The Renderfarm

X-27

00:58

@GiantCowFilms Despicable! purely un-acceptable! both the Question AND the Answer used paste-all! (Never fear I put them both to BE)

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Q: How can I add banded lines to the end of cinnamon sticks(or sheets of wood)?

I would like to make a realistic cinnamon stick and its shader. My approach is as much procedural as possible, but easier options are ok too. Here is my first render: And a reference image: (3)I have noticed that there's a darker line can be seen at the both ends; how can I achieve this?

NoviceInDisguise

01:31

@X-27 You beat me to protecting my question . . . if you can even protect your own

Lots of one-liners

X-27

02:05

@NoviceInDisguise First question I ever protected. I actually didn't know if that was an ok place to protect one!

NoviceInDisguise

02:59

It was, for sure. If you hadn't I would have :)

GiantCowFilms

04:23

@David Thanks for that query, will be useful :D

@gandalf3 Yup, that is the way ;D

@gandalf3 Will add tomorrow

gandalf3

05:13

Thanks

gandalf3

05:51

@GiantCowFilms Btw, the login form doesn't have a button <input>, without which pressing enter won't send the form

And FF won't prompt to remember passwords: stackoverflow.com/q/2382329/2730823

(which is bad, because I forgot my password already D:)

ah, I remembered it

phew

gandalf3

06:04

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Q: How to make a jelly material?

I want to create a jelly bear in Blender, but I don't know how to set the specific parameters. Does anyone know how to make a jelly material?

texturing materials

^^ looks to me like a case of closing the question based on the "answer"?

Where the answer is a close vote :P

I CVed as unclear, as the OP didn't provide a reference image, but IMO this is not a duplicate of the resources question.

zeffii

10:02

@gandalf3 yeah...tuff one

but OP seemed happy enough.. maybe in the future someone will ask that question and the answer "read the resources" won't be enough for them?

..maybe

David

13:47

@gandalf3 I said leave open, just because I did not want my name attached to the closed as a dup of resources. (which it is not)

GiantCowFilms

14:12

@gandalf3 @David @cegaton @RadishoftheOpera @NoviceInDisguise @X-27 @zeffii Bounty to be won!

3

Q: Animate Twisting Rope?

What is a good reliable method to animate multiple ropes being twisted together? One end of the rope will be fixed in space, while the other ends rotate in a circle, creating twist. These ends are separated not together. How can this be animated? Simulations are ideal in this regard, since I may ...

animation modifiers rigid-body-simulation cloth-simulation soft-body

Radish of the Opera

@GiantCowFilms have you tried curves?

GiantCowFilms

@RadishoftheOpera Yes, they wouldn't wrangle, and I need it to be quickly expandable

Radish of the Opera

@GiantCowFilms wouldn't wrangle????

@David solved

GiantCowFilms

They were impossible to control

@gandalf3 Your blends should be attached

@X-27 Actually, be careful about that.

When you upload the Blend to BE, you are giving BE permission to share and redistribute the file. Only the files original owner can do that. In the case of pasteall, pasteall basically strips all the rights to the file, and I think it can be re uploaded, but do be careful

NoviceInDisguise

14:44

@GiantCowFilms Do you have a reference for what you are trying to achieve?

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise Think if you attached several strings end to a wall, separated the other ends and then moved them in a circular motion creating twist

I don't have any video now, but I might be able to physically make what I'm trying to achieve

NoviceInDisguise

I think I get it

Basically proportional falloff, but animated. I have a solution I think might work.

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise Okay, goody!

NoviceInDisguise

So I can make a rope the winds tighter or looser . . .

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise Sure

NoviceInDisguise

14:57

You want the strands to start at a distance and come together, right?

GiantCowFilms

Yes

NoviceInDisguise

Hmm . . . It might be complex.

Lots of hooks i think

:/

David

@GiantCowFilms if you thought that query was good you should see the one I'm making now (nearly done).

GiantCowFilms

@David Which one?

David

@RadishoftheOpera thanks, but while you were there you could of UV it.

@GiantCowFilms I have not shared the link yet

@GiantCowFilms data.stackexchange.com/blender/query/326237/your-blend-files

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GiantCowFilms

15:04

@David to what?

David

it should be star worthy.

zeffii

RickyBlender!

i wonder how he hasnt found BSE yet

that's the blackhole of ba.org

David

@GiantCowFilms why did you star that first query?

GiantCowFilms

@David I thought it was useful, and now I can't unstar it D:

NoviceInDisguise

lol

David

15:11

@GiantCowFilms I can for you, if you want.

GiantCowFilms

@David sure

Wow!

David

wow what?

GiantCowFilms

I've passed @gandalf3 in chat messages! I'm now #1 chatter in this room!

I'm now #1 chatter in this room!

3

David

that is WOW worthy.

GiantCowFilms

I clearly talk alot

I think most people who know me in real life could attest do that

NoviceInDisguise

15:13

You really are?

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise Yup

NoviceInDisguise

Wowzers!

GiantCowFilms

ikr

NoviceInDisguise

@GiantCowFilms Working on a GIF that will show you what I have so far

Works good as far as it goes. Not sure how extendable it is

GiantCowFilms

fixed message for starring :D

NoviceInDisguise

15:14

How long of a rope do you want?

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise Adjustible length :P

@NoviceInDisguise Not too long

NoviceInDisguise

Hmm . . .

GiantCowFilms

maybe about 3-4 times the separation distance

David

gee wiz, I have only posted 4k messages in here. (you guys talk a lot)

NoviceInDisguise

How many have I done?

Can't be way too many

David

15:15

@NoviceInDisguise 9354

NoviceInDisguise

o.O

David

chat.stackexchange.com/… just hover over you picture it will tell you.

NoviceInDisguise

8%!

906 messages total containing XD, 298 of which are mine

404 lol messages

1881 totql

GiantCowFilms

oh wow, lol

NoviceInDisguise

507 :D messages

by me alone

GiantCowFilms

15:18

man o man

David

(no comment)

NoviceInDisguise

only 96 o.O messages though

X-27

NoviceInDisguise

XD

lol

:)

ROFL

:D

o.O

David

now you are just boosting your message count :)

X-27

15:20

sure, that image was doctored, but it was funny :-)

NoviceInDisguise

iKlsR's stats:
`o.O` = 127
`XD` = 118
`:D` = 334
`:)` = 0

2

David

@NoviceInDisguise run the numbers for me.

GiantCowFilms

And for me!

NoviceInDisguise

You can search your own . . .

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise These should be the real election stats!

NoviceInDisguise

15:22

XD

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise I know but I'm making you do the work :P

David

@NoviceInDisguise I wont bother, because mine would be so low.

NoviceInDisguise

Now I gotta check @David

David

lol

(there's one more)

X-27

(XTTTT arrow indicates funny)

David

15:25

@X-27 I see a theme.

NoviceInDisguise

yeah . . .

GiantCowFilms

GiantCowFilms' stats:
 `o.O` = 4
 `XD` = 155
 `:D` = 985 :O
 `:O` = 71

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NoviceInDisguise

@David Your stats are very bad, IDK if you can be a moderator :/ No results for :)

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise None for me either

I don't think it is search properly

NoviceInDisguise

He also has no real results for XD

@GiantCowFilms ?

X-27

15:27

Dec 21 '14 at 14:40, by X-27

feel free to annihilate the galaxy without me...

David

@NoviceInDisguise :)

NoviceInDisguise

lol

David

(is that better?)

X-27

Dec 23 '14 at 15:41, by X-27

all of them are essentially, Race to capture un-occupied planets, then annihilate GiantCo- I mean the opponent

David

@NoviceInDisguise I said that once

X-27

15:28

Dec 21 '14 at 19:26, by X-27

but at the first nasty moo i hear, it is war , ok?

NoviceInDisguise

Looks like @X-27 Is mister violent quotable, and I'm mister emoticon

GiantCowFilms

@gandalf3 should have some really good stats

NoviceInDisguise

lol

GiantCowFilms

he uses these alot

X-27

yah, but there funny :-)

NoviceInDisguise

15:29

He is a wizard, he makes you think they are funny but they really aren't o.O

X-27

Speaking of wizards-

Mar 6 at 18:53, by gandalf3

GiantCowFilms

@X-27 Okay

Enough!

NoviceInDisguise

GiantCowFilms

I will die if I see that again

NoviceInDisguise

Is that what you want?

GiantCowFilms

15:35

@NoviceInDisguise Not quite

NoviceInDisguise

What should be different?

GiantCowFilms

The central fixed strand is no-no, they all are on that curve

Also they stay separated always, its just then end that twist

NoviceInDisguise

Ah

GiantCowFilms

Maybe I should quickly shoot a video of it

NoviceInDisguise

That would really help

I think it might be an easy fix it I know what you want

GiantCowFilms

15:37

I took nearly 14GB of photos yesterday, wow!

NoviceInDisguise

o.O

My SD card is only 16GB

I can only get 14MP

That helps

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise Same here

NoviceInDisguise

Wow! You tanked it up then

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise I did

I took 451 photos

NoviceInDisguise

How many MP can you get!?

GiantCowFilms

15:39

21

NoviceInDisguise

Ah

GiantCowFilms

but I shoot both raw & jpeg

NoviceInDisguise

ouch

GiantCowFilms

Yes

NoviceInDisguise

I can get around 2-3k in a day

GiantCowFilms

15:40

Yah

NoviceInDisguise

only JPEG though

GiantCowFilms

I'm going to buy a 64 gig

NoviceInDisguise

Yeah, for that large filetypes, you need it

GiantCowFilms

I just need to get it over my heart to part with $70

NoviceInDisguise

:/

GiantCowFilms

15:41

@NoviceInDisguise The problem is if I offload 64GB of photos and video every week, I won't have anywhere to put them

NoviceInDisguise

Yeah

You need one of those 5TB drives then . . .

GiantCowFilms

Only got a 3TB drive D:

@NoviceInDisguise My Dad bought one

NoviceInDisguise

:D

I only have 1TB I think

GiantCowFilms

but he won't let me put my pictures on it D:

NoviceInDisguise

I can see that . . . I assume you sort them well too and delete bad ones

GiantCowFilms

15:42

Although a 4TB drive is only $100... I could buy one in an emergency

@NoviceInDisguise to lazy D:

NoviceInDisguise

That helps a ton

GiantCowFilms

Also I take few bad ones

NoviceInDisguise

:P

GiantCowFilms

I try to be careful with my shots

NoviceInDisguise

Well, 21MP I bet you would be

GiantCowFilms

15:43

Yes, lol

NoviceInDisguise

I have a lot of nice pictures, but I have a lot of #$% ones too. And I delete thousands of them

I have taken something crazy like 30k pictures

GiantCowFilms

I hate deleting photos, I'll only zap errors like completely black or somthing

NoviceInDisguise

I do too

What sort of camera do you have?

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise Canon 70D

NoviceInDisguise

I have been thinking of upgrading to a DSLR

@GiantCowFilms Nice!

Do you like it?

GiantCowFilms

15:46

@NoviceInDisguise The viewfinder is too dark

other then that its a great camera

NoviceInDisguise

@GiantCowFilms Hmm

How about video quality?

GiantCowFilms

but I'd recommend a 7D mark II if you can afford it

NoviceInDisguise

:D

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise AF is good, the video quality is standard Canon DSLR as far as compression etc.

NoviceInDisguise

So not bad then, but not super great

If I had 1.5 grand I probably would buy it . . . but i don't

And you still have to buy lenses

GiantCowFilms

15:48

@NoviceInDisguise Yes... its a nice camera, but if you want video, buy a Panasonic GH4 if you want stills a 7D mark II, it has the AF

NoviceInDisguise

ok

GiantCowFilms

The 70D was special because of the AF when I bought it, but now between the GH4 and the 7D mark II it is obsolete.

NoviceInDisguise

Holy $#*! that is expensive!

Twice the price?

GiantCowFilms

If you want the best video a Black Magic Pocket Cinema camera would be the way to go, just be aware that you will need a 10 ft high stack of 5TB hard drives

@NoviceInDisguise which one?

NoviceInDisguise

GH4

GiantCowFilms

15:54

Its only $1,500

NoviceInDisguise

I saw 3k . . .

Not bad then

GiantCowFilms

about $400 more then what I paid for my 70D, and aprox the same as the 70D mark II

NoviceInDisguise

Hmm . . .

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise its 4k

NoviceInDisguise

no, price 3 grand

GiantCowFilms

15:55

and it will do 10-bit raw 4k to an external recorder which is just amazing

NoviceInDisguise

4k is a nice feature though!

@GiantCowFilms Whoa!

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise That was probably bundled with a $1,500 lens

NoviceInDisguise

Ah, Good point

What does a good lense generally run at, do you know?

GiantCowFilms

@NoviceInDisguise What do you need?

all purpose, or just a nice prime

I got a nice 18-135 from canon for about $600

nice and versatile

NoviceInDisguise

I would be doing a lot of landscapes mostly to start, mostly outdoors

That is another question, how cross-platform compatible is the panasonic base?

GiantCowFilms

15:58

@NoviceInDisguise You might be able to get away with a 24mm Prime for about $200 - $400 you should get a decent one

@NoviceInDisguise its Micro Four Thirds

NoviceInDisguise

OK

GiantCowFilms

which will go onto alot of cameras

NoviceInDisguise

I need to earn some money I guess :)

GiantCowFilms

including the pocket cinema camera, and most mid range cinema cameras

I prefer EF though, but that is just me

@NoviceInDisguise Quick get to work on that tutorial ;D

NoviceInDisguise

lol

GiantCowFilms

15:59

I'll be available to discuss that a bit later today.

NoviceInDisguise

ok

GiantCowFilms

There is a photo I took yesterday

NoviceInDisguise

Oh nice!

GiantCowFilms

Messed up the color correction a bit though, will have to spend some time getting it right

There was a really big waterfall near by, but I'm not posting a pic since somebody may be able to id it

NoviceInDisguise

Ah, smart :)

GiantCowFilms

16:04

There is a another one

that vibrance slider in light room is dangerous

You push it and go Colors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NoviceInDisguise

lol

I do that :D

GiantCowFilms

NoviceInDisguise

Long exposures + water = awesome

GiantCowFilms

:D

I had no tripod, but there were plenty of oversized rocks.... with oversized bird droppings on them XP

NoviceInDisguise

lol

GiantCowFilms

16:10

cya in a bit with the video

NoviceInDisguise

ok

GiantCowFilms

16:43

@NoviceInDisguise Video added

not that helpful though, it was very hard to twist the ropes...

NoviceInDisguise

I get it now

Hmm . . .

Radish of the Opera

17:50

@David better?

lol, my stats are nowhere nears yours...

@GiantCowFilms Alright, no one steal this answer, I don't have enough time to post it right now, maybe in a few hours, but you could have all the curves in place, then just run a rope object with a curve mod on it up them... It would follow the curve all the way up and weave itself together. pleeeeeaase!!! no-one take that while I'm away, just wanted to get it out there.

Radish of the Opera

18:13

like this (uploading) except not with just spirals, a weave instead.

Radish of the Opera

18:23

pasteall.org/blend/36568

NoviceInDisguise

@RadishoftheOpera I already thought of that . . .

Radish of the Opera

?

@NoviceInDisguise so... I'm not as smart as I previously thought? why haven't you answered?

NoviceInDisguise

Yes, you are smart, but I am too :)

I got part way done, but go ahead, you would have finished first if you had been around

Radish of the Opera

1 min ago, by Radish of the Opera

@NoviceInDisguise so... I'm not as smart as I previously thought? why haven't you answered?

NoviceInDisguise

I didn't answer cause I'm not done yet

:P

Radish of the Opera

18:36

@NoviceInDisguise my poor shattered moment... sobs

NoviceInDisguise

I spent too much time trying this way:

3 hours ago, by NoviceInDisguise

Which ended up not being what he wanted anyways

Radish of the Opera

I can't get the curve right, from the top, it should look like a wide, oscillating plus sign (+) and another curve needs to be offset by half the vertical repeat.

and rotated 45*

garr!!!! so hard

zeffii

it's always the way NID

NoviceInDisguise

19:02

Yep

@RadishoftheOpera Mutant Bob got it D:

Radish of the Opera

got the curve right

@NoviceInDisguise lol, but he doesn't have the right type of curve... >:)

NoviceInDisguise

Nope . . .

Radish of the Opera

@GiantCowFilms I handmade in edit mode these curves for you, so don't you dare give the bounty to that mutant

NoviceInDisguise

lol

Radish of the Opera

@NoviceInDisguise whatchyou think?

NoviceInDisguise

19:19

IDK, Doesn't seem quite right

Did you watch his video?

Radish of the Opera

no...

wouldn't this be cool to make a simulation of muscle fibers flying onto someone's arm? I am totally going to do that now.

@NoviceInDisguise you know in... I think it's Ezra, how all the bones in the field just stand up and muscles grow on them? that's how I always imagined it.

NoviceInDisguise

lol

Radish of the Opera

that would be severely cool

NoviceInDisguise

Yeah

Radish of the Opera

oh well... to bad about the bounty... I gtg.. bbl

NoviceInDisguise

19:35

cya

Radish of the Opera

Ezekiel 37:7-10

GiantCowFilms

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Q: Animate Twisting Rope?

What is a good reliable method to animate multiple ropes being twisted together? One end of the ropes will be fixed in space, while the other ends rotate in a circle, creating twist. All the ropes should be along the edge of this imaginary circle (none in the middle), and do not come together (th...

animation modifiers rigid-body-simulation cloth-simulation soft-body

My questions in the comments are starting to sound blackholeish, "Its not quite right, can this specific thing be adjusted"

Gosh this is tough.... :/

NoviceInDisguise

lol

Radish of the Opera

20:12

thiss'l be fun...

NoviceInDisguise

?

Radish of the Opera

done with lamp, looking for other things to do.. played this card last night (saved my butt) so i thought i make it in 3D to return the favor.

pretty much says "1 gold for each settlement that borders a water hex."

@NoviceInDisguise ^^

NoviceInDisguise

Ok . . .

What game?

Radish of the Opera

kingdom something or other... played it once or twice before.

NoviceInDisguise

huh. Board game I assume?

Radish of the Opera

20:21

yeah.. but the card determine alot of the goals... basically, you're trying to get as much gold as possible and the cards tell you how to get it.

then you draw one "terrain" card each turn and that tells you what kind of land you can build on...

NoviceInDisguise

Sounds interesting. More complex than Monopoly lol

Ever played Ticket to Ride?

Radish of the Opera

so for instance, if i drew a "grass" card, i would be trying to build on a grass hex, but next to water cause i get gold cause of the fischer card.

NoviceInDisguise

I see!

Radish of the Opera

@NoviceInDisguise yes... soo incredibly frustrating

NoviceInDisguise

Cool!

I like frustrating games :D

That means they are hard

Radish of the Opera

20:24

my mom bought all the different maps for ticket to ride.

and india is the absolute worst

NoviceInDisguise

I like it. Probably for the same reason as monopoly . . .

(I always win)

Don't have that one

Radish of the Opera

all the routes are like, 1 train long and they get stolen super fast

NoviceInDisguise

We have USA, Europe, and an extension (Germany?)

Radish of the Opera

@NoviceInDisguise monopoly is cool.. i always lose, but any game where you get to charge your friends for going to an overpriced hotel you own in the ghetto is okay in my book.

NoviceInDisguise

XD

Radish of the Opera

20:26

the airforce one isn't as fun-- no ghettos

NoviceInDisguise

Marvin Gardens (yellow) and New York (orange) are the best places

@RadishoftheOpera ?

Radish of the Opera

@NoviceInDisguise air force edition

NoviceInDisguise

I am used to the classic map

Radish of the Opera

everything is spiffy and blue and clean.

NoviceInDisguise

:D

I like airforce

Thunderbirds man!

Radish of the Opera

20:28

@NoviceInDisguise i always enjoy laughing at the people in the jail

NoviceInDisguise

"Just visiting" lol

Radish of the Opera

@NoviceInDisguise ikr? the grad show was fantasic

NoviceInDisguise

THat is what my brother said :D

Radish of the Opera

@NoviceInDisguise "suckers!!!"

@NoviceInDisguise probably the best i've seen yet

NoviceInDisguise

Although it can be better to stay in jail in monopoly and collect rents

Not a bad thing

Radish of the Opera

20:29

a rich inmate

NoviceInDisguise

Especially later when things get built up

Radish of the Opera

ho-ho.. look at all yalls out there paying for room and board... mine is FREE!!!! HA!

NoviceInDisguise

XD

Something seems a little off on this ^^

Working on a portfolio, and i don't really want stuff to look like crap.

(I am going to have ice and all that for the final, this is just to get the bottle perfect[ish])

Radish of the Opera

The cam angle make it look like it's got gimugus "shoulders"

and the base ring needs to be a tad taller i thikn

NoviceInDisguise

That might be it

I am trying a larger focal length

Radish of the Opera

20:36

ah...

so like, a gatorade bottle?

NoviceInDisguise

Does the label look OK?

Sort of

Kind of the feel I was going for

Radish of the Opera

@NoviceInDisguise i thought it said "Re-thirst-x-FRESH-ing.. maybe a rethink on where to put "thirst-x"

NoviceInDisguise

Ah, I didn't think of that

Radish of the Opera

and i can guess that the bottom says "drown your thirst" but the light shines through "your" and makes it hard to read. looks like "drown durh thirst"... or that could be my bad eyes

NoviceInDisguise

I can fix that, my lighting might have gotten messed up

Radish of the Opera

20:40

the bubbles nad the bottle material are really cool though

NoviceInDisguise

:D

Procedural

Not too hard really

Radish of the Opera

speak for yourself... i couldn't even make skin... :(

NoviceInDisguise

Yeah, that is hard

Radish of the Opera

Man, i want to model everything i see. blender.stackexchange.com/questions/32503/…

NoviceInDisguise

lol, I have the same disease

modelossis evreysosis

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