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#3D Modeling

    31-Oct-94 18:43:05
Sb: #3D Modeling
Fm: Aruna Inversin 74720,551
To: Dwayne L. Liddell 74644,2416
Chad, Thanks for replying to my message. To answer your question, I'm planning to use 3D for the beginning of a school video which opens with a few animations. I plan to make the opening to this video using some ideas from the movies, most recently Stargate, and T2. I guess most computer animators are fascinated by T2. I am, for one. Anyway, I have Imagine 2.0, and I can't seem to get the hang of it. Most likely because the Y and Z axes are switched. Today I received a demo disk from Caligari. I haven't put it on my computer yet, I'm kinda busy. I looking into making a computer animation similar to Babylon 5's effect, but maybe a little bit less sophisticated. You mentioned something about Lightwave. I heard about it, but I haven't really looked into it. I've got a 66mHz Pentium PC at the moment, but I looking into a 90mHz Pentium or SGI. Do you know if SGI has the same programming language or is compatible with PCs? I read a message from them that stated that their spruced up Indy workstation is now $19,000! I looking into speed, quality output that can be put on video tape, and a fairly simple interface. You mentioned also in your note about IMHO. What is this? I don't think I've heard of it.