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Heh. Methinks today's secret sauce is going to be a good single malt. Something must be borked in the scene file. Just gonna start afresh and bring the objects back in and declare victory. Thanks for...

Okay, weird. I cleared the scene, dropped just a single point light into the empty space, and now the flares work.

Oi.

This is why I drink.

Yeah, that VPR shot is of my camera view. Also, this is an F9 render: nothing.

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I've tried it with and without volumetrics enabled, and also with and without legacy volumetrics; no...

I saw that, but that's supposed to be a camera view in that screenshot.

I was using lens flares on point lights in 2015.3, with a rotating star filter for that "photon torpedo" look as the lights danced about. I can't seem to get the flares to appear at all in 2018.0.4....

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Yes. I'm encountering some speed issues, to be sure. To my thinking I'll mitigate those as I evolve into a relationship with the new version. As is, the quality upgrade without needing tweaks from...

Kewl. Long may temperate and mature discussion reign! :beerchug:

I try to avoid negative waves, but yeah. AG is probably one of the nicest guys I'd ever meet but I cannot sit through any of his videos. The few I obtained before I removed him from my Xmas card list...

Love it! As I see it, "I aim to misbehave" is a mantra for life, and orange boys live that to the fullest. Helo was a feral rescue who has slowly taken to me and now is my constant shadow. He has...

Sometimes it's the little things.

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Very cool. Thanks for stepping up and sharing the fun! :beerchug:

Okay, so. I fully understand lots of folks have lots of opinions. That's more than cool, and from where you sit your opinions are always 100% right; that's how opinion works.

I just wrapped up a...

Gonna steal that quote. Thanks for the laugh! :jam:

Yeah, and on another part of the spectrum are the literal-minded and imagination challenged. Most of my work lately has been technical stuff and even the smallest departure from literal sequences...

I hear ya. As I see it, nothing is perfect so I'm good with "good enough to get the job done." Right now that's all I need out of TFD, I get some quality time learning more about 2018, and the client...

Man, I feel ya.

Last video I just wrapped up, near the end of the run the client notes they'd like to add an object to the main scene. "It's just a quick add, right?"

Yeah, that then requires...

Ah! Thanks for that tidbit!

Started a new gig recently and decided to give 2018 a go since there's some ramping up time built into the mix. They want me to blow up a building as part of the job...

I'm figuring this is a MacOs/LW2018 specific issue since High Sierra didn't break similar functionality in any of my other apps (that I know of).

Just wrapped a gig and starting a new one,...

Cool! I teach computer graphics at SUNY Polytech as a part-time adjunct. My stuff tends to be 800 level electives so I get the luxury of kids who have been through some stuff and who want to be...

Wow, it's been forever since I was on this site! Client work has me crazy busy, and it's all 2015.3 work; no time to get 2018 into the flow and one never changes version in the midst of a project....

Lots of stuff. I do technical explainers and how-tos, CGI commercial spots, CGI assets as part of my feature film VFX work. Those are the main ones that come to mind off the bat. I have so much work...

That's a cool idea but, alas, I also am hella busy these days so there's rarely even time to practice guitar, let alone work fun side 3D projects. Let me back burner this challenge until sometime...

It's all but done. The head guy at my local guitar shop does CNC on the side and made me a transparent pick guard; gonna try that and see whether the look appeals to me. He thinks the wood grain is...

The tonal options that work? Sounds like a choir of angels needs to come to us for lessons. The ones that are not-so-much? Sound like *** and a wipe is too good for it.

Heh.

I'm in the process...