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From: errol@das.llnl.gov (Errol Craig)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Mac 3D graphics/animation packages
Keywords: 3d, graphics, animation , macintosh
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Date: 2 Aug 89 20:36:07 GMT
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In article <845@mrsvr.UUCP> hallett@mrsvr.UUCP (Jeff Hallett) writes:
>In article <1500@ndmath.UUCP>, milo@ndmath.UUCP (Greg Corson) writes:
>> I'm interested in hearing opinions from people who have used various Mac
>> 3d graphics/animation packages.
>
>Try Super3D from Silicon Beach.  It has some pretty nice built-in features 
>for doing autorotation/increment/scale.  Handles Bezier curves, 24bit color,
>most of the nice, fuzzy details and has the scripting that you want.  I
>believe you can even hot-link your pictures to VideoWorks II to take
>advantage of the more powerful animators there, if you need it.

I've been using Super3D over the past few months, and I'd agree that
it's an impressive program, but there are a few things I don't like
about it.  It's horribly slow on a MacPlus or SE, and is somewhat
confusing especially when working with cross sections.  In retrospect, I
wish I had bought Swivel 3D.  I've only heard good things about it.
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