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Massimo.Mancini@rhein-neckar.de (Massimo Mancini) wrote:
>
> Howdy!
> 
> Although I (still) own Imagine 4.0 I`d like to know as much about LW4 as
> possible.
> In fact, besides the general features/functions of LW, the most interesting
> info is what extensions are currently available, where to get them and how
> much would they cost.
> 
> I`d be thankful for any answer (especially if somebody has enough
> knowledge about LW to put everything in a single reply ?)...
> 

I just dumped Imagine 4 for LW to, 2 month ago welcome to the club.

LW 4 is expensive (Dutch Fl 1995,00).
Can render single sided polygons (doesn't render backs of objects).
Works with surfaces (mapping to specific polygons).
Is used for Bab5, and space A A Beyond.
Animates with keyframe positions and paths.
Nicer lensflares.
Lot's of plug-ins:
Explosions, Particle animations (sparks fountain), 
realtime rotating solid preview (powerview), 
special effects (wave maker), object+texture morphing,
Importing of other formats Imagine, studio3d, autocad, etc.
rendering in exotic formats like Targa, jpeg and Tiff (HIIP plugin)
preview anims from any view top, side, camera, perspectve, etc.
Watch-the-render screen.
Sexy glows and lensflares.
Metallic objects don't look like plastic.
Better mapping than Imagine.
Linear and log-curves on light intensity, acceleration etc.
Easyer modeller than lightwave.
On grid point/object placement.

That should be enough for now ;)
Wooly Mittens.