745
    edited December 1969

    Kulay Wolf said:
    I want to make a 3d movie like pixar but on a smaller budget. I have wanted to make an animated movie in a long time. Maybe for about two decades. What software do I need in order to make a 3d movie?

    Software isn't going to be the limiting factor, time (to get it assembled) and hardware (to render it out this century) are going to be far larger factors, assuming you have the essential skills.

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,263
    edited December 1969

    AtticAnne said:
    tjohn said:
    Kulay Wolf said:
    I feel sleepy.

    I feel Dopey, Bashful and Grumpy.

    TMI Y'all need to quit feeling the dwarves and get a life. Or just keep your hands to yourselves. lol

    :lol: I was going to ask if they gave him permission first. I just didn't want to be the first to make such a comment.

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,263
    edited December 1969

    fyredrygyon said:
    Furrry (at least I hope it looks like fur)
    I still can't get the Royal Dragon fur to load in, so I decided to break down and attempt to make my own fur.

    Looks furry to me! Interesting.

    Dana

  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,263
    edited December 1969

    TroutFace said:
    I present to you all, my most recent ambient work: Superluminal

    https://soundcloud.com/synthetic_aurality/superluminal

    Inspired by a book, a movie, and a dream.. what lies past light speed?

    Interesting. Very space movie-like.

    Dana

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    edited December 1969

    Richard Haseltine said:
    Kulay Wolf said:
    I want to make a 3d movie like pixar but on a smaller budget. I have wanted to make an animated movie in a long time. Maybe for about two decades. What software do I need in order to make a 3d movie?

    Software isn't going to be the limiting factor, time (to get it assembled) and hardware (to render it out this century) are going to be far larger factors, assuming you have the essential skills.

    Lighgtwave has a fast renderer, but you're right.. its all about pre-production, scripting, storyboards. My ratio for Vicky's Diner render to scripting is about 10/200

    Every step you save in pre-production saves tenfold in production :long: :long:

    Not like I know anything, being more an ambient musician than a 3D artist.. :red: :red:

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    edited December 1969

    ..another night between the dark and the light..

    UAT looks good, need to resurface in obsidian.. need darn classroom props! But the ARMADILLOS are ready to kick TCN ASS!

    GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DILLOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS :) :) :)

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    edited December 1969

    DanaTA said:
    TroutFace said:
    I present to you all, my most recent ambient work: Superluminal

    https://soundcloud.com/synthetic_aurality/superluminal

    Inspired by a book, a movie, and a dream.. what lies past light speed?

    Interesting. Very space movie-like.

    Dana

    Thank you.. :red: :red:

    I have so many places I can go, sometimes, I lose myself :red: :red:

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Morning. Back-to-winter overcast grey stole our sun as it rose before and like some grumpy neighbour holding on to a ball kicked over their fence hasn't bought it back :)

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    ps1borg said:
    Morning. Back-to-winter overcast grey stole our sun as it rose before and like some grumpy neighbour holding on to a ball kicked over their fence hasn't bought it back :)


    sun left new york bout an hour ago last seen headed west :)

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited August 2014

    i haven't heard my roommate mr.cricket since thursday. gone home to mrs.cricket finally.

    early midnight snack tnite, which i guess technically makes it a non-midnight snack. need to make up some sleep deprivation from mr.cricket.

    cawffee flavored ice cream from turkey hill, sprinkles :)


    gulf echo echo zulu store is slow, waiting for fastgrab page to finish loading


    oh seductive queen looks adorable for halloween renders
    woah handcuffs and the police stickee things, and a cute hat http://www.daz3d.com/catch-you

    remember those stewardess outfits in 5th element? those were cute

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  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Misty Whisky said:
    ps1borg said:
    Morning. Back-to-winter overcast grey stole our sun as it rose before and like some grumpy neighbour holding on to a ball kicked over their fence hasn't bought it back :)


    sun left new york bout an hour ago last seen headed west :)

    Was a great sunny day here yesterday so can't complain too much about the grey one today. Less than ten sleeps until sssppprrrrrriiiiinnnnnggg !

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    ps1borg said:
    Misty Whisky said:
    ps1borg said:
    Morning. Back-to-winter overcast grey stole our sun as it rose before and like some grumpy neighbour holding on to a ball kicked over their fence hasn't bought it back :)


    sun left new york bout an hour ago last seen headed west :)

    Was a great sunny day here yesterday so can't complain too much about the grey one today. Less than ten sleeps until sssppprrrrrriiiiinnnnnggg !


    spring starts earlier there than our autumn, the 21st. it's been a real ice summer weather wise, they predicting an extra cold winter here.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    Kulay Wolf said:
    I do not feel well. Maybe when I eat dinner when I get home I will feel better.


    nice cuppa soup? or pbj?

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    nite nite Zzzzzz

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited August 2014

    Richard Haseltine said:
    Kulay Wolf said:
    I want to make a 3d movie like pixar but on a smaller budget. I have wanted to make an animated movie in a long time. Maybe for about two decades. What software do I need in order to make a 3d movie?

    Software isn't going to be the limiting factor, time (to get it assembled) and hardware (to render it out this century) are going to be far larger factors, assuming you have the essential skills.

    You already have all the software you need, Poser, Studio ZBrush etc and you can use Blender to composite what you need to. There are a multitude of effective free/cheap editing programs around see
    http://www.techradar.com/au/news/software/applications/best-free-video-editing-software-9-top-programs-you-should-download-1136264

    but the big issue is time, around 3 to 5 minutes a year seems the average for one person 3D animatedmovie making.

    Mechinima is a quicker path to producing animated shorts where you use a platform like Second Life to get the animation happening, record that with a screen grabber like FRAPS and compile the video grabs into movies. There are many Second Life sims that allow you to use the virtual world in your own productions

    http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Machinima_Friendly_Sims

    see here for general tips about producing mechinima

    http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Machinima

    and Torley's quick guide to mechanimation here

    http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Movie_help

    You need a good connection to Second Life Servers as well

    :)

    see also Diary Of A Camper http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diary_of_a_Camper

    and

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSGZOuD3kCU

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  • DanaTADanaTA Posts: 13,263
    edited December 1969

    ps1borg said:
    Morning. Back-to-winter overcast grey stole our sun as it rose before and like some grumpy neighbour holding on to a ball kicked over their fence hasn't bought it back :)

    Rotten neighbor! Mind you, I do not look forward to winter here.

    Dana

  • M F MM F M Posts: 1,388
    edited August 2014

    TroutFace said:
    ..another night between the dark and the light..

    UAT looks good, need to resurface in obsidian.. need darn classroom props! ...


    If you're a RMP shopper, you'll find almost all of greenpots' "School" sets on sale for 70% off this weekend, and if you're a Rendo member there's another 17% coupon which DOES stack with that 70% O.O.

    *feeling very poor right now...* ~_~.

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  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited August 2014

    TroutFace said:
    I present to you all, my most recent ambient work: Superluminal

    https://soundcloud.com/synthetic_aurality/superluminal

    Inspired by a book, a movie, and a dream.. what lies past light speed?

    Hey great thanks for sharing, it sounds real spacey and symphonic all at once, as if a black sun was on the rise somewhere just out of sight :)

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  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    100 year anniversary of the WWI De Havilland Farman Experimental 2 pusher biplane. It didn't have any cockpit armour for pilots and was worse for observers who stood out of the fuselage on the sides of the nacelle to operate the rearward facing armament (Took hours to remap and retopo the model as far as I did) They didn't carry parachutes in those days :)

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  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited August 2014

    Our Tv is saying there has been an earthquake outside SF hopes everyone is OK
    http://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=ec05e6920a271e4c&hl=en&gl=AU&source=web

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  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited December 1969

    ps1borg said:
    Our Tv is saying there has been an earthquake outside SF hopes everyone is OK
    http://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=ec05e6920a271e4c&hl=en&gl=AU&source=web

    So far reports are saying the there are no reported major injuries.

    One PA got a bit shook up

  • nobody1954nobody1954 Posts: 933
    edited December 1969

    "A dispatcher for the Napa County Sheriff's Office said there was some water damage."

    Now that is an interesting comment.

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,551
    edited December 1969

    Good morning!

    I am keep getting advertisement for Daz3d and Renderosity.

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    edited December 1969

    M F M said:
    TroutFace said:
    ..another night between the dark and the light..

    UAT looks good, need to resurface in obsidian.. need darn classroom props! ...


    If you're a RMP shopper, you'll find almost all of greenpots' "School" sets on sale for 70% off this weekend, and if you're a Rendo member there's another 17% coupon which DOES stack with that 70% O.O.

    *feeling very poor right now...* ~_~.

    Flat out of content money here.. :down: And since I missed a day of work last week, probably little to none this coming Friday. :down:

    Classroom interiors are needed *eventually* but not right now, so I'll go hit Rendo and wishlist some goodies.

  • atticanneatticanne Posts: 3,009
    edited December 1969

    DanaTA said:
    AtticAnne said:
    tjohn said:
    Kulay Wolf said:
    I feel sleepy.

    I feel Dopey, Bashful and Grumpy.

    TMI Y'all need to quit feeling the dwarves and get a life. Or just keep your hands to yourselves. lol

    :lol: I was going to ask if they gave him permission first. I just didn't want to be the first to make such a comment.

    Dana

    Glad to see I'm not the only one around here. :lol:

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    edited December 1969

    I felt Snow White and she slapped the snot out of me! :ahhh: :ahhh:

    Next up - deciding on the best way to save a customized character, drink coffee, then the whole shower-and-shave thing... :smirk:

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    edited December 1969

    I need to play with the DS 4.6 timeline.. just to do flybys and walk-throughs for pre-vis on Vicky's Diner stuff.

    Got one rendering now.. should be done in.. a long while.. :blank:

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    in my dream last night i was changing light settings in ds. :bug:

    my subconscious haz made the switch from poser to ds.

    or, i think i'm traumatized by ibl lights and shadows in ds.

  • SerpentSerpent Posts: 4,075
    edited December 1969

    Misty Whisky said:
    in my dream last night i was changing light settings in ds. :bug:

    my subconscious haz made the switch from poser to ds.

    or, i think i'm traumatized by ibl lights and shadows in ds.

    Lighting in DS is my nemesis! 1/2 the time it works the way I think, the other 1/2.. off into SPACE TUNA-land. :blank:

    3 second animation took 30 minutes to render nd came out horribly wrong. Will try later, but the DS 4.6 timeline, while simple, at least makes sense. :blank:

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