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From: Will Paris
Subject: Best Animation Program
Date: 30 Oct 2003 12:33:20
Message: <3fa14b60$1@news.povray.org>
I am impressed with the fleibility of POVRay. I would like to know what's
the best animation/modeling program. I have downloaded tons of stuff and
haven't had a chance to start looking at any one particular package. Let me
know if my list is close or way off:
Anitmt
POVLab
Poet-3D
Anim8
Anim8or
Animsys
Behemot
Dave G's Animation System
Now3D
Moray
Whatever your favorite is?


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From: Roberto A 
Subject: Re: Best Animation Program
Date: 30 Oct 2003 14:29:14
Message: <3fa1668a$1@news.povray.org>
Blender has excellent animation support, but I'm not sure about its support
for POV. It's worth a look, anyway.

In fact, it can be used as a plain sequencer with no problems, from output
generated by any renderer.

Regards,

Roberto


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From: Daniel Prien
Subject: Re: Best Animation Program
Date: 30 Oct 2003 14:48:45
Message: <3fa16b1d@news.povray.org>
Roberto A. het secht:

> Blender has excellent animation support, but I'm not sure about its
> support for POV. It's worth a look, anyway.
> 
> In fact, it can be used as a plain sequencer with no problems, from output
> generated by any renderer.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Roberto

The Povanim script by jms does a good job. 
http://jmsoler.free.fr/util/blenderfile/pypovanim228_08g.zip

But it just exports mesh-objects at the moment, so you have to convert nurbs
and curve objects by hand before exporting.

BTW in the next days there will be a new Blender release: 2.30.
Some of the new features:
- new GUI
- loop cut
- face loop selection
- new knife tool
- most/all functions now via menues (no more weird shortcuts)
and much more

http://www.blender.org/
(the new version is in the CVS already, the official release will follow)

Give it a try!

Daniel


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From: Roberto A 
Subject: Re: Best Animation Program
Date: 31 Oct 2003 07:55:57
Message: <3fa25bdd@news.povray.org>
> BTW in the next days there will be a new Blender release: 2.30.
> Some of the new features:
> - new GUI
> - loop cut
> - face loop selection
> - new knife tool
> - most/all functions now via menues (no more weird shortcuts)
> and much more
>
> http://www.blender.org/
> (the new version is in the CVS already, the official release will follow)

That's excellent news. Do you know if the Python interface will be upgraded
to 2.3? Or will it remain with Python 2.2.2?

And would you have any idea about how many days until the official 2.30 is
out? :-)

Best regards,

Roberto


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From: Daniel Prien
Subject: Re: Best Animation Program
Date: 31 Oct 2003 08:23:19
Message: <3fa26246@news.povray.org>
Roberto A. het secht:


> That's excellent news. Do you know if the Python interface will be
> upgraded to 2.3? Or will it remain with Python 2.2.2?
> 
> And would you have any idea about how many days until the official 2.30 is
> out? :-)
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Roberto
Today:
http://www.blender.org/docs/2.30_release/2.30.html

Sorry, don't know about the Python stuff.


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From: Anto Matkovic
Subject: Re: Best Animation Program
Date: 2 Nov 2003 11:14:21
Message: <3fa52d5d@news.povray.org>
"Will Paris" <wil### [at] sbcglobalnet> wrote in message
news:3fa14b60$1@news.povray.org...
> I am impressed with the fleibility of POVRay. I would like to know what's
> the best animation/modeling program. I have downloaded tons of stuff and
> haven't had a chance to start looking at any one particular package.

Blender. I just playing with 2.30 (it have undo in modeling mode, it works,
so I'm *very* happy :).
Also there is a great support of users, near the same as POV support. Hope
we will see some better version of POVanim.


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