I believe it was Joe Alter holding some patents which Yeti might or might not infringe.
MB Den 19. april 2013 kl. 12:02 skrev Piotrek Marczak <piotrek.marc...@gmail.com>: > Last time I checked they couldn't sell it in USA because of some lame > slide-to-unlock kinda patent. > > > > 2013/4/19 olivier jeannel < olivier.jean...@noos.fr > <mailto:olivier.jean...@noos.fr> > > > mention the price (if I'm no wrong). Are you aware of it ? > > > > > > Le 19/04/2013 11:33, Sebastien Sterling a écrit : > > > > > > > > I just wanted to perform a quick survey of what solutions people are using > > > for hair/fur/feathers in softimage these days. > > > > > > recently a new tool has become available on the market, its a production > > > ready all in one hair/feather solution. it's called Yeti > > > > > > http://peregrinelabs.com/yeti/ <http://peregrinelabs.com/yeti/> > > > > > > > > > The hair module in softimage doesn't seem to have aged well, and i know > > > what a lot of you are thinking, ice already gives us a multitude of ways > > > to > > > develop hair solutions... However, there doesn't seem to be any universal > > > go to hair solution for softimage. this can be a problem for numerous > > > reasons. and as good as ice is, it's short comings can't be ignored (ex: > > > styling tools?) > > > > > > I wrote an email to Peregrine asking if there where any plans for a port > > > to > > > XSI, they responded as follows: > > > > > > Hi Sebastien, > > > > > > Thank you for the great feedback - we have investigated Yeti integration > > > for rendering preview which may be available in a later version but at > > > this > > > time we're not planning an XSI version of the editing tools. Adding in > > > support for a whole new 3D application is a large task and we haven't had > > > enough demand for an XSI version at this stage. If at some point that > > > changes and it looks like a studio may commit to a large number of > > > licenses > > > we could afford to do this. > > > > > > So yes, i guess I'm asking who would like Yeti to come to softimage, and > > > if > > > Not, why? > > > > > > good day :)
