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Originally posted by Bozo The Evil Clown:
**Alright - Starting this topic for 2 reasons:
1. So I can get a good idea about whats out there for graphic making.
2. So everybody else has a better knowledge of the tools.
Heres the deal. Write your answer in this form below. I'll give an example (which is not accurate):
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Bozo, I know that you're somewhat new here, but please do a search for topics like this. They're almost a dime a dozen, and there's a lot of information on them. You could even just look through the EV Image Gallery. Just check out the images that you like, and see what program the person used. That'd give you an idea of where to start. But for the sake of the thread:
Name: POVRay
What makes it so good?: Its free, has a good renderer, and is totally unlike all other programs on the market.
Price: free
Any tips?: don't be intimidated by its lack of a GUI. Be persistant and keep working at it.
Any known tutorials?: beats the heck out of me, go to (url="http://"http://www.povray.org")www.povray.org(/url)
Recommend to Newbies?: Yes and No. I started as a newbie, but a lot of people get turned off by it
User friendly?(as far as model programs go?): No. You need to be persistant and not give up, but it gives good results
Score (1-10): 6
General/Other Comments: The lack of a GUI is annoying, as well as its non standard modelling tools.
Name: Newtek Lightwave 8.0
What makes it so good?: It has powerful modelling tools. Has the best bundled renderer on the market. Supports HDRI. Integrated Polygon and Subdivision Surfaces.
Price: $1700. $500 upgrade from 7.5 (I think)
Any tips?: Practice a lot. Read the manual. Practice more.
Any known tutorials?: All over the internet. (url="http://"http://www.newtek.com/products/lightwave/tutorials/index.html")http://www.newtek.co...ials/index.html(/url)
Recommend to Newbies?: No. It's too expensive for that. For a newbie, I'd suggest a free program until you surpass its capabilities and you know that you're going to continue in 3D. It's not worth it to buy an industry standard program if you're going to just make a sphere and quit.
User friendly?(as far as model programs go?): Yes.
Score (1-10): 10
General/Other Comments: ATMOS used Lightwave to make the ships of EV Nova. It is also used by EdenFX for the visual effects on Enterprise.
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(This message has been edited by what_is_the_matrix (edited 07-08-2004).)
