What we've been doing this year is paring back the work on modules in order to focus on the core platform. We're nearly four years in to this now, which is around the point that platforms really start to come together. Hopefully that means that studios with limited technical resources will start to see benefit from Fabric Engine in 2014 - particularly with Splice. We're working on some very cool stuff for 2014 that I'm excited about, it will be fun when we're ready to show it.
One of the goals for Fabric is to provide a solid platform for third party developers to build upon. We view that as the best way for us to be successful, and also the fastest way for 'polished' functionality to get into the hands of studios with limited/no R&D resources. This will all come together next year - Eric is the first to really jump into this and we will learn a lot from working with him. Initially the licensing approach will be quite simple: we give individuals one free license, we give studios two free licenses. After that people have to buy Fabric licenses. Third party developers can sell their own extensions and will need to handle their own licensing within that. This will always be the easy option for a developer, but it's a plug-in model i.e. their customers already have to own Fabric. What we want to add is a model where third party devs can create Fabric tools that are self contained and work within our licensing system. There are a few things that have to come together for that to work, but we're getting there. Hope that helps, Paul On 20 December 2013 06:45, Markus Cermak <marku...@white.at> wrote: > Hi > Thanks for the reply. > > Adrian´s Post is exactly my point, and Situation. > As we are owning the AD Suite. Tools which will work in Softimage and Maya > (if I need to open it) is very interesting and a big +, but like Adrian > said, we are a small studio so my use case would be using Finished > tools,Plugins,Modules. > > Well let´s see what the Future brings, I´m sure you will make the best out > of it. > > > > > On 20.12.2013 12:14, adrian wyer wrote: > > that's very interesting Eric, for small and even medium studios, where > investing directly in Fabric may not be viable (more due to not having > dedicated development personnel than financial considerations) > > > > hopefully this model will extend through the fabric modules that have been > demonstrated to date? > > > > im sure i'm not alone in being very impressed with the early > hair/fur/feather and crowd demos the fabric guys showed? would like to be > able to get those toolsets as an 'out of the box' plugin at some future > date! > > > > a > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Eric Mootz > *Sent:* 20 December 2013 10:48 > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: emPolygonizer in Fabric Engine using KL extension > > > > Hi Markus, > > > > Those things are being discussed with the Fabric team and I am sure that > there will be a user friendly licensing solution for 'standalone' plugins > that use Fabric under the hood. > > > > Cheers, > > Eric > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Markus Cermak <marku...@white.at> > > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > > *Sent:* Friday, December 20, 2013 8:17 AM > > *Subject:* Re: emPolygonizer in Fabric Engine using KL extension > > > > Hey guys, > > I got one little question about 3rd Party stuff in Fabric Engine. > > Hows the licensing gonna work out. Will it be possible to buy lets say > Erics Polygonizer with Fabric support as a ""Standalone"" (without owning > or using any other Fabric Engine stuff) and use it in Softimage (because of > speed improvements) or will it only be interesting for Companies that got > Fabric Engine anyway and now extend their toolset.? > ------------------------------ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.3462 / Virus Database: 3658/6935 - Release Date: 12/19/13 > > > > -- > mfg > > Markus Cermak > 3D-Animation Compositing > > Leiss Postproduction GmbH > Adresse: Zirkusgasse 13/4 A-1020 Wien > Tel: +43/1/218 96 48 > Fax: +43/1/218 96 48/10 > Mail: off...@leiss.at > >
