Pro 3D moves to NT

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Kinetix' $3,495 3D Studio MAX 1.1 is the best of three evaluated 3D applications for Windows NT. 3D Studio MAX is notable for its advanced interface and built-in support for NT's multithreading capabilities. Models can be viewed as wireframe, faceted or smooth objects. All parameters of the 30-odd modifiers can be animated. 3D Studio MAX can only handle two Boolean objects at once. Once created, though, Boolean objects and subobjects can be manipulated interactively. NewTek's $1,495 LightWave 3D 5.0, a direct port of the Commodore Amiga version, makes a good economical alternative. The $7,995 price of SoftImage's SoftImage 3D is clearly targeted at existing SoftImage shops moving to Windows NT.

Software multiproduct review, Image processing software, Animation software, Softimage Co., Newtek Inc., NNC, NNU, Kinetix (San Rafael, California), LightWave 3D 5.0 (Animation software), Microsoft Softimage 3D for Windows NT 3.51 (Animation software), 3D Studio MAX for Windows NT 1.1 (Image processing software)

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Radiosity provides realism in Lightscape Visualization System

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Lightscape Technologies' $495 Lightscape Visualization System 3.0 rendering environment offers a powerful radiosity renderer that will appeal to game developers. Radiosity rendering creates images with better visual quality, rendering time and lighting representation than ray tracing. Although typically used in architectural applications, game developers are becoming interested in the realistic look of radiosity rendered images. Working with Lightscape involves importing the desired objects and shapes, specifying material properties, setting up the lighting and then rendering. The addition of more extensive native file-format support is likely to make Lightscape a useful tool for 3D artists.

Software single product review, CAD software, Lightscape Technologies Inc., Lightscape for Windows 95/NT 3.0 (Graphics/imaging utility)

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