Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!macsuppor From: macsuppor@a1.nl (DEnnis Brinkhuis) Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.beginners Subject: Re: Win/Mac 3D Modeller upgraded Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 10:43:11 +0200 Organization: Debri Productions Lines: 28 Message-ID: <1dal8t6.1oayrbq1fi6xaiN@a1-88-127.a1.nl> References: <3581FDD8.321F@home.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: a1-88-127.a1.nl X-Newsreader: MacSOUP 2.3 (unregistered) Nick wrote: > Animation Master 98 from Hash Inc., www.hash.com has just upgraded their > spline based modeler to export RSD files! AM98 runs on PCs and Macs, and > is an extremely easy and fast modeler to use. YES!!!! I was looking for that. I was hoping Cinema4D XL would get an plugin for RSD... not till now.. Cinema4D XL can work with 3D Studio models very well, and the complete program is very professional. > It has a good animator, and excellent bones and inverse kinematics. I will buy Hash! > As an interesting technical note, it uses the same surface subdivision > technology Shiny is using in Messiah. The result is that AM models are > very small - I built a character in AM98 and the same one in 3D Studio. > The models looked the same when rendered, but the AM98 model had only > 238 surfaces, whereas the equivalent 3DS model had over 1500 (built > properly in 3DS not imported from the AM98 model). > Duke Nuken 3D and many other well known games were modeled using Hash, > and it only costs $199. > You have me convinced and I remember that they even have a large discount for students! DEnnis..