I (alongside Tim Crowson from this list) have been a long term beta tester for Modo, so I'll shoot from the hip here. I think Tim shares many of my own thoughts and impressions and I'm sure he'll pipe in if there's any aspects he disagrees with.
First the good part, Modo remains as it's ever been the best direct modelling package on earth! A mighty claim but I think it's well deserved. Only recently the team at ILM used Modo for all of their kit-bashing on Star Wars 'Rogue One'. And to build on it's strengths as a direct modeller, Foundry moved to an incremental development strategy for the 10 series and Modo has now managed to remedy that equally deserved reputation of being the most unstable DCC money can buy. They're looking to carry on with this incremental development approach going forward to help ensure big new features aren't partnered with a stability nosedive. Now comes the downside, once you go past Modo's core strengths as an asset creation tool due to it's great modelling texturing and rendering workflows (once you submit to the shader tree approach!), it barely scratches the surface of what's required for a pipeline animation toolset. Now that stability has been fixed, animation and solid pipeline credentials are the next target. There's so much to be remedied here it's going to be a number of years before it's even ready for consideration. If you can afford the luxury of using Modo strictly for its asset creation strengths, it's a great weapon to have in your armoury. If you're looking for an XSI replacement, come back in three years. On 16 February 2017 at 21:15, Eugene Flormata <eug...@flormata.com> wrote: > for people who transitioned to modo > how's the stability in that program? I bought modo indie on steam when it > was on sale with the idea to learn it on the side, > but I barely got to use it. was still getting used to maya which i use at > work. which although I like the tools. everything like explode for reasons > I couldn't figure out. > > my plan is to jump on the houdini wagon come the new apprenctice, then > jump on indie and learn that till I'm comfortable enough to get work to buy > full licenses. > I hope it's stable > > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Jordi Bares <jordiba...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Below >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 16 Feb 2017, at 18:47, phil harbath <phil.harb...@jamination.com> >> wrote: >> >> I am very curious on how people feel about houdini’s character animation >> tools. I am reluctant to move on from Softimage until there is something >> out there that is at least close to being on par with it. >> >> >> It is pretty similar and although you will miss a few things (like the >> mixer) you will get others (like muscles, advanced rigging, chops,...) >> >> Don't worry and give it a go >> >> Specifically the Shape Manager, non-destructive weights, and the >> animation mixer really help me get the job done, and when it comes to the >> negative things I hear about Maya it has kept me from making the leap in >> that direction even though I theoretically own 2 copies, I really am >> hoping that Houdini is close because I really only want to make a change >> once. >> >> >> Shape management you do it out of the box through nodal workflow. Not as >> slick but more powerful. >> >> Non-destructive is the name of the game. >> >> No mixer but you have animation layers (although a bit wonky) >> >> Rigging is way way better in Houdini >> >> Hope it helps >> >> Jb >> >> >> thanks >> >> ------ >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com >> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >> >> >> ------ >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com >> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >> > > > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >
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