Re: [newbie] Lightwave 3D / 3d artwork / Blender

2003-10-14 Thread Tango Echo
--- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: robin wrote: John Richard Smith wrote: I installed blender on M9.0 and took a close look at it , and frankly , to a complete beginner it seemed a bit too much to understand. They assume you already know a lot of the terms, but if

Re: [newbie] Lightwave 3D / 3d artwork / Blender

2003-10-13 Thread John Richard Smith
robin wrote: John Richard Smith wrote: I installed blender on M9.0 and took a close look at it , and frankly , to a complete beginner it seemed a bit too much to understand. They assume you already know a lot of the terms, but if you are like me you have never ever seen a 3d modeling

Re: [newbie] Lightwave 3D / 3d artwork / Blender

2003-10-12 Thread John Richard Smith
Anarky wrote: John Richard Smith wrote: modelling, animation, texturing, workflow rendering. Could you kindly define for this rank newbie 3d modeler, what each of the 5 subject headings mean. okie :P Modelling, I guess making a 3d outline. well ... this is about making the shape of

Re: [newbie] Lightwave 3D / 3d artwork / Blender

2003-10-11 Thread Anarky
John Richard Smith wrote: modelling, animation, texturing, workflow rendering. Could you kindly define for this rank newbie 3d modeler, what each of the 5 subject headings mean. okie :P Modelling, I guess making a 3d outline. well ... this is about making the shape of things ... say

Re: [newbie] Lightwave 3D

2003-10-10 Thread Tango Echo
--- Anarky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tango Echo wrote: Hi all, don't be misslead ... Blender is a very complex powerfull tool ... you wouldn't believe how powerfull. I wouldn't believe it either at first ... I thought it was just this free programm ... but as you learn more you'll be

Re: [newbie] Lightwave 3D

2003-10-10 Thread Anarky
Tango Echo wrote: Ok, so I admit it, I know nothing about 3D modeling. However, it is an interest of mine that I've always wanted to explore. My doubts in Blender weren't that it was free, but rather the quality of the screen shots I was seeing - they appeared to be rather low quality. you

Re: [newbie] Lightwave 3D

2003-10-10 Thread John Richard Smith
Anarky wrote: well, I'm not particularly familiar with the rendering capabilities of Lightwave to be able to say ... but I should tell you something: as you find out more about 3d artwork and working with it you'll discouver that there's quite a couple of things that make out a good 3d

[newbie] Lightwave 3D

2003-10-09 Thread Tango Echo
Hi all, Was browsing digitalblasphemy earlier... I've seen references before but never actually entered the site. The artist claims he uses Lightwave 3D and World Builder for some projects. Ok, that's $3,000 I don't have right now. Does any know of a similar product for Linux? A high quality

Re: [newbie] Lightwave 3D

2003-10-09 Thread magnet
I've had a dable with povray and the results were fast although my skills as a serious modeller are close to non-existant but it is a very capable package if you have the time to sit down and learn it. It has a loyal following of users and there are numerous websites found on google for support

Re: [newbie] Lightwave 3D

2003-10-09 Thread Alan Carbutt
Tango Echo, If indeed that is your real name. :) Like magnet, I have been also using povray. I have the Windoze version up and running on my Mandrake box through WINE. I have been dabbling a little and I am working on adding in some of the plugins and companion software also using WINE. The

Re: [newbie] Lightwave 3D

2003-10-09 Thread magnet
Blender is a very powerful modeller and renderer but it was all too much for me as it is complex, but if you are seriously into this kind of thing then maybe Blender is what you should look at. I installed it but you need a lot of time to find your way around all the icons, options, tools and

Re: [newbie] Lightwave 3D

2003-10-09 Thread Anarky
Tango Echo wrote: Hi all, Was browsing digitalblasphemy earlier... I've seen references before but never actually entered the site. The artist claims he uses Lightwave 3D and World Builder for some projects. Ok, that's $3,000 I don't have right now. Does any know of a similar product for

Re: [newbie] Lightwave 3D

2003-10-09 Thread Heather/Femme
On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 05:56:24 -0700 (PDT) Tango Echo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Was browsing digitalblasphemy earlier... I've seen references before but never actually entered the site. The artist claims he uses Lightwave 3D and World Builder for some projects. Ok, that's $3,000 I