I used to use 3D Studio for DOS and naturally switches to max when it came out. Being more programming oriented person I just wrote plugins that seemed useful to me.
I think they were Indigos I used A|W on, which predate O2′s I believe. One day one of the sysadmins was boasting about how cool their lab was – they’d just gotten some “Galileo” graphics board, plus installed some cool wild new thing called “PHP” on their web server (PHP 3 I think, could have even been it’s precursor – PHP/FI?). Man, time flies.
13/01/2004 at 4:46 pm Permalink
Cheesy!
13/01/2004 at 4:47 pm Permalink
(off topic, but I’ve always wondered)
Where did “Gravitonic” come from?
13/01/2004 at 4:49 pm Permalink
I made it up. Partially related to ‘graviton’ (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=graviton) I suppose.
13/01/2004 at 5:09 pm Permalink
Ah, figured maybe it was some space-age drink.
13/01/2004 at 5:21 pm Permalink
Why not.
13/01/2004 at 5:27 pm Permalink
Ingredients?
14/01/2004 at 1:13 pm Permalink
Lots of gravitonic bubbles in a fizzy quantum soup.
14/01/2004 at 1:26 pm Permalink
Probably some concoction of gin & tonic in a glass that provides it’s own gravity so it doesn’t float off.
14/01/2004 at 2:44 pm Permalink
gravitonic would a pretty cool name for a band.
14/01/2004 at 4:16 pm Permalink
Or some sort of hair regrowth serum.
Got nothin’.
14/01/2004 at 4:18 pm Permalink
I could do with some hair regrowth serum…
14/01/2004 at 8:45 pm Permalink
Andrei could probably create a “hair” plugin for 3dsmax, and call it “Gravitonic”!
15/01/2004 at 11:28 am Permalink
Andrei – what’s your background with 3dsmax? How’d you get started writing plugins – as an animator?
I think I like Maya better.
15/01/2004 at 3:40 pm Permalink
I used to use 3D Studio for DOS and naturally switches to max when it came out. Being more programming oriented person I just wrote plugins that seemed useful to me.
15/01/2004 at 8:32 pm Permalink
Wow, I started out on 3ds for DOS as well. I can remember Alias|Wavefront (on SGI) before it became Maya too.
15/01/2004 at 11:32 pm Permalink
Oh yeah, I used to own an SGI O2 which I ran A|W PowerAnimator on. Cool stuff.
16/01/2004 at 11:19 am Permalink
I think they were Indigos I used A|W on, which predate O2′s I believe. One day one of the sysadmins was boasting about how cool their lab was – they’d just gotten some “Galileo” graphics board, plus installed some cool wild new thing called “PHP” on their web server (PHP 3 I think, could have even been it’s precursor – PHP/FI?). Man, time flies.
23/01/2004 at 10:49 pm Permalink
Gravitonic is a drug?