Hi Karl, I agree in some points, but .... >It doesn't mix well ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I do not really agree Try RS in conjunction with ProjectMessiah via RealMoca or Zbrush via obj import or Rhino (as true Nurbs!!!) via iges plugin and there are many more...
> * It doesn't handle big scenes very good, becomes too sluggish to do anything. Maybe others have this problem too, but 3ds-max sure handles much more polys. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I definetly agree, my workaround is use analtics as often as possible. Analtics are incredible fast to render. (have in mind: polys not nurbs, and the RS displacement is hard to top by other apps. Max displacement results are cruel in my opinion) Ok, the rendertimes .... Buy Max with 4 MentalRay Nodes (no then it's better to buy Softimage) and for the same money buy RS and some fast PC's. Then compare the rendertimes, don't know which app makes the race? Don't misunderstood me, I'm working with Lightwave and Cinema4D and some other 3D apps, too. I like RS3D behaviour most time. (it's a little bit like my girl friend, he he. uuups, forgotten to buy the manual .....) Best wishes, Matthias ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 1:27 PM Subject: RE: View windows > > Hi > > >> You don't mention what your needs are. For home projects or > >>even some > >> professional (ads, but not movies) work it will suffice, but > >>it tends > >> to fail as a gaming development base (lack of proper tools). > >>If price > >> is a concern, then definately Realsoft3D would be well worth the > >> money, even as a secondary application. > > > you can use it for movies (resolution depends on your > >render-power) Always have in mind, that movies are not > >produced with only one 3D-app, and RS has a powerful output > >for different channels in one renderpass, that's very useful > >for compositing, > >Fieldrendering- and well working motionblur is in RS, too. > >Only audio-features are left, but it's possible to work around. > > The reason I wouldn't have used it for movies is because: > * It doesn't mix well with other applications, such as masses control etc. Other software have a broader userbase which can provide the needed scripting to make it work. Here we are basically on our own with a difficult SDK (according to some people here). > * It has no support for other renderers which might be required to do high quality output in less time. I/we rendered a GI animation of a relatively complex room (modelled by client using inventor) with 3ds-max using v-ray with very little work. I had to give up even working with it within Realsoft3D. Although the builtin renderer does a better job than max/maya default renderers (as _they_ say, haven't tried them much) especially regarding animation antialiasing. > * It doesn't handle big scenes very good, becomes too sluggish to do anything. Maybe others have this problem too, but 3ds-max sure handles much more polys. > * Sometimes you don't get the results you expect, the software requires a lot of workaround knowlegde. There are workarounds for the most obvious things, which is a shame. For newcomers this can be a bit daunting. > * It only does brute force motion blur. This is fine with respect to quality, but if pressed for rendering speed this can really be a problem. And it only support a 360° shutter angle afaik. Other packages may let you choose to do faster but less accurate "geometric motion blur", which is sometimes all you really need. Depth of field I would leave to post. > * Its builtin list of effects are quite limited and not too well implemented. Compare 3ds max and Realsoft3D even for something as simple as lens flares. > > >And in RS (like in all other 3D-apps) there is no "Do what I > >think" button. (That's my private wish for V6). > > Hehe, don't we all :-) > > Just my 2-8 cents about the subject... > > Regards > Karl > > This e-mail and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. It is solely intended for the person(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient, any reading, use, disclosure, copying or distribution of all or parts of this e-mail or associated attachments is strictly prohibited. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message or by telephone and delete this e-mail and any attachments permanently from your system. > >
