dast

In the early '90s I started with command line POV-Ray and lookalikes, as I was looking for a 3D animated intro for my home-made videos.

Soon I purchased trueSpace 1.04 (available on 3 floppy's), which was quite expensive at that time. Luckily, trueSpace 2 came out a few weeks later and I was entitled to a free upgrade.

Mid '90s I started writing some add-ons and plug-ins for trueSpace 2. Became beta-tester for versions 3, then 4, ... and stepped down when they started working on version 6, as I didn't like the direction they were heading.

Jumped shipped and tried my hands at LightWave. Yuk !!! Bad decision, as I never got along with it. And it actually lead me to a 5 year hiatus away from 3D.

Around 2005, a summer promotion to crossgrade from LightWave got me Cinema 4D R9 (XL bundle) ... and have never looked back since.

Working on short stories and happily upgrading to every new version, it wasn't before 2015 that plugin development started to itch again.

And since then I have mainly spend time working on plugins ...

Until R21 hit the shelves: a new GUI, new licensing scheme, change of business model, ... and lots of issues.

Somewhat disappointed I updated my existing plugins to work with the latest release, created some new ones. Thus still spending all available time on plugin development.

Then R23 got released, and its ludicrous upgrade price for perpetual license users.

That was the tipping point: I stopped upgrading and refrained any further plugin development.

These days I am using my good old trusty R20 to again create art, create some parts for 3D printing, ... and write an occasional plugin for personal use, to speed up my workflow.

Besides 3D my other passions are building (and flying) electric powered RC model airplanes, playing electric guitar (or at least trying to ... after 30+ years I still suck at it), and all other kinds of creative activities.