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Unread 05-11-2003, 09:48
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Thats exactly what I'm saying. (But not just modeling- Modeling, animation, rendering // That is what the software does isn't it?)

That's why its in the rules.

They want to see what you can do with their stuff. When I was new in the business I worked on a Stephen King Book of the Month Club Commercial that won a WAVEY award. The award was for best use of LIGHTWAVE in a commercial. These companies do this stuff all the time to see what people can do with their stuff (Which surprised me with last years winner- but i digress). This competition is the AUTODESK VISUALIZATION AWARD. Some could take that as them being the sponsor of the award- which they are- but this is considered a seperate competition from the FIRST aspect of it. The Engineering awards like DELPHI Driving Tomorrows Technology is a FIRST award sponsored by DELPHI. With the AVA, Autodesk handles the judging on its own (or as the rules allow- with students and the like)

As far as keeping the field even- not many teams have extra money to go buy software on top of their other expenses. The fact that the software is free in the kit eliminates the need. I dont know about you but it seemed to be the concensus that MAYA wasn't free. Except the personal training addition- which is crippleware! So I dont know where "It's all free" came from.