Liilian: Thompson just sent me an email to send me the desired book.  Thanks :)
NRN.

Thanks, Lillian.  Since I got the notice to come view your response, my email address is valid.  But if Thompson has any difficulty contacting me, they can use one of my non-personal/general purpose email addresses: netcorrespondent at yahoo dot com.

Since it was brought up, ditto.  I haven't heard from anyone(except Lillian in post above). My situation involves said prize exchange, but it has been 45 days since this contest closed...

No biggie, just curious.

Hi Lillian,

OK, keep me posted on the book swap.

As to Alan, he very recently re-stated to me that Renderosity is something he's going to consider. But he wears many hats: CEO, head developer, support, etc.  Otherwise put, I'll tell him to contact you, but I have to give him some space.

Hasta la whenever next time.  NRN.

---- For those who've followed this thread and are interested int Particleillusion, go to the Wondertouch site (Flash required): http://www.wondertouch.com/

Actually, it is Alan with whom I've been in contact -- but I didn't want to sound oh-so-important by mentioning that I know him.  Well, I've just busted myself - lol.

He's been very nice to me and in return I've been dropping the PI name here and there, as well as suggesting hat he should promote PI at Renderosity -- if Lillian and co. would be into it and some win-win deal can be struck.  On his side, he said he may consider it.

For someone like me who isn't a 3D animator yet who needs to create sfx for my short film project, PI is really turning into a miracle-machine.  A lot of work, but worth it. 

My contest entry has but a few, scratch-the-surface and rather simple "still in learning curve phase" examples of that.   I've got a ways to go before I master the full potential of PI.

As to my file, I'll act on your suggestion:

--- Send him both options in case he is still somewhere in the Renderosity member database -- link to here and to my own media clips page (which he's seen but that was months ago and  it has since been security coded).

Legitimate (on-topic) Q:

--- Can one refer someone who is not a member of Renderosity to one's entry page and/or this page with list of entries winners -- without them having to sign up?

The main reason for this question is:

I promised the company that provided me with the software to pull of the effects (Wondertouch that makes Particleillusion) to view my entry if it were to win anything.  Since it did, hey, I got a valid excuse :)

But I don't want to send a URL that won't work without hassles for them.

If not, that's OK for I have a copy of it in a secure directory at my own website, but it would be more "official" if they could swing by here.

Thanks.

**Bobby Stahr,

**No, not ashamed or timid of my style, it's part of who I am artistically and otherwise.  It just ain't the kind of stuff the majority of others do around here. 

That said, it was my first ever contest entry since I started to explore and gain skills in non-stills/photo-art visual work back in 2003.  So in that sense, it's been a new experience.

Re: Benedictine Monk Men-in-Black

Nah, they didn't teach me that. 

But since this was in Switzerland, I did hear rumors of a couple of them getting pretty tipsy on occasion on Alpine wine and fondue or "raclette" (a variation) while we boys were fast asleep in our dorms upstairs (or so they thought :)l

(And in case "Catholic priests" and "boys" brings up the obvious for you or any reader of this post: No, these men-in-black were way too Swiss and über-conservative for that.)

But 'nuf of this. 

While groovy (I'm 52, so borderline ex-hippie  in my own way), we're getting way off-topic here, man.   But I started it, so hey--mea freakin' culpa - lol.

NRN.

BobbyStahr,

Thanks for reply and info.  At least now I know, though I'm busy working on my short film project, so will tweak and improve the entry in due time.

On an aside...

I just noticed your signature included "pax et lux" -- which happens to be pretty much what my somewhat outside-the-box entry was about.   But your use of those three words have me have to ask:

....You didn't happen to endure a few years of Catholic school as a kid whereby you were forced to study Latin, did you? * (Seven torturous years in my case by Benedictine monk-men in black - lol)

That said, it comes in handy to get a sense of the meaning of words in several languages sometimes without having to look them up.  So not totally a loss.

(Reply to Latin Q is optional, I'm just being silly here,  The real point was the thanks for the info.)

To Fellow Artists Who Entered and to Staff:

First...

I didn't know there was this board until I got the last newsletter so I could also say "Congrats to All!" to my fellow entry artists -- winners or not.  If you're like me, I learned stuff just daring to enter.  Some funny, good-hearted works.

Second...

Ditto on take-it-easy-Anders sentiment.  Health first, art goodies second.

Third...

I contacted Lillian with a couple of questions right after the prize announcements (she was so helpful to me in my somewhat crazy last minute decision to enter the Animation section) -- but maybe it belongs here, so it closes this post.

As stated therein, I won the Honorable Mention in Animation and while small*...

I want to let the prize to go to a runner-up.  Logically, roriel is the one following me.  But if roriel has no use for it, another runner-up can contact me once we know what the process of prize delivery is.

*The second question in that email may or may not also be on the minds of any other artists who entered the contest.

Last, but not least...

Thanks to Renderosity for the Contest and even considering my somewhat different, frankly a tad uber-serious entry.

 Doing the contest made me realize that my style of work probably belongs more in a NLE or film community. It doesn't fit in that well with Renderosity since so many of you do 3D and figure animations.

But I sure worked hard on it and it did parallel the same good-hearted themes of other fellow artists who entered the contest.

OK, nuf scribblin'.  Below are the two questions mentioned.

(Email text sent to Lillian)

I'm writing you because you've been very helpful, and you are the Marketing head person, too. 

A) Prize

As subject line states,I didn't hit the jackpot but I didn't do too bad (Honorable Mention)!  Not bad for a firstie.  I simply have no use for the AutoDesk course prize since I don't have Maya or any 3D programs.

I'd rather have the runner up directly after me (roriel) or other the runners up have it if it would be of use to them.

I don't know how you do give out the prizes, i.e. online coupon codes, etc.  Maybe I could just contact roriel or whomever after I get it and give it to them.  But I wish to stay within the rules and stipulations of how you do this too.

Hopefully this can be done one way or another, for why have a good prize go to waste, right?

B) Entry Use Policy

Since the contest is over and I am not among the top tier, where do we stand on my use of the entry at my own discretion?  I.e. if I wanted to YouTube it -- aye or nay? 

I'll probably do some further editing on it at some point that I didn't have time to do by the deadline.  Hey, it's my baby, after all - lol, but need to know your policies before spending any time on in the near future.

Let me know at your convenience.  No rush -- but figured I should address the prize issue as soon as possible.

Take care,

Philip Steven Knight
CompassionSensuality.Net
http://www.compassionsensuality.net

"The power of kindness is immense.  It is nothing less, really, then the power to change the world. " ~ Daphne Rose Kingma

Holiday 2006 Animation entry page: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/contest/index.php?entry_id=23613

Thanks for replies.  As stated, looks like it's my best bet for my needs.  I have played around with the demo a bit, added all the online free emitter libraries, but would need to dig into it a bit more to get a better sense of it.

My background has been mainly in 2D, but I tend to think in 3D.  I just need to master the light- luminescence and particles stuff.   I'll leave the heavy duty and often awesome 3D modeling, etc. to others. 

Thanks for reply on both topics.  I already have Wax (I had gotten it for other features) since it plugs into Sony Vegas.  I need something far more intuitive and subtle to powerful in terms of particles.  I keep Googling around for older or cheaper newer particle emitters and feel I'm going nowhere. 

Except towards ParticleIllusion SE.  Seems like it's my only affordable option.

I'm new here as far as posting (the above is my first one.  I contacted nemirc (this forum's moderator), but he's probably out of town or busy, so maybe someone else could answer help out here:

--- I found typos and a couple of things I'd like to change a while after I did my final publish.   Even though the forum states "You are a site member. You can post and reply to threads. You can edit and delete your posts," I see no such option (be IE or Firefox). 

I'm not new at BBS boards, I'm even a moderator at one and am used to phpBB.  The only options I see here at this point are:

Back to Top [quote] [print] [save]  and [top] [reply] [unsubscribe] [print] [save]

The delete/edit only seems to be up for a short while right after a post is put up, then disappears.  What am I missing here?