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On 4 Jul 1996 02:10:26 GMT, p-baer@students.uiuc.edu (baer peter 
patrick) wrote:

> "Jon E. Schultz II" <jeschult@uiuc.edu> writes:
> 
> >What's so cool about Lightwave?  Some people have told me to go 
> >for Autodesk, while others swear by Lightwave.  What's the 
difference?
> 
>      Lightwave is made by and designed for artists, not computer
> people (no value judgment there -- it's just very intuitive and 
easy to 
> use if you've got film/photography experience).  It is on par with 
3D 
> Studio in terms of capability and quality, and is relatively cheap 
(don't 
> know what the latest price is but I'm almost positive that the 
regular 
> version is below $1000).

I have to agree. I have used LOTS (and still own) of 3D packages over 
the years. Lightwave is certainly the most intuitive and easiest to 
learn and use. I would go so far to say that Lightwave and 3DS Max 
are more or less equivalent in features. However, I still hear a lot 
from friends that LW still has the superior output over 3DS. LW also 
costs a hell of  a lot less (you can save enough to get a decent 
computer!). I am lead artist for a video game company which pretty 
much allows us to use the tools that we want. ALL of the junior 
artist have decided upon lightwave citing ease of use. Nobody wants 
to spend a ton PLUS invest a lot of time only to get output that isnt 
quite there. You definately will not regret LW.