#3DStudio vs. StrataVsn
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Apparently Strata Inc. has just released version 6.5 of Strata 3D / Strata
Studio Pro for the PC platform and is offering an "early-bird" price around 1/3
of 3DStudio's. Does anyone know how Strata measures up ?
– as good as ?
– better than ?
– okay, probably worth the money ?
– forget it, save up and buy 3DStudio ?
opened it up, ran it , closed it , sent it back.
Yep, I've played with a LOT of 3D modeling and rendering programs, and
by far Stratavision 6.5 is the WORST I have seen. The user interface
is something out of the dark ages. It feels more like an interactive
batch file than a program that someone is actually trying to sell.
Strata's archaic version of the keyframer (half a horrible try at a
GUI, half Lotus for DOS 1.0) is something to commit suicide over.
The rendering times ain't bad, but there's not much you can render
that'll look any good.
I am not coming at this from the standpoint of a die-hard 3DS fiend,
in fact because of the low price I tried Stratavision first, but
there really is nothing redeeming about it compared to 3DS. I
actually got pretty good at modeling and keyframing in Strata, and I
still say that I got more done in 3DS in the first half-hour than I
did after three months of stabbing myself with Strata.
-MF