TonyB <ben### [at] panamaphoenixnet> wrote in message
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> There is no way to say "oh look, that was rendered with 3d studio" or
"please,
> any dope can tell that was done with POV".


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I didn't ask "can anyone look at this and tell me how it was done"

but thank you for so eloquenly and succinctly stating the obvious.
I asked : "does anyone know?"
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It is highly unlikely that they would
> use a freeware raytracer like POV, when they can afford the more
expensive, more
> functional packages like Max or Lightwave, or even SGIs.


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judging by posts at comp.graphics.rendering.raytracing, there are some
people with e-mail adresses like @pixar.com and @sgi.com
using POV extensively. If you care to debate your position with them, you
might want to join one of the ongoing threads there.


thanks again Steven
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