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- From: aa794@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Pete Nofel)
- Newsgroups: comp.graphics.animation
- Subject: Re: What do I need for DOS 3D animation?
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 13:48:38 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <1993Jan25.232451.17740@cranel.com> <1jnddaINNivi@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Reply-To: aa794@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Pete Nofel)
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- In a previous article, watters@cranel.com (David Watters) says:
-
- >In article <1jnddaINNivi@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> aa794@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Pete Nofel) writes:
- >>
- >>Since I abandoned the MS-DOS environment for video animation (I still think
- >>it's gangbusters for DTP) some other fool I work with is willing to break
- >>his teeth on turning his perfectly good clone into an video machine. I quit
- >>trying to figure that out a long time ago, but he seems to want to try.
- >>
- >>He's got a 486-33 with a 280Mb hard drive, 8Mb RAM, an SVGA/VESA diplay
- >>board, and a Video/VGA I/O board. In software we've got AutoCAD Rel. 11
- >>w/AME, AutoShade, 3D Studio, Renderman, Animator, and Animator Pro.
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >>What's he need produce moving pictures? He wants to do 3D modelling &
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >>animation in 24-bit resolution as well as 2D animation.
- > Didn't he answer these questions before he purchased the titles he did?
- >
- >Is it me, or do some post smell of piracy more than others.
-
- Thanks for the libelous innuendo, jerk.
- We've purchased all of the above software except for 3D Studio. Studio was
- given to us for extended testing by Autodesk.
-
- >In my defense, I will argue that this person should have had all these
- >questions worked out before he went out and spent a fortune in software.
- >
- >Maybe I am paranoid, and I certainly apologize if I am wrong, but I have
- >a ton of reasons to believe what I do.
- >Heck, every PCdick I know has a pirated copy of 3D studio.
-
- Just because you know pirates, doesn't mean the rest of us are without
- ethics.
-
- BTW, if you're such an expert, what are your recommendations? I notice you
- failed to contribute anything except "let the buyer beware."
-
- >David
- >Watters
- >
- >
- >--
- >David R. Watters (watters@cranel.com) Cranel Inc. Development & Engineering
- >"Porsche. The very name is, to many, the last word in sports cars. Any car
- > blessed with these magic seven letters is sure to be the very best. Period!"
- >
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