Ken wrote:

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> Mitchell Waite wrote:
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>>My only competition at this time is my own book which is out of print.
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It also isn't true because the market has changed drastically in 
5 years... POV isn't the only thing out there anymore, and the 
public's recognition of names such as: 3ds max, lightwave, 
renderman, etc. is a lot greater than before.  The 
movie-interest, special effects, animation approach is really 
common out there now.

True your only competition *in the POV market* would be the POV 
team's book, but exactly what is the size of the market you are 
actually entering?  I think you're no longer in the general CG 
market anymore. If someone asked me 5 years ago what to do to get 
into CGI and animation- I would have said, "POV!" because if you 
knew POV you could adapt to anything out there rapidly.  but I 
wouldn't say that anymore.  If someone's serious about commercial 
CG why would they waste their time with POV?  And even hobbyists 
now seem to think "why not play with what the professionals use?" 
  Many off the shelf apps are making our television and films 
nowadays, POV is (for the most part) not one of those apps.  Even 
in schools it's pretty absent...

my <2 cents.


-peter
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