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#3d Opinions…

    19-Aug-90 12:42:48
Sb: #117212-#3d Opinions…
Fm: Mark D. Manes 74030,744
To: Brian Maguire 76417,507
I really appreciate the reply. The customer that is interested in doing 3d modeling is very concerned about anti-aliasing. He doesn't like it! He is used to using a Compu-cube (??) for doing his traces. This fellow is a graphics person for the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) and wants to put Amiga's in for story boarding etc. I also have a personal interest in this as I want to get into the right 3d package. I did check out the demo for Caligari and simply love the 3d user interface. I started to get into 3d stuff several years ago, even went as far as purchasing the original Silver package. I am told that I can upgrade this puppy to Imagine by sending in $30 for Turbo Silver and another $150 for Imagine. I believe this is the route I am going to take since a Amiga 3000 is imminent in my future. I watched the 3d professional video tape and was impressed at the ease of object movement. I did not understand why they had to do a couple of things to deal with hidden line removal, the often times talked about how objects were being rendering in the order created or something. Anyway this "feature" can cause objects to look strange, for example a leg may appear through a table top. Is this a common thing with all of the 3d packages?