CompuServe Thread

Well I felt it was time to get on my soapbox and complain about the lack of 3D rendering and Animation standards for the Amiga. The only 3D rendering program that I have at this time is Sculpt 3D, and I've been wanting to get a Animation program, but don't think I will until some kind of standard is set by the industry. I have the Director, but it will only animate frames created with VideoScape 3D. So if I want to use animation in my Director scripts, then I have to purchase VideoScape. But then if I want to create animations with Sculpt 3D, then I have to get Animate 3D also. I haven't seen or heard too much about Silver, but I imagine they use a different format also. Then if I do purchase VideoScape, then I would also have to purchase Interchange, so I could port my scene's between VideoScape and Sculpt. So the bottom line is this: IT REALLY SUCKS, and if the developer's at Aegis, Byte-by-Byte, Impulse, The Right Answers Group, and elsewhere can't get together and create a standard, then they are going to hurt the future of the Amiga and animation. I, for one, will absolutely refuse to purchase a Animation package until some kind of standard is set. So its going to hurt you until you get something going in that direction. So, now I feel better in getting this off my chest, but I can only hope that the developer's out there are listening. John Gager