[kraemerJK]

Name: Jochen Krämer
Age: 32
From: Germany, Aachen
Family: Girlfriend, kids are still at the "receiving scene" stage, got stuck there
Worked with 3d: since 1995, but it was cad 3d
Worked with Photorealism: dabbled a bit with lightscape in 97, back on the train since maxwell
Why: I could say : It promotes my designs, but somehow it´s addicitve....

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Nico :

son Tom 1.7

Is that a sampling level ???

[Hervé]

I really like that thread !!

[Hervé]

... before that I was a chef at some great Michelin* restaurants here in the Netherlands for over 15 years

so funny... Nico... now we can talk... same as you... have you been in a Chef school..?

[yadikrisnadi]

Name: Yadi Krisnadi
Age: 41
From: Jakarta, Capital City of Indonesia (1 hour from Bali)
Family: mywife since 1993 with 10 years old doughter.
Worked with 3d: since autocad R9 1889 (oops 1989) as architect, about 6 years as 3d visualizer & lighting designer.
Worked with Photorealism: About 6 years, since I bought Lightscape 3.2 in 2000.
Why: CG rendering is my hobby, I own company 3dlight design visualization & lighting consultant.

[kraemerJK]

yadikrisnadi : ...since autocad R9 1889 as architect...

Now I have the proof ! I always thought that the technology behind autocad was older than the steam engine !!

[dutch_designer]

Name: Renze Rispens
Age: 26
From: Amstelveen, The Netherlands
Family: My dad and sister
Worked with 3d: hm, nearly 10 years? I think Corel Dream3D is actually the first application I used for 3D... scary thought isn't it?
Worked with Photorealism: for a few years.. still, I don't do a lot of 3D.. mostly for visualising my design projects.
Why: because it's fun and makes my stuff look better. Oh and because I'm a geek

[NicoR44]

... before that I was a chef at some great Michelin* restaurants here in the Netherlands for over 15 years

so funny... Nico... now we can talk... same as you... have you been in a Chef school..?

You to!!?? cool

[markps]

Name: Marcelo
Age: 30
From: Cambridge, USA.
Family: Not yet.
Worked With 3d: 1993 3d Studio (DOS)
Worked with Photorealism: Using Lightflow w/python scripts. (1999)
Why: It's fun!

[DrMerman]

Name: Matt Brealey
Age: Seems like I'm the young one...21.
From: Cornwall, UK (stuck away in a corner right down south...)
Family: Not just yet...
Worked with 3D: For about 2 years now. Starting in Lightwave, moving onto Maya, and hopefully Modo sometime soon.
Worked with Photorealism: Since Maxwell.
Why: I enjoy the creative freedom of it all. I've acted, and played guitar (amongst other things) for 13 years, but never had much in the way of drawing skills. However after falling into 3D a few years back, (someone gave me a job doing it, so I thought I'd better learn ) it began to really interest me - so much so that I started my own business (currently doing product/architectural design, but that will soon be moving back to animation.) I'm learning ALOT, and really enjoying it.

[Jeff Tamagini]

Name: Jeff Tamagini
Age: 28
From: Boston, MA USA
Family: Single but taking applications (only with accompaning headshots)
Worked with 3D: since 2000, ADT R2
Worked with Photorealism: 3ds Max 4
Why: I am tired of having to draw sections and coordinate ductwork all day so the more Rendering I can do now the less I want to drown myself in the shower every morning

[b-kandor]

Name: Scott Nelson
Age: 40
From: Ontario, Canada
Family: married with 2 boys (age 5 and 3)
Worked with 3D: since 1992 but for the first 10 years in design and machining.
Worked with Photorealism: since MDT1 and max3
Why: I never thought about it! I started as a pattern maker almost 20 years ago, manual drafting turned into datacad, into autocad, into mdt w/ smartcam /edgecam/ mastercam into owning cnc machines, into owning rapid prototyping machines, into selling all that stuff and focusing on product design and prototyping, into rendering because I can't draw very well! I work in solidworks and recently in modo but really it's about 99.9% solidworks. Now my office is in my house and I love that!

[markps]

Hey Jeff.. there are more than 6 people here in the forum from Boston.. we could begin a M~R Group meeting.. what do you think? We've gotta find more people though

Name: Jeff Tamagini
From: Boston, MA USA

[SunlightRocker]

I really like that thread !!

Glad You like it Hervé

[jespi]

Name: josé espizua
Age: 25
From: bilbao,spain
Family: living with my father.
Worked with 3D: since 2 years now. I started with autocad,now using 3dsmax 8 and thinking about silo 3d.
Worked with Photorealism: Since Maxwell.
Why: Because I´m architecture student, and photorealism is very usefull for me and i like it a lot.

[WestCAD]

Name: Steve Hatfield
Age: 55
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Family: Married (second time) 2 boys 29 and 26, 2 dogs, 1 cat, african lovebirds, australian finches, canaries, goldfish and tropical fish
Work: Drafting since 1966, started CAD in 1984 (Autocad v1.17)
3d: since Autocad v2.6 (3dfaces and polylines with thickness) licensed AutoCAD since 1989 also purchased DRCauto and autoshade Now on ADT2007 and Maxwell
Why?: Because I like it...