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From: [e-mail] (Mike Harlock)
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Subject: Re: ADVICE : Learning Things
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Hi Scott,

> Hey there,
>
> As I am working towards a career in this field I was wondering...How long
> did it take for other people here to get good enough to work for money?

Having a good solid knowlege of 3D concepts, and a little play time on
"Imagine," I sat down to conquer the last part of the toaster card I wasn't
familiar with, Lightwave.

After spending a few hours a day for about two weeks with the manual,
I sold my first animation, a simple logo flying in past the camera
and resting on a background, for $150.

(basically I was in there playing with lightwave one day and they came
to me with a title reqest and I said "Hey...what if I could make it move?"
and they went for it completely.)

After that I kept getting more requests for animations from the TV station
where I work, so I kept doing them and doing them, learning along the way.

For me, lightwave had a very impressive learning curve, the interface is
exceedingly intuitive compared to Imagine, which I was very dissapointed
with.

Of course, I came to broadcastingfrom a strong computer background originally,
and not vice versa, so that made a lot of difference in how I was able to
pick it up so fast.

Recently I sunk $7000 into my home Amiga and outfitted it to become
a stand-alone animation system, with a PAR, warp, etc.  And it has
at least paid for itself in the monthly loan payments ever since.   I also
do web page graphics with lightwave, and anything else you can render.

Oh well, I've rambled enough.

---Mike

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