Hey Peoples,
I am looking for a 3D program for my iBook 1.2GHz. I'm still looking
but I also wanted to share my story with you =)
After doing a search on Google, i found some rather interesting
comments and articles about 3D Applications on the PPC platform.
Having not used 3D Appz for a long time ago (probably 2 years or more).
And from what I have heard people are mainly using Maya, Bryce or
Cinema 4D. I HAD Bryce 5 for my Windows box, but I really don't want to
use the Windows box for designing 3D models. I just don't like the way
Window$ appz run when handling large files, tends to be really unstable
and slow. So off I went, like a good little boyscout into the Google
Mountains looking for some 3D goodness ;) Here is what I found:
Bryce: A quick google search uncovers that Corel stopped development of
Bryce 5 in 2003 for the Mac...Great!
Dissapointingly the Windows version still exists though.
Ray Dream Studio: Wasn't on my search list, mainly because I haven't
heard anything about it in years. When I was in year 9 in high school,
the OS 8.x Macs we had then were running Ray Dream, after a month of
using it our school upgraded to Bryce. So I didn't bother looking =)
Maya: Googling turned up a document from the Wired site, entitled
"Maya: Doomed on OS X" -
http://wired.com/news/business/0,1367,48193,00.html
The article was from late 2001, so it may be obsolete but it wasn't
looking too good for Mac 3D Apps in general, so I kept looking.
Cinema 4D:Found something on a review site saying: CINEMA 4D has won
the 3D Design Software Labs Test in MacUser, beating Maya and
LightWave......
http://www.maxon.net/pages/dyn_files/dyn_htx/htx/1091/01091_01091.html
So after sifting through the web it looks like Cinema 4D might be the
go.
But I would really like to know what your opinion is. Especially if you
are a regular Mac 3D guy/girl. Hmmm not sure if hardware is a big deal
and I hope my 3D card is gonna be good enough, but incase the hardware
matters, here is what I plan on running it on:
* iBook G4, 1.2GHz, 512MB DDR, 60GB HD (plus a Linux server with 200GB
storage), 32MB ATI Radeon. OS X 10.3.7.
Let me know also if you think my hardware will be good enough.
Thanks!!
-Brock Woolf
The Borg assimilated my race & all I got was this T-shirt.
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: www.brockwoolf.info
