I need some help, you see, I'm wondering which programs would be best to create graphics
for Coldstone, as well as which Quicktime music creator programs would be best to make
music with Coldstone?
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"I am the master of this
universe now, and you
will bow down before
me!"-Yugi, Tenchi In
Photoshop is still the definite graphic tool for me
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Photoshop is very good for graphics, and my music program of choice is Melody Assistant. Photoshop is of course commercial, and Melody is shareware from (url="http://"http://www.myriad-online.com")http://www.myriad-online.com(/url) . Melody will export to Quicktime or MIDI, but you need the registered version to export your entire work.
Hope this helps 
There's (url="http://"http://www.quadmation.com/pphome.htm")Player Pro(/url), a very good music program. It's a shareware.
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I like amapi best for modeling - making 3d-models- although it's very bugprone no program can give you the control amapi does - free version on (url="http://"http://amapi.idevgames.com/html/download.html")http://amapi.idevgam...l/download.html(/url)
And i use cinema 4d for rendering - turnign the 3d models into pictures - its the fastest raytrace renderer on the planet - but all i care about it that' the renders look better then lightwaves (url="http://"http://maxon.net/jumps/cinema4d_xl_e.html")http://maxon.net/jum...ema4d_xl_e.html(/url)
other programs people use are
-bryce for landscapes - very slow but gives you realistic results easily - very easily!
-poser for figures - although you really have to export to get real good rendering esults - to c4d or bryce for instance
-lightwave because its supposed to be a industry standard - that's why it takes you a few months to master it
-maya because they can afford it - think ferrari and lamborghini rolled into one - this is the real industry standard
there are much more 3d programs out there wich are less known but have vast community support - pixel3d for instance or hash animation master...
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Another popular one is Animation: Master, though it takes a while to learn. Good for modeling smooth curved surfaces and mechanical objects alike, and it's relatively inexpensive ($300). It's rendering engine isn't the greatest though, and it needs a lot of memory.
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Strata has a free 3D program called "Strata 3D base". It works quite well for me, except for the pop up ads.
(url="http://"http://www.strata.com")www.strata.com(/url)
-John
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For my rpg I use:
Painter - use a wacom tablet with it and be amazed.
Some new game editor called Coldstone, I believe
Shareware:
Graphic Converter - to change colordepth of picts to 16 bits
3D Freebies:
Older versions of Bryce
Amapi older versions
Amorphium 1.0
Tip:
if you want to create a fantasy/medieval kind of rpg, you might find some use for freeware Celtic Assistant: makes intricate celtic 3D interweavings on the fly. Great for interfaces!
Don't have any URLS for you, sorry
Of course PShop is great, pressure sensitivity sucks, I'm afraid.
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Tip:
if you want to create a fantasy/medieval kind of rpg, you might find some use for freeware Celtic Assistant: makes intricate celtic 3D interweavings on the fly. Great for interfaces!
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(url="http://"http://www.gigagraphica.com/ca/cainfo.html")http://www.gigagraph.../ca/cainfo.html(/url)
Thanks for the lead!
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And while I'm here;
I would strongly recommend Bryce to a beginner, as it is easy to learn, rapidly becomes smooth and intuitive to use, and will not stunt you later. Bryce's strength is in the textures and rendering options, and can generate wonderfully detailed and organic-looking terrains and objects quite simply. I'd use it as the basis for tiles, stamps, startup screen, and interfaces. It ain't bad at QT animations, either.
And did I mention a large helpful friendly community of Bryce users? Tons of tutorials, free textures, models?
That said, Bryce is not optimized for modelling. I use Ray Dream5.5 myself (and hate it) plus a little Amorphium to tweak things, and I'm lazy enough to use Poser for human and animal figures -- with the huge free and low-cost character and figure libraries out there Poser is a pretty durn good deal. P3 was on a magazine cover CD last month; there might still be a copy in your local store if you hurry.
A good paint program is mandatory. I'm lucky enough to have PhotoShop4.01; that and a little GraphicConverter fills my needs for now.
I can not personally make recommendations in music softs, as my home studio is based around six rackspaces of gear (mostly Roland sound modules), sampling keyboard and Yamaha drum pads, plus mixers and stomp boxes and what-have-you. I generally do the actual composing in MusicShop2.02, although I've got a free version of StudioVision around somewhere. I tweak sound effects in SoundEdit16, plus a little Time Bandit and Hyperprism.
Much depends on whether you intend to do loop-based, sample-based, or more classically oriented composing. If I was looking for cheap software, I'd go to CNET.com and start downloading demos to try out.
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Seeing as I've just started to dig into Coldstone, I don't know all it's capabilities, but I presume that it's implementation of Quicktime allows for MIDI playback through QTMusicArcitecture. On that note, my recommendation for software to create music for your games is Scott Lahteine's FretPet. (url="http://"http://www.users.qwest.net/~lscott44/fretpet/")http://www.users.qwe...cott44/fretpet/(/url)
FretPet uses elements from video games in it's framework which makes creating with it both fun and easy. (His site has links talking about this stuff for all us programmer geeks and programmer wanna-bes (That's Moi!).) FretPet also has some of the most impressive use of balloon help I've ever seen. The software is shareware, but not crippled. Scott is a great guy, so support the shareware aspect of FretPet.
-chuck
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**That said, Bryce is not optimized for modelling. I use Ray Dream5.5 myself (and hate it) plus a little Amorphium to tweak things, and I'm lazy enough to use Poser for human and animal figures -- with the huge free and low-cost character and figure libraries out there Poser is a pretty durn good deal. P3 was on a magazine cover CD last month; there might still be a copy in your local store if you hurry.
A good paint program is mandatory. I'm lucky enough to have PhotoShop4.01; that and a little GraphicConverter fills my needs for now.
I can not personally make recommendations in music softs, as my home studio is based around six rackspaces of gear (mostly Roland sound modules), sampling keyboard and Yamaha drum pads, plus mixers and stomp boxes and what-have-you. I generally do the actual composing in MusicShop2.02, although I've got a free version of StudioVision around somewhere. I tweak sound effects in SoundEdit16, plus a little Time Bandit and Hyperprism.
Much depends on whether you intend to do loop-based, sample-based, or more classically oriented composing. If I was looking for cheap software, I'd go to CNET.com and start downloading demos to try out.
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Well.... yes but I did a look around, is there a way to get a free trial of Bryce, or even a way to get Raydream? 
(necro) FIxed.
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Older versions of Bryce have been given away for free with some magazines, the first issue of 3D World had version 3 I believe. MacFormat had it too. If you don't know anybody who bought those zines, you could check if it is possible to order back issues. Otherwise, look around on the web, who knows.
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"Get back to work, you slacker!" - Duke Nukem
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Originally posted by Wim:
**Older versions of Bryce have been given away for free with some magazines, the first issue of 3D World had version 3 I believe. MacFormat had it too. If you don't know anybody who bought those zines, you could check if it is possible to order back issues. Otherwise, look around on the web, who knows.
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3D World did indeed have Bryce3D on the cover CD -- and inside, the only published image I'll likely ever have :frown:
Pretty much everything has a free demo now, tho. But on a more practical side, I was able to get much of my sotware on eBay for around $40 a pop.
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everywhere else, it's --
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