home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!math.fu-berlin.de!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!mnemonic
- From: mnemonic@netcom.com (Rev Lebaredian)
- Subject: Re: Imagine 3.0 WHO CARES!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.131601.21277@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <C17sGE.KIn@fc.hp.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 13:16:01 GMT
- Lines: 55
-
- koren@fc.hp.com (Steve Koren) writes:
- : 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).
-
- Well, if you look at the list of features on Real3D, you'll see it is
- worth a hell of a lot more than $600. Just to mention a few, It's own
- propriety programming language, fractal trees and landscapes, B-splines,
- Constructive Solid Geometry, programmable procedural textures and animation,
- TI34020 support, AGA support, completely configural editors, unlimited
- brushmaps per object, about 10 types of objects, etc...
-
- : 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
-
- well, they probably want you to have to buy a toaster to use lightwave
- figuring that the toaster is already pretty cheap and bundled with LW3D
- it is a steal(compared to $3000 for 3D studio alone on the Clones).
-
- : 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).
-
- Well, my freind is an avid Real3D disiple(and actually makes money using
- it) and he has produced a lot of beutiful sh*t. The things that have kept
- me away from it seem to be fixed in the new version(e.g. only 1 brushmap
- per object).
-
- : 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
-
- What is Essence?
-
- : 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,
-
- if it does everything it says it does, Real3D is a better package hands
- down. While imagine is limited to triangular polygons, Real3D can use
- B-splines, CSG, fractals, and polygons. This alone makes it a much more
- versatile package.
-
-