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Re: My humble opinion about LDraw animation
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Mon, 22 Aug 2005 18:08:47 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, James Reynolds wrote:
> Lightwave is only $895, which isn't that expensive (how much does Windows cost?
> How much does Photoshop cost? How much does Flash cost? How much does
> Dreamweaver cost?).
How much does Linux cost? How much does OpenOffice cost? How much
does Gimp cost? How much do thousands of titles of quite useful
free software cost? I think you are missing the point. Professional
software titles are often out of range for ordinary home users
who are doing stuff for fun or for educational reasons, and not
for profit. People get Windows "for free" when they buy a computer,
and they either use a pirated copy of Office or stick to the bundled
MS Works they get "for free" just like the Windows license, i.e.
rammed down their throat at a hidden and heavily discounted OEM price.
> If you aren't willing to pay the $, will you be willing to spend
> the time needed to learn how to make animations at all?
> It is a huge investment of time.
And still people all over the world learn how to create wonderful
stuff with entirely illegal copies of 3dsmax, Maya and Lightwave.
Once again, I think you are missing the point. For many people,
private individuals and young people in particular, time is
cheap and in plentiful supply if needed, but money is very scarce.
Free 3D modeling and animation software exists. Blender is not
a dream to learn (I have tried), but some very good stuff has
been produced with it, and you are kind of shooting yourself
in the foot by mentioning POV-Ray, which is also free and has
spawned some supporting free modeling and animation software.
Software does not *have* to cost money. If you have a couple
of thousand dollars to spare, you have more options, and I
much prefer some professional software titles over many
free equivalents, but I see the advantages of free software
and I happily use both free and non-free software every day.
> I'm not displaying
> works in progress that would probably blow your mind.
Ahem. This is an attitude that would put many people off.
Talking about the wonderful quality of unreleased work that
sits on your hard disk is about the least constructive thing
you can do in a public forum.
I am not saying that you should not mention it, or that it
would not in fact knock our socks off if we saw it, but please
refrain from boasting about it until you can release it.
And even then it is wiser to watch silently and let others
praise it. In my experience, Saying "What do you think of
this?" and getting a "Wow!" is a lot better as an ego boost
than saying "This is great, don't you agree?" and getting a
"Well, if you say so, yeah, I guess".
Please do not take offense by this. I mean no harm,
but I do know what I am talking about, too.
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| (...) Yes, I must have. I thought the point was that Damien wants a scripting language to do animation. And I keep trying to say POV-Ray is it. Or something comercial. Don't try to reinvent the wheel like I did with Lani. Learn the current (...) (19 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) At the very least you should read the manuals to see what techniques the artists use. They aren't stupid. And they do apply to Lego animation because I have read some manuals so I know. Lightwave is only $895, which isn't that expensive (how (...) (19 years ago, 22-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad)
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