Email Thread on Rendering 3D Animation

* = the words psehelp@membrane.com other = doc * we're working on a new crazy project... and quite *coincidentally it has quite a lot to do with how you'd like *to make money * * it's called Bryce 3D... software that creates landscapes... *ya know... hills, mountains, sky or sea... i did a pyramid *hovering over an emerald ocean... it is seated on both *sides by mountain-like islands * * thought i'd point out the need for machines to * produce such a product * this is on a 166 pentium * *i believe i'm rendering a 320x240 frame size @ 30 frames/sec... *(i'd rather be rendering at 640x480) * *i'm doing slightly more than 10 seconds... 301 frames * *it has been rendering for 2 days and 20+ hours * *the estimated time to completion is another *30 days and 18+hours * * what do you think my chances of keeping * microsquish up for over 30 days is? microsquish what ? win 95 on your system ? well, i've heard reports of win 95 running as long as 10 to 12 minutes without crashing. mua ha ha ha.