Attached Link: http://www.newtek.com/products/lightwave/lw-gallery/index.php?cat=2

I like Carrara best for print. I also find Carrara much more affordable and easier to learn than Lightwave.

Learning all that Lightwave has to it in four days is truely amazing in my opinion. It is taking me a bit longer.

I think the Newtek Lightwave gallery is probably the best on the web even though most of it is possibly from professional studios but I'm not positive on that. I like that Strata stuff a great deal, very cool. It is tempting too because I spend so much time in Adobe's Creative Suite. That Strata integration is a big, big bonus.

Carrara is no toy at all and is more versatile than Lightwave in VERY MANY ways. I also love the price point of third party plugins and add ons. Lightwave plugins would make me go broke if I bought all that I wanted. Anyone who thinks Carrara is just for kiddies must not know anything about Carrara.

Carrara is great in so many ways (it's much faster than Lightwave on my machine). I love it. One thing --- I can't wait for the day that Carrara has the modeling power of Lightwave. I think Carrara has a ways to go in that respect (I guess Amapi is Eovia's answer to that). Other than that Carrara fits perfectly into my workflow.

mmmmm that Strata was tasty. I live in Utah and it is a disaster down in St. George (due to flooding) where Strata is. I wish those people the best.

Message edited on: 01/28/2005 18:27