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From: Ed Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Farmer LW's Render Farm
To: Brian Dady <[e-mail]>
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> Dave, I agree that it might make some sense, but there are more than a
> few Lightwaver's out here in this position:  I bought my Amiga/Toaster
> and Lightwave years ago, and up to now it has been a hobby.  I would
> really love for it to be a business, but I don't have the money to buy
> everything I need all at once.  I would love to have a Flyer, but I
> haven't yet scraped together enough to buy a PAR or single-frame setup,
> and now, once again I will be paying to upgrade LW.  I didn't buy the
> standalone in preparation for the cross-platform upgrade because I
> couldn't afford it or a second platform.  I have been holding out in
> hopes that Newtek would offer us Amiga/Toaster/Lightwave users a deal
> as good as the rest of you got.  I will certainly need more rendering

Hey, we are all getting the same deal.  We all have to buy the PC version
to render on a PC.  Nobody is getting any better deal than anybody else.
Well, except the beta testers, but they're working for it.

> power than my one A2000/040 when I finally do have the PAR (most
> likely SF solution).  If I can't buy a cost-effective PC and render
> with my yet-to-be-purchased (and *offered*) upgrade to LW 4.0 (probably
> as a Toaster/LW package), then I am stuck with trying to find an over-
> priced and under-powered (and as much as I hate to say it, obsolete)
> Amiga to help render.  My buying another copy of Lightwave might make
> sense to you, but it just means a longer wait for me, before I can be
> in business like you!
>

If you want to be in business, like alot of the people here, do what most
of them did:  Get a loan.  Or, do a couple of projects on your
over-priced/under-powered amiga system.  It works just like the
under-priced/over-powered PC system.  Most of the people that I know that
do professional animation, started with a system like yours, did a couple
of paying projects, bought a little more, and now, after a couple of
years, they're at the point of being able to buy a Carerra for a single
project and pay it off with that project.

> BTW : anybody in the SF bay area want to pool resources and start a
> co-op / joint venture arrangement of some kind?  I want to do this
> full time so bad I can taste it...
>
> Brian

I'm not ragging on you in specific, it's just that I keep seeing people
complaning that the software is too expensive, can't afford to buy two
copies, and, damn it, it's just not fair.  It's our god-given right to
use Lightwave.

I mean, it's like saying, because I use Alias Sketch on a Mac, it's just
not fair that I can't get Power Animator 6.0 for my Indy for $295.

Well...  sorry about this...


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