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#421

So, here I am teaching 3D Studio Max to some University students

Once I spent about 20 minutes on the interface… let’s create a plane, put a box on it, create a light just so I can move it around and show them a little bit of 3D, ok?
By default the plane is 4x4 and the box is 1x1x1, the light is not well calculated in the perspective viewport so I raise the plane detail up to 20x20 and move the light around… going to explan them how Max calcucate stuff when one of them stops me and start writing on his notepad

“Ok, wait… so if the surface is more detailed we get hard shadows, nice!”

I’m speechless for a second and say “No, wait, let’s go a few steps back… in order to use LOGIC you first must…”

:rolleyes:

#422

Hey guys i must say this is just cracking me up every step of the way that there is really people out there that stupid? I never knew…but yeah…that modeling one got me to, it happened to me in a mall. ok here it goes…

I walk in to a mall, and just browsing around to buy some clothes. I wanted to buy some clothes to go to some clubs my other ones just started to get old on me. Somehow this girl looked all fashion and stuff walks around me looking for same stuff club clothes.

She asked : Do you work here?

Me: No.

SHe: Sorry i thought u did because i wanted someone to help me find some fashion stuff. I am a model u know.
Me: Ah thats cool.
She: So what do u do
Me: Shopping
She: I meant what do u do for a living.
Me: I am a modeler
She: Oh really? wow…me too?
Me: Thats cool, I love modeling. so what do u model cars, sci-fi, or characters? abstract? (i already knew what kind of model she was)
She: Oh… lots of clothes. You? U do cars and sci-fi?
Me: Oh thats cool, well i do it all. Clothes, cars, sci-fi, characters, it depends what i feel like doing.
She: Characters? What kind of characters do you model?
Me: Anything from monsters, to kids, to aliens, dwarf, to animals. Why?
She: Wow…u model all that? how can u do that?
Me: Computer.
She: Computer, i never heard of anyone model on a computer. I do it on a runway and stuff.
Me: Well i do things digitally.
She: Wow i really have to look into that because i have never knew that you can model digitally? I definately going to look into it. Do you have a site that i can check out for this type of work?
Me: Sure, go to Cgtalk.com or 3Dtotal.com
She: Wow, these are some strange names, i never heard of it, are they popular?
Me: Yup, thousands and thousands of people visit those sites from all over the world.
She: Great…
Me: Ya you should.
She: you do the runway digitally?
Me: Yeah i could do it.
She: Wow this is new to me, how long have u been doing this?
Me: about 4 years.
She: 4 years? U must be a pro already. Any tv appearances?
Me:Oh yeah planty lots of short movies.
She: Movies? Wow…thats very cool, i want to be an actress too.
Me: Well at this time i started to leave, so i told her dont forget to practice your modeling because thats the only way to get into the business of making movies.
She: I will, thanks.

hehe…at the end i thought it was funny because i talked about something totally different and so was she. I already knew what she meant but i never told her that i did something else because i wanted to conversate more since i was really bored shopping that day by myself.

#423

VisualKing… YOU… are… the… WINNER

Absolutely, you made my day, damn it… oh man that was so fun I could NOT laugh (weird uh?)

#424

A client giving his reason for rejecting an adcampaign:
“This is brilliant! …but nothing more”.

#425

This thread confirms how many loser-client-boss types there really are out there. And we should stop staring blankly at the screen as a reaction, and stop taking the piss.
Here’s some ‘people skills in the 21st century’ for handling with those peeps and crappy clients: Warning, this advice is not for everyone, and is really dependant on the type of person you are, and your own people skills. (and, sadly, your appearance)

-if you know what you are doing and they don’t, really let 'em know. Show them you’re not some pretz bashing your head on some keys. Awnsering arrogance with arrogance works surprisingly well. (as it does in the real world)

-if said person is totally incompetent, take it up with their superiors.

-ALWAYS watch your back.

If the person you’re dealing with is the actual paying client in-the-flesh, take it down a notch. Better yet, try to tell them why you are right in a respectfull manor. Lots of those people are just trying to confirm their position by acting out, if you show them you really aren’t impressed by their position and status, they’ll probably take it down a notch.
Even works in the streets.

You almost need a psychology degree to get around these days.

#426

Heres one that will really get you laughing…

The other day I was roped into decorating my Grandmother’s hall way and landing. I must first say that I despise the rotten bitch THAT much… :banghead:

So I begin working, she walks up to me and my Mother( who was helping me ) and asked…

GM(Grand Mother or “Genetically modified”?): “Would you like a drink?”
Me: “Nahh I’m alright - cheers, though!”

…10 minutes pass…

GM: “Would you like a sandwich?”
Me: “Oh, Goodness - no, thank you. I’ve only just had my breakfast! You are most kind to ask…”

…30 mins later…

GM: ( To my mother ) “Does he want a bowl of ice cream?”
Mother: (To me ) “Do you want some ice-cream?”
Me: “Sigh…Oh, no - I really am okay…I mustn’t spoil my diet!”

…5 mins and a painted coat later…

GM: “Would you like a mars bar?”
Mother: “He doesn’t eat chocolate. I told you he doesn’t.”

…1 min later…

GM: “I’ve got a tub of ice-cream in the fridge - would you like some?”
Me: “No thank you.”

…Yawn…

GM: “He doesn’t like my food - does he?”
Mother: “For **** sake mother!”
Me: “No - Its just that I’m on a special diet. The docter has given me strict instructions. Thank you anyway.”

…totally lost track of the time when she started on about how well my fellow relatives are doing…my mother had to nip out for a while…

Me: “I’m glad to hear they are doing well for themselves…a good city job is just what they need.”
GM: “And they are all married now. And they have degrees.”
Me: “Good. I see their time hasn’t been wasted. Hopefully you should get a few grand children on the way.”
GM: “You don’t have a girl friend, do you?”
Me: “Nope.”
GM: “Don’t like women?”
Me: “…” :eek:
GM: (To my Grandfather )“Oh, hes gone all funny now.”
Me: :banghead:

…and a little further on…

GM: “You work in a supermarket, don’t you?”
Me: “Yup - and you always wave to me every Wednesday when I’m working…”
GM: “Oh, yes - thats right. Your other cuision works for the Goverment…”
Me: “Yup. Thats right.”
GM: “You don’t do much do you?” :twisted:
Me: “…I do a little computer stuff when I’m not at work. And a little decorating…”
GM: “What?”
Me: “Yup - animation and stuff.”
GM: “…”
Me: “I know some of the guys who worked on the new Harry Potter film. I’ve had a drink with them up in London. And remember Jason & the Argonauts? I got my book PERSONALLY signed by RAY HARRYHAUSEN.” :deal:
GM: "…oh…urrr…You don’t want any ice cream then?

…lets just say I felt like I had just slayed a evil monster! :buttrock:

#427

This seems familiar to me tehh heeee.

#428

:applause: Some really cool stories here!

I was teaching a computer literacy course for the elederly a while back and had a really funny experience with an old man of about 70. I was teaching him how to use the mouse to select icons. I did a demo and told him to watch closely what I was doing and he did. Then I told him to hold the mouse and point to an icon on the screen. He picks up the mouse lifts it from the mouse pad and put it on the screen! Then he looks at me and says : now what??:surprised

#429

Now my favourite quote 8I trnslate freely from German):
15 or so years ago I worked for a really good Artdirector doing Illustration (2D).

In the middle of the job he gave me this.
“Man you are a really good Illustrator. You know what i think about Illustrators? They are totally stupid! You know why?”
mes: “no”
him:“They can create it all, in a couple of minutes on paper, they know all the perpectives, they create incredible pictures all the time— but in the end they work for someone like me who can not draw a straight line and does not know anything about pictures.”

He made fun about himself, he really was one of those very talented Art-Directors out there, but it gave me something to think about.

Exchange illustrator with CG-Artist and from all the posts in this thread you will see that the phenomenon was well observed.

Olli

#430

Someone like him, who usually gets most of the credits and most of the money. How very true… You don’t want to know for how many overpaid idiots I have worked.

#431

this is an absolutely unbelievable thread, just great

thanks for sharing

#432

Yup and the guy he works for gets paid even more,… and so it goes on up the food chain.

The most difficult thing to explain to people is that feeling you have when you have made something so unbelievable that you just stare at the monitor for 10 minutes in total awe at what you have just made. It only lasts 10 minutes but what a feeling!

I call this the multi million dollar moment.

#433

Alll these stories are very funny.
Ok
I got one.

 I was showing a model that I did of a bridge to the engineer that designed it. I was showing it to him on screen so that we could talk about it and I could move around and show him different views.

 At one point he said that it didn’t look right and that he didn’t think the height was right.

 So I asked him “what height it should be” and he told me and I said “yes that is what it is.”

 Then he picked up a near by scale and held it up to the monitor and tried to measure the height.

 I was a little confused because I thought he was joking so I started to laugh and then he asked “What scaled is it”

 This is the moment that I realized that I need to find another job. It’s been 5 years since.
#434

At the company where I was volunteering:
“So what is it you do?”
me: “I do some web design work”
“So you work with computers, then?”
me: “…Uhh, yeah, in a manner of speaking”
“Great! My printer doesn’t seem to be working. Can you fix it?”
me: “…”

I was volunteering at another non-profit, and they had decided to outsource to redesign their website. We were a month past the proposed launch date, and all we had been given were jpeg mockups of a single site “design” that consisted of colored blocks (mind you I was not a part of the talks until this point). I was called in for a conference call with the latter. The gist:

Us: “So why is this design taking so long? You’re a month past the proposed launch date, and all you’ve given us are jpegs mockups. There’s no evidence or even promise of any coding, and the mockups are simply color blocks.”
Him: “Well, I need you to confirm the color choices I’ve made so I can design around them.”
Us: “We’ve confirmed the colors with you 3 weeks ago. What’s the problem?”
Him: “Well, you don’t seem to be sure of the colors, so I haven’t done any embellishing. I need you to confirm the colors.”
Us: “We confirmed the colors 3 weeks ago.”
Me: “Wait, you’re telling us you haven’t done any work whatsoever on any actual design work? You were given this project over 3 months ago.”
Him: “The colors, I need you to confirm the colors so I can design something around it.”
Me: “Ignoring the fact that we’ve already had the color scheme confirmed, how is it you can’t work on any designs in the meantime?”
Him: “Well, that would mean that I would spend a few hours working on a couple of designs based on a color scheme, and then if you wanted to change one of the colors, I’d have thrown away maybe 20 hours of design work and start from scratch.”
Me: “<incredulous> I’m sorry, what was that? First off, your job was to do just that. Present us with 3 designs, which we would then whittle down. Second, how do you figure it would take you more than 15-20 minutes to play with colors in an already-existing design?”
Him: “Well, no, you’re right, it’s a quick process to change the colors, you’re right.”
Me: “So why, then, have we not seen any design work?”
Him: “Well, I need you to confirm the color scheme.”
Me: “…”
<at this point the Executive Director signals that we’re probably going to drop the designer>
Me: “Nevermind. What about the back-end? Even just basic coding?”
Him: “Well, I’ve been looking at various content management systems, and have narrowed it down to a couple.”
Me: “So there’s been no coding done yet?”
Him: “Well, I mean, we’ve been working hard and have been getting a lot of the back end coded and integrated with the content management system.”
Me: “You mean the one that you haven’t picked yet?”
Him: “Well, no, I mean, it’s ready to integrate, once we pick something for you.”
Me: “So has any coding been done on the site? Because like I said earlier, all we’ve gotten are jpeg mockups.”
Him: “I’ll send you a link with the coding and CMS in place, so you can see what we’ve done.”
Me: “But you just said… Nevermind.”
<at this point the ED wraps up, letting him know that we’re putting everything on hold>
Him: “I expect to get paid, you know.”
Me: “For what? A couple of bad jpeg mockups? Not meeting your deadline? Not having any sort of tangible product or even beta this late in the game?”

And so it dragged. Needless to say the site he sent us looked like it had been whipped together in about 15 minutes and bore not even the remotest resemblance to even the color scheme he seemed so fixated on.

Argh.

#435

A new pearl just for you guys!

A “friend” told me: “Anti-aliasing can’t be applied on raster pictures, you can use it only on vector graphics 'cause it’s a math calculation”

#436

Huh? If he means you can’t scale bitmaps like you can vectors then he’s right.

#437

? Thought I already posted in this, but I guess not.

Anyway, from my wonderful html class professor.

Professor views me working in 3ds max
Prof: You know, if you want to get really good work, you should start working in Lightwave. It’s what they use in Hollywood.
Me: Uhh, they use Max there too.
Prof: Well, somebody should tell Hollywood that.

Some people should not be allowed to speak. :shrug:

#438

lol

gotta think of one…hmmm…Damn lost it:buttrock:

#439

This just happened 10 minutes ago. I’m working on this crane project for my work and my boss just told me:

1. We need it big enough for an A1 printout (my brief was to do it 800x600 for laptop use).
    Extra work for me, but seeing how I've only rendered out half of my pics; doable.

2. "I'd like some "pretty" effects ie: lens flare (no kidding), drop shadow (around the rendered picture) and others. I said I needed photoshop or at least GIMP (nearly as good, and free). His reply? Can't you use MS Paint? [img]http://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/hmm.gif[/img]

3. And my absolute best unbelievably stupid thing I ever was asked. "If rendering takes so long, can we just not render and use the pics?"[img]http://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/banghead.gif[/img]

Keep in mind, this was all in one meeting…
I need a new job.
I’m still just an intern, but if this is what the industry has in store, maybe I’ll become a farmer instead! LOL

#440

No no, we did argue for days, his point is that AA does not exist at all in raster graphics, whenever you’re drawing a black pixel surrounded by 4 grey pixel that’s not AA to him, well it is to me, even if a basic way to use it