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Hi, I'm looking forward to this tutorial! I found the way a .pov file is generated by l3p highly counter-intuitive: matrices were used to combine translation and rotation in one step. I find it impressive how you managed to find the axis around (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.animation)
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(...) I got this from Rolando (creator of LD4DModler) who is having trouble posting to LUGNET right now. Hello, for some reason I can't post in the newsgroup anymore. It nags about invalid newsgroups when I try to send a replay. Anyway I'am working (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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--snip-- (...) Nope. =( It will render the animation in a movie file format (..mpg, .avi, etc..) when you are done. LD4DModler does not go the route of frame-by-frame animation as POV-Ray does, it uses 3D modeling. (The following text comes from a (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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(...) Ahui showed me that site just the other day; that guy is wonderful. My brain hurts. I'd be very, very interested in seeing some tutorials on your animations, Steve. I watched your entire Brickshelf animation collection a couple days ago and (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Hello I dont have much experience with writing programs. But I am working on writing a tutorial on how to make animations with povray using the clock, transform, and rotate commands. Maybe a couple of weeks. For now this is the best site I (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray)
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Hello I dont have much experience with writing programs. But I am working on writing a tutorial on how to make animations with povray using the clock, transform, and rotate commands. Maybe a couple of weeks. For now this is the best site I have (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.animation, FTX)
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(...) I'm curious. Have you used L4DModeller? If not, have a look here: (URL) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray)
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Hi, it is possible to animate MLCad models. But there is one thing that makes it hard to do so. There is no good export filter from LDRAW to other programs than Pov Ray available. What I have done is this: creating a model in MLCAD / LDRAW exporting (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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(...) Hello, In my opinion one of the most useful feature in a lego animation software could be "model patterns". I mean the user declares "it's a car model" then he can order the doors to open/close, the car to run/stop and the driver to get (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray)
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Hello, Are there any software developers out there who would be interested in collaborating on a project with me to design, develop and produce software for CGI LEGO animation? I'm thinking something along the lines of an MLCad GUI, coupled with (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray)
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Animators and BrickFest PDX 2004 Participants, Deadlines for Tell-a-Joke Animation Competition and "History of Flight" Animation Competition being held February 13th and 14 at BricksFest PDX 2004 are quickly approaching. The entries must be received (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.events.brickfest) !!
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(...) Which I'm not good at, which is why I had trouble. :) (...) That is, if you try to use the clock on the LDraw-generated file. If you're just rendering a new file for every frame there's no pain. I agree with you, though, on the difficulty of (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.animation)
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Animating with POVray is a matter of mathematics, but animating Ldraw-generated things is pure horror. You have to analyse the source file to locate the different objects, you have to find out where the pivots are (which is not easy, since the (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jan-04, to lugnet.animation)
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(...) Chris, Actually it took longer than you'd expect. I haven't learned enough about using the PoV-Ray clock yet, so I did it the hard way. For each frame I created a new file with MLCad, then ran it through L3P to produce the POV file. From there (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jan-04, to lugnet.animation)
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(...) It's a shame there isn't a bit more. How long did you spend on that, Mike? I tried to do some POV animation a while back, but the learning curve was a little too steep for what I wanted to do. (21 years ago, 2-Jan-04, to lugnet.animation)
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Usually people try to finish projects before they release them, but...got to make room for other projects, you know. So I stopped production of "Piano Player", which I started a few weeks ago while waiting for components to arrive for the next (...) (21 years ago, 23-Dec-03, to lugnet.animation)
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"Mike Thorn" <buachaille@neo.rr.com> schreef in bericht news:6.0.1.1.0.20031....rr.com... (...) feet (...) Uhm... maybe it IS just you ;) I, for example, would put on shoes in this case... and the key issue of animation is making photos of NEARLY (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-03, to lugnet.animation)
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Just a short announcement here... Spotted Cow Studios has just completed its 'Upcoming Films' page at the Studios' website: (URL) and click on "Upcoming Films." On this page you can see short progress reports and a short description of each (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.animation)
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Who do you know in their right mind that would stand in their stocking feet on a cold, hard cement floor in their basement for three straight hours endlessly clicking off over 650 photos of exactly the same thing?? We animators are a nutty lot. :) (...) (21 years ago, 13-Dec-03, to lugnet.animation)
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(...) Specifically, make sure you get one that does all the above in streaming webcam mode. The most valuable tool in stop-mo animation is onion-skinning. This generally only works in "webcam" mode, in my experience. I use a Logitech QuickCam Pro (...) (21 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.animation)
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