Wax 2.0 and Vegas Question

JaysonHolovacs wrote on 7/14/2004, 6:25 PM
I grabbed Wax 2.0 while checking out the new Frameserver everyone is talking about in the other topic. Wax seems pretty cool, especially for the price :). But I know Vegas has 3D compositing effects also. Can anyone tell me what I can do with Wax that I can't do natively in Vegas? Do Vegas users like to use Wax? If so, for what kinds of tasks?

Thanks

-Jayson

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satish wrote on 7/14/2004, 9:13 PM
Vegas can place your videos as Planes in 3D space, move/rotate/resize them etc.

Wax can add to this by placing your videos on other 3d objects as well, it can create 3D text, apply lighting, particles, camera motion, load and use 3D models from .3ds/.md2 files, do rotoscoping with bezier shapes/masks... etc.
JaysonHolovacs wrote on 7/14/2004, 10:18 PM
Okay, so it has a much more robust capability with titling, 3D, lighting, and particle effects. So basic stuff is probably easiest to do quick in Vegas, but more complicated stuff is only possible in Wax. Good to know. Thanks for the advice.

-Jayson
mjdog wrote on 7/15/2004, 1:28 PM
Satish,

I know some Vegas users like to use Cinema 4d (I'm just getting started in it myself).

Would it be possible to add support of Cinema model formats to Wax?
satish wrote on 7/15/2004, 1:51 PM
You could export from Cinema4D as .3ds files and import in Wax.

However if you have any model format in mind other than .3ds, .md2 and .obj, let me know and i'll try to add it. As of now i dont know which model formats of Cinema4D you use...
kosstheory wrote on 7/15/2004, 1:53 PM
can you add .blend?

http://www.blender3d.com/
satish wrote on 7/15/2004, 3:10 PM
Will look into it.. Blender seems to support VRML format as well, so if i add that to Wax it would be useful to import from programs other than Blender too... will check. Thanks
JohnnyRoy wrote on 7/15/2004, 8:15 PM
I use Cinema 4D and export to .3ds into Wax 2.0 and it works perfectly. There’s really no need to support Cinema 4D’s native format. 3DS is pretty much the standard that everyone supports. Wax Rocks!

~jr