Gareee,

Actually, come to think of it...
I've got your adventurer pack for Sal A Manda in my wishlist here but haven't decided on anything yet. :)

Thanks!

Message edited on: 03/06/2006 10:19

Thanks! I'll check those out.

I haven't been able to visit RDNA today due to mysterious browser timeouts.

It figures that it's the one site that might have what I was looking for. :)

Message edited on: 03/01/2006 08:18

Take the "Mirage Video Tour" here (requires Flash):

http://www.bauhaussoftware.com/products_mirage_tour.php

After viewing a few of these videos, you'll get a better idea of how it works even if not specifically with poser.

Message edited on: 03/01/2006 07:14

BryceTech which you may or may not know is responsible for creating this. They use to be a separate entity but are now part of DAZ3D.com AFAIK. The 50% off offer ends 3/1/2006. Here's a link... http://www.daz3d.com/shop.php?op=itemdetails&item=3303

Thanks all.

Thank you for your reply.

However, your response seems to echo all of what I had originally stated I already knew. Perhaps you read my message too fast which is easy to do when you have so many to read / respond to.

Anyway, what I was trying to get across was...

When will these separate systems be unified again?

Is that even a goal for this site ?

Message edited on: 02/23/2006 08:22

At present, if I log into the forums first I cannot view my wishlist, cart, etc. Instead of asking me to login again (that would at least have been nice), it just says my wishlist is blank (contains no items) which was quite misleading initially. I know this is likely because the forum side is still not properly sync'd with the marketplace side yet. I've been waiting ~ 2 weeks on bringing this to your attention to see if it was just an oversight. Do you intend to correct this or is this the way it will be? Any ETA ?

It's working again here. Thanks. :)

I'll second that 7200 RPM HD is definitely good idea. However, this will generate more heat and the extra RPM will use more battery power. So, if you are given the choice between a 8-cell and 12-cell battery...go with the 12-cell. OpenGL support / performance is typically VERY awful on any integrated (shared) video card. It is my opinion that no integrated video support should be considered sufficient regardless of whether it supposedly supports OpenGL or not for any kind of 3D application. AFAIK, all ATI's Mobility Radeon or Nvidia's (Mobile) GeForce still in use "today" by manufacturer's support a minimum of OpenGL v1.5. How complete the support was implemented is a different issue. This is most often indicated by the display driver package used (in it's readme file, etc.) as provided by the graphics hardware manufacturer's website.

A few things that might be worth noting... The Acer I linked before comes with WinXP Pro which is typically more expensive (~ $200 to upgrade from Home) than the Home version provided with other notebooks which I would expect to pay less for because of this. If XP Home may be all you need / want then ignore this. DDR2 is still too new even though it's been around awhile. While it's faster and has more bandwith that DDR, I have yet to see a PC who's BUS can feed the RAM chips significantly beyond the capacity / speed of regular DDR. It's somewhat pointless to use DDR2 in any notebook that bottlenecks like this. However, it's a great marketing gimmick, eh. :) The more we start seeing notebooks with Front Side Bus (FSB) speeds greater than 800Mhz (big bottleneck) which also use DDR2 it start actually becoming possible to be beneficial.

I happen to know that this notebook runs both fairly well. Acer Travelmate 4400 ~ $1200 USD Uses a Radeon Mobility X700. Not the best, but adequate. Here's a review... http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2484

Even though it's not necessarily manga related... (my apologies to those who already know about it) http://www.mycomicbookcreator.com/frontpage.php This can do speech balloons, lettering, etc for ~ $20 USD. A free trial is currently offered and there is also a forum. Just my 2 cents. :)

Thanks for your points. They are most appreciated. Okay, so the policy extends beyond renderosity...too bad. I'd say "Multimedia Builder" is the closest match to what I have built myself. I have been aware of MMB for at least a year but never have had any desire to compete directly with this product or any similiar title. I agree about the need for the heavy marketing. However, I thought that perhaps it might fair better here in this niche crowd if it could fill a need. I lack the ability to do heavy marketing anyway. :( Interestingly, I purchased a licensed copy of SwishMax last year. So I am quite familiar with the "SwishZone". :) SwishMax is an excellent program, but it's not necessarily cheap. They discontinued / no longer sell their cheaper non "Max" swish versions which raises the bar for some folks. EXEs might have gotten a bad rep because of viruses, false positives and the like...but it hasn't really stopped people from using them to distribute / consuming downloadable software. Daz still uses them for most (if not all) it's products still, right ? People likely just consider the source and download based upon whether they trust the vendor or not if they're worried at all. I am also familiar with IrfanView. If a slideshow is truly sufficient for most people then that further decreases the numbers in the already existing minority group of people would might purchase the program. :) So far this confirms most of my research and suspicions which is that such a commerialization (even of an already developed and working program) for this purpose would probably not be fruitful or a wise use of time / resources. However, without actually throwing the question(s) out there, I wouldn't actually have ever known. The wondering could drive one mad. :)

No, it doesn't. Currently, it only outputs in Windows EXE format.

While it would be outside my current skillset / experience to make it output to anything else, it's certainly not impossible.

Message edited on: 01/03/2006 14:26

HTML alone is fine for static (non-animated) imagery and very limited interactivity. Add to it other website technologies and you can increase the dynamic / interactive nature of the delivered content. Flash is great for this, but the software can be expensive and requires more skill than some may have (or have to time to learn). I was thinking that a low cost, easy to use program might be good here. If there's any software around the price point I mentioned before, I'd like to know. Surely, it would take longer to author a website than to use a simple program ? Depending on what software (free / paid) to use to craft the site, that could be expensive as well. How many have the skills required for the task ? As HTML alone likely would not be enough IMHO. Am I wrong ? The program would be a waste of everyone's time / money if it was used to merely display static / uninteractive showcases. Since it is a "multimedia" program, I would expect that multimedia apps would be built with it. Feel free to suggest a price that would be fair.