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From: [e-mail] (juan perez)
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Subject: Re: LightWave 3D or 3D-Studio
Date: 17 Feb 1995 15:06:34 GMT
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first off let me qualify by saying that I am one of the bigger Lightwave
advocates around. in fact, i am currently putting together a proposal for
for the Miami branch of Univision, a large national Latin network, which
consists basically of P90's and Lightwave. Their department is all Mac
currently and they are inclined to buy PowerMacs along with Electric Image and
Alias Sketch. thankfully, they like my work enough that they are willing to
listen to what i have to say and hopefully i can convince them to buy
hardware around the software I suggest they use (i.e. Lightwave). BTW, Lee S.
if u know something about a PowerMac version of Lightwave that has yet to be
disclosed I could really use the info as there are Lightwave sales resting on
it. You have my word as a professional that I'll zip it up.

Anyways.... With all that said I want to say that I have no platform bias,
whether that refers to hardware or software. I obviously have my own taste and
opnions as to what is better or worse, but that won't keep me from using a
tool that i find essential to my work. With all THAT said, i want to relate
that i saw a comprehensive demo of 3ds4 at a friend's studio a couple of days
ago. now mind you that my proggy of choice is lightwave cuz i have never used
a 3d proggy that is anywhere near as accessible, logically laid out, or
productive to work with than Lightwave, but 3ds4, as almost every other 3d
proggy, has its own merits.

Since i've been so long-winded so far, i'll not go into heavy details. we can
leave that for follow ups. i was very impressed with the IK module. not only
is it logical and complete, but all the while u are working on a shaded preview
of u're object and in darn near real time (on a P90 with an 2mb Vram Mach64).
in the "layout" portion of the program u can assign different colors to the
wireframes of different objects which helps a ton when trying to visualize
complex scenes. u can also run the "layout" in phong, gourad, and flat-shaded
modes, at reasonable speeds. the "surfaces panel" is a dream. in lightwave u
pick a limited region adjust parameters and render. in 3ds4 there is a row of
about 6-8 spheres at the top (or cubes if u like) and all the surface options
are underneath. adjust a parameter and the ball updates. having a bunch of
spheres next to each other is absolutely fantastic for comparing different
surface settings.

in summary (whew, u all still there?!), i would never recommend 3ds4 over
lightwave 4, but i have to admit that there are some things which are very well
implemented in 3ds4 and i can only hope that lightwave 4 brings them to my
screen as well-implemented or somehow better than they exist in 3ds4.

Angel Freire
Digital Artists Guild
Founding Member