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This story is long ago in the wilderness of the American frontier, before that railroad came a'chuggin along into town. Choo- choo! It was a time of new beginnings, self-made men, fiddle playin', pine trees bigger than you could wrap your arms around, if'n you so desired, and rampant genocide. Yessir, back then you could kidnap an Indian squaw and butt rape her bloody in the middle of town square 'til sun up and nobody would bat an eyelash. Nope, see back then they didn't even have eyelashes. Their eyelids were smooth as a catfish's clitoris. Sure, they'd get dust in their eyeballs all the time but they didn't know any better. Those were just the times. They were hard times, but they were good times. Scratching and surviving.
One day this man and his big fat pregnant bitch of a wife rode into town. They were looking for a place to lay their heads but the Goathoof Inn was fuller than an Indian squaw's butthole, so they couldn't find any rightful beds anyplace. They decided to sleep in old Mr. Honeydew's barn with the sheeps and the mule and the hay. And wouldn't you know it, as soon as they settled down, that big fat pregnant lady's water breaks all over the place and her stinkpot starts dilating as wide as Mount Vesuvius, only with more steam coming off the top. She starts huffing and puffing trying to squirt this little bambino out her cooch. 'Cept it turns out that this little baby was really a big freaky baby. As big a baby as anyone had ever seen. That baby split her in half like a watermelon and she died something frightful right there in Honeydew's barn. Next thing the townsfolk knew, that man that rode in with her started going on about how he wasn't really the baby daddy and that the baby was immaculately conceived by God, The Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth, who'd come down and lay with his lady friend. And by "lay" he meant hopping the first donkey-carriage to Pound Her Vagina In Village and not stopping once 'fore he got there. He said that there were lightening bolts shooting out of the Lord's peanuthole and angels on high were playing trumpets and harps and bagpipes and what not. Long story short, that fellow giddy'ed up and got right on out of town lickity-split and left those townsfolk to take care of that big freaky baby.
And they named him Paul. Paul Bunyan.
The folks raised him the only way they knew how. They smacked him on the ass, dressed him in flannel and overalls, gave him an axe and glued their pubic hair onto his face, giving him a chin strap mustache that would make Chris Daughtry jealous. And I know that may sounds strange to you now because, as you know, in this day and age, we can't grow pubic hair anymore after the Incident at Sunblood Cove's Shampoo+Conditioner Plant in the spring of '17 . But back then they could. They had loads of it. Pubie hairs comin' out their ears and eyeballs. Like I said, it was a different time back then, a simpler time.
And let me tell you what, that baby had an appetite is big as the day is long. They tried feeding him porkchops but he ate all the pigs. They tried feeding him peanut brittle but he cleaned out the peanut trees. They tried feeding him buffaloes and damn near extincted 'em doing it. They wound up getting some of those Chinese immigrants (they were dime-a-dozen back in wild west times before inflation) and had them whippin' up a mess of flapjacks around the clock. Once that big baby became a big man, them Chinamans would stack them flapjacks up about 15 feet high, drown them in maple syrup, and big ol' Paul would stomp on in, shaking the earth under his feet, and he would gobble them up like the T-Rex did to that goat on Jurassic Park.
But he grew up tall and he grew up right. He could swing that ax like a mother fucker. He'd chop down a whole forest before Average Joe was done splitting fire wood. He'd get up early and be out past moon-up just whackin' and whackin'. He whacked so much his hands got all calloused and his pube beard got bushier than Eugene Levy's eyebrows. Levy's brows have the the standard measurement for bushiness since the old days.
But things weren't all biscuits and gravy. Sometimes he got down right depressed on account of being so tall and all. He couldn't fit in the movie theater to watch the new Nora Ephron vehicle. He was to big to play hide and go seek. And he was bound to never know the touch of a woman because his giant weewee was bound to split her open sticky side first, like a melon. Just like how he killed his Ma. And with those calloused hands of his, 'batin was a sandpapery misadventure that resulted more in blood than tadpoles.
So he ventured off on his lonesome. Just whackin' his life away. Until one day he ate a 10 sheets of acid that he bought of this dude with a hemp necklace with a fucking crystal hanging off it and flat billed ballcap. Total Disco Biscuits fan. Anyways, that acid hit him like George Clinton hits the crack pipe and our boy Pauly B. started wiggin' out thoroughly. Wellington Wigout style. He wigged out so hard that he thought he made friends with a giant blue ox named Babe. He hallucinated that they traveled the countryside, going to bluegrass festivals, selling grilled cheese sandwiches, and talking about sustainable living.
But the acid started taking a turn for the worst. One thing led to another and he hacked Babe into little blue pieces with his ax. Murdered in cold blood. He panicked. So he put the butchered body parts in a bunch of oil barrels and hid them in the swamp and got the fuck out of there.
Then his trip turned inward. Who was he? What was he doing? Was he really just going to go through life chopping down forests? Life was different now that Babe was dead. He was alone. He knew it was time. He knew he needed to make a complete change in his lifestyle.
So he shaved off his beard and went to community college to become a Certified Public Accountant. Then he got a job in the city at a big shot accounting firm and lived out the rest of his days like a cog in the machine.
Only he knew about his dark past. Only he knew about what he did to Babe. Only he knew where those oil barrels were hidden.
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Tuesday, 24 July 2012
White space and paint...
Today I have been at Papermaze...sorting out the August kit. We had already put one together, but due to item dates for bits being in stock have been pushed back, we had to re do it all. So I can show you one of the pages that I made from the original kit.
I really tried on this page to add the splatters that are so 'in' right now and I tried for the white space...honestly...I need your opinion...
After playing around with both mists and paints, I am leaning towards using paints. The mists spread out a bit while they were drying which I did not like. But the paint was better...also then with a light touch i could add the splotches to a specific place that I wanted them to go......so much better for a control freak like me! lol...
I am totally loving that Picasca now has the capability to make the Polaroid shape for your photos...much better than me figuring it out on my own!!!
I now have a few days to work with the new August kit....see you later x
18 comments:
- hotpotato said...
like this layout, the slats finish it off nicely.
- 24 July 2012 11:58
- Anita S said...
i love it wendy!!
i find the oa sprinklers better than glimmermists for the splats... but paint is good too! - 24 July 2012 12:07
- kjjc said...
you want honesty? Well I honestly think it is gorgeous. I do like white space though. this has all your trademarks and is beautiful as always.
- 24 July 2012 12:59
- Lilith Eeckels said...
Love. Paint is a great option to mists and the finish is very different. Love the colours you used!!!!
- 24 July 2012 13:06
- Sarah Webb said...
Lovely colours, really pop on the white! I like it, but you know I am partial to mist!
- 24 July 2012 13:30
- beckyjune said...
Love it, Wendy! I just love your beautiful, fun style. Everything always looks so perfect :) ♥
- 24 July 2012 16:13
- Cassandra aka Scrap Savvy said...
You go girl. You rocked this style. Gorgeous page! I love everything about it! The photos, the pops of colour, the details, splatters and of course... the butterflies.
- 24 July 2012 16:38
- Juisie said...
I really love it, it wonderfull! I love the splatters of paint, the foto's, the white on white, the SPACE! You asked an honest opinion, for me all the empty space is great, the only thing that seems a bit too empty to me is the space below the foto's. Hope you get what I mean. But, hey, that's me criticizing on a LO that's WAY more beautyfull then anything I ever did (and will?) create, lol!
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- Wendy said...
Juisie....i agree...in hindsight i should have not hidden away my journaling and added it there. This is the first time i have done that, not sure if i will do it again.
- 24 July 2012 20:42
- Debbie P said...
Absolutely gorgeous! Love all the splatters!
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- Shilo said...
I really love this...the color scheme - fabulous!!
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- kate blue said...
i struggle with white space too...but after seeing your creation (and loving it and pinning it) I am encouraged to try and try...
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- Shelly at Shelly's Creations said...
I love your layout. I love the pop of color and I love that Picasa and PicMonkey make the polaroid picture easy to create. Great job!! - Shelly
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- Kim said...
So it totally rocks BIG TIME!
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- Jak said...
Honestly? I think you worry too much! As youve said pages are for you and no one else (must take my own advice here! lol)
I can hardly scrap anything else other than white space and clean lines...it kills me!! but Im learning to live with it lol
You are you and you scrap how you scrap...personally I love your pages :) - 25 July 2012 16:26
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Great lo! You have an amazing style!!
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This episode was great. It was cool to see a Gastrodon and a Stone Edge as well as Muddy Water. Always wondered hot it'd turn out. I like how Cyrus went crazy. It was cool to see Purugly and Skuntank.
This episode was great. It was cool to see a Gastrodon and a Stone Edge as well as Muddy Water. Always wondered hot it'd turn out. I like how Cyrus went crazy. It was cool to see Purugly and Skuntank.
Here we have it, the second part of the Cynthia/ Team Galactic two-parter. And what a great and fantastic episode it was once again!
Let's take a closer look at it:
An awesome battle at the beginning. That's what I call a real turmoil! A rousing and thrilling scene full of action. Chimchar's care for Pikachu and its courage were somehow moving. It is a great Pokemon with an just as great character.
Awwwww, I LOVED when my Queen Cynthia said: "Oh please...I'm fine with showing off". She so adorable and sympathetic and still knows when she has to act as the powerful and determined Champion. I loooove her awareness of being elite which shows through whenever it is appropriate.
Lovely and elite...what a woman! What an (almost) perfect woman :eek: I have such a crash on her, I barely can describe it
Chimchar stroking Ash's cheek was so sweet. You can't help being moved by this scene.
And then Queen Cynthia's profound words about the relationship between Ash, Chimchar and Paul. I'm still philosophizing about what she could have alluded to. What does she mean? What exactly is that bond between the three? I mean, it's Cynthia who said those words, so, they simply must have consequences for the future. Oh, Cynthia if only you had already revealed the mystery of your words!
While Cyrus was rather neutral in the first part, he can rightly be called creepy, no, even terrifying this time. Just recall that scene in front of the fresco where he yells at Team Rocket with that intimidating voice and almost goes nuts. This was somewhat surprising for Pokemon but the more unusual, the better it was. Cyrus eye's becoming red and turning into the orbs and his devilish laughter while the fresco was also truning red almost made you wonder if he might be a descendant of the devil himself.
Well, although I planned not to criticize anything about this episde, there's something that bothered me nevertheless.
How in the world could Skuntank escape with the Lustrous Orb??? It left the building through the entrance which means it had to get past Garchomp and Pikachu as well as Cynthia and Ash (!!) who were standing at the entrance. That's just impossible!
We just saw it running towards Jupier and all of a sudden(!) the whole (!) Team Galactic (even Mars' group within(!) the buiding) were gone as if they would have been magicked away. This simply destroyes the logic of the episode. Do the writers really want to make us believe that our heroes and the Champion(!!) Cynthia were not able to cope with a team whose Pokemon are not really that powerful, or to chase them at least? I'd be grateful for a logical answer, because I won't let this confusing fact destroy the excellent and outstanding episode
Again, a masterpiece and despite the logical mistake mentioned above I'll award the maximum of points available:
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I liked watching this ep. Although it was hard to make out what they were saying at some points (especially Team Rocket).
Did Ash say that he sucked? He did! He said "Man, I suck!". It was weird hearing him say that..
Team Galactic is serving as a bigger threat than Team Magma or Aqua. They're so awesome...
Overall rating: 10/10
...why does Jupiter sound like a teenager?
...why did they play Vicious's theme at the end?
WHY DID THEY PAD THE PLOT WITH TEAM ROCKET? And usually I LOVE Rocket plots! But that was just pathetic! How exactly were they able to just WALK OUT with the orb? Especially with everything around there that could just come up and take it away from them! There's only one person I can think of who could have pulled that off successfully and it's Brodie. And he would have dressed up as a Galactic to do it.
...although that would have been made of complete win and awesome and aasffhkehfkashfkshdfsdfhsf *droooooool*.
Also, I really feel sorry for Sean Schemmel. Thinking of how many takes that DIVINE RAAAAAAGE! scene must have taken, I can only imagine how long he'd have to rest his throat after that. Seriously, try to match that just *once*, and then try to do it, like, five more times, and tell me what your throat feels like. Heck, he'd be lucky if it didn't trigger his gag.
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- Cyrus' personality is great. Freakin' psychopath.
- This episode makes me think Cynthia will have further roles in the Team Galactic arc. That should secure her at least one more appearence. Possibly the final TG showdown like in the games.
- Ah, so Jupiter is in charge of collecting the pixies. Saturn and Mars had episodes focusing on them, Jupiter will probably get an episode devoted to her when the group reach Lake Aqucity with Hunter J.
- One of Brock's pokemon did enough to end up in a hospital bed? Wow.
Could it possibly be the conflicting natures between Ash and Paul?
When 2 things meet, something is born....
When Ash meets Paul, the truth is born!
Think about it: Chimchar was previously with Paul, but then went with Ash.
So Chimchar then is whatever is "born" when Ash and Paul become one (uhh no AshxPaul intended).
I think Cynthia is trying to say that only when you experience both sides of something can you truly understand it.
Chimchar, when he was with Paul, underwent the deepest cruelty, thus it only understands the negative side of life.
Then, he came to Ash, who symbolizes all the positive things in life.
Now that Chimchar has experienced both, it knows the true value of love and friendship.
Notice how Paul's Pokemon are all cruel and cold and how Ash's Pokemon are all ignorant and take his love for granted.
Only Chimchar understands the true value, so he went and suffered the blow for Pikachu.
This would also explain why Cynthia suspected Chimchar to be previously Paul's; she knew what would be "born" when their ways fuse.
Feel free to tear up my analysis!
I always want to know what others think :]
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So, I finally saw it on place-that-must-not-be-mentioned. (No Cartoon Network here, as it turns out. Feh.) Good follow-up to last week's.
Cyrus. Wow. Bringing the crazy at maximum levels. Cynthia seems a bit suspicious of him now; I wonder how that will play out.
Ash. Surprisingly mature and very young at the same time this episode. I was surprised at the compliment from Cyrus- I think he may be the most complex villain Ash has ever faced. Pity Ash doesn't know that yet.
Croagunk and Chimchar. Not often we see injuries that last longer than an overnight stay.
...Did Ash actually recognise TR before they removed their costumes? It's the end of an era! (Or not; I think we all know Our Heroes will go back to not noticing the talking Meowth nest episode.)
Dawn is scared, and says so flat out, and gives good reasons for it. There is actually a discussion of the implications of what could happen.
Several interesting points to this episode. Our Heroes have a good reason for not knowing a villain is a Real Bad Guy for a change, since he is vouched for by two well-respected figures and the kids don't know him well enough to realize that he is batcrap crazy- although the Villain Rant in the ruins may have given them a clue. A connection between Team Galactic and Hunter J is strongly hinted at; I can't say it's revealed since they didn't actually refer to her by name, but I doubt they'd bring in a new Hunter at this point. The Bad Guys are now 3 for 3, and Ash's temper is on the rise. That's never a good thing- Ash exploding means he does something stupid and reckless, but Ash truly angry and in control tends to get things done that shouldn't be possible. And I still wonder if Cyrus thinks there is a connection between Ash, Dawn, and the Sprites. If so, what will he do about it?
For a change, I'll comment on the voice acting- I didn't care at all for Jupiter's voice. I was hoping for something more Ruth Henshall-ish. Or a bit smoky, like Sarah Vaughn.
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Great episode, I can't wait to see Hunter J going after the lake spirits.
I'm a bit disappointed in Cynthia, you would think having the region champion
on your side would make a huge difference. Also, we're use to Ash & Pals being
oblivious to everything but her not catching on the Cyrus disapointed me, I like
her and now I feel she isn't as smart as I thought. She was suspicious but seriously, Cyrus is a terrible actor and everyone watching would have known he was with Team Galactic even without already knowing. I dunno, they got away on her watch, it just doesn't sit well with me. Still, great episode, I love the Admins.
A great episode, with a very intriguing end. Finally, we see Ash not being able to foil the plan of the villain organization. The major battle in the museum put up a hell lot of smoke, TR should've run away with the Orb instantly. But their biggest mistake was discarding the police uniforms. With that, they could've got past the barricades and disappeared with the Orb. But this ending is okay, as it sets up a promising battle.
Cyrus was really given a psychopathic character.
Il Gran Velenatore del Poke-mondo.
The Great Poisoner of the Pokeworld.
AH. I loved this episode. (: So much stuff about it. I loved how TG let TR leave with the orb, just so they could track them down without the twerps there. AND JUPITER. I had to get used to her voice. For some reason I was thinking she was going to have a more deeper womanly voice ..but ah well. It was okay anyways.
And Cyrus ..I fricken love how angry he gets, and everyone is just all "WTF" at him. xD
AND MARS. <3 I wanted to squeeze her when she giggled at the end when Cyrus came in the room and said something to Saturn about why so many things went wrong. xD That just shows Mars, besides being evil and bad, is a very giggly, happy girl. (:
I really love Team Galactic. This episode was great with all three commanders together. Very awesome! <3
And I was kinda surprised how the twerps and Cynthia just gave up in the end ..you would think they'd go after TG still. But in the end you could tell Cynthia senses something was up with Cyrus.
Loved the episode. (: TG IS AMAZINGGG!
Well I've gotta admit that this is quite a good attempt to explain it
However, I tend to think that the actual meaning of Cynthia's saying is that you don't necessarily have to experience both sides of something, but that when two different poles come together ( Ash and Paul), something will be born.
Chimchar then is the concrete embodiment of that abstract something that is born of Ash and Paul alike.
We're slowly becoming philosophical ^^
btw. According to serebii.net, the next episode won't air until the week after next. Why?
"Sorry if I seem so upset" (^^), but that's a front if you ask me
Last edited by ash_forever; 9th March 2009 at 1:06 AM.
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[01:37] <Brainless> I hate the WORLD.
[01:37] <Trainer_Trixie> trade your soul on wifi
I don't mean ignorant as in stupid or anything. But I think all Ash's other Pokemon, including Pikachu, take his love for granted.
You can only truly identify, understand, and then appreciate something when it's not there. Ash's Pokemon, especially Pikachu, have never been away from his love. Therefore, they take it for granted and can't truly appreciate it's value.
The concept is like air pressure. We know it exists because science says so, but we don't truly understand what it is. This is because we have never experienced life without it. It's the same thing with Ash and his Pokemon I think.
Wait... I don't understand what you're trying to say. Mind elaborating? XDD
OOOOO and I just remembered something.
Remember back in Battle Frontier?
Ash battled the dude with Swampert and Arcanine.
He used a Water + Fire fusion attack!!
And it turned into something else! XDDD
Yaaaay my first sig! x3
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Well Muddy Water wasn't as muddy as I thought it would be.
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To be honest, I actually just repeated what you had already said, namely this:
Between Ash and Paul something abstract (an idea or whatsoever) was born whenever the met. And Chimchar is the one who embodies this abstract "something" concretely or, if you want, in reality ^^So Chimchar then is whatever is "born" when Ash and Paul become one (uhh no AshxPaul intended).
I just disagree with your argument that the saying is meant to express that you have to experience both extremes to cherish the positive things in life. That may be true in general , but I think that's not what Cynthia's saying insinuates.
Yeah I know, philosophy can be somewhat difficult ^^
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[01:37] <Brainless> I hate the WORLD.
[01:37] <Trainer_Trixie> trade your soul on wifi
Hmm... we'll see.
It isn't like Pokemon to go into something this deep, so I'm probably wrong XDD
Can't wait until Cynthia reveals the true meaning!
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Posted 01 June 2012 - 12:34 PM
This is all H12, Movement is pretty good, detail and shading kind of $hit to be honest. grid size is 300x300. Fume/Maya does a better job at the shading and detail bit, Houdini seems to have more realistic movement. Next step is to see if uprezed fire looks good or not. (this fire sim is not uprezed)
Also the pyro shader is just horribly slow. Sim time here was 10 minutes which is amazing (Im using OpenCL HW acceleration) BUT..8 HOURS for rendering without any scattering???. I played with the voxel step size to no avail. Thats a bottleneck.
Does anyone out there have a decent fire shader (something just kitchen sink) that doesn't soak up gobs of time?
Posted 01 June 2012 - 02:52 PM
The render times seem excessive...
I am assuming you didn't use the default shelf tools to set up the fire but worked it up from scratch and may not have the regular fields present.
If there is no smoke being rendered (still need to define something as density), then you just need to render the fire (emission) field. In the Pyro2 shader, the fire part of the Pyro shader doesn't do any light look-ups so should be quite fast to render. It's just a simple volume look up and ramp colour applied. Note that since the opacity is set to 0 for fire emissive elements, no Stochastic Transparency is done so that's out.
I also wonder if the scene size is much larger or smaller than the defaults (usually something that fits on the default construction plane works kinda ok with the default Volume Step size of 0.1). If you render with the Micropolygon render engine, then each and every vertex on every microvoxel needs to be shaded so dialling in the Shading Quality (voxel facing area to camera where SQ of 1 is about 1pixel and 2 is about 1/4pixel in area facing the camera) and the Volume Step size which is in Camera Z-Depth scene units is critical or else you are over-shading for the quality you get. That can really kill render times and push memory way up for what the volume really is.
If you try raytracing and your render times pick up, it suggests that the Volume Step size is maybe too small. With raytracing, shading is performed when sampled so you can be more aggressive with the Volume Step Size (setting smaller than for micropolygon rendering) but it's still better to find that best value to optimize rendering with micropolygon rendering.
I really don't think it's the Pyro2 shader at this time but you never know.
As for sharp volumes, if the volume res is quite low compared to the final render resolution, then yeah it's challenging to get a sharp looking volume but you never know what's possible without resorting to doing an upres sim but it may be the only way if a very low res fire gives you the behaviour and increasing the res kills that behaviour.
The biggest factor as far as rendering goes and sharpness/blurriness is the Volume Filter and the Volume Filter Width. Default of Box and width of 1 is not that great with lowish resolution volumes. You can go two routes. Create a nice smooth soft edged volume and then try to contour sharpen in the Pyro shader or try to choose a sharpening filter such as Blackman or Sync (very harsh and prone to ringing) with filter widths from 1.0 to 1.5 or experiment to create a sharper low res volume to render.
Again please attach the scene file and a .bgeo frame of the volume geometry you are rendering.
Posted 20 June 2012 - 07:43 AM
old school, on 01 June 2012 - 02:52 PM, said:
You always give very useful advises, thanks very much! Now I am too have a fight with a low simulation which I am trying to render on 2k and get a maximum details from it. But one problem wich I have it's a lot of noise which gives me a calculation of Stochastic Transperensy, because I have several smokes with some opacity and I can see this random pattern on the soft edges between mixing of this smokes... So this is a very big hadake, because the help told me that the one way to avoid this noise - it's increasing of Pixel Samples and as I saw - decreasing of Volume Step Size.. But the time of render is growing up to much.. And I still have a little noise with next preferenses:
Pixel Samples: 10 10
Min Ray Samples: 3
Max Ray Samples: 9
Transper Sampl: 25
And it's doesn't matter - PBR or Raytrays I try to use , one differens is only a time - PBR is slower..
If you have some advises, I will be very pleasure to hear it!
The best way to avoide all this - to use Micropoly and Shadow Map, but recaults have a very huge difference in good looking in comparing with Raytrayse.. So.. this is a close circle
Forgot. You usually don't see this problem with Stocastic Transperensy if you have only one smoke.. and preferences can be lower in a 2-3 times, but when you have several intersection smokes - you have my case..
Edited by llldemonlll, 20 June 2012 - 07:58 AM.
Posted 20 June 2012 - 02:03 PM
And use micropolygon render, not PBR. and since it's only fire, you don't need shadows.
Edited by bunker, 20 June 2012 - 02:42 PM.
Posted 20 June 2012 - 03:44 PM
bunker, on 20 June 2012 - 02:03 PM, said:
And use micropolygon render, not PBR. and since it's only fire, you don't need shadows.
I use pyro shader and I have only smoke without fire.. Mikropolygon render with ray trace shadows gives some noise too.. not with that preferences which I wrote above, with a bit lower. But smoke looks very blured and the cause of noise in this case on my opinion is the noise in the shadows.. In that case about which I wrote - the cause is calculation of St. Transperency and this noise has a different looking.. like some pixel noise..
I tryed some time ago to use custom shader but I didn't see a big difference in speed.
Posted 20 June 2012 - 08:22 PM
This takes 52 sec on my 2.66 i7 laptop:
Micropolygon render, motion blur on, Dicing 1.25
Pixel sample 3x3, volume step size 0.1, opacity limit 0.9
Volume filter : Blackman 1.1, motion factor 1
the shader is a modified "basic smoke"
It's not a full HD render, but it wouldn't take 8 hours for the whole sequence
Edited by bunker, 20 June 2012 - 09:15 PM.
Posted 20 June 2012 - 09:19 PM
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(stochastic transparency off).
I also re-run the micropolygon render also with stochastic transparency turned off and it's now 33s.
Edited by bunker, 20 June 2012 - 09:22 PM.
Posted 20 June 2012 - 09:21 PM
Ok Im doing more testing this week (I was away on holiday).
So to answer some previous questions: im just using basic pyroFX2.0 features... nothing modified in the solver.
I was also using the PyroFX2.0 shader. and micropoly rendering. Yea I thought it was pretty bizzare that I was getting such slow rendering times.
Bunker, could you share your shader? Or are you basically just doing a ramp based on heat/temperature in the shader?
In general though I think what Im getting form this threat is.. .. build my own shader for Fire and start from the simple smoke shader
Im going to try a few things and get back to you guys.
bunker, on 20 June 2012 - 08:22 PM, said:
This takes 52 sec on my 2.66 i7 laptop:
Micropolygon render, motion blur on, Dicing 1.25
Pixel sample 3x3, volume step size 0.1, opacity limit 0.9
Volume filter : Blackman 1.1, motion factor 1
the shader is a modified "basic smoke"
It's not a full HD render, but it wouldn't take 8 hours for the whole sequence
Posted 20 June 2012 - 09:33 PM
- rename density to heat.
- create a parameter named "opacity"
then :
heat > fit_range > color ramp > Cf
_new Of * opacity > Of
0.1-0.2 is a normally a good value for fire opacity.
Posted 21 June 2012 - 08:04 PM
bunker, on 20 June 2012 - 09:33 PM, said:
- rename density to heat.
- create a parameter named "opacity"
then :
heat > fit_range > color ramp > Cf
_new Of * opacity > Of
0.1-0.2 is a normally a good value for fire opacity.
Posted 24 June 2012 - 01:27 PM
Raytrace, mb, pixels samples 3*3, grid size 209*233*430.
Render time 3 minutes(it can be faster).
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Although Gracie Jiu-Jitsu consists of more than 600 techniques, studies of the fights conducted by members of the Gracie Family show that 36 techniques have been used more often, and with greater success, than all the other techniques combined. Originally developed for the U.S. Army, Gracie Combatives is the only course that is entirely dedicated to the mastery of these 36 essential techniques. Up until now, this course was taught exclusively at a small network of Gracie Academy certified training centers, but now, for the first time ever, the complete Gracie Combatives course is available on DVD and can be learned from the comfort of your own home!
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I have only had a chance to review one lesson. However, the lesson is broken down into very easy to understand steps. It really is like having the Gracies in you livingroom.
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There DVDs are really well done. I cannot tell you how they have helped me identify my bad habits and explain techniques that I have stuggled with. I have been a BJJ student for two years at a Ceasar and now Charles Graice schools and you dont learn eveything by rolling. I honesly never attempt some locks because they nver seem to work, after just the first few lessons, I began to see the holes in my game. I aslo use these with my son, who is under Alex Crispim and he has also benfitted. I ordered the mats from MMA Wharehouse so that I can be a Gracie Garage. I emaied the Gracie institue and they do not care where you buy them. They are high quality and I recommend you get them here as the Gracies were sold out.
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I just started taking classes and the dvds help me prepare for upcoming classes and review prior classes. Anyone wanting additional practice outside of live classes I highly recommend these.
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The Gracie brothers have broken it down to a stepwise process of learning and perfecting basic jiu jitsu. The spirit is one of playfulness yet respect for their grandfather's philosophy.
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LeBron James shrugged off a poor start to get 32 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, Ray Allen hit a 3-pointer with 5.2 seconds to play to force overtime, and the Miami Heat staved off elimination with a 103-100 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night.
Top lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo reached agreement Tuesday on a plan to allow four Las Vegas-style casinos upstate, as closed-door negotiations on other major legislative issues continued late into the night.
The troubled East Ramapo school district's $209.5 million proposed budget passed by a wide margin Tuesday, a month after taxpayers rejected a similar plan.
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Fumiko Bradley told neighbors that she 'lied to police' in her statement about her husband that alleged he slammed a door on her hand, one of those neighbors testified Tuesday at former Mayor Adam Bradley's retrial on spousal-abuse charges.
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High-speed diameter measurement and detection of lumps and neckdowns
The gauge heads of the new LASER Series 6000 combine a variety of new technological features for the highest precision and reliability to improve productivity of the production line sustainably.
2,500 measurements per second, all with extremely high single value precision allow for an optimum line control and provide reliable statistical data. The gauge heads measure the diameter of cables with an impressive precision and repeatability. SIKORA offers 3 gauge head models for diverse product diameters.
Integrated display and automatic diameter control in the gauge head
The devices have an integrated LCD display with control panel. This gives the operator the diameter value at one glance, directly at the measuring device. At the control panel the diameter nominal value can be entered and the control module activated. Via line speed or extruder rpm the module controls the diameter automatically to the specified value.
Lump detector function
The high measuring rate of the diameter devices also permits the detection of lumps and neckdowns. With the two-in-one system investment costs are reduced. In addition, there is more space in the line as only one gauge head has to be installed.
Directly integrated in the gauge heads is an universal interface module for all connections such as RS485, RS232, Profibus-DP or alternative industrial field busses such as CANopen, Ethernet/IP, DeviceNet, ProfiNet. In this position it is perfectly protected against dirt, water or mechanical influences during the production.
Gauge head design
The opening of the gauges is twice as big as the measuring range to ensure an easy product feed through. A special feature is the swivel type gauge head. It allows for the gauge head to be easily moved up out of the extrusion line. The measuring heads are open at the bottom to prevent dirt and water from falling into the measuring area. The feeding of the connection cables is protected, directly in the gauge head stand.
W-LAN Interface
The LASER Series 6000 has common interfaces as well as an optional WLAN-interface, which allows for a direct connection to a smart phone or laptop. The W-LAN-interface is used for diagnosis and quality control. Measuring values, trend and statistic data, but also video signals are transferred.
SIKORA App
SIKORA offers a free app for displaying measuring values, trends, statistics or video signals at smart phones. The operator can easily log in via the W-LAN interface and receives immediately production data of the particular gauge head at the smart phone.
Product diameter | 0.2 - 18 mm | 0.5 - 38 mm | 1 - 78 mm |
Accuracy*1) | ┬▒ 0.2 ┬Ąm | ┬▒ 0.5 ┬Ąm | ┬▒ 1 ┬Ąm |
Repeatability*2) | 0.1 ┬Ąm | 0.2 ┬Ąm | 0.5 ┬Ąm |
Resolution | selectable 0.1 ┬Ąm, 1 ┬Ąm, 10 ┬Ąm (factory set 1┬Ąm) | ||
Exposure time | 0.2 ╬╝s | ||
Measuring rate | 2,500 measurements/s | ||
Interfaces | RS485, RS232, LAN (Ethernet); W-LAN (WiFi)*3), Profibus-DP*3), analog interface*3), CANopen*3), Ethernet/IP*3), DeviceNet*3), ProfiNet*3) and further industrial field buses | ||
Power supply | 100 ... 240 V ┬▒ 10%, 50/60 Hz | ||
Dimensions | 345 x 200 x 65 mm (WxHxD) | 420 x 290 x 65 mm (WxHxD) | 705 x 535 x 65 mm (WxHxD) |
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