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From: dkelly@npiatl.UUCP (Dwight Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Topas
Message-ID: <745@npiatl.UUCP>
Date: 5 Feb 90 13:06:36 GMT
References: <1990Feb4.091124.14347@world.std.com>
Organization: Network Publications, Inc.  Atlanta, GA
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katefans@world.std.com (Chris'n'Vickie of Kansas City) writes:

>   Topas' principle competitor is Digital Arts' DGS. Approx. $10k. DGS runs  
>on 386/387, YARC 68030 (40 mhz) and/or INMOS T800 Transputer (up to 32 nodes)
>   DGS' renderer is based on Pixar's RenderMan standard (it has everything   
>but NURBS).

DA's DGS is not RenderMan compatible yet.  You can not write procedural 
shaders at your site.  This is very important!  The renderer is very good
and fast on a 16 node T800.  The builders however are very limited in the
number of objects it can manipulate (~2000). 

Anyone know where I can get faster versions of the blur and matte utilities?

Dwight Kelly
Network Publications, Inc.
Atlanta, GA