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true Space 3.2, with patches, and plugins, is one awesome little app... while it is rather un useful for modeling, It's paint and rendering more than make up for things... We still love playing around with this little app, most every chance we get... most thing we build now a days are for to visualize better, what we require to build in real life, for practical purposes...
So my email is [email deleted]... if you would like a zipped copy of trueSpace, just send me an email... I don't like pirating as a rule, but this app is just one of those deserted apps that still has use eh. You should be able to find the serial number online... cheers
James, putting you email out to all is an invite to spammers.Quote:
Originally Posted by gidgit
Proposing others should use a product by harvesting a serial number is dangerous and probably against several countries' laws.
I have pulled you email.
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Pull my everything lol... no biggie... I am too old and tired to deal with such bs... lol... It's been a slice... 3500 posts later, and good enough for me... I cut my teeth on modeling here... as did many... twas great fun over the years... certainly learned a lot, including introducing Bay's looping techniques... we held many discussions both here and at spiroloid, where we got really got schooled and passed it on here at TG... Are you even remotely familiar with such? Anyways, gardens to tend to, food to cook and stock up on... cheers just the same.
that was before my time here and i joined 15 years ago..... things were different then ;)
Yeah, I live in close proximity to (Mark the Keeper) the photoshop guru back then, and we used to go shoot some golf balls around together... Meet up at Shaunacy Golf and Country Club, have some lunch together and talk about what was the latest on tg... Time most certainly has changed. And man, could he ever shoot a ball.
When I first considered using 3D software, back in maybe 2000, I was looking at a TrueSpace ad, but it was priced at $1000 back then and was too rich for me. So I ended up buying Raydream Studio for about $400, and was my first 3D program. So I've always known about TrueSpace, but never looked. Of course, I've since used Cinema 4D, Nichimen Mirai, but now just using Vue Creator for most of my stuff while modeling in Wings 3D, but am beginning to dabble with Blender.
I had Carrara too, but didn't use it much. Also had Poser 1, 2, 3, 11, which I use less and less. I have to learn Blender...
Me, I'd call myself a professional amateur at 3D. I used 3D when I ran a graphic design/digital print studio. I only dabbled at 3D for some graphics needs. Afterward, I've become a professional freelance cartographic illustrator for the game industry, of which a large percentage of my maps have been created in Xara. I've used Xara since XaraX (the first version). Since 2008, I've got over 1800 maps published, including some of the biggest publishers in the game industry, both the tabletop roleplaying game industry, as well as one commission where I created all the multi-player maps for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Strategy Guide (using Xara to create those maps). Now I'm a small publisher of roleplaying game materials with 3 authors, besides myself - all Canadian, unlike myself. Because I'm a low budget small publisher, I cannot afford buying art, so I've dug out my 3D programs and have learned enough to be my own illustrator. I have done a few 3D illustrations on commission, though I'm not comfortable doing 3D professionally, except for my own purposes. My work is "good enough" for my niche, since a large number of competitors publish work with what I consider less than good enough... My work appears as high production standards, but its just me.
If Xara still maintains it's Art Gallery (I don't know, haven't visited in a while), but I'm in that gallery, and was a mention in several of the Xara newsletters.
I have no idea why Canadian author/game designers seem attracted to my company. Though the first one, I did some collaborative work with 10 years ago on a project and worked together well. Five years ago, I was creating starship deck plans and because I published my own map products at the time, he asked if I'd be willing to publish a science fiction adventure module using my ships. I said yes. He's a professor at Bishop University in Toronto. Another with less experience, but good game design is a nurse from Edmonton. Because I too was a natural artist since early childhood, I knew wanted to work in the art field, and ended up doing graphic design, though I much prefer creating illustrations than graphic design. I became an illustrator, late in life - say from 45 years old onward. I got a nephew who is also a video game addict, but at least he's just completed a Perdue University BS in Software Engineering and has a bright future, already hired (military drone helicopter software design) and started his first week, last week.
Interestingly, as I stated on a previous post, I was looking at a True Space ad in some graphics magazine intrigued by the idea of 3D, but I not having 3D needs at the time, couldn't justify it's purchase - which was expensive for me at the time. One month later, an attorney client asked if I could create a 30 second 3D animation of an automobile accident for court. I said, yes, but it would take me 30 days to create it. You have to remember, I hadn't ever used 3D software yet, but committed to a well paying job. I picked up Raydream, because that was closer to my budget at the time. I spent 2 weeks learning how to use the software enough to create animations, and then spent 2 weeks creating the actual animation. Due to my shadows being too dark, which I didn't discover until render completion (72 hours), that I had to correct and re-render another 72 hours. But I got the job done and paid for multiple times. That was probably the most gutsy decision on a client's job, but that's how I got started in 3D.
being very good at something is never enough in itself, you need a reason to do it; and the reason needs to be one that satisfies/motivates you or you will be going down a dead end - unless you get totally ridiculous amounts of money, but even then it may not make you happy, it is unlikely to last - maybe whilst at school he had such a reason, but not nowQuote:
Originally Posted by JoeSomebody
I have to either tell stories or make a point, frequently satirical and political, controversial [I am going to miss Mr Johnson]
Fully agree with Handrawn, here. I create art because I must, good thing I have some skills because I am so compelled to create art, I'd probably do it, even if I were bad at it. I create because I must. I have other talents too, and do spend time on those activities as well, but my preference to creating art dominates my time. If I were more compelled to do other things, I would do other things. The point being, your son could have mad talents at creating art, but that's not enough to be an artist - you have to need to create it in order to pursue it or anything at all. He'll come into his own eventually (at whatever activity compells him), most of us do.Quote:
Originally Posted by handrawn
politics is a no-go area on TG, these days at least
ok you can get away with a drawing that is political, if you are demonstrating your drawing skills as opposed to your commentariat pov ...
again, I'll think about it.... :D
I avoid anything political online. I run far and fast from any forum where political discussion is allowed. The games and works I create are for a client base from every political stripe - it's for games and entertainment. In no way do I want to alienate any part of my market, by publicly choosing political sides. I certainly have a political view, but I don't share it with anyone except to those close to me. Doing so would provide no benefit. So I'm glad the TG keeps that out. I am a member of many forums and even FB communities where politics is off limits - good for them.
you are tempting me... ;) :D
I'm crappy at doing people - hand-drawn or 3D. I am hit or miss. Some of my people illustrations work, many don't. I've always spent more time creating things, animals, monsters, landscape, structures, ships, but not people. Consider I'm a pro artistic cartographer - maps almost never include people, just the evidence of people in the landscape. Now I don't care for Boris myself, but I won't spend time making charactures, as I would be creating people, and I'd much rather create something else - anything else, but that's just me.
I used to work with truespace back in my late 20's. Here is something I did with it. I would not really recommend investing time to learn it now. Times have changed and there are much more porwerful 3d programs that are free out there including Blender. For that era it was fine to learn 3d with truespace.
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https://behzad.cgsociety.org/eh94/showroomhttps://behzad.cgsociety.org/eh94/showroom
Everyone who intends to use 3D has to start somewhere. Notably, seeing an article written by the software director at Pixar Studios, their software if fully proprietary, you cannot purchase it commercially, you can only learn to use it as an employee. So 3D artists are learning to use different software to acquire the skills in order to be hired by Pixar Studios, and then will spend the initial weeks as a new employee learning Pixar's system and software. However, Blender, according to that developer is closest thing to Pixar software. So even though Blender is Open Source, it is one of the most capable 3D applications in existence. You don't have to purchase and learn Maya, Houdini, 3D Studio Max or other high end expensive 3D applications, learn using Blender it's top end and it's free to use. Of course, I'm still learning, and currently use Vue Creator for my professional render work.Quote:
Originally Posted by behzad
Hey Presto ! ... you be might be tempted to say ;)
You are of course quite right....
Realsoft 3D is still my personal favourite, but for the modelling nothing beats Metasequoia. It does just about everything right and can also be used for rendering the models directly as it has support for Renderman, and most likely is the easiest way to play with Non Commercial Renderman. Metasequoia also now has own physically based path tracing renderer that seems to be pretty good.
Renderman in action
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Own PBR renderer in action
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Realsoft 3D version 8 is only 200 EUR, so pretty affordable and best of all no forced subscription to use the software. User interface looks pretty much the same but has Svg icons and works now properly with high resolution displays. Chrono and Dynatomic are now included with the software and there is now photon map option for lighting.
Generally it works better than the previous version but there is still some stability issues like software crashing and closing unexpectly.
Nice work, ;))
Is there a time-out free version of this? I'd love top try this out.
https://www.metaseq.net/en/
There is free version of Metasequoia 4 but it is more limited (works without license), and it is also possible to get 30 day trial license to test all the features.
License for the EX version is easily worth that 150 USD. I bought my EX license in 2015 and all the updates have been free, so lots of software for that small amount of money.
Looks like this in Realsoft3D v.8
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Personally I like the interface and prefer light colours in UI over dark. Compare this to Carrara and Carrara comes up pretty horrible, at least on high resolution monitor.