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Post by dsfyu404ed » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 6:05 PM UTC

chiph wrote: post #87

AlexMuir wrote: post #78

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Unior provided the tools for this course. They really are great quality - and run by real people who are proud of what they make. I went to their factory in Slovenia where they make 99.9% of everything they sell. We talked about making the series and they saw the potential in it and supported me when it really looked a risky bet. I'm very happy to advocate their tools because they are genuinely good, European-made an…

How many 10mm sockets were lost during production? :)

Post by salzig » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 6:17 PM UTC

physcab wrote: post #134

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I can't really share conversion stuff yet. But one interesting observation off the top of my head is that my customers MASSIVELY prefer paying with Paypal to Stripe, even though I deliberately steer them towards Stripe. It was a massive pain to implement Paypal and I hated every moment of it but it produced an uptick in payments.

I just paid by PayPal. I'm reading this post on the couch relaxing and I have no desire to go get my wallet and dig out my credit card. Way easier. Also, after watching a couple videos and reading the content, the production value and informational value of this is super high. By the time I learned what the price was, I was fairly surprised how cheap it was. $20 is what I spend on a sandwich and drink for lunch. So i…

Post by slimsag » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 6:27 PM UTC

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Very nice. In that case, I suppose the most utility 3D scans would have is as references to enable a faster low-poly modeling workflow. Then again, scanning would likely incur a non-trivial time cost—one that can't outweigh the very benefits the process affords.

We use photogrammetry for the block, head, dashboard and transmission. It's invaluable for these organic parts. Then retopologized. BLENDER IS AWESOME.

Post by dsfyu404ed » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 6:32 PM UTC

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You could've cut filming time in half or doubled it if you had chosen a different engine.

That would have required picking a different car to start with.

Post by Buttons840 » Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 6:46 PM UTC

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It took 2,500 photos and 4 days to shoot, followed by about 8 days of photoshopping & grading.

Beautiful! Are you planning on rebuilding it? Another shoot? Is there a reason you don't mark the parts original location or is that simply because you intend to replace them?