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mannyp · Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2001 12:00 am

Not exactly something that typically gets posted here... (or maybe it does... it's been a while).

I thought I would share something I whipped up while fighting some insomnia. Took roughly a half-hour to do using Illustrator, ElectricImage 3D and Photoshop.

800x600 JPEG (150k)

Time to get some zzzZZZs.

Cheers,

Sumaleth · Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2001 6:06 am

Thats actually quite cool. No crits.

Row.

Highfive · Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2001 7:49 pm

Is Electric Image 3D a good 3D package? How much is it?

Psionic · Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2001 3:35 am

Quite beautiful that is!

How long for the render?

mannyp · Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2001 4:24 am

Hey all,

Thanks for the responses.

I rendered two 8.5 x 11 images at 300 dpi: the background tunnel, and the disc. Total render time was roughly 5 minutes. I comped the two together in Photoshop.

ElectricImage3D is currently available in two versions: the full production version (ElectricImage Universe 3.0) which is around $795 I believe. It comes in three flavours: Mac, Win and Unix.

The version I own is the "dvGarage 3D toolkit" version which is generally a learning version or ElectricImage version 2.9.3 for only $199. However it is only for the Mac, for now at least. The only limitation is the inability to add 3rd party plug-ins. Once you upgrade to the 3.0 production version, it's no holds barred. (EI Universe 4.0 is coming out very soon and is going to have tons more features).

I can't truly convey how much I love the program... it's a very fast renderer, it chews high-poly models like it's nothing. I only use a 400 mhz iMac and it runs like the wind.

Cheers