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Originally posted by Weepul 884:
**I'd like a thing where it retains the splines and generates the polys automatically from the splines, not generating the polys once and saving those. Get what I mean?
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Like in C4D then Oh, and more than one spline type does come in handy, sometimes B-Splines are so useful.

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eh, well, Lightwave 7 has Automatic Spline patches now, I found out as I was reading the manual. You now only have to connect the splines, or convert a object into a spline cage...quite usefull if I was doing organic modelling.

And so I was wrong... and excuse me if I dont read descriptions word-for-word

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Originally posted by spl_cadet:
**I wouldn't recommend Lightwave though. I've played around with it a bit and if you are used to Strata it is incredibly difficult. The interface is non-intuitive, there are actually too many options, and the seperation into two different programs, modeler and renderer, is annoying. In my opinion you'd probably be better off with looking for Infini-D if you wanted something more powerful.
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Well, I've used Strata for a while, and am now switching to Lightwave. It's not insanely difficult. Also, Infini-D is not as powerful as Lightwave (you never know what could have happened if it had been continued tho) and I found Infini-D's interface annoying - too many pictures, not enough simple labels.

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(quote)Originally posted by Admiral Zombat:
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And so I was wrong... and excuse me if I dont read descriptions word-for-word:p

It certainly has the Lightwave quality, though...

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Originally posted by Captain Skyblade:
**I might forgive you.:p

It certainly has the Lightwave quality, though...

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Just to confuse all us shoppers, Maya is releasing a demo within a couple weeks. Apparently the free version renders a copyright on each image and won't export models, it also won't take plug-ins. Still, one could try out Maya and see if one liked it...

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Originally posted by Commander Arashi:
**Just to confuse all us shoppers, Maya is releasing a demo within a couple weeks. Apparently the free version renders a copyright on each image and won't export models, it also won't take plug-ins. Still, one could try out Maya and see if one liked it...

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Dang, I hate those kind of restrictions. I much prefer the thirty-day trial limit system (like the Bryce 5 demo does).

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Originally posted by Captain Skyblade:
**Dang, I hate those kind of restrictions. I much prefer the thirty-day trial limit system (like the Bryce 5 demo does).
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The Maya demo isn't being produced to render cool stuff -- it's meant to learn how to use Maya -- for otherwise they'd just lose tons of money. And the thirty days can easily be gotten around.

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I use C4D. My dad works w/ graphics designers so I got a copy of C4D and started it with no NO experience. A month later I have decent images. I like C4D because it is a good balance between ease and power. Any good person can make Lightwave images with Strata, it just takes longer. I like C4D because it makes good images with little effort.

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