Archive for March, 2010
Star Wars The Old Republic Holographies Update
by Rob on Mar.27, 2010, under Game Development
If you don’t get the emails this is a heads up the latest on the old republic States that the biographies are up and the big part is that you have information on some of the most important characters in the movers and shakers of the game. As always they also have updates on new area’s, lore and Sneak Peaks of the web-comic.
Lets hope Bioware continues their good work cause I really want it out and hope they have a smoother release then others.
DB&W Releases update for EXR-Trader
by Rob on Mar.27, 2010, under Art Department
Just a heads up if you use EXRTrader which is a plugin by DB&W for exporting EXR files was updated!
EXRTRADER 1.5 is now avalible for those who use it, Quoted is their release info remember you can get to their site at http://www.db-w.com/
This release features a number of feature requests from our user as well as a tweaks to the user interface, the presets system and an expanded user manual.
Changes since V1.5
Added support for writing OpenEXR data windows depending on the content of the buffers. This descreases the size of image files and speeds up loading and compositing in applications that support the OpenEXR data window (such as Fusion 6, Nuke or Shake) Updated the presets to allow for user defined directories.
Added the Pixel Inspector to the VIPER preview Various minor tweaks, such as adding a dedicated VIPER button the main user interface to toggle VIPER.
Minor bugfixes, mainly to the presets system
The free update is available in our downloads section.
Best Regards,
Dagmar and Mike.
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Regards,
The db&w Support Forum Team.
Knowing as I do how well the db&w team’s gear works.. this is great news.. EXRTrader is a great plugin for LW.
Star Trek Online First Major Content Upgrade tomorrow
by Rob on Mar.25, 2010, under Game Development, Roleplaying News, Site Related News
Just a reminder that unless something changes on the 25th Star Trek online’s first major content update the Season 1: Common Ground Expansion, it is to be followed of course by more in time.
You can find more information on star trek online at Http://www.startrekonline.com
Poll What Tutorial do you want next?
by Rob on Mar.25, 2010, under Site Related News, Tutorials
If you click view more on this topic you will see a Poll please feel Free to vote on two types of tutorials you want next the poll will close in 2 weeks after which I will see about adding a tutorial.
[poll id="3"]
Graph Video Tutorial a hit?
by Rob on Mar.24, 2010, under Robs Musings, Site Related News, Tutorials
Well by the looks of it a lot of people are wondering how to make graph’s in Microsoft powerpoint! Never expected it to be hit as much as it has 36 unique views and rising for something posted only a week or so ago. I am looking at the moment on doing another to do with graphs which shows how to use Scatter Plot graphs to create curved lines rather then the rather straight ones a line graph will give you.
And if you are looking for the video tutorial you can find it here
http://2010.star-fleet.org/index.php/site-news/2010/tutorial-graphs-for-powerpoint