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  • backgroundbackground Posts: 879
    edited June 7

    "Now, he is in REM sleep, we can start the experiment whenever you are ready"

    I solved the problem of the view from his window by avoiding it, for the moment

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  • backgroundbackground Posts: 879
    edited June 7

    "The information in his head is too valuable to risk damage, so we are going to give him the opportunity to change his mind, before we resort to more drastic measures"

     

     

     

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  • backgroundbackground Posts: 879
    edited June 7

    ."We will put him back to a few minutes before he resigned, and ensure that it plays out differently, in his head at least" 

    I will need to indicate that he is dreaming.. maybe a vignette would work.

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  • 3DIO3DIO Posts: 376
    edited June 7

    A-ha, more development!  I think a vignette would work, but only if the vignette is white.
    I don't think black would work for a dream (even if a nightmare).

    Not a fan of the new avatar to be honest, though.  Have to say I thought the original seemed a lot more 'you'  :-D

     

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  • backgroundbackground Posts: 879
    edited June 7

    Hmm I could change it back... if I still had the old image, it's possible but I have no idea where it would be after so long. Found one.

    Yes a white vignette sounds sensible. To be honest this whole sequesnce was not planned this way, although dream manipulation comes into the story later.  The original series used a random colection of oscilloscopes and panels with dials to portray a dream altering device, I have something more up to date, but we'll have to see if it is frowned upon....  I think some things will look different in the dream, but who knows. 

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  • 3DIO3DIO Posts: 376
    edited June 9

    I was already intrigued, so the dream sequences add to it.  Thinking about it, I recall I've seen red used a few times for dream vignettes, so even red might work, although I still think white would work best.

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,969
    edited June 10

    re your post in Barbult's thread

    I see what you mean

    Google Earth doesn't even have 3D views of Portmeirion, even my house and suburb has 3D in Google Earth

    probably some restrictions they applied for since they have a lot of paid content 

    most places one can usually find someone has 3D modeled architecture too

    scans and Gaussian splats are easy with a drone and for example Unreal's Reality Scan

    I only found a statue of Atlas wink

    I have too many trees to 3D scan my house but then again, I also have actual blueprints, floor plans and side elevations if I was inclined to model it

    oh, there are souvenir miniatures from the TV set https://www.theunmutual.co.uk/pmmodels.htm now collectors items

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  • backgroundbackground Posts: 879
    edited June 10

    Thanks Wendy, yes i found the Atlas statue, it seems quite expensive so I think I'll need to make my own. I think the estate sold resin models of the main buildings, but they are long since discontinued, they would have been great for taking measurements from. There was one of the resin models of the tower, with the top missing/damaged and they still wanted £50 for it ( and it's sold anyway ). I hope I would be ok to make and render my own models, but I wouldn't try to sell or give them away the models because i think they would not be happy. They seem to be happy for people to take photos, so I hope renders would be ok, so long as I'm not misrepresenting the place. They seem more than happy to be associated with 'The Prisoner' even to the extent of having a dedicated  Prisoner related shop in the building which was supposed to be his house. In reality the whole place is a hotel and ornamental garden. I 'think' they would be more than happy for anything that might make people want to visit the real place. It's a great area for tourism, not far away is Portmadoc with the Ffestiniog railway ( and rebuilt sections of the Welsh Highland and NWNGR  North Wales Narrow Guage Railway ). I visited the railway not long after they brought one of the SAR Narrow guage Garratt locomotives back to the UK and restored it to running order.  You can see below how huge the engine is compared to the Welsh coaches.

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,969
    edited June 10

    I even have a 3D model of my city, Adelaide SouthAustralia

    (I added the terrain, cannot get the elevation data now from USGS probably Doge defunded it)

    you can grab it here

    https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/3d-model

    no idea why though devil

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  • backgroundbackground Posts: 879

    That's a very extensive model, and a great video of it.

  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 7,732

    The Portmerion Google Earth map is here. 

    Lots of areas of the UK have no 3D buildings, they're putting them in slowly. My house & the rest of the village have been 3D'd in the last year or so, the local town was done a bit before. They have als 3d'd all the trees & bushes locally. It's quite surprising how much is visible. Anyway, possibly 25% of England is 3D'd with a bit lower percentage over the other countries in the UK.

    It is amazing & disconcerting to find that the campsite at Ellis Beach, just north of Cairns QLD, a campsite we've been to a couple of times, is 3D'd. Absolutely amazing.

    Regards,

    Richard

  • backgroundbackground Posts: 879
    edited June 10

    Thanks Other Richard. It's great for showing thebuildings, roads and trees too. .I just got home after watching 'Disclosure Day'  no spoilers, but wow my local cinema is LOUD. Everything was loud, adverts, trailers, everything. I reckon there could be a full on riot in the cinema and you would still hear the film over it.

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  • MelanieLMelanieL Posts: 7,824
    edited June 10

    I also followed you here from barbult's thread (didn't want to derail it even more)

    Maybe try this link: https://en-zw.topographic-map.com/map-fh2zkl/Portmeirion/?center=52.91313,-4.09782&zoom=18&popup=52.91201,-4.09348&base=6

    If you put it into full-screen and pick CyclOSM from the little pile of squares at the top right:

    then you'll get a coloured contour map. If you click anywhere on the map it will give you a height in metres. If you grab the map and drag a tiny bit it will go to greyscale for as long as you hold on onto it which shows the contour lines more clearly.

    EDIT for typoes - I must  be spending too long reading Richard H's posts and the spelling is rubbing off on me!

    Ah And I've just noticed that you can turn off the colours using the checkbox under  the word "CyclOSM" too - I didn't spot it at first - so no need to mess with grabbing and moving.

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  • backgroundbackground Posts: 879

    MelanieL said:

    I also followed you here from barbult's thread (didn't want to derail it even more)

    Maybe try this link: https://en-zw.topographic-map.com/map-fh2zkl/Portmeirion/?center=52.91313,-4.09782&zoom=18&popup=52.91201,-4.09348&base=6

    If you put it into full-screen and pick CyclOSM from the little pile of squares at the top right:

     

    EDIT for typoes - I must  be spending too long reading Richard H's posts and the spelling is rubbing off on me!

    Ah And I've just noticed that you can turn off the colours using the checkbox under  the word "CyclOSM" too - I didn't spot it at first - so no need to mess with grabbing and moving.

    Thanks for the link, I think I looked at that, but the shaded map is rather evened out, there are certainly some steep slopes and cliffs within the gardens.. The individual point height could be very useful though.  I hope you find the thread interesting, I know I do tend to go off in temporary diversions.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,969
    edited June 10

    now thats weird,

    my previous USGS searches came up on that site

    and why is my post font so small?

    normal after posting but tiny typing

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  • backgroundbackground Posts: 879

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    re your post in Barbult's thread

    I see what you mean

    Google Earth doesn't even have 3D views of Portmeirion, even my house and suburb has 3D in Google Earth

    probably some restrictions they applied for since they have a lot of paid content 

    most places one can usually find someone has 3D modeled architecture too

    scans and Gaussian splats are easy with a drone and for example Unreal's Reality Scan

    I only found a statue of Atlas wink

    I have too many trees to 3D scan my house but then again, I also have actual blueprints, floor plans and side elevations if I was inclined to model it

    oh, there are souvenir miniatures from the TV set https://www.theunmutual.co.uk/pmmodels.htm now collectors items

    Wendy, Thanks for the link to the unmutual website.  I have ordered the village technical manual so we'll see if it's as good as it describes.

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