Unhappy Lightwave Users - Help Us

santiavo · September 2nd, 2003

Very unhappy Lightwave Users, maybe Discreet/Autodesk can make offer them to move to Max, or VIZ, looks like Newtek are not going to give them the features they expect, not even a word or hint.

NewTek looks like a very reserved company, Nobody what is going on, only Character functions on the New LW8 and nothing important for the Viz-Architectural community.

Take a Look, looks like a boiling place.

http://vbulletin.newtek.com/showthre...threadid=10020

Jeff Mottle · September 2nd, 2003

Very interesting. At SIGGRAPH this year it seemed to me that companies were either completely oblivious to our industry or they were already actively pursing in-roads into our industry. I guess LW falls into the former. SoftImage also fell into that category. I met with the president of SI and he told me it was not about the market but the generic tools that everyone in the CG industy could use. LOL. What planet is he from?

John Dollus · September 2nd, 2003

Well, if those generic tools do not work in the current version of the software or still have room for improvement, I can see where that would be a priority for their development team in lieu of niche market development.

ingo · September 2nd, 2003

Strange, why should a Lightwave user step down to Autodesk products. Newtek changed the complete developement team, so dont expect a big update soon. And i dont now what LW needs to satisfy us archviz people, just the usual faster rendering and better aa quality stuff, like other software users want to have too. There is still no make-nice-archviz button like many of those people want to see.

just my two cents

nisus · September 18th, 2003

Quote:

What planet is he from?

Somewhere in the vicinity of... Alpha Centauri???
Still it's rather close at about 4 lightyears!

Funny story Jeff!

nisus

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Jeff Mottle President/Founder Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Age: 33 Posts: 5,059 Name: Jeff Mottle	Very interesting. At SIGGRAPH this year it seemed to me that companies were either completely oblivious to our industry or they were already actively pursing in-roads into our industry. I guess LW falls into the former. SoftImage also fell into that category. I met with the president of SI and he told me it was not about the market but the generic tools that everyone in the CG industy could use. LOL. What planet is he from? __________________ Jeff Mottle CGarchitect.com

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ingo Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hamburg, mostly harmless Posts: 642 Name: ingo M	Strange, why should a Lightwave user step down to Autodesk products. Newtek changed the complete developement team, so dont expect a big update soon. And i dont now what LW needs to satisfy us archviz people, just the usual faster rendering and better aa quality stuff, like other software users want to have too. There is still no make-nice-archviz button like many of those people want to see. just my two cents __________________ ingo *** www.im-graphics.com

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santiavo Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: USA Posts: 1 Name: Santiago Vera	Very unhappy Lightwave Users, maybe Discreet/Autodesk can make offer them to move to Max, or VIZ, looks like Newtek are not going to give them the features they expect, not even a word or hint. NewTek looks like a very reserved company, Nobody what is going on, only Character functions on the New LW8 and nothing important for the Viz-Architectural community. Take a Look, looks like a boiling place. http://vbulletin.newtek.com/showthre...threadid=10020

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John Dollus Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Tampa Age: 38 Posts: 619 Name: John Dollus	Well, if those generic tools do not work in the current version of the software or still have room for improvement, I can see where that would be a priority for their development team in lieu of niche market development.

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