CompuServe Messages

Tony, I happen to have all three programs… I agree with you on Imagine's and TrueSpace interfaces and overall strengths of both of them… How Animation:Master fits into the picture? As a different kind of animal in my opinion — things that are hard to impossible in the two are a snap here, and vice versa… As for the "plastic feel" of the Playmaton's renderings, it definitely has to do with the samples you have seen — to put it simply it is ABSOLUTELY TOPS! The idea that A:M is a "character" program is also a stereotype. Using splines you can precisely (even using numbers <g>) position your control points for any shape you can think of — without the polygonal mesh to obscure the view… All files are in ASCI formats that are ingeniously simple to understand and you can save tons of time using notepad and editing few lines here and there — try that in Imagine or TruSpace <BG> On the down side — forget the 3D type, Boolean operations, particles, cutting up objects with one another, ect… Toooo much work! If I had to choose just one program, it would be Animation:Master… provided of course I wasn't in a "flying logo" business <BG> For that I would take 1) Imagine — if I were working alone and my studio, delivering the finished product… 2) TrueSpace — it the client wanted to sit in a chair next to me instead of paying $100/h to the shrink (without half as much fun! <g>) Pawel Pawel