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- From: jeffsj@execpc.com (Jeffery S. Jones)
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- Subject: Re: What are the diffs between LW4.0/Imagine/C4D/R3D/Reflections ... ?
- Date: 30 Mar 96 18:52:12 +0000
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- On 30-Mar-96 15:11:34, Anthony R Pierre <apierre@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
- >In <1817.6662T674T1453@execpc.com> jeffsj@execpc.com (Jeffery S. Jones)
- >writes:
- >>
- >>On 28-Mar-96 20:50:33, starecjc@hydra.zrz.tu-berlin.de
-
- >>>I want to choose a program for doing some 3D-Animations (or
- >rendering)
- >>>that also runs fine with only 4 megs of fastram on an A1200 with
- >>>030/40mhz and
- >>>882/50mhz fpu...LW seems to be a memhog to me and what i've seen from
- >>>imagine so far i don't like it's user-interface very much...(sh*tty
- >>>configuration and system-nonconform gadgets etc...)...
-
- >> In this area of programming, you tend to get what you pay for :)
- >> I use Lightwave. With 8 megs fast, 2 megs chip, it worked pretty
- >>well, and more memory only makes it better. With 4 megs fastram, you
- >>may find a strong need for something like VMM, but running it in
- >>virtual memory will tend to slow things down.
- >>
- >> Lightwave, however, works exceptionally well. Most important to me,
- >>is that it is so easy to learn and use. The learning curve for simple
- >>animation projects is minimal. And the program produces great
- >results,
- >>renders quickly, etc. The new plug-in structure allows the program to
- >>be expanded, and it always had excellent Arexx support.
-
- >I have been using Imagine since v.1. Guess I am too lazy to change to
- >anything else although I have LW with my Toaster. BUT the big
- >difference is in animation, I can play it back from RAM while unless
- >you have the latest LW, you cant. Nice to have the ease of animation,
- >but for me, getting it to tape is important and I dont have the
- >resources to get a PAR or update LW. I also use Imagine on the PC. It
- >again costs me less to have it running on both PC and Amiga's (2 of
- >them. Sorta like a small rendering farm) and the tech support from
- >Impulse is great (another very important aspect). Impulse is constantly
- >making upgrades (cant wait for an interface change though!) and even
- >though the PC version runs from DOS (I really dont care about that),
- >they do have a Win version but the cost and overhead are that much
- >greater. As for speed...well just as fast as your system allows. And of
- >course, 4megs of ram is cutting it REAL CLOSE.
-
- If someone is going to buy Lightwave, I'd assume that they will get
- the latest version, or update to it. In any case, you could always make
- RAM-playable animations from LW if you rendered single frames and
- combined them into an animation, with something like Rend24. You do not
- have to have a PAR, or something similar. But a PAR, or any other
- playback device with 24 bit color, would help out any 3D animator.
-
- But, in your opinion, which is easier to use to create animations,
- Imagine or Lightwave? Try to ignore your experience using Imagine;
- which has the easier learning curve, is faster to set up animations, is
- more productive?
-
- >I am sure that you will find different choices from different people.
- >LW is more 'visible' due to Amblin and B5 people and it has a lot of
- >support. While Imagine does cost less and offers a bunch of features
- >and will allow you almost infinite control over every aspect of what
- >you due.
-
- Cost is a factor, naturally. But I do think that the cost difference
- between Imagine and Lightwave definitely favors LW. Though if you have
- enough money, you can get both, and Imagine is a good second program,
- for its texture-generation if nothing else. Yes, there are other add-on
- programs for LW for that, and lightwave includes many of its own, but
- Imagine is really quite good at it.
-
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