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From: "Steven Tekell" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: 3DSM plugin blah blah blah
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enough already with the LW as a 3DSM plugin.
hell, I wish Trackview was a plugin for LW.

FYI
    Lightscape is working on a MAX plugin render engine.   There are
also independent efforts working on 3DSMAXtoRIB converters.
Unfortunately Renderman doesn't run on NT, though one employee
of Pixar did say writing a plugin for MAX was a consideration,
but they aren't investing R&D until they see how things pan out.
    Too bad Newtek is so snobby about their renderer, otherwise
Pixar would probably be quicker to port to NT and offer a bundle
deal with LW.  Just think of all the cool shaders out there for
volumetric lighting, smoke, fire, and there is even rman shaders
for basketballs, golfballs and footballs that save the pain of
trying to get the texture right.