Kimberly, just wanted to say thanks for your reply. It's nice to read that our feedback hasn't fallen on deaf ears & been lost in the void!

But while here, I'll add to the contingent discussing there being too much white and dead space.  It really hurts my eyes.  That much glare is a migraine trigger for me for sure.

Quote - I'm just trying to edit my profile and it is very hard to read a dark gray text on a dark blue background.  I hope someone is listening. Would be nice to get feedback from the admins.

That is exactly what I was referring to earlier in this thread.  It's beyond frustrating having to highlight text just to be able to read it.  Plus I'm prone to migraines which this doesn't help.  I need contrast.  Having aging eyes doesn't help either.  Would it be so difficult to offer an option to change skins?  Even if only a few style sheets were coded it shouldn't be too much to request.

points to above

Would be great to have a "thanks" button here too please.

I just tried readig my profile prefs and the colors are so close I can't read anything without constantly highlighting things to I can read it!  Is there a way to change this area?  There is no way I can read it the way it is.

I'd also like to add my congrats to all those selected.  I'm still working my way through all of them, but for this beginning photographer, they are truly inspiring to me.  I feel honored to have been included in this week's round up. Thank you so much! :)

A huge congrats to all chosen!  I can see why it was so difficult to choose.  Such beautiful work & spectacular images.  Your work is very inspiring to this beginning photographer!

~arry

Hawkfyr still lives?!  Wow.  How ya doin' man?  Long time no.....whatever.  'Course I've been pretty AWOL myself. Great to see you are still alive & about. ;)

Why?

Hmmm.......18+ years Mac user.  Have owned (6) different models starting with the Classic II and with only 2 exceptions in 18 yrs, never had a problem with any of them.  Both times the problems occurred, Apple Care took care of everything quickly with no questions asked.

Recently I was cleaning out my garage and came across my powerbooks 540c and Lombard. I still remember the sales pitch about the 540c's ethernet capabilities.  I had no clue what the bejabbers that meant & went "HUH?!".   Although both are now ancient by today's standards, they both still work.  Hung on to them because at one time, Japanese collectors were quite hot for these items.

Stability & lack of viruses.  Or is it virii?  Always wondered, lol.  You can't discount a stable OS that's reliable and I always cringe when reading what PC users often go through re: OS crashes and virus attacks.

Business reasons:  in my area of the film industry, Macs are the computer of choice.  Without mine, I would have a tough time finding work. ;)

Overall reasons:  Stability (dontcha wonder why that keeps coming up as a reason? ;), reliability and overall they are just plain fun to use.  Can't wait for the rumored overhall of the macbook pros - I'll be drooling like an idiot savant until I get mine.

I've always said whatever floats your boat, go with it.  I have nothing against PC users - if it woofles your tooters than stay with it!  However for me, you couldn't pry my Macs from me.  And now with the options the intel based Macs have opened up for us to use software-wise, I like the available options for me to choose from.  IMO, options are always good.

I know Robert in the C4D forum did.  Maybe kaveman did too?
I'm just thrilled they both made the attempt & went to all the trouble.
At least there's now a Mac flavor.
Me hat's off to both of them. ;)

Mac OS X users......in case you haven't heard, there's now a Mac version avail at the Ivy Generator site.
Thanks huge to Robert (kuroyume0161) here at RO's C4D forum for going to all the trouble to port this amazing looking app to the Mac OS.

Kaveman in the Bryce forum was working on a Mac port at the same time.  Hopefully his input will be useful as well.  Anyway, just wanted to share in case any Mac users here are interested. ;)

Attached Link: Robert's C4D Ivy Mac Port Post (scroll down link to read)

*"We have a Mac port... :)

I'm going to pass this to Thomas.  It would be excellent if someone on a PPC Mac could volunteer to verify that it runs there as well.  Also, since I have the Qt frameworks, it will be necessary to verify that this is indeed a completely static app (Qt built into the app rather than relying upon its frameworks which probably don't exist on others' systems).

Due to limitations with Qt4 and Xcode (gcc 4.0), this will only run on 10.3.9 and later.

Look forward to getting this out there tomorrow."*

kave - perhaps you could hook up with them and share your progress & findings too?
(just a thought)

Many thanks from me for all you've done so far (and to Robert as well). ;-)

Gack.  Sorry Wabe! 
I'm an "idjit" for not seeing your version tracker link above.
I ned mor koffee.
And to go outside for a bit.

mea culpa.

Wabe - there are.  Check out www.versiontracker.com via their search engine.
The Bryce forums both here & at 3DC are also showing excellent WIP images using Ivy Generator.

This resident foliage hound & her dual G5 PPC are verrrry jealous. ;-/

slaps AS with a very large, smelly wet trout
These PC people......always looking for ways to trounce the Think Different™ crowd.

;-)

So Dan......that sounds like running Ivy Generator on my PPC isn't going to happen? :-/
(me can't afford an intel mac right now - sigh)

Quote - Holy $&%!
You mean you "ported" this thing over to a Mac?

Yeah Kaveman - enquiring minds wanna know?!  Robert over in the C4D forums is also attempting a try, but your is the first render I've seen.  How do non-techno wizards like myself attempt this & will it run on a dual G5 PPC running 10.4.7?