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From: rap2@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Alan Peters)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Paint program and 3D object editor program
Summary: What ones are avialable and which are good?
Keywords: paint programs
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Date: 20 Jun 91 18:52:51 GMT
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I need to acquire the following two programs for our imaging lab.
They must run on sparcstations.

1. A paint program -- We need a pixel-oriented program 
    (like Deluxe Paint for the Amiga) that permits image compositing and 
    touchup as well as from-scratch drawings. It should handle 256
    grayscale images, 256 color-from-palette images, and possibly 24-bit
    true color images.

2. A 3D object editor -- We need a program that will allow interactive
    creation of 3D objects to be rendered using sunvision. Sunvision itself
    has no such editor. There are a number of these available for the Amiga
    e.g. Impulse's Imagine or NewTek's LightWave 3D. We need something 
    similar to this for a sparcstation. Sunvision has a renderman interface
    so an object editor that creates renderman output would work.

Q: What programs are available either commercially or for free distribution?
     Who are the distributors? What are the prices?

Q: Which of the above are the best? Are there lists of functionalites available?
    Are there reviews available? 

Thank-you

Alan Peters
Asst. Prof. of Electrical Engineering
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37235
(615) 322-7924
rap2@vuse.vanderbilt.edu