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So, in my quest to get scripted tasks working on the render farm I’ve been directed to the thought that using the command line to submit render tasks is much more effective and useful than using maxscript and the backburner interface. So: I’ve started getting things to chew correctly on a local basis, hell I’ve [...]

“An endless sea of choice. If you should ever lose your way, just listen to your voice.”   Grey Sunday afternoons often lead to interesting things. This one however lends itself nicely to reflection of not just the past year, but of the past in general. This morning brought a new day, a new month [...]

If you change your current renderer to VRAY these are a list of parameters which you can adjust with MaxScript: vr = renderers.current –this changes your renderer to vray V_Ray_DEMO_1_50_SP2:V_Ray_DEMO_1_50_SP2 –This it the result showProperties vr  –this will provide the following list of properties to change: .imageSampler_type : integer .filter_on : boolean .filter_kernel : maxObject [...]

Some useful scalar values for maxscript: x^x Raise the first number to the power given by the second number. If the first number is an integer, the result is a rounded integer. -x unary minus abs x Returns the absolute value of the number. The result is the same type as the argument. mod x Modulo arithmetic, [...]

Stereotypes are a fallacy in that a small brush is used to paint a wide audience. Why is the right to walk your dog in a park more important than a right to protest against the abuse of ones rights and freedoms? I understand that things are hard when rights and freedoms collide, but I’d [...]

I’m walking home last night down Spadina and about a half block ahead of me there is a bright vest on a bicycle indicating that none other than a Police Officer is riding on the sidewalk. Note that they give cyclists tickets for this offense. As I approach King I notice that he is stopped [...]

It is some of the most – seemingly – random conversations and text exchanges that add the most value to my understanding of life and society. Today is no different as a conversation with a good friend via text went on a tangent  after discussing each others plans for the day, go figure. It is so [...]

Who am I, what am I doing, where am I going? Furthermore, why am I doing it? Sometimes I consciously haven’t the slightest clue. Sometimes I wish things were different, I wish more had changed. To what, from what? Sometimes I feel so confused, so unrecognisable, so direction-less. This year is definitely one for my personal books. This [...]

I don’t quite know how long day one has been to be honest. I was up at 7am on the 30th of September and had a few naps/pass outs of about 1 hour lengths since then. It is 9:45 pm here in Kragujavec so would be 3:45 pm in Toronto. So that’s  a day and [...]

is well under way!!! I can’t believe it, I am in Vienna Austria. Granted, I have no idea what time it is really. My clocks say 3:00am, some clocks here say 9:00am. All I know is I saw one of the most beautiful sun rises of my life despite being in the middle of the [...]