Hi Adrian
I'm no egg head so forgive the simplicity of my question. Would this
platform agnostic scenario actively prevent any of the procedures and
scenarios that we currently use ICE for? Is ICE */so/* functional
because its embedded in Softimage? Can we have the same functionality
with a non embedded engine?
Alastair
Alastair Hearsum
Head of 3d
GLASSWORKS
33/34 Great Pulteney Street
London
W1F 9NP
+44 (0)20 7434 1182
glassworks.co.uk <http://www.glassworks.co.uk/>
Glassworks Terms and Conditions of Sale can be found at glassworks.co.uk
(Company registered in England with number 04759979. Registered office
25 Harley Street, London, W1G 9BR. VAT registration number: 867290000)
Please consider the environment before you print this email.
DISCLAIMER: This e-mail and attachments are strictly privileged, private
and confidential and are intended solely for the stated recipient(s).
Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do
not necessarily represent those of the Company. If you are not the
intended recipient, be advised that you have received this e-mail in
error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying
of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If this transmission is received
in error please kindly return it to the sender and delete this message
from your system.
On 21/03/2014 16:53, Adrian Graham wrote:
Ah, but may I respectfully point out that this was one of the problems with
ICE, in that its complete and total integration into Softimage makes it
difficult to engineer and manage, from a software and, unfortunately, a
marketing point of view.
Most modern software libraries are platform-agnostic, and this is what we're
aiming for with Bifrost. The problem with ICE is that you had to use Softimage
in order to gain access to it. Nothing against Softimage, just that you're
limiting ICE's exposure to the industry at large.
Would a renderer be more or less popular if it only worked with Maya, and not
with Max or Houdini? No, it should be available on all applications, on all OSs
if you want it to be successful.
Adrian
