REVIEW: THE LIGHT WORKS CD

by: Jason Compton


In the wake of the Light-ROM CD and the impending Light-ROM 2 CD comes The Light Works, a compilation of those things rendered and renderable.

More specifically, the collection is primarily the work of Tobias Richter, famous for his Star Trek renders and his highly playable Shareware Star Trek game.

The disc is comprised of a great number of prerendered scenes and animations, as well as objects in Cinema4D, Reflections, and Imagine (sorry, Lightwave users.) To facilitate dabblers, demo versions of Cinema4D and Reflections are included.

The collection is almost exclusively Science Fiction-oriented, which is one of the things that sets it apart from Light-ROM. The organization seems to be a bit better, designed to make the animations and pictures clearly defined away from the objects themselves. The mere inclusion of the animations also distinguishes it...and let me tell you, even the HAM-6 animations are gorgeous.

For a renderfiend who's looking for good source material, this could be an excellent choice. As an artistic collection, I'd suggest a second thought or two, since the disc is priced at 79 DM (US$61)...this surprised me, as Stefan Ossowski's Schatztruhe has established itself in my mind as a source for very low-priced CDs (the Meeting Pearls and original Aminet Share CDs were brought in at 19 DM, or about US$13-admittedly, they reflected no profit for the authors, but still...) Either the Schatztruhe believes that Richter's work is worth a pretty penny, or Richter himself does.

I don't think you'd be disappointed with the content. But with Light-ROM a notch or two cheaper, you may want to think twice if your needs are not exclusively sci-fi.

Published by
Stefan Osowski's Schatztruhe
D-45131 Essen
Germany

North American Distribution:
Amiga Library Services
602-917-0917
info@amigalib.com

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