Good luck. Keep it posted on how it goes. Post something in one of the galleries or something.

I saw the film when it was first released...sometime back in the early 1980s. Effects wise, it was alright, a little on the cheap side, but passable. It's biggest problem was that it was dead dull. They spent most of the film doing the set-up for the last 10 minuets, which was a rip-off of STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE. If you don't find it, you're not missing that much. Find a copy of the trailer, it's bette than the whole film. Let's put it this way, the "message" of the title was contained in magic walnuts (no kidding!) that apparently had the ability to travel at warp speed. From what I remember, anyway...

CS = Creative Suite. It includes Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign in such a way that you can move from one to another by the click of a button. Works really well.

It must be a new feature for CS2, 'cause I've got CS and I can't do that..or at least I don't think I can do that. Nice effect, though.

Oh...TrueSpace. Yeah...I don't have the..uh, well, you know...for that either. I tried 3D Studio once and it made my nose bleed. Maybe some day...

You are correct. Lattices and terrains only. The only other objects you can export are rocks.

Oh! Those are renders? Well, that's very well done. Very pretty... So...can we expect to see the wireframes on those anytime soon? Can't wait...

tS3.2? Wings I know about, I've just never had the guts to try, but the other...fill me in.

Good lookin' bike. I haven't paid attention to them in a while and they've changed a lot. If you really want to travel in style for long distances, it's probably the way to go. "As for the Google thing, I thought America was supposed to be a land of the free and all that ;-) So long as you're not a threat to security I wouldn't worry about it. Fact is that everyone, everywhere, is being monitored on the internet from the moment they connect, in both your neck of the woods and mine - everywhere!" Land of the free? Oh yeah, but that was a long time ago. The line between who is a threat to national security and who isn't is getting thinner every day. I mean, over here they can get access to every library book you ever checked out in the last 5 years if they want to. They'd be scratching their heads over my reading list! Comics, American History, woodworking, books on films and filmmakers as well as animation. Throw in books about Russia during WWII and the French Revolution and I'm sure they'd be reeling! So, are you going to Bryce that bike?

I don't know if that photo is a fake or not. I've seen 2 different versions of it, each taken from a slightly different angle with different expressions. Who knows? Might be from a secret stash of an irate boyfriend...or girlfriend. You know how these Hollywood types are... I don't know how it is in your neck of the woods, but we've got to be careful using Google over here. The US government tried to get all of Google's records of who was searching for what to see if anybody was doing anything against national security. 1984 came just a little later, that's all. A Goldwing? Well, I guess. I'm a Harley person myself. Not that I can aford to own one, but it's nice to dream.

"When I think of America for example (I've never been there), I think wide-open roads, a Burger-bar every 500 yards, and folk sticking on their shades to take a ride on their Harley. I don't even think about the history." In some spots of this country, that's about right. I grew up in the south (Tennessee) so you can kind of guess what kind of things that brings up! Yes, I can read and write (but not spell very well), yes, I wear shoes and no, I don't own any pigs. The history is there, but most people are ignorant of it, but it seems to be remembered in the south a little more than the north (I've lived in both), and that's only because of the War Between The States. "Ryder nude photographs; WHERE! WHERE! WHERE! (And how did you know of them - you old goat?)" I've seen them a bunch of places from time to time. I couldn't tell you exactly where, but they're around. I remember one black and white shot of her sitting in a bathtub...Um...maybe we should talk about this somewhere else... Re: Test Photos and DragonCon Pretty nice effect..and the filters, too! I haven't been to DragonCon in years and years. In fact, the last time I was there it was called The Atlanta Fantasy Fair, back in the 1980s. Anyway, interesting effect.

Pumeco: At the risk of going wildly off topic here... What about the UK interests me? Well, about 1,000 years of history for starters. I'm a history nut to begin with and an American Revolutionary War reenactor, so there's that for starters. I've just always had a real interest in that part of the world on so many levels. As to Ryder, I don't dislike her, I just don't go out of my way to watch her films, like so many actors. She never connected with me I guess because she wasn't of my generation.There are other actors I'd rather watch. As to the "Goth" thing, over here that is like, forgive the pun, so dead. Biker seems to be the thing. Lots of tattoos... Hammer films in America? Lord, they've been a staple of American TV since the early 1960s! They hit the theatres over here about a year after they were released up until the studio went under in the early 1980s. There's a huge following over here for the films. Sure they're cheap and often times corny, but they're sort of like your first great love, you never forget them. Peter Cushing is one of my idols for his work on screen and off. They didn't call him St. Peter around the set for nothing. Would she consider a Playboy photo-shoot? With some of the photos that are around on the net, I wouldn't think she'd have to! Who knows if they're real or not, but the make for some interesting viewing. Sorry for rambling....

Off Topic Warning Forgive me for making this observation, but I'm constantly amazed at the number of people from the UK and other parts of Europe who frequent this forum. It seems to be a regular hotbed of Bryce users. I for one am grateful to have a chance to interact with people from places I've always been very interested in and will never get a chance visit. And as a second observation, it's interesting to see that Winona Ryder still can generate some interest in some parts of the world. After her shoplifting conviction (as well as some other goofy behavior) she's pretty much dropped off the radar over here in the states. So far as the film industry is concerned in America, she's committed professional suicide. I was never a big fan of her work to begin with and really lost all interest after her clumsily executed performance in DRACULA (give me a Hammer film any day), but I digress... We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread...

In the states there's been a series of TV spots running using the same style as above. They're for some stockbrokerage, I don't remember who. There's maybe 3 or 4 of them, and they look pretty good. I'd like to know how it's done just so I could get the program and play around with it.

Just remember the motto I've always lived by: Art is never finished, it's just taken away. And people have been taking it away from me for over 30 years. Of course they take pencils, pens, watercolor and oils away from me too, but I keep getting more. Looking forward to your next work.