Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!mcnc!ece-csc!ncrcae!ncr-sd!crash!adamsd From: adamsd@crash.CTS.COM (Adams Douglas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: There's No Fun At Pixar Message-ID: <1503@crash.CTS.COM> Date: Mon, 10-Aug-87 16:53:13 EDT Article-I.D.: crash.1503 Posted: Mon Aug 10 16:53:13 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 12-Aug-87 02:00:03 EDT References: <1681@cadovax.UUCP> <921@hp-sdd.HP.COM> <354@sccc0.teknek.UUCP> <941@omepd> Reply-To: adamsd@crash.CTS.COM (Adams Douglas) Distribution: world Organization: Deep Space Network--JPL/NASA Lines: 34 In article <941@omepd> hah@mipon3.UUCP (Hans Hansen) writes: >I think that you have just hit the nail on the head, i.e. a $2K computer >and a $200 program displaying a 3D animation that PIXAR created on their >$20K-$200K graphics engine and are probably asking 10s of thousands of >dollars for their 3D programming package. Not only that but Leo did it >in less than a week!! Absolutly astounding!!! And with a 3D package >that he wasn't familiar with to boot!!! > >Yes I think I can now see why PIXAR does not want Leo's work displayed. > Well, from _that_ standpoint, there is no question as to which animation had superior rendering. This is not denigrating Leo's effort, but frankly folks and Amy just ain't as good as a (whatever kind of imager Pixar used for RD). The Amy animation was aliased up the wazoo, and had much poorer color gradation the Pixar's hyperreal production. This has nothing to do with how good the Amy is or isn't. It's just that even 640x400 can't approach 1Kx1K (or whatever it was). There _is_ a difference between $2200 and $60,000 or so. It's just that sometimes the ingenuity of users can diminish that price/utility ratio substantially. -- ======================================================= Adams Douglas ARPA:crash!adamsd@nosc.mil AT&T:818-354-3076 DSN/JPL/NASA UUCP:{cbosgd | hplabs!hp-sdd | sdcsvax | nosc}!crash!adamsd Internet: adamsd@crash.CTS.COM My opinions! Do you hear? MINE! Not JPL's. "Do not be angry with me if I tell you the truth." -- Socrates "Tell the Truth and run."--Yugoslav proverb