Subject: Re: Lensflare etc. in Imagine 3 
Date: Mon, 16 May 94 16:09:10 EDT
From: Mark Thompson <mark@westford.ccur.com>

> It seems to me from reading about LW and talking to people that use it, 
> that in LW, every function does things like the user expects it to.
> You may think that this is the only way it should be, and I agree but in 
> Imagine this often isn't the case and sometimes that isn't the case in 
> Real 3D v2 (which still has many bugs, btw).
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Hi Nik,
Precisely! You summed it up very well. I think few Imagine people actually
realize this and it is a huge factor in why I don't use Imagine. I have
never liked Imagine's interface, but if it behaved in a predictable fashion,
I would overcome that. This is why I often refer to it as being quirky
(besides the fact that Impulse ignored many graphics conventions in its
design). And as you aptly put it, this may be a joy of tinkering thing for
a hobbyist, but its a costly timesink (and possible job-killer) to a
professional. In a sense, the manuals mimic this attitude when instead of
giving a nice explicit explanation of how things works, they say something
like "play with it and you will learn". Anyway, good observation.
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