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#SA-4D Junior released!!

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#15093From: Steve PietrowiczApr 16, 1989 12:18 PM
I just saw something that came as a complete shock and surprise to me: Byte by Byte has released a program called Sculpt-Animate 4D Junior! It retails for about $150, and it seems to have quite a large number of features. (I'll post the feature list here, if it's deemed as not commercial, since I'm not involved with Byte by Byte in any way). Has anyone seen, or used this program? I flatly refuse to buy Sculpt-Animate 4-D because of the price, but this new development is something I could definiately swing. I'm especially interested in how they've enhanced the 3d editor. I've yet to see someone else come out with a better 3-D editor than Sculpt has. Comments, anyone?
#15097From: Stan Kalisher (Impulse)Apr 16, 1989 2:14 PM
Steve – If you like SA-4D Junior, you are gonna love "Quick Silver" – Quick Silver is our downscaled version of Turbo Silver, which by the way is the package that CBM Germany chose for their Video Box Package which goes out to all German dealers. <–Stan
#15178From: Joel "Walrus" SalazarApr 18, 1989 9:32 AM
Steve, but the new 'Junior' version of SA4D doesn't do real ray-tracing, or at least that's what I read. Its release doesn't surprise me too much. There's an ever-growing A500 market out there that would never pay $400-$500 for ANY program, no matter how great. Also, I note that in the 3D category at the recent NY AmiExpo art contest, the top 3 places and one honorable mention went to images done with Turbo Silver. There was only a single honorable mention awarded to a Sculpt image. I'm quite sure that things like that definitely get Byte By Byte's attention :-). And re: better editors, have you tried Modeler3D yet?
#15206From: Steve PietrowiczApr 18, 1989 7:30 PM
Doesn't do real ray-tracing? What does it do? Just solid modeling? What a disappointment, but I really should have expected that. I have Modeler-3D, but I haven't used it too much, mainly because I've been very busy. That manual really ticks me off too. I don't like they way they did the tutorials in there. I guess I should get back to it soon. Do you (or anyone else) have the errata that floated around here a while ago? There were some mistakes in the manual, and I can't remember what they were. (That could have been part of my frustration last time I looked at it).