By Don Lynch (Nobbin) (209.252.134.71) on Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 01:06 pm:

Is RLA similar to RPF?

I was evaluating Combustion, in view of the big price drop,and was wondering if RLA is similar to RPF, where objects can be on separate layers.

Anyone have experience with Lightwave and Combustion?

Thanks.

Don

By emmanuel duchemin (Mips) (212.198.0.93) on Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 03:20 pm:

there are a lot of posts about RLA/RPF, and LW and Comb, make a research. But no precise answer, I'm afraid.

By Arnie Cachelin (Arnie) (65.164.224.3) on Saturday, February 01, 2003 - 09:20 pm:

RPF is virtually identical to RLA, but adds a few extra layers. It also has the benefit of being a distinct file format with extra layers, rather than an old standard file format with the extra layers 'illegally' hacked on. The internal format is identical, and you could probably convert between them just by renaming the files.

By Digital Freak (Trilogy) (203.33.171.111) on Sunday, February 02, 2003 - 04:08 am:

What Arnie said..

RPF is newer and better
Use RPF instead of RLA..

It's also better supported.

By stephen gilbert (Cresshead) (62.254.0.4) on Sunday, February 02, 2003 - 08:09 am:

with rpf there are many more channels including pixel velocity and pixel normals..dowload the help files on combustion or tryout the free demo of combustion 2

rpf creation from lightwave is quite flaky at present though [max is rock solid] so you might want to use deluxe rla from www.flay.com as this
actually works by all accounts rather than the shipping rla filter in lightwave 7.5.

steve g