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Lost and Found
posted 10-16-1999 09:56 PM           
Well as I said in a post before me and some friends are making a space travel tv show and we need to know what would be the best furniture to make it look futuristic quarters.

We would also like to know what are really good cheap special effects software that we can use.

thx1138
posted 10-16-1999 11:41 PM           
Well this isnt a chat site so you should probably wait a day or two for a satisfactory response for your posts. You kind of repeated yourself too. You should probably stuck to one thread to ask the same questions.


Their isnt an "oh, all you have to do is this" kind of answer to your question. What you asked requires planning, resources and imagination.

You need to fill us in on what you intend to make. Is it high tech like lost in space the movie, or low tech like lost in space the tv show? What are you going for?

What you can do if you have a little money and alot of imagination is buy crap from thrift stores, yard sales, grandmas attic, anywhere you can find cheap junk and alter it ,glue it,paint it and make something out of it. Use cardboard for walls and then paint some abstract looking parts and affix them to it. The hard work will pay off.

As far as software goes, the ones everybody would suggest (which are constanly mentioned here, where have you been?) are photoshop, after effects. After effects is necassary is you intend to do bluescreen. These arent cheap but they are if you get them by shady means.

Im sure someone here has better suggestions for cheap effects software. But if you use cheap the outlook will look it. Which is cool if your going for "lost in space the tv show" though.

lucid
posted 10-17-1999 12:00 AM           
who said space people can't have metal desks and swivel chairs?

thx1138
posted 10-17-1999 12:24 AM           
True enough. You could always spray paint them silver

Ivan
posted 10-17-1999 02:12 AM           
It doesnt really matter what kinda of furniture they have, as long as they drink Tang. Tang makes everything alright.

lucid
posted 10-17-1999 10:25 AM           
futuristic silver spray painted tang.

thx1138
posted 10-17-1999 08:08 PM           
Or blue milk.

Where is this guy? If he wants a dialog then he has to participate in the discussion.

Lost and Found
posted 10-17-1999 10:34 PM           
Well thanks for the info but you really didn't have to be rude about it all you had to do was give me a response instead of asking where have you been appearently if you havn't seen my name it must mean I wasn't hear for a while. Don't be making fun of the way I talk thats just the way I talk okay. Anyways thanks for the info. Oh Oh Oh and where I have been ain't none of your business.

Lost and Found
posted 10-17-1999 10:48 PM           
Sorry about the post before. First off all I did not think to post all in one board and second i'm not stupid I know it's not a chat room it's not like I havn't ever been in Message board before or something thank you. Next on that I and my friends have been busy and i'm not always on the net. I do have something called school I seem to go to everyday.

thx1138
posted 10-18-1999 12:45 AM           
If you think i was being rude than your reading to much into it. I was only speaking matter of factly.

And yes it occured to me that you have things to do other than be on the net but its not like you have to drive to get to your computer and then pay a fee. Its at your home where you live and spend most your time. It would only take 5 minutes to check the board.

Anyways if you needed help then why havent you said anything else other than your explanations? You wont get much out of us if all you give us are vague questions and gaps in between posts. (to reiterate, not being rude just pointing out facts.)

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