I uploaded an image, to moray.binaries, of the top portion of the Christmas
tree for the Moray tribute, decorated with the ornaments created by Stephen
McAvoy, Thomas DeGroot, Marc Jacquier , Txemi Jendrix, and myself. The glass
medallions did not show up well, so I put the larger images at the bottom.
They are, from left to right, Steve Shelby, Marc Jacquier, Thomas DeGroot,
and Txemi Jendrix.
The Tree itself causes Moray to slow down so much that it was almost
impossible to work with. We had an entire scene planned, a room with a
fireplace, furniture, food, beverages, gifts, etc. This scene could still be
put together, but not with the tree in it.
Merry Christmas everyone,
Steve Shelby

Post a reply to this message

On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 07:43:41 -0500, "Steve Shelby" <ssh### [at] rexnetnet> wrote:

>The Tree itself causes Moray to slow down so much that it was almost
>impossible to work with

Just a suggestion, once you have placed the decorations make the tree hidden.
This should speed things up. (Hint from Thomas) other than that I think it looks
great except for the texture on the fairy, too reflective for my taste. Do you
want me to modify it ?

Regards
        Stephen

Post a reply to this message

Steve Shelby wrote:
> The Tree itself causes Moray to slow down so much that it was almost
> impossible to work with. We had an entire scene planned, a room with a
> fireplace, furniture, food, beverages, gifts, etc. This scene could still be
> put together, but not with the tree in it.

If the tree's a mesh, just drop the UDO detail level in config
to 10% or so; that's what I do to manage Vickie 3 from Poser in
Moray...

Post a reply to this message

It looks really good, Steve.
Concerning the slow down, during the composition phase the tree can be
hidden in Moray (as Stephen reminded us) with the Visibility radio button
(select the tree, set value at 2 for instance, and hit Alt-1). Very
effective. The tree can still be rendered this way.

Thomas

PS Merry Christmas too, everyone!


"Steve Shelby" <ssh### [at] rexnetnet> schreef in bericht
news:3fe59580@news.povray.org...
> I uploaded an image, to moray.binaries, of the top portion of the
Christmas
> tree for the Moray tribute, decorated with the ornaments created by
Stephen
> McAvoy, Thomas DeGroot, Marc Jacquier , Txemi Jendrix, and myself. The
glass
> medallions did not show up well, so I put the larger images at the bottom.
> They are, from left to right, Steve Shelby, Marc Jacquier, Thomas DeGroot,
> and Txemi Jendrix.
> The Tree itself causes Moray to slow down so much that it was almost
> impossible to work with. We had an entire scene planned, a room with a
> fireplace, furniture, food, beverages, gifts, etc. This scene could still
be
> put together, but not with the tree in it.
> Merry Christmas everyone,
> Steve Shelby
>
>

Post a reply to this message

Stephen,
I've done all I can do for now. I'll be too busy to do anything more on it
the rest of this year.
Steve
"Stephen McAvoy" <mcavoys[at]AOLdotCOM> wrote in message
news:lf8buvktn4gn7n8qkjbclgmd0vetoa5n72@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 07:43:41 -0500, "Steve Shelby" <ssh### [at] rexnetnet>
wrote:
>
> >The Tree itself causes Moray to slow down so much that it was almost
> >impossible to work with
>
> Just a suggestion, once you have placed the decorations make the tree
hidden.
> This should speed things up. (Hint from Thomas) other than that I think it
looks
> great except for the texture on the fairy, too reflective for my taste. Do
you
> want me to modify it ?
>
> Regards
>         Stephen

Post a reply to this message

The tree is a mesh, but not a udo, so that doesn't help.
Steve Shelby
>
> If the tree's a mesh, just drop the UDO detail level in config
> to 10% or so; that's what I do to manage Vickie 3 from Poser in
> Moray...
>

Post a reply to this message

Thanks, that would be handy when putting the rest of the scene together, but
not for placing the ornaments on the tree!
Steve Shelby

"Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] internlnet> wrote in message
news:3fe6af90@news.povray.org...
> It looks really good, Steve.
> Concerning the slow down, during the composition phase the tree can be
> hidden in Moray (as Stephen reminded us) with the Visibility radio button
> (select the tree, set value at 2 for instance, and hit Alt-1). Very
> effective. The tree can still be rendered this way.
>
> Thomas
>
> PS Merry Christmas too, everyone!
>
>
> "Steve Shelby" <ssh### [at] rexnetnet> schreef in bericht
> news:3fe59580@news.povray.org...
> > I uploaded an image, to moray.binaries, of the top portion of the
> Christmas
> > tree for the Moray tribute, decorated with the ornaments created by
> Stephen
> > McAvoy, Thomas DeGroot, Marc Jacquier , Txemi Jendrix, and myself. The
> glass
> > medallions did not show up well, so I put the larger images at the
bottom.
> > They are, from left to right, Steve Shelby, Marc Jacquier, Thomas
DeGroot,
> > and Txemi Jendrix.
> > The Tree itself causes Moray to slow down so much that it was almost
> > impossible to work with. We had an entire scene planned, a room with a
> > fireplace, furniture, food, beverages, gifts, etc. This scene could
still
> be
> > put together, but not with the tree in it.
> > Merry Christmas everyone,
> > Steve Shelby
> >
> >
>
>

Post a reply to this message

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 07:25:52 -0500, "Steve Shelby" <ssh### [at] rexnetnet> wrote:

>I've done all I can do for now. I'll be too busy to do anything more on it
>the rest of this year.

You've done quite enough, I'll rework the fairy textures and post it to the
yahoo group over the holidays. 

Regards
        Stephen

Post a reply to this message

Oeps! yes, of course... that makes it more difficult.
This is one of those instances where the middle of the road PC is much too
slow... I constantly hit this same barrier too, and it restricts one's
possibilities to really use all the capacities.
I suppose that for the tree you shall have to switch on and off part of the
decorations while putting them up...?

Thomas

"Steve Shelby" <ssh### [at] rexnetnet> schreef in bericht
news:3fe6e5c3$1@news.povray.org...
> Thanks, that would be handy when putting the rest of the scene together,
but
> not for placing the ornaments on the tree!
> Steve Shelby
>
> "Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] internlnet> wrote in message
> news:3fe6af90@news.povray.org...
> > It looks really good, Steve.
> > Concerning the slow down, during the composition phase the tree can be
> > hidden in Moray (as Stephen reminded us) with the Visibility radio
button
> > (select the tree, set value at 2 for instance, and hit Alt-1). Very
> > effective. The tree can still be rendered this way.
> >
> > Thomas
> >
> > PS Merry Christmas too, everyone!
> >
> >
> > "Steve Shelby" <ssh### [at] rexnetnet> schreef in bericht
> > news:3fe59580@news.povray.org...
> > > I uploaded an image, to moray.binaries, of the top portion of the
> > Christmas
> > > tree for the Moray tribute, decorated with the ornaments created by
> > Stephen
> > > McAvoy, Thomas DeGroot, Marc Jacquier , Txemi Jendrix, and myself. The
> > glass
> > > medallions did not show up well, so I put the larger images at the
> bottom.
> > > They are, from left to right, Steve Shelby, Marc Jacquier, Thomas
> DeGroot,
> > > and Txemi Jendrix.
> > > The Tree itself causes Moray to slow down so much that it was almost
> > > impossible to work with. We had an entire scene planned, a room with a
> > > fireplace, furniture, food, beverages, gifts, etc. This scene could
> still
> > be
> > > put together, but not with the tree in it.
> > > Merry Christmas everyone,
> > > Steve Shelby
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Post a reply to this message