I did install the MacOS 10.5.2 update today, which appears to have helped my WiFi connectivity as promised, but that has nothing to do with how I got Ubuntu to finally connect to the net. What I had to do was click a little icon at the top of the Parallels vm window that I [...]

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I should have looked at the Parallels knowledgebase sooner. Sure enough, there’s a special article on installing Ubuntu on Parallels 3.0 that instructs one to edit the screen resolution. I’ll try that, but I’m sure it will take care of the problem since it was obviously a display issue with Ubuntu desktop. The server installation, [...]

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Before starting on Project Wonderland, I thought I’d boot up WindowsXP (on my Mac’s Parallels virtual machine) to look at iClone2 and see if I can find out what kinds of formats it exports things to. Here’s what I’ve discovered so far.
Export Formats
bmp

24 bit
32 bit

jpg

sliding scale 0-100% quality

tga

24 bit
32 bit

gif

transparency

Obviously, these are 2D formats, [...]

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Going back to the Reallusion® iClone2 software, I need to check the specifications for formats it can export. Project Wonderland presently requires x3d format, which they know can be exported by Autodesk Maya, but may be available from other applications, too. Oh, cool, Maya has a free version, as well as their very pricey [...]

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