i know... which is why i said it how i did (not that some others around here ever pay attention to my words).
personally i think $3,200 though for Max5 is a joke to be honest, especially as Combustion 2 is the same again!
but i think its bloody good that Maya 4.5 Complete is now $1,200
and student price is only $480 - which is less than Max4!
i know this is still alot for most, but then thats why you get Milkshape - but its seems like for certain people around here the features in Milkshape just arn't good enough for thier needs ... which is a shame, because its not the tools at your disposal that make you good or bad at something - its putting in the effort to product something with what you have at your disposal.
if someone took away Max, Maya, trueSpace, SoftImage, etc away from me - told me i had to use nothing but 3DCanvas ... sure i can sit here and bitch about the fact it doesn't have all the features i'd like, i mean hell i do that with the products i use now - but it wouldn't stop me from producing the same level of artwork i do, because i wouldn't look at it as a heap of crap with none of the tools i need and to go looking for something just as cheap - because each program has its own little quirks that once you get used to you'll find can product the same results, albiet not as quickly or efficiently but the same results none the less.
anyone who is ever serious enough to actually get into any of this stuff DarkBasic Programming or Milkshape Modelling, etc.. should learn from the get go that you don't have a professional array of tools at your disposal - you have the bare basics and you produce what you can with them. If you're not willing to accept the limitations and work with them then why are you even bothering to work in these programs in the first place?
unless the tool is physically incapable of doing something (example of Milkshape and Rendering) then thats when you goto another product ... however it isn't incapable of animating and exporting to DB/DBpro 100%
so why use another product?
Simple has Max ... if he is always looking for programs to achieve better results it oftenly baffles me why he never uses the actual professional tool at his disposal for anything other than rendering scenes - it seems silly to me. Yet the programs he uses never seem to be good enough and find others which are basic to use and produce better results with less human effort involved - a very sad tale if you ask me.
Tsu'va Oni Ni Jyuuko Fiori Sei Tau!
One block follows the suit ... the whole suit of blocks is the path ... what have you found?