does it take alot of cpu power...? because i have a silly celeron that struggles just to open up firefox

(Edited by OzX at 12:54 am on Dec. 20, 2004)

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Helllloooooooooooooo! haha!

All of which will need a faster computer to run except Blender.

(Edited by sriehl at 12:38 am on Dec. 29, 2004)

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Chi dara fine al gran dolore?
Win stuff by just searching the net

The main different between manipulating and the final product is the amount of detail.  ie, wireframe(fast), shading(slower), lighting(slower), textures(slower), etc, etc, etc.

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I've got spurs that jingle jangle jingle.
As I go riding merrily along.
And they sing, "Oh, ain't you glad you're single?"
And that song ain't so very far from wrong.

Edit: Let me clarify: ^For video games.

(Edited by WigAOK9 at 9:35 am on Jan. 2, 2005)

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Wool comes from cows!.TEST

As well, many advanced features in 3d animation would take high-end video cards if they were to be hardware rendered, and it would be a pain purchasing video cards for the hundreds of computers in typical renderfarms.  Most renderfarm servers only have an integrated 8MB video card.

Personally, I prefer 3dsmax as that is the only program I know, however, I'd like to learn Maya as it is supported on more platforms.  I'd like to be able to hijack my friend's dual G5 for network rendering ;).  IIRC, Animation:Master is used to create the lightsabres and gunblasts in StarWars.

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You can't spell "Bach" without "ach".
- Flammenmeer

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Animation Master is what is used for movies such as ToyStory.  It's great for 3d video creation.

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it runs smoothly on my dated 800 MHz, so im good to go.

if you're lookin for a free 3d modeller tho, go with wings3d.

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Beautatious1 is so secksy!