I remember this. I had forgotten all about it. I found interesting when I first read it and I still learned things when I read it again this time :). ... ...
this was the first time I ever heard of it and saw it... but it seems to be from 2005... so much improvements of the program since than ! ... From: "InQ"...
Hi everybody, Right now I am joining Joseph's XD course and the question has come up whether it is possible within XD to do a mere render of the shape, with a...
Hi Nada, ... If you save the picture in PSD format with layers, you already have the object as a layer with transparent background. If you are looking to ...
Hi Garth and Nada, when saved with layers as .psd... and than opende in paintshop-pro... the mask layer is visable as a separate layer... you only have to...
Hello.. is it possible to load avi or animated image sequences and use them as animated backgrounds , specially for using as animated map for Methamorphs...
Hi Claudio, ... This isn't supported for batch generation or batch rendering. You would have to create and render each frame individually. Regards, Garth...
Garth, I just had XD 2.1 lock up on me again. This was different. XP Pro SP2 on P4 3gig processor. I clicked on several lighting presets too fast for the...
Hi James, thanks for the report. The real 'lighting freeze' always causes XD to lock up completely. This issue with the preview is different, in that only the...
... use them ... Would it help you if you could render in XD against a solid clor like Bluescreen or greenscreen, and save as image sequence, and then use ...
I have been fortunate enough to be involved with the beta testing of http://www.shapeways.com/ - a new 3D printing service. And of course my first choice would...
Hi Christel, ... Fortunately I can easily get the stats during the reorienting step. Smooth shapes are usually 2-manifold, but once they get sufficiently ...
Thank you Garth! I realize that the complexity of XenoDream creations makes mesh simplicity a challenge. But that's why we love them :) I did some Google...
I am downloading it right now... if you keep having troubles with the download.. i will upload it to my server for you juliette ... From: <c2000@...> To:...
Thanks Juliette, but I have MeshLab now. I went back to the site after writing my last mail, and it's there now... Must have been a server error earlier. After...
you're welcoem..glad you managed to download it juliette ... From: <c2000@...> To: <xenodreamers@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 8:03 PM ...
Good news! I figured out the cases where the voxels get undesirable triangulation and changed the rules to fix it. So the next minor update will always produce...
Garth, you are incredible! I need a jaw-drop emoticon... I don't think there has ever been a piece of software with such dedicated support from its creator. ...
Hello Garth, My question is maybe stupid but I have looked for the answer in the XD documentation with no success... I would like to know if there is a way to...
... There isn't a direct way to do it, because it's easy to use the Ambient Only lighting preset in either the 1.6 Transparent category or 1st category....
Hello, I really want to get mathematically generated environments with abstract amazing shapes and colors and convert them into a map file for a Game program. ...
HI! I just started using XD for mesh export and it does a great job but I would think you would want fairly low poly counts coupled with normal and image maps...
Nice, it may be possible to make a cube based fractal with lots of cubes in space and to import that into quake 3/ doom 3, here is a really good guide from the...
Also here is a picture of some maths imported iinto doom 3 i just found... i want to make it giant!! i think alot of 3d fractals would be very good as...
I think you will find that this can be done outside of XD with the right tools... And the even better news is that the tools you need are free. This process is...