ern@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Ernest J Obusek) (05/23/89)
Hello! I need advice from all of you 3D modeling/ray-tracing/animation gurus out there. I want to start doing all of the above but have no prior experience or knowledge. I've read everything I could about the various software packages for the Amiga, but I've just become rather confused. So I need your advice on what I need. My only requirement is for something that's not too difficult to use. Thanks! Ernest Obusek ern@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu ern@cisunx.UUCP
morris-ng@cup.portal.com (Yuklung Morris Ng) (05/26/89)
If you have money, get the Sculpt-Animate 4D to render best image ever with very intuitive interface for editing. Plus Turbo-Silver v3.0 to get neat options. VideoScape is nice but is not for ray-tracing. Try them, you will love them all! - Morris
shf@well.UUCP (Stuart H. Ferguson) (05/30/89)
+-- morris-ng@cup.portal.com (Yuklung Morris Ng) writes: | VideoScape is nice but is not for ray-tracing. Absolutely true -- but then, ProWrite isn't for database queries, and MaxiPlan isn't for word processing. Sometimes people think that all image synthesis is "ray-tracing," when in fact there are many ways to render 3D synthetic scenes. Ray-tracing is only one way. It's simple, slow and remarkably realistic. VideoScape employs a completely different rendering technique which doesn't have a catchy name like "ray-tracing." It might be called "conventional" or "classic" rendering. While the results are not as realistic (although VS2.0 gets close to raytracer results), and the algorithm is not as simple, it runs orders of magnitude faster. This makes VideoScape really the only choice for doing animations of any length. -- Stuart Ferguson (shf@well.UUCP) Action by HAVOC