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jmottle

01-31-2003, 05:07 PM

For all of you that did not already know. Today marks the end of Lightscape being officially supported and sold by Autodesk. The Discreet Lightsape support board will soon redirect to the CGarchitect forums. To commemorate the loss of our dearly beloved friend we are holding a candlelight vigil on the CGarchitect forums. Feel free to stop by and post your sympathies or type a eulogy. :cry:

http://www.cgarchitect.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=7;t=000063;p=1#000002

ThirdEye

01-31-2003, 05:50 PM

The best Radiosity engine ever is dead :sad:

lildragon

01-31-2003, 06:30 PM

:surprised :hmm:

RobertoOrtiz

01-31-2003, 06:57 PM

Alas we hardly knew you. Thanks for your great Lightwave support your earlier versions offered.

-R

eudemonie

01-31-2003, 07:07 PM

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ähm --- dead? no you can buy max 5.
the lightscape light modul is integrated to max 5. it was very clear, that discreet would stop
the support/ offer.

RobertoOrtiz ?
Alas we hardly knew you. Thanks for your great Lightwave support your earlier versions offered.

lightwave?

--
eu

RobertoOrtiz

01-31-2003, 07:37 PM

Yep Lightwave!
Thiw was WAYYYY before Discreet bought them.
-R

jmottle

01-31-2003, 08:19 PM

Ahhhh!!! no no no!!! Lightscape is NOT incorporated into VIZ or MAX. While the desired outcome is the same and the technology similar it IS NOT Lightscape. It is like comparing Brazil to the MAX/VIZ renderer or Vray to MR. It is not the same...repeat after me people "Lightscape has NOT been incorporation into MAX or VIZ and I will not believe the markting hype anymore" Sorry this is one thing that drive me wild when I hear it. Because most resellers and vendors are not educated in the technology that drive these programs, they over simplify by equating Lighstcape to VIZ/MAx because they think it brnigs things to the lowest common denminator and makes it esier for people to undestand, when in fact all it does is piss people off. I can't tell you the number of people that bought VIZ/MAX becuase they thought the results and interface would be the same as Lightscape.

Originally posted by eudemonie
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ähm --- dead? no you can buy max 5.
the lightscape light modul is integrated to max 5. it was very clear, that discreet would stop
the support/ offer.

RobertoOrtiz ?

lightwave?

--
eu

ThirdEye

01-31-2003, 08:39 PM

Lightscape was slower than Max 5 but it was also better

StefanDidak

01-31-2003, 10:28 PM

Originally posted by jmottle
Ahhhh!!! no no no!!! Lightscape is NOT incorporated into VIZ or MAX.

Glad to see there are still others out there who know better. Assimilated would be a better word, for incorporated it certainly isn't.

Another great tool that wasn't created by Autodesk/Kinetix/Discreet, murdered in cold blood by its assimilating parent. Sad as it is, the fate of LS was pretty much decided once the first work on the tier-plugins for VIZ started. I wish Rod and his guys the best but I can imagine it's still sad to see his baby go out like this, without a bang.

Array

02-01-2003, 12:21 AM

Originally posted by ThirdEye_01
The best Radiosity engine ever is dead :sad:

bah, I honestly dont care about this development, as Radiosity is a slow, innefficient, and all together limited rendering algorithm.

ThirdEye

02-02-2003, 01:34 PM

But it's the only one that can give you a model based upon real lamps, real measures... Real lighting is important for architects and so on..

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