[hoopti]

My partner and I work in Lightwave, Maya, Softimage/XSI, and Max for deliverables to clients. To create these deliverables, we use Modo, Bodypaint, and Messiah, as well as Realflow where needed. We use Polytrans by Okino to shift back and forth between platforms as needed.

Is that alot of money, yep. Can my clients tell the difference which package was used, 99 times out of a 100 no. Personally, what we've found is that the artist uses the tools, not the other way around. I like LW, but use Modo alot for modeling. If we have to do character animation, we generally don't use LW alone. My partner is the expert in Max, but uses Softimage as well. I like LW and Maya.

We haven't found any one of these tools fits every need that we have, hence our need to buy other tools to finish the job.

I think each package has it's strengths and all have weaknesses. But to a large extent, whether they are strengths or weaknesses come down to the artist using them.

Hoop