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In <1817.6662T674T1453@execpc.com> jeffsj@execpc.com (Jeffery S. Jones)
writes: 
>
>On 28-Mar-96 20:50:33, starecjc@hydra.zrz.tu-berlin.de

>>I want to choose a program for doing some 3D-Animations (or
rendering)
>>that also runs fine with only 4 megs of fastram on an A1200 with
>>030/40mhz and
>>882/50mhz fpu...LW seems to be a memhog to me and what i've seen from
>>imagine so far i don't like it's user-interface very much...(sh*tty
>>configuration and system-nonconform gadgets etc...)...

>  In this area of programming, you tend to get what you pay for :)
>  I use Lightwave.  With 8 megs fast, 2 megs chip, it worked pretty
>well, and more memory only makes it better.  With 4 megs fastram, you
>may find a strong need for something like VMM, but running it in
>virtual memory will tend to slow things down.
>
>  Lightwave, however, works exceptionally well.  Most important to me,
>is that it is so easy to learn and use.  The learning curve for simple
>animation projects is minimal.  And the program produces great
results,
>renders quickly, etc.  The new plug-in structure allows the program to
>be expanded, and it always had excellent Arexx support.

I have been using Imagine since v.1. Guess I am too lazy to change to
anything else although I have LW with my Toaster. BUT the big
difference is in animation, I can play it back from RAM while unless
you have the latest LW, you cant. Nice to have the ease of animation,
but for me, getting it to tape is important and I dont have the
resources to get a PAR or update LW. I also use Imagine on the PC. It
again costs me less to have it running on both PC and Amiga's  (2 of
them. Sorta like a small rendering farm) and the tech support from
Impulse is great (another very important aspect). Impulse is constantly
making upgrades (cant wait for an interface change though!) and even
though the PC version runs from DOS (I really dont care about that),
they do have a Win version but the cost and overhead are that much
greater. As for speed...well just as fast as your system allows. And of
course, 4megs of ram is cutting it REAL CLOSE.

I am sure that you will find different choices from different people.
LW is more 'visible' due to Amblin and B5 people and it has a lot of
support. While Imagine does cost less and offers a bunch of features
and will allow you almost infinite control over every aspect of what
you due.