[art] bandwith for list

[Mr O]

I've used the Windows installers of GIMP, have even used the 2.0beta. It 
did require an active console to be open for debugging but it worked well.

As for 3D design, I stumbled across "ac3d" a while back and quite like 
it's simplicity. Blender boggles me and is probably more than I need. 
k3d rings a bell but I'm not sure if I tried it. I believe ac3d exports 
to renderman compatible files. It is a non free program but runs 
natively (binary even) under linux. I used the trial and I like it but 
I've only toyed with it a few times. I don't have enough use to actually 
buy it. If it were something I used frequently (weekly or more) I'd 
probably buy it.

That be all,
Mr O.

Ben Barrett wrote:

>I've never built (compiled) gimp for windows, but it might be possible within the
>cygwin environment and their set of tools... although the fancy GUI installer was
>made by someone with a Professional windows development kit, AFAICT.
>
>Here's a nice 3D modeller that works with a Renderman-compliant rendering engine,
>Aqsis is suggested.  They have builds for both linux and win32!!
>
>http://k3d.sourceforge.net/new/
>
>If someone tries this out, even briefly, please reply with your opinion... I'm not
>at all qualified to be comparing this type of software, and am extremely curious
>and anxious to decide whether I'll be putting more time into Blender, K-3D, or
>something else to educate myself about modellers
>
>cheerio,
>
>   Ben
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