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Re: Ideas for next MOTM contest
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Tue, 25 May 2004 06:09:40 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Don Heyse wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> > I like to solicit ideas for the rendering style used in next month's Model of
> > the Month contest. I'm so pleased with the way this month's renderings turned
> > out that I'm seriously considering using LDGLite full time but I thought I'd get
> > some input from the community.
> >
> > I do have a few basic requirements:
> > - All the renderings must be able to be completed within 1-3 days
> > - All the renderings must be unifrom in rendering technique (i.e. not too much
> > individual tweaking)
> > - The process can't be too labor intensive. Much more than a 2-3 step process
> > is too much.
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> Have you tried ldview yet. I'd think you should be able to come up with
> a script that generates some real quality output. Travis gave some
> tips in a recent thread.
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> http://news.lugnet.com/cad/dev/org/ldraw/?n=3064
Is this easy enough?
1. Download and install LDView 2.1 (if you don't already have it).
2. Run LDView, open any model, then set all the settings up to get the look you
want for the contest. I would recommend enabling antialiased lines and FSAA (if
your video card supports multisample FSAA in OpenGL). If you just want
something quick, I can send you a registry file via e-mail that, in my opinion,
looks good. If you ever plan to do this again, I would suggest creating a new
Preference Set, and then not using it for anything else. That way you can come
back to it later.
3. Put the text below into a batch file.
4. Drag and drop each submitted model onto the batch file in Windows Explorer.
5. Rename the generated PNG files if desired, and convert them/resize them if
desired.
(Note that while there are 5 steps above, only 4 and 5 are used for each file.
The rest are setup.) The text that goes in the batch file is this:
set LDVIEWPROG="C:\Program Files\LDView\LDView"
%LDVIEWPROG% -SaveSnapshot=%1.png -DefaultLatLong=30,45 -SaveWidth=800
-SaveHeight=600 -ZoomToFit=1 %1
%LDVIEWPROG% -SaveSnapshot=%1-rev.png -DefaultLatLong=30,225 -SaveWidth=800
-SaveHeight=600 -ZoomToFit=1 %1
Make sure to join long lines that have been split so the file only has three
lines. Also, the above assumes that LDView is installed in the default
location. If you have it installed elsewhere on your system, you'll have to
update the path on the first line.
Please note that if you have an old video card, you will have to make sure that
LDView has been run with at least an 800x600 window prior to doing this, since
it can only create snapshots that are less than or equal to its window size on
old video cards, and even when you have it create a snapshot on the command
line, it uses the most recent window size.
--Travis
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| (...) I've been fiddling with LDView and I can't seem to render images larger than 1020x688 (my screen resolution is 1024x768). Does this mean that I can't render images larger than my current screen resolution? What I did with LDGLite was render a (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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