Aidan O Driscoll schrieb:
Hi Guys,
I suppose you all know by now, TRUESPACE ( originally by Caligari, but
who recently got taken over by MICROSOFT ) is now FREE - forever. This
is the latest version too - last week it would have cost you $595 or so:
http://www.caligari.com/Products/trueSpace/tS75/brochure/intro.asp?Cate=BIntro
All you need to do is go to download button - login OR register ( free
) - and download.
Not alone is the app now free but also ALL the original paid for
training videos.
This is not a limited offer and the app is NOT CRIPPLED. Their is no
catch .. really!
From the Caligari Forums info has seeped through that over at the
Blender forums ( www.blenderartists.org ) - they are complaining about
TS being made free. Now thats a good one :)
Sorry, but I couldn't find any remark about it at the URL specified :(.....
But indeed - will this have any impact on the 3D industry at all? I
know that some complain about TS and its interface. But it has a huge
toolset, does the lot inc Char Anim, is hugely oriented to virtual
world stuff and gaming.
The REAL investment in 3D software is NOT the price for the Program but
in LEARNING to use it ;-).......
Apparently the app will keep on developing FOR FREE,
How's THAT ? No app can develop itself out of nothingness ... and
apparently (and HERE does this qualifying
adverb really fit) they did NOT publish the source or have any intention
to support freelance development further
on (as the Blender people do who work under the GPL / Creative Commons
licence), so this seems to be a
dead end :(.....
so its not abandonware - yet. Be that as it may - this is not a free
previous version - this is a free CURRENT VERSION!
As you mentioned the Blender community - I strongly encourage anybody
interested in 3D programs to have a look
at what a free AND supported app is capable of (look also for the latest
TOM Mullen's books about char animation
& particles/plants in Blender and their new SIGGRAPH contribution - the
Big Buck Bunny movie)
Wolfram
