wolf359 opened this issue on Mar 16, 2005 ยท 67 posts
wolf359 posted Wed, 16 March 2005 at 1:58 PM
For $100 more I'd think Cinema 4D R9 is a much better deal. You can also get a bundle from CL that includes Poser 5 and 6 and an older version of Cinema 4D and BodyStudio for $439.
I've seen some very nice landscape images coming out of Cinema, especially in conjunction with XFrog.
Uhhh ..... what about GI, IBL and radiosity???
for that in Cinema R9 you need to hand over another $500 USD
for the AR "module"
and is 'Xfrog" freeware because Cinema does not offer and vegetation/plants etc.
and body studio is USELESS to us Mac Users who use poser for character work
becauses its windows only.
Even If i were windows based i would get the $500 version of Softimage XSI.
but as a Mac user who already owns poser 5, VUE Infinite is a good overall choice .
I own Cinema4D 8.5 BTW
so im not knocking the app itself
But in my thinking $700 USD for a core Application that has no real high- end render options is a BIG mistake on Maxons part!!
especially when you consider that as of march 21st
even poor little Poser will have better render options built in
and at a cheaper price.
and yes C4D has good modeling tools
but so does Wings and its
FREE
Message edited on: 03/16/2005 13:59