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Grendel · 10th August 2006, 07:24

I just bought XSI about two weeks ago after posting a similar thread at subd.com asking for comparisons between XSI and Project Messiah. There are some free videos and courses over at www.mesmer.com that I reccomend you download. That is why I have not been posting much lately.

The thing that has been hardest to me is the nodal render tree, it's just very different than everyone elses(Carrara, C4D, lightwave, Max). I wish they made a simpler shader ball version as an option.

I have C4d and it is great but you have to get a bundle to be able to use it (Advanced Render/Mocca) and then the price jumps alot so I have stopped upgrading.

10th August 2006, 07:24	#8 (permalink)
Grendel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,264	I just bought XSI about two weeks ago after posting a similar thread at subd.com asking for comparisons between XSI and Project Messiah. There are some free videos and courses over at www.mesmer.com that I reccomend you download. That is why I have not been posting much lately. The thing that has been hardest to me is the nodal render tree, it's just very different than everyone elses(Carrara, C4D, lightwave, Max). I wish they made a simpler shader ball version as an option. I have C4d and it is great but you have to get a bundle to be able to use it (Advanced Render/Mocca) and then the price jumps alot so I have stopped upgrading.