What 3D rendering program do you all use?
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Originally posted by Macintosh Man:
**What 3D rendering program do you all use?
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i use Lightwave. (url="http://"http://www.lightwave6.com")http://www.lightwave6.com(/url)
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Originally posted by Azdara:
**You use lightwave DB?
Lucky bastard... wish i had lightwave. Then i might actually make something good.
~A~
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it is the artist, not the program. you need to be good with what you have now, to be good with Lightwave.
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I've purchased the following over a period of years :
Infini-D 4.5
RayDream Studio
StrataVision 4.0
StrataStudio Pro Blitz 1.75++
StrataStudio Pro 2.5
Strata3D Pro 3.0
Amapi
And lastly:
Inspire 3D
Adding all these purchases up I could have bought a whole new top-of-the-line G4 with SuperDrive :frown:
Oh. The programs I've used the most are the Strata ones, I like the simplicity and love the renderer, though what can't modelled easily in the Strata programs I've resorted to using other programs to compliment it.
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Originally posted by Metzen:
**I've purchased the following over a period of years :
Infini-D 4.5
RayDream Studio
StrataVision 4.0
StrataStudio Pro Blitz 1.75++
StrataStudio Pro 2.5
Strata3D Pro 3.0
Amapi
And lastly:
Inspire 3D
Adding all these purchases up I could have bought a whole new top-of-the-line G4 with SuperDrive :frown:
Oh. The programs I've used the most are the Strata ones, I like the simplicity and love the renderer, though what can't modelled easily in the Strata programs I've resorted to using other programs to compliment it.
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thats a bit much...
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Originally posted by Metzen:
**I've purchased the following over a period of years:
Infini-D 4.5
RayDream Studio...
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What do you think of RayDream?
I have Studio and can't upgrade to 5 or 5.5. :frown:
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Originally posted by DeAdBoY:
**thats a bit much...
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Purchasing LightWave to start off your career is a bit much. I've purchased my software in evolutionairy stages over years and that experience from each bit of software is almost always in other packages as well. Anyways, I also believe the wider the selection of tools you have, the better off you are.
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Originally posted by Rodger:
**What do you think of RayDream?
I have Studio and can't upgrade to 5 or 5.5. :frown:
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I have 5.5. I never really did like it. I think the interface disgusted me as I found it to be very Window's-like. Especially with the way some of the things are handled. Though it had some powerful "shaders" which helped me out on a few occasions and it's modelling capabilities exceeded some of the other packages I possesed at the time, interface is a big issue with me. I don't like Inspire3D too much because of its ugly interface, even though it is incredibly powerful.
In the end, if RayDream were still supported I'd still be using it.
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I go with StrataVision, not Strata3D. It's very simple, easy touse, and you don't have to worry about going into the confusing complicated things untill you use "Expert" mode. It's a simple little program with amazing potential, as one would note from my typical images.
I've had my version for over a year now, and I'm still discovering neat little features in it 
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Originally posted by Metzen:
**Purchasing LightWave to start off your career is a bit much.
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i DID use Infini-D for quite awhile before that, and had been using Bryce since '97. so i knew about 3D before i got it 
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I have quite a few, mostly ones I got cheap or free from people because they were old or surplus.
Anyway, I have:
Cinema 4D XL R6
Cinema 4D 5.something XL
Infini-D 4.5
Mechanisto
Lightwave 6.0
Anyway, I found that Cinema 4D is generally the best, though now I have lightwave I tend to be able to achive better effects.
I do have one problem however, I seem to find it impossible to visualise 3D shapes into 2D for modeling. I just cant do it. So, if there's anyone out there who'd be willing to help on What If (http://www.damnsw.ne...riplet/what_if/ - outdated but contains story and a few pics) then I'd be grateful. Even if you have no idea what to make, I can send you some sketches
One last problem - I cannot seem to get lightwave to output an RGB file. It always anti-aliases in colour then dithers to grayscale. Strange but true...
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(quote)Originally posted by DeAdBoY:
**i DID use Infini-D for quite awhile before that, and had been using Bryce since '97. so i knew about 3D before i got it:)
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Originally posted by Slug:
**Infini-D was pretty good, but it had the one huge flaw: No object grouping.
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What are you talking about? You can group objects in four different ways in Infini-D. Maybe you used an earlier version, the only versin I have used are 4.0 and 4.5, both have object grouping.
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Originally posted by blackhole:
**One last problem - I cannot seem to get lightwave to output an RGB file. It always anti-aliases in colour then dithers to grayscale. Strange but true...
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check the render options? there should be Save RGB option... where you can set the options (Tara, JPG, whatever)
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Originally posted by DeAdBoY:
check the render options? there should be Save RGB option...
That's the first thing I did, but no matter what I choose it comes out gray, and yes, I have colours on the model.
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Originally posted by blackhole:
**That's the first thing I did, but no matter what I choose it comes out gray, and yes, I have colours on the model.
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odd. check out the manual, or try calling newtek.
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Any body know where I can get Infini-D cheap?
I couldn't find it on ebay and I don't have a
fast enough connectoin to download it from hotline.
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