On Wednesday 09 October 2002 12:14 pm, Benj wrote: > Maya is a software for 3D animation and visual effects, not a > video editing software. It isn't free either. > > Benj
Hello Benj! I have a friend who's very much into animation. He initially learned animating gifs, has been messing around with Macromedia Flash animations and Corel RAVE lately. He is very much interested in doing 3D animation and visual effects, as well as digital compositing and integrating live actors with CG characters. 1. Are there any "Maya" or "Alias Wavefront" equivalents that are affordable for him to learn and use? Or does he need to work (or apprentice) for ImagineAsia Studios to further hone his skills? He's very enthusiastic when he learned that Star Wars "Attack of the Clones" was created entirely in relatively "cheap" Linux workstations (Gnome desktop atop Red Hat Linux 7.1 with GeForce Quadro Graphics chips, IIRC.) Of course he can only use his workstation for design/creation purposes only, and he can never afford a render farm (he also sincerely hopes that someday in the future, several clustered Linux on legacy machines (Pentium I, II) can serve as a "poor man's" render farm). Or can he crunch the images in his computer's spare cycles overnight? 2. What software is used for "image-crunching?" Hope you can help him. By the way, I hope I am not mistaking you for Benjamin Oris of ImagineAsia Studios. -- mikol "There is no concept more closer to intellectual emancipation than free software. Freedom to responsibly code and share in its most free and pure form." -- Floyd Robinson, September 24, 2002 _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
