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- From: dino@alex.com (Dino Fancellu)
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- Subject: Re: Imagine 3.0 WHO CARES!
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 11:07:40 +0000
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- In article <C17sGE.KIn@fc.hp.com>, koren@fc.hp.com (Steve Koren) writes:
- |> Sam Hulick (shulick@navajo.ucs.indiana.edu) wrote:
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- |> 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).
-
- Real 3D 1.4 is going to renamed Real 3D Classic and cost about 70 pounds=$105
-
- |>
- |> (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).
- |>
-
- What version did you see? Real 3D can do FAR more realistic images than Imagine
- due to its solid modeling, no nasty polygons. I've used Imagine 2.0 but had to
- throw it away as it handled like a pig and gave consistently unrealistic images.
- No doubt it can look good but it seems to take so much effort. With Real 3D it
- is so easy to create realistic images in a very intuitive manner.
-
- |> Aladdin sounds OK too, but I've only seen the "Amazing Amiga" review of
- |> it, not the real thing.
- |>
-
- You can get some good images from Aladdin but it suffers from the same drawbacks
- as Draw 4d pro. i.e. it makes Imagine's interface a pleasure to use in comparison,
- due to its bizarre construction.
-
- |> - 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.
-
-
- Have you seen the specs for Real 3d 2.0? There are amazing. The specs for
- Imagine 3.0 however seem little more than a bug fix with a few things it really
- should have in the first place. Real 3D 2.0 is a MAJOR rework with many
- professional features. I'l repost the feature list if you like.
-
-
- Dino
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