Yowsers!!!! I'm always amazed by members of the programming community who seem bitter about the design members of the web community. Maybe it's from back in the day where designers came to work in t-shirts and left early to go snowboarding...
Thanks for all the defense guys. Even though I know most of the popular multimedia programing languages I'm under no illusion that I can create hard core applications. Have you ever given an explination to a non computer person and their reply is, WTF? Yeah, you know you have! And who puts it language they can understand? That's me!!
Let's face it all the programers who can use the kinds of languages necessary to make an OS are the people who make the Internet, and tech industry in general, work. But when did computers become popular with the average Joe? Why yes after the GUI. We designers take techie mumbojumbo and make it understandable to mom and dad.
-Design is the purposeful arangement of "things" to convey meaning or a message.
First off "Warriors of Zu Mountain" is the sequal to "Legend of Zu Mountain," not a remake. There are more examples of this since 2000. Anyone I know from Asia, with the exception of Japan, (this means HK, S Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Malaysia) constantly complain that computer animated fight scenes are ruining Hong Kong action films.
Hmmmm let's see... Which ones of these Jackie Chan films was made AFTER jackie began making alot of American films, Starting with Rumble in the Bronx? Only the Rush Hours. The rest of the films on your list were made in the early 90s, well before my stated 2000 beginning of animated fights. You want some recent Jackie Chan wire films? Ok how about "Tuxedo" and the new "Medallion."
Huh what are you talking about? Go check out Hong Kong action flicks since at least 2000. They've been using 3D stand-ins for their actors to do action scenes which would be difficult if not impossible.
Warriors of Zu Mountain
would be a good example.
Once people get over the newness of all these special effects from Asian film makers, maybe we can go back to go back to action scenes where people actually do THEIR own stunts unassisted. THen we'll never have to see Jackie Chan on wires again. *sigh*
I'm fairly certain the AK-47 was banned a little over 10 years ago with the assult weapons ban. So unless you already own one you'll need to pick one up in a back alley somewhere, which I believe would also be illegal.........
Acutally Apple is trying to patent Fast Switching for handheld devices, not desktops. Also they already had the patent for it from teh Newton Days, this is just an extension and adding in multiple devices and personas to slightly enhance the patent. It was in the article. Not a very big deal.
I used to date this girl from Ithaca when I discovered their scale solar system. On their monuments they say the marker for Pluto is in Oahu, Hawaii. Seems to me that would be slightly larger than Maine's model.
I was wondering what happened to iCommune. It's good to see that if Apple can't provide the product someone else will. I just wonde how long it will be until Apple figures out a way to shut this down. I get the impression this guy will keep hacking iTunes every time Apple shuts him down just out of spite for that sease-and-desist letter.
With OSX you don't lose CPU cycles for all the extra animation. Quartz off loads the Open GL and most vector processes to your video card. This frees up your CPU for real tasks.
Hell yeah I remember the potato sack ride!!! I loved that when I was a kid. I always got my dad to give me an extra (he chucked me) push so I could win.
I can't say as I have been back in hte last 3 or so years, but it really sounds like it's going down hill big time in terms of friendliness. I remember food was always a little pricey, but $3 for a drink?? That's just ridiculous especially considering the extreamly high ticket price. They're going to price themselves out of the average family's price range soon.
Although I'll buy an elephant ear next time I go there.
Actually what I was saying (my appologies if I was not clear) is that a 10:1 ratio is generous as a MINIMUM ratio. That's a normal ratio for what I like to call "Hope crap happens when I'm around" documentary making. You know like go into the jungle get some leopards and natives shots. A much more reasonable rate is about 20:1 - 25:1 for a decently funded narrative. I picked 10:1 because it's easier to multiply by late at night.
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I shoot 16mm film alot for work. I get a good Fiju color negative for about $35 per 400 foot role. 400 feet = 12 minutes. So seeing as the minimum time requirement for a feature length film is 90 minutes we can start to figure out the average cost of a small film. Let's be generous and only say they are shooting 10:1 ratio (10 takes for every one you use). That means we need to shoot 900 minutes of film. Now 900 minutes divides by 12 minutes (1 role) gives us 75 roles of folm to complete the movie. Now let's multiply the roles by $35 ot costs us per role and you end up with $2,625. This is not including developing, negative cutting or AB rolling.
Let take the 900 minutes we need and let's see how much miniDV tapes will cose. I get them 3 for $10 at the local drug store. Each is 60 minutes, but at full DV I really only get 30 minutes out of them. So 900 minutes divide by 10 minutes per tape gives us 30 tapes we need to get. Now they come in packs of 3 so let's divide by 3 again and we get 10. So 10 packs x $10 = $100
I believe you can see just in the cost to shoot DV(at $100) is far cheaper than film (at $2,625)
At RIT's computer graphics design program we've been playing around with stereoscopic images for about a year now. At first I was skeptical about intentionally giving people headaches (it's like focusing on those 3D paintings at the mall) but man you get some great results! At the moment I'm working on a 3D tank game in Director 3D and combining it with sterographic monitors (we have 2 IBMs with the monitors and stereo cameras). I haven't quite gotten it to work correctly, but man these games take on a whole new dynamic with an extra dimension! Since I'm about to graduate I've been kind of bummed I won't have the equipment to play with anymore, but now that there's a mac version I think I'll definately plunk down the cash to continue working. It may not be widely adapted yet, but in a few years some sort of real 3D with creep into most higher end games.
Hate to tell you, but that study was disproven about 8 years ago. This is assuming you are repeating the CDC study that someone must have told you since if you had actually READ the study you could tell it was inaccurate.
I talked to the Discreet representative at the Ottawa Animation festival. He said there's no way 3D Studio Max will be coming to Mac anytime soon because the core programming is tied to x86 architecture. He said when they do a complete rewrite they will make a Mac version.
Actually I run Rhino 1 for Windows 95 under Virtural PC. I've only got a 450mhz Power PC, but it runs plenty fast for all my NURB modeling needs. Of course the render bites.......
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Yowsers!!!! I'm always amazed by members of the programming community who seem bitter about the design members of the web community. Maybe it's from back in the day where designers came to work in t-shirts and left early to go snowboarding... Thanks for all the defense guys. Even though I know most of the popular multimedia programing languages I'm under no illusion that I can create hard core applications. Have you ever given an explination to a non computer person and their reply is, WTF? Yeah, you know you have! And who puts it language they can understand? That's me!! Let's face it all the programers who can use the kinds of languages necessary to make an OS are the people who make the Internet, and tech industry in general, work. But when did computers become popular with the average Joe? Why yes after the GUI. We designers take techie mumbojumbo and make it understandable to mom and dad. -Design is the purposeful arangement of "things" to convey meaning or a message.
Simply put, to give me a job! How could I make money doing web design if there were no web?!
First off "Warriors of Zu Mountain" is the sequal to "Legend of Zu Mountain," not a remake. There are more examples of this since 2000. Anyone I know from Asia, with the exception of Japan, (this means HK, S Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Malaysia) constantly complain that computer animated fight scenes are ruining Hong Kong action films. Hmmmm let's see... Which ones of these Jackie Chan films was made AFTER jackie began making alot of American films, Starting with Rumble in the Bronx? Only the Rush Hours. The rest of the films on your list were made in the early 90s, well before my stated 2000 beginning of animated fights. You want some recent Jackie Chan wire films? Ok how about "Tuxedo" and the new "Medallion."
- Warriors of Zu Mountain
would be a good example. Once people get over the newness of all these special effects from Asian film makers, maybe we can go back to go back to action scenes where people actually do THEIR own stunts unassisted. THen we'll never have to see Jackie Chan on wires again. *sigh*I'm fairly certain the AK-47 was banned a little over 10 years ago with the assult weapons ban. So unless you already own one you'll need to pick one up in a back alley somewhere, which I believe would also be illegal.........
Acutally Apple is trying to patent Fast Switching for handheld devices, not desktops. Also they already had the patent for it from teh Newton Days, this is just an extension and adding in multiple devices and personas to slightly enhance the patent. It was in the article. Not a very big deal.
So if Apple starts using these what are the odds the intense heat will explode the fuel cell? The FAA will suddenly declare laptops terror weapons.
I used to date this girl from Ithaca when I discovered their scale solar system. On their monuments they say the marker for Pluto is in Oahu, Hawaii. Seems to me that would be slightly larger than Maine's model.
I was wondering what happened to iCommune. It's good to see that if Apple can't provide the product someone else will. I just wonde how long it will be until Apple figures out a way to shut this down. I get the impression this guy will keep hacking iTunes every time Apple shuts him down just out of spite for that sease-and-desist letter.
With OSX you don't lose CPU cycles for all the extra animation. Quartz off loads the Open GL and most vector processes to your video card. This frees up your CPU for real tasks.
Hell yeah I remember the potato sack ride!!! I loved that when I was a kid. I always got my dad to give me an extra (he chucked me) push so I could win. I can't say as I have been back in hte last 3 or so years, but it really sounds like it's going down hill big time in terms of friendliness. I remember food was always a little pricey, but $3 for a drink?? That's just ridiculous especially considering the extreamly high ticket price. They're going to price themselves out of the average family's price range soon. Although I'll buy an elephant ear next time I go there.
Say you aren't by any chance from France are you....?
Coulda sworn his dad was Lumpy... At any rate I really want to see how Bea Arthur got her job at the cantina!
Actually what I was saying (my appologies if I was not clear) is that a 10:1 ratio is generous as a MINIMUM ratio. That's a normal ratio for what I like to call "Hope crap happens when I'm around" documentary making. You know like go into the jungle get some leopards and natives shots. A much more reasonable rate is about 20:1 - 25:1 for a decently funded narrative. I picked 10:1 because it's easier to multiply by late at night.
I shoot 16mm film alot for work. I get a good Fiju color negative for about $35 per 400 foot role. 400 feet = 12 minutes. So seeing as the minimum time requirement for a feature length film is 90 minutes we can start to figure out the average cost of a small film. Let's be generous and only say they are shooting 10:1 ratio (10 takes for every one you use). That means we need to shoot 900 minutes of film. Now 900 minutes divides by 12 minutes (1 role) gives us 75 roles of folm to complete the movie. Now let's multiply the roles by $35 ot costs us per role and you end up with $2,625. This is not including developing, negative cutting or AB rolling. Let take the 900 minutes we need and let's see how much miniDV tapes will cose. I get them 3 for $10 at the local drug store. Each is 60 minutes, but at full DV I really only get 30 minutes out of them. So 900 minutes divide by 10 minutes per tape gives us 30 tapes we need to get. Now they come in packs of 3 so let's divide by 3 again and we get 10. So 10 packs x $10 = $100 I believe you can see just in the cost to shoot DV(at $100) is far cheaper than film (at $2,625)
Funny you should mention your stuff looks as good as CNN since CNN has issued all of its field reporters PowerBooks with FCP.
At RIT's computer graphics design program we've been playing around with stereoscopic images for about a year now. At first I was skeptical about intentionally giving people headaches (it's like focusing on those 3D paintings at the mall) but man you get some great results! At the moment I'm working on a 3D tank game in Director 3D and combining it with sterographic monitors (we have 2 IBMs with the monitors and stereo cameras). I haven't quite gotten it to work correctly, but man these games take on a whole new dynamic with an extra dimension! Since I'm about to graduate I've been kind of bummed I won't have the equipment to play with anymore, but now that there's a mac version I think I'll definately plunk down the cash to continue working. It may not be widely adapted yet, but in a few years some sort of real 3D with creep into most higher end games.
Is that even theoretically possible? Since new species are always evolving wouldn't there always be new species to name?
It was porn huh?
You can already get Windows Media player for OSX. Why would want to use WMV anyways? The quality is inferior....unless you're just looking for porn
Hate to tell you, but that study was disproven about 8 years ago. This is assuming you are repeating the CDC study that someone must have told you since if you had actually READ the study you could tell it was inaccurate.
I talked to the Discreet representative at the Ottawa Animation festival. He said there's no way 3D Studio Max will be coming to Mac anytime soon because the core programming is tied to x86 architecture. He said when they do a complete rewrite they will make a Mac version.
Actually I run Rhino 1 for Windows 95 under Virtural PC. I've only got a 450mhz Power PC, but it runs plenty fast for all my NURB modeling needs. Of course the render bites.......