Posted by mmaker on 11/11/05 10:17

Specs wrote:
> I would steer clear as unless you have a very particular need for
> smoke and flame you might get better value and functionality from the likes
> of Avid, Adobe or Apple.

Digital Fusion is also pretty cool for compositing if that's what they
need. Personally I much prefer the node-based design to Combustion's
design, I haven't used Smoke or Flame but presume the interface is
similar to Combustion.

> I personally wouldn't buy into SGI hardware even their new stuff and
> certainly not old stuff.

Yeah, much as I liked working on SGIs ten years ago, a modern PC or Mac
is almost certainly far faster than an old SGI.

Mark

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