Mountain lion? Oh c'mon, AS. I missed the pics. You have to post a current one. Pretty please? Also looking forward to seeing those cat Brycer pics. LMAO. This sounds too good to miss. I'd post one, but I have a dog. ;-)

Well since the subject of cats keeps coming up, and there do exist cats who like to paint (there's even a book published featuring their art ;-)....would discussing cats who like to Bryce be out of the question?

Quest posted:
"LOL...AS, you're off topic (OT)..."

I too was wondering about that.
Sorry, AS. I just couldn't help myself.

Arry :-D

Rockin' mat, AS. Many thanks for sharing. :-)

Very nice of you! Thanks so much! :-)

shadowdragonlord, I hear ya, and certainly agree Macs are pricey. But in my line of work, the film biz, they are the computer of choice so I use what keeps me employed. ;) Also, I really do love working on a Mac and since all my graphics software is for the Mac, it would cost me a pretty penny to also have to buy software for a PC. Some of my graphics software is dual platform, but not all by a long shot.

The second generation G5's just came out and I'm keeping an eye on them. Among other things, the liquid cooling system looks interesting and now that some software is taking advantage of the 64 bit technology they are seeing some sizable speed improvements. IIRC, Photoshop for example, tested in with an 82% in speed.

The two things that caught my eye with the 2nd gen G5's:

"64-bit breakthrough
The new 64-bit PowerPC G5 processor enables the Power Mac G5 to break through the 4GB barrier and support up to 8GB of main memory four times more than a typical PC."

"High-speed AGP 8X Pro graphics bus AGP 8X Pro graphics bus effectively doubles the maximum transfer rate and doubles the amount of data transferred in a single AGP bus cycle. The 66MHz AGP 8X Pro bus strobes eight times per clock cycle, achieving a 533MHz data rate and a maximum bandwidth of 2.1GB per second ideal for the ultrafast graphics cards you can choose, like the ATI Radeon 9800 XT, 9600 XT or NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra"

I'm no technowizard, but these are a few things things I am definitely interested in seeing in action. I aso ike not having to worry about viruses, dependability (Macs rarely crash) and being a creative sort, they are just flat out fun to work on. OSX itself, rocks. I have yet to have a complaint. It's solid, well organized and so far, just keeps getting better and better. IMHO, it's a vast update to Apple's older operating systems, being UNIX based to boot.

Now if someone could make Bryce and Poser able to take advantage of the 64 bit technology, I'd be one stoked puppy. :-D

Arry

AS, this Mac user would like to doff her hat to you. Many thanks for your words above. ;)

I've used Bryce 5 on 3 different macs, from OS9 to the latest OSX Panther and never once have I had a complaint. I'm drooling over the new dual processor G5's and hope DAZ can create a Bryce to take advantage of this and the 64 bit technology. I think Clay once said that Bryce was originally created for the Mac? Wonder why...;)

IMO both platforms have their plusses and minuses. I wish I could afford both, but since I cannot, I'll keep playing on my trusty Mac where B5 does indeed work fine on the OSX platform. At least it always has for me.

Arry :)

Sadly, another highly creative vision silenced much too early and way before his time. This is indeed an incredible shock. I was quite familiar with his art and only recently had begun to know him via sitemail.

I pray he is in a better place and my heart goes out to his family.

Arry

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She really is quite beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing! :)

"The key is learn, adapt, grow, compensate.
understand your tool, and it will become of value. "

Very well stated, ynsaen. I couldn't agree more.
Thanks to everyone for the tips as I am a die hard fan of Firefly and am determined how to learn how to use it to its fullest potential.

This isn't mean as a slight towards those favoring P4's engine. Maybe it's because I never had P4 since I had to wait for a version compatable with MacOSX. After seeing the huge difference between the two (from posted screen caps showing Poser 4's interface), I see why P5 is so baffling to some P4 users.

I'm sure my time will come too when Poser 6 or Bryce 6 comes out.
Hopefully, there'll be a lot of kitty valium on hand to help get me through. ;-)

Arry

Oh that is GREAT news! Thanks oilscum for the Mac heads up and a HUGE thanks to Ockham for creating it! Arry :)

Very cool looking crud.....er mat, AS. Thanks mucho chico! Arry

Hope your paycheck comes soon, AS! Ornlu's grasses rock and I use them in almost every render they look apprrpriate (which is most landscape scenes).

Enjoy and can't wait to see what you create with them.

Arry ;)

Message edited on: 05/16/2004 02:55

Thanks for the heads up and I'm looking forward to the MacOSX update.
This sounds like quite an update!

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