thanks

GREAT!

sorry i dont use a mac...what would that be on PC...thanks

oh..damn...oh well..thanks for the info, that explains it ...

you are right about the caustics. people do tend to over do it on a normal basis. but most of them have never been diving (other then in for a few secs with a mask or in the pool) and so they have to believe that what they see on national geo in the carib. with all the pretty filters on the camera, etc. is normal for the whole world... but i do have to say that it does look nice when they are in there. it gives u a good illusion of what is happening. when i am not shure about if i should put somthing like that in a image i ussualy go watch some movies. movies are supposed to pertain to the highest crowd on what is believable (because they want to believe or because they fear its true, ie. jaws) lastly if u like how it looks then who cares what they think of it. i say that the only time i have to please someone else with what i put in somthing is when it is a gift or when i am getting paid for it.... so anyways who gives a $#!+.

oh ya i forgot....VIRUS CHECK

that is true also...many people have a link to there work because they have worked on it for so long. they feral bad when people say that its "not up to par". plus many people think they are done then people say well do more here or something like that and they just dont want to so they feal less adiquit(spell?). oh well -phillycheese81

i would say check the memory...you might have a leak or some of it (depending on how many boards of ram u have) could have gone bad. this is one reason why i dont like useing mac's...these things are hard to check. u might also think of getting adifferent videocard in the future...its a ok card but if u want to do more or serious rendering then it will be slowing you down a LOT in the long run. as for the glitchy software idea...most likely not..there might be a conflict if you have more then one program running at a time but if this problem happens when only one is running then it shouldnt change anything. also the card "can" effect the render. say u use openGl, well that comes from your card not your cpu. and if u installed the extra ram make shure it is in the right way and all the way...part way might cause a conflict that it is trying to deal with. plus it might not match the other ram...ram must have the same clock as each other to work effitiently. as for overheating...it wouldnt just happen..it would happen part way threw the render if at all and most likely not ever. remember even though the mac has a high rating for speed it is still only a 350mhz (in your case) and people with higher mhz put there comps threw mor sh*t then what u are doing and they keep on running. oh well i think that should be enough to get u going...godd luck msg me if u need some more help, i am glad to help if i can -phillycheese81

hehe...your right though...a 1-10 rating would be more usefull....if any of the renderosity people are reading this...it might be somthing u should try...i dont know how much code that would take to change it, but please think about it. -phillycheese

yes posable is always usefull but there are ways of making it work if they arnt....anything would help as long as it "could" look real in a pic. thanks again all -phillycheese81

sometimes you shouldnt use that codex for compresion i have found...others will either give a higher or lower compresion but better quality. plus u might want to lower the frame rate. depending on what u are using it for...say the internet you should try from 5 to 12 frames per sec. u might know these things but if not change that and u will save loads of space and make a smaller file. internet = 5-12 fps computer = 12-31 fps tv/movie/other = 32+ fps gl -phillycheese81

thanks for the info so far people, anyone who can help i am still looking so pleaase post a msg if u know somthing...ya thanks for the FYI , i do know that though. thanks again people. -phillycheese81

i could find the money but i wish to put it tward other things, like new equipment, but i would love to be in a contest here. maybe someone should lower the prize purse and doa free for all. i know they need the contest this way to have high purse but who cares if only people with money to burn can get in it.