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Julez4001
08-11-2005, 06:34 PM
Two categories: YOU DECIDE!

Commerical:

Pointoven
Fprime 2
Surpass
LWcad




Freeware/shareware:

TB suite of plugins: TBSkin, Tbdirt, TBshaderflow
Greebie-Nurnie
QV4




Vote or add more to the list.
telamon
08-11-2005, 06:47 PM
easysplit changed my life.
Limbus
08-11-2005, 06:53 PM
commercial:
FPrime
LWCAD

free:
Sp_Move
Puttygon
Darth Mole
08-11-2005, 09:11 PM
FPrime - because it completely changes the way you work in LW. Especially the FP-G2 combo!
Dillon W
08-11-2005, 10:30 PM
RV Spine. - it's absolutely brilliant.. singularly better than all other 'advancements' to Character tools in 8
duke
08-12-2005, 01:33 AM
Commercial: Surpasses - excellent for it's purpose and general scene management.

Free: TB Dirt - use it all the time :P
T4D
08-12-2005, 02:23 AM
pointoven

Fprime

T4D rigging tools !! :D

Free

blur weight map
proton
08-12-2005, 02:44 AM
Polygon Coloring Hands down for me:
http://www.artssphere.com/lwplugins.php
Cman
08-12-2005, 03:06 AM
Commercial:
FPrime (of course)


Free:
...I will say...
AmbOcc
Jaspar
08-12-2005, 10:15 AM
I'm with Cman on the votes, was just trying out AmbOcc last night, damn it's good!
telamon
08-12-2005, 10:42 AM
Polygon Coloring Hands down for me:
http://www.artssphere.com/lwplugins.php

Agreed, that is with the LW Greebles and Nurnies + the interactive rail extrude, THE plugins of the last 6 months.
pooby
08-12-2005, 10:59 AM
RV rigtools
KillMe
08-12-2005, 11:15 AM
fprime

and

supersplit ( such a simple tool but so gooooooooooooood )
Julez4001
08-12-2005, 11:57 AM
Commerical:

Fprime is winning by a landslide.

Free Plugins:

AmOcc has 2 votes
Greebies/Nurnies has 2 votes


Isn't Easysplit a commerical plugin as it has two as well.
dines
08-12-2005, 12:30 PM
i don't know if this is still considered a plugin but...
I like the Text Layers tool coming with LW 8.3 ...
battery555
08-12-2005, 01:36 PM
without a doubt FPRIME :bounce:
Panikos
08-12-2005, 01:55 PM
I prefer to see plugins as tools that serve my needs and do a specific task than a collection or a list.

How can someone compare differerent things ?
NanoGator
08-12-2005, 05:59 PM
I prefer to see plugins as tools that serve my needs and do a specific task than a collection or a list.

How can someone compare differerent things ?

I think the point was simply to reflect on the changes made to our workflow in the last year or so. FPrime, for example, is an interesting milestone for a lot of people. "Wow, my 3d life really changed when I got FPrime!"
KillMe
08-12-2005, 06:18 PM
Isn't Easysplit a commerical plugin as it has two as well.

whoops my mistake - i ment supersplit not easysplit ( see told ya it was a simple thing but its so much faster than having to do it manually ) guess i saw easysplit and figured that was what i was thinking about
ANGEL_OF_WAR
08-12-2005, 08:02 PM
So this is like the Ocsars of Plug-ins? Would these be the Pluggies? This should be a thread to determine the nominees, and then make a poll to determine the winner.
duke
08-13-2005, 02:17 AM
Oh wait, changing my free vote to ambocc. Thought it was released in 2004 but maybe not..
Nu Visual Science
08-13-2005, 03:01 AM
Freebie
Aurora Attractor

Commercial
PIM if it gets released and works like was shown in these forums
Signal2Noise
08-13-2005, 04:17 AM
Free:
...I will say...
AmbOcc

Uh, wasn't AmbOcc available in 2004? Has there been updates?

My votes:

FPrime!!

That Greeble/Nurnie plug is real fun. :thumbsup:
digefxgrp
08-13-2005, 04:20 AM
LWCad!!:thumbsup:
Cman
08-13-2005, 04:38 AM
Uh, wasn't AmbOcc available in 2004? Has there been updates?


Yeah I think you're right.
Some reason I thought it was just what plugin was your fav in 2005, not just released 2005.
SpikeWorx
08-13-2005, 05:39 AM
Free:
RV Rigging Tools
RV Spine. - it's absolutely brilliant.. singularly better than all other 'advancements' to Character tools in 8
Indeed.

Commercial:
FPrime
Jarrede
08-13-2005, 08:34 AM
I vote for lenscap! ...it may have been out for a while.. :)
INFINITE
08-13-2005, 11:09 AM
Fprime !! Woohoo!!
telamon
08-13-2005, 11:55 AM
FPrime is a plugin ???????????? Did not know that :eek:


Of course I am kidding ;)
Jarrede
08-13-2005, 12:19 PM
dude, it's all about lenscap. I wanna know who wrote that thing....
Tee Double U
08-13-2005, 01:50 PM
I will say LWCAD
samartin
08-13-2005, 02:07 PM
dude, it's all about lenscap. I wanna know who wrote that thing....

Have you got a link for this? Tried flay but to no avail...
Jarrede
08-13-2005, 02:12 PM
Have you got a link for this? Tried flay but to no avail...

it should come with LW, ...least last time I checked.

it's an image processing plugin. Basically it simulates what would happen to your scene if you had left the lens cap on the camera.
Signal2Noise
08-13-2005, 02:13 PM
Yeah I think you're right.
Some reason I thought it was just what plugin was your fav in 2005, not just released 2005.

I'm confused, too. I voted for FPrime for best commercial plug of 2005 but FPrime was released in 2004 as well. Usually when there is a Best of {insert year} I akin it to being the best of that year. And since 2005 isn't over yet maybe this should be "Best LW Plugin Award - 2004"?

Oh well, they're all pretty good!:thumbsup:
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