Hello everyone, here is an announcement at last. Thank you for your patience. As this is a long email, please trim quotes to relevant parts in any replies. We...
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InQ
inqlaing
Mar 14, 2007 1:44 pm
If I go for the free upgrade to 1.6 now and upgrade to v2.0 down the road, will the upgrade price to 2.0 remain at 29.95? Currently out of work and counting...
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mark.teiser
Mar 14, 2007 6:43 pm
Great News!! Thank You Garth & all others who have been involved in this Great Creation!! It's such a unique & appreciated program. Looking forward to...
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Garth Thornton
garthstnz
Mar 14, 2007 9:51 pm
Hi Lyell, ... We still have some work to do with testing the installer and preparing information for the website and had not planned for pre-ordering. My focus...
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Garth Thornton
garthstnz
Mar 14, 2007 9:53 pm
... Yes, we want to keep the pricing simple and fair. Regards, Garth...
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stacey@...
theonlybluerose
Mar 14, 2007 10:15 pm
... I've never regretted the money I spent on XD at the time I bought it (about 3 days after it was released I think) and at the time the NZ exchange rate was...
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vinceplourde2000
vinceplourde...
Mar 14, 2007 11:47 pm
... this is very fair garth! you have spent lots of time to do this and you deserve lots of congrats for your hard work. i'm glad you decided to offer a paid...
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InQ
inqlaing
Mar 15, 2007 1:02 am
I have never regretted the money I spent when I bought the it over a year and a half ago. In fact, my wife (who does not get" fractal art) is amazed that I...
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Marshall Rubin
marshall12791
Mar 15, 2007 1:20 am
Right now I have no idea how to use XD and as a result haven't touched the program--too discouraged. Will the new version(s) actually be USEABLE, or would I ...
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vinceplourde2000
vinceplourde...
Mar 15, 2007 1:48 am
... touched the ... USEABLE, or ... there will be more features, so probably more ways for you to get lost. follow the tutorials and start with something...
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Garth Thornton
garthstnz
Mar 15, 2007 2:29 am
Hi Marshall, ... For people who have been struggling with XD, I recommend waiting for the free update to v1.6. V2 doesn't add anything essential for learning,...
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marion lyons
k70ansas
Mar 15, 2007 2:53 am
Is the tutorial the same in both new versions? I need to start over and want to be sure I get the full tutorial. Marion ... ...
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¥d¥d
redchu0912
Mar 15, 2007 3:38 am
it's great to hear 1.6 is comming! i'm sure it's going to be great because 1.5 already is~ if i want to make animation is there a new way to do it in 1.6 or...
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Garth Thornton
garthstnz
Mar 15, 2007 3:43 am
Hi Marion, ... It will be substantially the same, differing only due to the extra features that 2.0 has. Out of about 50 topics, three are specifically about...
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Garth Thornton
garthstnz
Mar 15, 2007 3:50 am
Hi Richard, ... Thanks! 1.6 has only minor improvements in batch rendering. 2.0 has interpolation with up to 30 keyframes and makes it simple to create the...
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Paul N. Lee
nahee_enterp...
Mar 15, 2007 4:39 am
... Hey Mark, I was wondering about the steps involved when XenoDream objects are converted into .MDL files to be used with the DynaLights software that you...
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BlueRose
theonlybluerose
Mar 15, 2007 5:29 am
... Have you tried printing out the tutorials and having a go with them. They teach you essentially the basics, and then the joy of XD is you just play and see...
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mark.teiser
Mar 15, 2007 6:59 am
Hi PNL, Thanks for asking, Yeah, Xenodream is a GREAT program to create all kinds of interesting geometry for 3D environments. The "fractal cone" model you ask...
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Paul N. Lee
nahee_enterp...
Mar 15, 2007 7:10 am
... Thank you, Mark. I figured it must have been something fairly easy as the steps you describe. And thanks for all of the additional info. :-) Sincerely, ...
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Harmonic Recursion
harmonicrecu...
Mar 16, 2007 5:58 am
Great news Garth - I've been waiting (as patiently as possible 'o) since I picked up 1.5 in February or so last year. I managed to create some really nice...
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Eleandra Souza
eleandra45
Mar 17, 2007 2:01 am
That's sounds great. But How about anti-aliasing for better rendering in big size like 4000X4000 or bigger? Eleandra(BR) San Francisco-CA [Non-text portions of...
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Garth Thornton
garthstnz
Mar 17, 2007 3:58 am
Thanks for the compliments, Mark. Yes, XD is made in Delphi. It's a great development environment, although you need to add third party components and graphics...
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Garth Thornton
garthstnz
Mar 17, 2007 4:34 am
Hi Eleandra, ... It is on the list for future development. Unfortunately, oversampling for rendering takes a lot more memory and a lot more time. I will be ...
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Eleandra Souza
eleandra45
Mar 17, 2007 4:40 am
Hi Gath, Thank you so much for answer my e-mail. You are so nice. Eleandra. Garth Thornton <garthst@...> wrote: Hi...
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Mirianaster
happy2004x
Mar 18, 2007 10:51 am
Isn't possibile have 1.6 for free and 2.00 for cash? I think this is a great solution...I think not all people can pay... Miriana ... From: <stacey@...>...
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Garth Thornton
garthstnz
Mar 18, 2007 11:21 am
Hi Miriana, ... Yes, updating to 1.6 from any earlier version will be free. I am planning a demo version after the releases are out. Regards, Garth...
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Mirianaster
happy2004x
Mar 18, 2007 7:09 pm
Ty for your rapid response... Miriana ... From: "Garth Thornton" <garthst@...> To: <xenodreamers@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007...
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Barney Johnson
barneyjohnson
Mar 22, 2007 12:59 am
Hi Garth, This is great news. I am delighted that I will soon have a chance to experience what looks like very good improvements to an already great program. ...
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Martin_B
martin_belgium
Mar 31, 2007 8:51 am
Hello Garth Just for info ... will you let us know here when and how we can order the new 2.0 release ? Have a nice week end all ... I join my last XD Ufo :) ...
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InQ
inqlaing
Mar 31, 2007 2:10 pm
Re-reading messages here when I ran across this. My trick for "softening" edges is to render at a much larger size, then reduce image size in Paintshop Pro....
