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4 May 2002
It was another packed room for our fourth meeting
that was attended by more than 20 members, with many regulars
present. Mr Ahmed Balfaqih resumed the role as chairman and
Jin Ho started the ball rolling with a preview of the recently
released LightWave
7.5.
MYWAVE members were given a brief introduction
of the slightly different interface as well as a glimpse of
several new features, which included FX Monkey, Sliders
and MotionMixer 2. The 3D artist also highlighted new elements
in Layout Utilities and Modeling.
The crowd perked up further when Stan
Lee’s 3D fat lady sexily sashayed and bounced
on screen at the 2nd session. The professional illustrator
explained how his model was created using the morphing technique
and later shared tips and tricks (for the not-so-savvy) discovered
in the course of accidents and mistakes made.
That was followed by a sneak preview of
his humorous short 3D animation aptly titled “Are You
Chicken?” featuring two fowls fighting over grains. Several
problems were noted in the partially completed animation but
3D wizard Jin Ho
helped shed some light on the puzzle.
As the meeting drew to a close, Mr.
Teng C. Wei, the Managing Director of Cut & Paste Productions
Sdn Bhd presented a request for interested volunteers to assist
with the development of a 3D MTV music video for a local artist.
His enquiry attracted several interested members, whom we
hope would get the opportunity to work on this project and
return to share the experience with us in future meetings.
The
Topics covered:
- LightWave 7.5 -- What’s new
- Sliders
- MotionMixer2
- Layout Utilities -- path tool, xray bones, expression
builder, keyframer, radiosity up to 8 indirect bounces
- Modeling -- interactive bandsaw, UV spider, band glue
- An hour with Stan
Lastly, as usual,
we look forward to the next meeting where more interesting
bits and bytes, or groans and sighs are going to be shared
with all. So glue your eyeballs to our website for news on
what’s coming in the next meeting.
And once again, for those curious
creatures who wish to know what goes on at our meetings or
what it’s all about … but, have not registered for
membership, SIGN UP now! Hmph
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