Nice list Pod.
Small comment on Lightwave:
It might be underrated in the US but it's absolutley not in Europe. A funny thing is that most game-engines from Europe have great Lightwave support, like www.quest3d.com , while engines from the US mostly have great MAX support.
Also...personally i don't think the GUI is "weird". It actually makes more sense to me then most tools. When i for example want to extrude a face i simply click the extrude button...not an icon with a blue cube on it with strange red lines and a red arrow pointing different ways.
Modo is also heavily influenced by Lightwaves modeller.
Ah well, i'm just a newtek-junky i guess :-)
Small comment on Lightwave:
It might be underrated in the US but it's absolutley not in Europe. A funny thing is that most game-engines from Europe have great Lightwave support, like www.quest3d.com , while engines from the US mostly have great MAX support.
Also...personally i don't think the GUI is "weird". It actually makes more sense to me then most tools. When i for example want to extrude a face i simply click the extrude button...not an icon with a blue cube on it with strange red lines and a red arrow pointing different ways.
Modo is also heavily influenced by Lightwaves modeller.
Ah well, i'm just a newtek-junky i guess :-)