Anyone try "3dArsenal" w/Vegas? see demo reel

ken c wrote on 6/8/2007, 9:03 AM

Hi -

On another forum, someone mentioned this program, looks interesting:

http://www.newtek.com/3dact/index.php

Has anyone tried it w/Vegas or the standalone lightwave version it comes with?

The demo reel looks very sharp, especially the white background greenscreen effects.

thx,

Ken

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Coursedesign wrote on 6/8/2007, 10:05 AM

They have polished this a little bit since last year, but I still think it is more like a 0.9 product than a 1.0 release.

The designs are a bit crude, and the "arsenal" isn't broad enough yet at this stage for me to bite.

Lightwave is used in many of the top productions in Hollywood, and of course also for a lot of broadcast TV. Lots of beautiful work there.

Newtek should trade some of the "AutoCAD engineers" on their Arsenal design team for some good 3D artists.

Sort of like how the Anaheim Ducks used trades to build a team with the right skills to take the Stanley Cup from the Ottawa Senators (cough, cough :O).

ken c wrote on 6/9/2007, 8:28 AM

Hi - thanks... good to know.. I'd like to see more examples of the 3d arsenal textures/sets that are included; I emailed their sales dept but just got a link to the demo reel, which only shows a few.. I'd like to know what exactly I'm getting before spending $500 ..

Has anyone bought the 3d Arsenal/LW product, and any feedback re ease of use and what's included, good for corporate/high tech video?

I watched all their demo reels, the logo and titler effects look decent, but I don't know how hard they are to code/produce, and if they produce good alpha-channel output avis/movs... (they recommend tga sequences, which I don't want to have to generate/import into Vegas... (any comparison to heroglyph/boris/AE/fxhome.com?)...

thanks,

ken

ReneH wrote on 6/9/2007, 9:23 AM

I wanted to trial download the prog but they sure don't even allow that. Looks good, wonder what the learning curve is? On the downside, it is a dongle prog, which kinda sucks.