I was trying to avoid technical terms

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Posted by Mart on May 27, 2001 at 10:12:30

In Reply to: Re: It was OK posted by TAFKA Steve on May 27, 2001 at 09:31:07:

... mainly because I find them misnomers. You see, CG mostly works with skins. They model the surface of 3-D objects. The object is faceted into triangles as you observed. Then, the wireframe mesh is fill with 2-D triangles in 3-D space. Once, that is done. You determine what color(s) the triangles are. (BTW, this also includes the amount transparency like the skin of the water & the amount of reflectivity which determines how smooth & shiny something appears to be) Anywho, in the case of fire they obviously ran a movie of fire on these triangular panels ... like a VR version of Disney's "Haunted House" where they projected a movie of talking person onto a manimann's stationary head. Thus, the image of the fire wasn't computer generated which was move obvious with the candle & fireplace. These were just painted in place which made the fireplace really bad. It was like watching a movie at an oblique angle.

....just my 2Â¢

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Topic - Shrek - Troy 16:14:40 05/26/01 (20)

I beg your pardon? - Victor Khomenko 18:30:51 05/26/01 (6)

Re: I beg your pardon? - TAFKA Steve 09:39:21 05/27/01 (1)

go for the originals, i am fond of the Hope/Crosby road movies...-nt- - late 20:44:58 05/27/01 (0)

Re: I beg your pardon? - Rich S. 01:08:02 05/27/01 (0)

Re: I beg your pardon? - Rich S. 01:05:50 05/27/01 (0)

Well excuuuuuse me! - Troy 20:17:37 05/26/01 (1)

No problem. Enjoy. (nt) - Victor Khomenko 20:45:58 05/26/01 (0)

It was OK - Mart 18:26:46 05/26/01 (12)

Pretty soon... - clarkjohnsen 13:14:58 05/27/01 (1)

vast difference - Mart 14:09:51 05/27/01 (0)

Re: It was OK - TAFKA Steve 09:31:07 05/27/01 (2)

I was trying to avoid technical terms - Mart 10:12:30 05/27/01 (1)

"technical" terms - Tom Â§. 14:31:37 05/28/01 (0)

Re: It was better'n OK - Troy 20:59:12 05/26/01 (6)

Re: It was better'n OK - CH Chang 02:50:20 05/27/01 (0)

I OTOH - Mart 21:39:58 05/26/01 (4)

I OTOH - Troy 02:35:17 05/27/01 (3)

I'm impressed. - john dem 02:48:18 05/27/01 (2)

Re: I'm impressed. - Victor Khomenko 08:41:08 05/27/01 (1)

Re: I'm impressed. - TAFKA Steve 09:24:57 05/27/01 (0)

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I was trying to avoid technical terms - Mart 10:12:30 05/27/01 (1)

"technical" terms - Tom Â§. 14:31:37 05/28/01 (0)

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