Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:42869 comp.sys.amiga:44286 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!henry.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!gryphon!pnet02!jandreas From: jandreas@pnet02.gryphon.com (Jason Andreas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: What is best 24bit 3d Anim system under $12,000 Message-ID: <22607@gryphon.COM> Date: 22 Nov 89 22:20:18 GMT Sender: root@gryphon.COM Organization: People-Net [pnet02], Redondo Beach, CA. Lines: 19 One problem with Renderman is that it doesn't have an interface. Although programs, such as AutoCad will soon be able to drive renderman. The macintosh version of SA4D as of yet doesn't have Animation capabilities like the amiga version, but i was told E. Graham was working on this, along with adding texturing. Caligari is junk! (PERSONAL + OTHER OPINIONS). JourneyMan is great, plus a few of the 7 modules are shipping NOW! Turbo Silver has great rendering, but a lousy cell editor, (BUT THIS IS ALSO BEING CHANGED). Another program to check out is 3-Tuple, being made by Fred Michell at CBM. The digital animation production's board is great if we can just get some real software running. I'm currently working on a ray tracer for it that will take in Turbo Silver CEll files, and Sculpt-Animate 4D .scene files, and Render them, using my own renderer, which produces much better pictures than TS or SA4D. I would take a serious look in to The JourneyMan by Hash Enterprises, and 3-Tuple by Fred M. who i believe is on USENET! There are some other packages coming out soon, but they're not very good. UUCP: {ames!elroy, }!gryphon!pnet02!jandreas INET: jandreas@pnet02.gryphon.com