In for that webinar, too...
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Von: "Tim Crowson" <tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com>
An: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Gesendet: 06.03.2014 19:01:30
Betreff: Re: Luxology Modo 50% off for this mailing list - A new word
from Brad Peebler
Yes there is. Not much of a secret anymore.... :-)
-Tim
On 3/6/2014 11:55 AM, Paul Griswold wrote:
Oh don't get me started on the history of Modo - it'll totally derail
things.
I'm an old-time Lightwave beta tester from the early-mid 1990's. Brad
Peebler was my contact at NewTek back in those days. There's a whole
drama around how Modo came about.
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On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Tim Crowson
<tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com> wrote:
Mmm.... Paul I think you're getting close to the genetic fallacy with
that. Also I'm not sure Modo was ever intended to replace Lightwave.
Maybe, just not sure...?
I think your point about opening things up the way ICE does is an
important distinction to make though. ICE is a platform, not just
series of tools to meet specific needs. As such, it shares a room
with very few systems (Houdini, Maya internally as I understand...).
But the vast majority of 3D applications out there, including
Softimage (minus ICE), are built to address specific, known
production needs. I don't think it's fair to criticize the choice to
design an application this way, simply because such a design choice
indicates that the developer is trying to meet artists' known needs.
Certainly there's absolutely no denying the power and flexibility of
a platform like ICE/Houdini, which essentially opens up a layer
between the raw API and the immediate toolset exposed to the user,
allowing them to create new tools via node-based programming. But if
that's all we had, I doubt many of us could get our work done on
time. Most of us still need traditional, focused toolsets as well.
As for Modo, people are going to have to take the responsibility of
doing their own due diligence in evaluating it. There's no definite
answer to 'can it replace Softimage?' That's silly. It just depends
on what your needs are, like everything else. In its current state
and because of our pipeline here at Magnetic, I use Modo primarily as
a swiss army knife. Just yesterday I was able to load in an
illustrator file with complicated curves into Modo, set them to be
renderable, then bake that geometry cache into something I could
export (rims all around these intricate designs on a stained glass
window). Could not have done that nearly as easily otherwise, not by
a mile. Took me 30s in Modo. Stuff like that is a stress relief for
me!
Anyway, I would LOVE to see a truly procedural platform like ICE come
to Modo. Who wouldn't?
-Tim
On 3/6/2014 11:25 AM, Paul Griswold wrote:
Well Modo is essentially Lightwave Part 2, since it came from the
original programmers of Lightwave and at one point was supposed to
replace Lightwave. I feel like they tend to want to build specific
tools to fill specific needs instead of opening things up the way
ICE does.
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On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Sebastien Sterling
<sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote:
Lightwave mentality Paul ?
On 6 March 2014 17:07, Paul Griswold
<pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com> wrote:
I'd love to sit in on a webinar. Modo scares me a little bit in
that they still seem to have the LW mentality there.
-Paul
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On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Chris Johnson
<chr...@topixfx.com> wrote:
I'm in for the Webinar. and what is the contact information again
to e-mail him directly?
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Tim Crowson
<tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com> wrote:
More contact from Brad off-list.... He says the following...
I've been thinking about how this all went down and I'm feeling
a bit sad about it. I have a new idea. People should not feel
like they have to rush to make a move. They don't! Soft is still
awesome and will be for years to come. Rather than offering
another promo code what I would like to do is offer an extended
trial of MODO for anyone who wants it. They can contact me
directly and I'll get them setup with a 60 day license. My offer
still stands that anyone who talks to me directly will also find
that I am a man of my word (with regard to the code). Wink wink.
I can't publicly extend that offer but I will stand by it for
anyone on that list.
I would also be willing to set up an invitation only webinar for
the list so we can talk openly under a "gentlemens NDA". I'd
love to clear up some of the confusion about MODO being built as
a modeler only and share some short, mid and long term goals for
the product. Finally, I'm getting quite a bit of email this week
so if someone doesn't hear from me straight away please feel
free to send your email again. I won't be offended to get
spammed. :)
If you guys are interested in taking him up in his webinar idea,
please voice it! I'm pretty sure he can read these messages on
the Google group, but if not I'm happy to convey your corporate
response.
-Tim
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