Andy 127 Posted July 11, 2015 Hi, Here is a old project modeled with electricimage modeler and formZ and render with electricimage toolkit (a limited low price version). 2 JeffreyLofe and AHTOH reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tech 856 Posted July 13, 2015 Nice, thanks for sharing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AHTOH 239 Posted July 13, 2015 Hello Andy. Nice modeling and rendering too. I`m just wondered if EIAS has modeling kit nowdays? As I remember some time ago (12-15 years)) it was just rendering app. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy 127 Posted July 14, 2015 Hi Anton, With EIAS Universe 4 there was a modeler that It was given with some limitations to EI Toolkit. Andrea Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AHTOH 239 Posted July 14, 2015 I don`t see any of EIAS Universe 4 at eias3d.com site. Is it an old version or separate product? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tech 856 Posted July 14, 2015 That is a very old version. EIAS 9.1 is the current version... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonmoore 106 Posted July 14, 2015 I don`t see any of EIAS Universe 4 at eias3d.com site. Is it an old version or separate product? It used come with a ACIS based modeller back in the day and mainly fought for customers in the same space as Lightwave, Strata and FormZ. IMHO Electric Image is another of the fading legends of CG/DCC that somehow lost it's way over the last ten years or so. Here's an ancient review that makes for interesting reading (with the benefits of hindsight). http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/reviews/creative-software/universe-40/ 1 AHTOH reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jsiggia 91 Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) Well, back in the day, EI was the go to app for animation and rendering, and Z ruled the modeling (mac) world. It was rumored they would get together but each developed these features on their own. EI later dropped the modeler. If you made your living in 3d on a mac, you used both along with Photoshop and others. Btw, Z was a Mac only app at the time. Joe Edited July 15, 2015 by jsiggia 1 AHTOH reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonmoore 106 Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) Well, back in the day, EI was the go to app for animation and rendering, and Z ruled the modeling (mac) world. It was rumored they would get together but each developed these features on their own. EI later dropped the modeler. If you made your living in 3d on a mac, you used both along with Photoshop and others. Btw, Z was a Mac only app at the time. Joe By the time Lightwave matured on the Mac in 98 (early versions were shaky to say the least) market share shifted from Strata/FormZ/EI in terms of Mac 3d. All of the Mac based studios I knew of in London moved to Lightwave around this time for 3d stuff. I was a big fan of Lightwave from it's early days on the Amiga so it was a natural progression for me as a Mac user. Another great piece of nostalgia here - http://www.lightwiki.com/wiki/LightWave_History Lightwave sadly seems to be on it's last legs at the moment (with many of their core user base having moved to Modo) but it's still a great app. A few of the architectural studios I know still use it mainly because of the LWCAD plugin - http://www.wtools3d.com/lwcad-50.php Edited July 15, 2015 by jonmoore Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AHTOH 239 Posted July 15, 2015 I myself remember those days when Quick Time VR was introduced by Apple for a first glance. I was a student in University of Maine. We did a project with Quick Time VR in FormZ and Electric Image. It was the second QTWR movie in the world. We felt top of the hill. So I have some nostalgic feeling when I see Electric Image interface :-) 1 jonmoore reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
etroxel 76 Posted July 15, 2015 I was an EIAS user, getting into it when they released the "broadcast" version in the late 90's. Electric Image Modeler (EIM) was a superb application. I was a fZ user previous to it and I thought they complemented each other very well because EIM had nice subdivision surfaces and worked with solids which I preferred to other apps. 1 AHTOH reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy 127 Posted April 13, 2016 Here is a movie of this old project: Andrea Pouf.mov Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
