Spirit

[Tangled-Universe]

They also used Vue for the foreground. They used matte techniques for the mid and background.
They probably used phototextures as you mentioned. All very interesting indeed

Sorry I misquoted you Calico. SDK's is what you meant. And as I already stated, studios use SDK's/proprietary code for almost any software they use. So in the future the same will probably and hopefully happen with TG

[green_meklar]

One software package to serve all the industry's needs isn't just possible

Yes, and it was also said (about a hundred years ago) that 'man would not fly for a thousand years' and that 'there is nothing new to be discovered in physics'. History has taught us that when people say things are impossible, they tend to be wrong. I don't think a universal renderer, or even a universal imaging program, is at all impossible.

[rcallicotte]

YES!!!     My wish, too.

So in the future the same will probably and hopefully happen with TG

[Tangled-Universe]

One software package to serve all the industry's needs isn't just possible

Yes, and it was also said (about a hundred years ago) that 'man would not fly for a thousand years' and that 'there is nothing new to be discovered in physics'. History has taught us that when people say things are impossible, they tend to be wrong. I don't think a universal renderer, or even a universal imaging program, is at all impossible.

Ghehe, absolutely true, but as long as money is involved?

[rcallicotte]

@TA - If someone builds it, the money will likely come.   

[Cyber-Angel]

It is my view that such a program would be immense in both scope and undertaking and would be channeling to create a user-friendly interface, and would need to support dozens of file formats to be compatible with other software.

I have other views on this subject, Should we start a new thread on this subject as to keep this one on topic?

Regards to you.

Cyber-Angel   

[rcallicotte]

Shoot.   

I have other views on this subject, Should we start a new thread on this subject as to keep this one on topic?

Cyber-Angel   

[Will]

Sure but I say general discussion if we begin talking about hypothetical programs.

[Harvey Birdman]

I'm no expert, but that has to be one of the most professional projects I've seen here. Very, very nice, guy.

[Tangled-Universe]

Sure but I say general discussion if we begin talking about hypothetical programs.

I agree

Hey Lucio, don't know if you'll like it but how about rendering a nice carmodel in a TG-environment, like in commercials/ads?

[old_blaggard]

Actually, I've been looking for a car model to do just that for quite a while - does anyone know where I could find a free, yet reasonably high-quality sports car model?

[Lucio]

I agree

Hey Lucio, don't know if you'll like it but how about rendering a nice carmodel in a TG-environment, like in commercials/ads?

Hi Martin,
I think it would be great. The biggest limit is just my actual hardware and TG2 not yet optimized and multithreaded

[Lucio]

Actually, I've been looking for a car model to do just that for quite a while - does anyone know where I could find a free, yet reasonably high-quality sports car model?

Don't know if it can be useful but you can try to check this

http://www.3dxtras.com/

[j meyer]

Or you could try it here:www.sharecg.com/

[old_blaggard]

Thanks .  I found a car on the 3dxtras site, and I'll take a look at yours later today.  My only problem with finding objects is that I don't actually own any 3D apps other than Terragen - I can't do squat with .c4d, .max, .3ds, etc. files, and I hate imposing upon people to convert stuff every time I want an object .