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- From: colins@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Colin Stuckless)
- Subject: Re: What is Imagine?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.221122.14528@cs.mun.ca>
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- Organization: CS Dept., Memorial University of Newfoundland
- References: <1993Jan1.194938.8502@netcom.com> <bobl.at6h@bobsbox.rent.com> <1993Jan2.070146.20330@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 22:11:22 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan2.070146.20330@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca> cs902125@ariel.yorku.ca (SHUK C YIP) writes:
- >In article <bobl.at6h@bobsbox.rent.com> bobl@bobsbox.rent.com (Bob Lindabury - SysAdmin) writes:
- >>
- >>Autodesk 3D Studio is the better package if we compare it to the Amiga
- >>version of Imagine 2.0. I think the 3D Studio interface as well as its
- >>commands and options are better than Imagine 2.0 on the Amiga. Of
- >>course the IBM version may be different or it may be a 3.0 version
- >>release. Another thing to consider is that 3D Studio comes in at a
- >>hefty $2500.00 I believe and list on Imagine PC will probably be
- >>somewhere around $500.00.
- >>
- >Can you list some feature why Autodesk 3D studio is better? Is there any
- >3D package for Amiga which is better than Imagine?
-
- That's easy enough. Caligari Broadcast (the full featured, expensive version)
- for the Amiga is better than Imagine in terms of easy of use and overall
- interface design. Also, a new slightly scaled down version of Caligari which
- still offers rendering in 32-bit color is available for around $500 or so.
-
- And, of course, LightWave 3D, which is currently only available in conjuction
- with the Video Toaster is a far better package than Imagine for doing most
- anything your average renderer or animator would want to do.
-
- But, if one takes the time to learn the ins and outs of Imagine, it is a very
- powerful program to say the least. And the least expensive of the ones
- mentioned above. I've seen some stunning still renderings done by Imagine.
-
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