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Topic: Free 3D program
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Wade
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posted 02-13-2001 05:35 PM
I found this posted on another forum.....looks like an alternative to Blender.
http://www.openfx.org/ ------------------
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crazy lou
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posted 02-13-2001 06:26 PM
bookmarked, and probably added to the links soon  anyone use this before? any thoughts, comments? later
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Lippi
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posted 02-13-2001 09:17 PM
I havent tried it. but from what i saw/read on the page it seems really promising. PostFX Kinematics Raytracing...nice nice nice.....from what i saw and read i can only say, all you no-budgeters give it a try |
Lippi
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posted 02-13-2001 09:29 PM
YAY, i just read closer and noticed that this is the former Soft F/X...so itīs an initially commercial package, and i heard about soft f/x before...all i can say is GET IT !!! |
crazy lou
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posted 02-14-2001 02:02 AM
OpenFX is available in either binary distributions (which are compiled versions which only work one one platform), or the source code itself. If you download the source code version, you will not be able to run it out of the box unless you have a suitable set of build tools. besides their typo, my assumption is that they mean the complied program will only work on the WIN platforms, but the source code could be adapted to others, correct? and whats with the freaking huge file 44 megs? its a good thing my godfather is getting cable modem within the week or so. anyone know what the actual disk space required is? it looks promising L
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sausage
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posted 02-14-2001 02:21 AM
22 Megs for the small download??? What the hell is the size of the full archive?! This software would want to be pretty damb good for a 22meg archive. Just for the record, Blender's archive is a mere 1.3meg.I'll have to download this one overnight. I'm happy for anything free that can beat blender, but I smell Bloatware. Still.. I shouldn't say anything till I've used it. ------------------
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DK
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posted 02-14-2001 04:42 AM
From what I've seen so far this program is pretty cool. Im just about to start a tutorial on making my own universal studios type logo. The size wasn't a problem for me, as i have a cable internet connection |
Lippi
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posted 02-14-2001 02:07 PM
The 44Megs distribution includes textures and samples if you read close.
and yepper, theoretical the source-code could be adapted to various platforms..but only if you port it, and got the appropriate building tools. |
DK
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posted 02-16-2001 05:36 AM
As a limited 3d cgi model user, i can say that openfx is better than strata 3d (i could never get blender to work on my computer for some reason) Anyone looking for a free 3d program should get this. |
Prism
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posted 02-16-2001 02:07 PM
I still think the best free modeling app is sPatch. And it's not 22MB to download. 
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crazy lou
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posted 02-16-2001 05:14 PM
well this isnt just modeling, and probably has a lot more features then Spatch.i have someone trying to DL the thing for me. l
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Lippi
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posted 02-17-2001 11:46 AM
sPatch is surely one of the nicest free modellers. but OpenFx is a full featured package incl animation, kinetics, texturing and rendering....so if you luv sPatch, you could still use it to model, and use Openfx for FX and rendering |
