new subscriber 2004-10-18 - By DRxDON
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Allan McCormick wrote:
Too bad you can't afford tS ver6.5; then you would have nearly EVERYTHING you
had
with MAX. Well, just save up for ver7.0, whenever that's released. I would have
to guess sometime early-middle 2005. To be honest, I had tS since ver 4.3 and
had one heck of a time with the GUI. I wasn't really able to model very well
(still can't, actually) until I took a modelling class at my local community
college two years ago where they used MAX. I still prefer the traditional drop-
down menus of Windows that MAX uses, but I was able to make more sense of basic
modelling skills and transfer them to TS thanks to hands-on instruction.
I would suggest getting ALL of the "paks" that you can afford. If you do a lot
of work with stills and post processing layers in PhotoShop or PaintShopPro,
iPak
is very valuable. I know you said that you didn't do much animation, but for
general non-IK animation, iPak and After Effects can do amazing things in half
the time it would normally take. They don't even mention this use for it at
the Caligari site. Also, primalitch.com has tons of stuff for TS, some very
inexpensive and some FREE. The stuff from CK Game Factory that they sell there
are all useful and VERY reasonably priced. ShaderLab2 is a DEFINITE MUST HAVE!
Also check out virtualcaledonia.
Don
> Thanks for the suggestions, I am more a modeler for poser and static web
> images so not sure about the animations in tS yet, I have played with
> the physics engine a bit I like the unexpected results LOL. Tried the IK
> figures but couldn't get them to behave LOL.
>
> I have a friend online who was selling his dePack for a reduced list
> price so I just bought it from him, it seems like the best purchase for
> my needs at the moment. The water simulation plug-in that you mentioned
> looks really cool, and I may have to get the flash exporter, when the
> funds permit it.
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