Originally posted by Stevan
It's true Endomorphin, Lightwave is in big problems.
Competition is going to eat him. We can only hope for the best when LW9 comes out ,but that will be for about aproximatly two years. But until that day come other 3d packages will have enormeus advantage. Im afraid that LW could die soon...!
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I hear comments like this all the time, but very rarely hear what it is about LW that is behind the others. I use the others in a day to day environment (Maya 6, Max 7, Softimage 4.2) and do my own personal modeling in LW. Do I use other tools to make LW better, you bet. Do those others do so as well? You bet.
What exactly is it that makes LW so weak? My customers can't tell the difference if I made it in LW or if I made it in the others. They just aren't that savy.
I'll stick with LW until it doesn't meet my needs. And I'll continue to use the others as long as it's reasonable to upgrade. Remember, it is never the tools that will inherently make you better, it's simply the artist using those tools and the time you commit to learn how to use them.
Just my 2 cents.
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