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In article <1imlfgINNss3@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> aa794@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Pete Nofel) writes:
>
>	One of the contributors to the "Imagine . . ." string asked for a
>comparison of Autodesk 3D Studio to Imagine. While my experience with
>Imagine is limited (I prefer Video Toaster Lightwave), I'd have to say that
>Amiga 3D packages usually produce better images. But, 3D Studio has some
>advantages.

  One advantage to Imagine is it's more sophisticated motion capabilities,
  although the interface is not designed for artists, but computer people 

>	3D Studio Advantages: A good user interface for object
>construction; I find it more straight-forward than Lightwave Modeler. A
>great interface with AutoCAD. The ability to play animations in real-time
>(but not at 30 fps).

  Good modeler. I don't think the user interface is as nice as others 
  out there, although useable.. I think the best interface on the market
  is a program called Caligari24 for the Amiga.. This guy did it right.
  It does realtime wireframe on even ancient 68000 based machines..


>	3D Studio Disadvantages: Price -- you can get a complete Video
>Toaster for the price of 3D Studio. "Hiddens" on the part of Autodesk -- no
>matter how many pieces of equipment you buy, you always need one more.
>After we invested $5,000 in an existing 486-33 in software and equipment we
>found that we still needed to drop another $2K - $5K to get quality images
>to video tape (broadcast quality, that is). Low resolution -- 3D Studio
>colors are nice, but resolution is limited to 320 x 200 in VGA; circles
>look like stop signs. Lighting control is medium-to-poor.

 That price is coming down and may even now be unrealistic, in terms of
 scan converters, etc. The video equipment is coming down.. I think 
 3D Studio was done by Thom Hudson who started 3D software life on the 
 Atari ST.

=DonB=

>	As much as I prefer MS-DOS machines for DTP, CAD, word processing,
>and structured drawing, they are poor video machines. By the time you have
>invested in a 486, a video i/o card, a frame buffer card, and software, you
>could have purchased an Amiga/Toaster and two quality VTRs and a camera.
>	We now only use 3D Studio as a pass-through in translating AutoCAD
>drawings into Lightwave.
>
>-- 
>Pete Nofel, aa794, primary sysop
>It's a Mystery - The Mystery Literature Group
>Cleveland Freenet, Cleveland Ohio


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