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- From: koren@fc.hp.com (Steve Koren)
- Subject: Re: Imagine 3.0 WHO CARES!
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:26:38 GMT
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- Sam Hulick (shulick@navajo.ucs.indiana.edu) wrote:
-
- > Damn right Imagine 3.0 is going to have some competition. Real3D 2.0 is
- > going to be THE 3D modeller. It is absolutely great. Caligari-24
-
- Real3D is also very expensive. I could afford Imagine just to plink
- around with as a hobby, but Real3D is definitely out of _my_ price range
- anyway. I remember seeing a mail-order add for it (actually it isn't
- released yet, I believe), which was selling it for something like $599.
- (They have V1.4 for around $200, which is about what Imagine 2.0 is
- also).
-
- I think that THE 3D modeller is, and will remain, Lightwave-3D.
- However, you have to have a toaster to use it, which rather diminishes
- its usefulness for those of us who have no interest or ability to afford
- a toaster.
-
- I called Newtek a while ago and suggested they provide Lightwave-3D
- without the toaster as a stand-alone product. They said they would not
- do this. I'm not sure why. Its too bad; L-3D would probably be about
- the best renderer around. (I saw a demo-version of real-3D, and I
- actually wasn't all that impressed with it. Also I have seen some
- images rendered with real-3D and wasn't impressed with them either, but
- that probably has little correlation on what the product _can_ do).
-
- Aladdin sounds OK too, but I've only seen the "Amazing Amiga" review of
- it, not the real thing.
-
- - steve
-
- BTW - if you get Imagine, you almost _have to_ get Essence. The two
- taken together are a lot nicer than Imagine alone. I wasn't all that
- thrilled with Imagine until I got Essence, and suddenly I like Imagine a
- lot more :-). Anyway, I don't think you can make a blanket statement
- that Real3D 2.0 is better than Imagine. It probably does some things
- better, sure. But also Imagine does some things better than R3D. Just
- depends on what you want. Also, Imagine has tremendous industry support
- right now in terms of PD and commercial objects, algorithmic textures,
- etc.
-