I think the issue is more that HUGE VC company owns The foundry now. HUGE VC companies expect growth because VC money is put in by people expecting big returns. VS small company that needs less profits to remain viable.
VFX profits falling so soon if trend continues only people that can afford nuke are big companies. Maya cost less then nuke. think about that. Houdini cost the same as nuke. I find it super hard to believe that the cost to produce Nuke is the same as the cost to produce Houdini. But we have no choice really in the market so we have to pay. Randy S. Little http://www.rslittle.com <http://reel.rslittle.com> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 11:02, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > Well, on the upside, you can always decide to stop paying the > maintenance and live without the upgrades (not that I'm encouraging > this). Specially after the 6.3 upgrades, even if you don't update for > years you will have the most complete feature set in the history of > compositing. Consider this: Shake continued to be used successfully in > production a full 6-10 years after it was discontinued, and it was > obviously a much more primitive software package. However, I don't own > personal copies of Nuke though, and I'm always glad to be able to use > the latest and greatest from The Foundry at work, and I think that the > maintenance price is a good investment for companies because of the > upgrades and excellent support. > > > > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:34 PM, Nathan Rusch <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Very true. Nothing in Nuke is “magic,” and nothing in Nuke is unheard of > in > > other packages. It’s the particular way the tools and elements are > brought > > together that makes it appealing, not some secret formula that makes your > > images come out better. But that doesn’t mean Nuke is the final word, or > > anything near it. For example, if 6.3’s particle system is 1/4 what > Fusion’s > > was 6+ years ago, I’ll consider it a great addition. > > > > You can do A+B*(1-a) just as easily in Fusion as you can in Nuke... you > just > > might not be as used to it. > > > > Oh, and you can RAM-cache your ops. :P > > > > -Nathan > > > > > > From: Randy Little > > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 9:26 PM > > To: Nuke user discussion > > Subject: Re: [Nuke-users] The Foundry is raising the maintance > price...!!! > > > > yet some how many things are comped in other packages. One package is > > bad for everyone. I would rather comp in Nuke then Fusion but fusion > does > > some cool stuff that nuke should. > > > > For that matter Toxik does some cool stuff that nuke should. Both > > Fusion and Toxik kill Nuke in paint and roto. I added 20 paint strokes > to > > a comp today and it added a crazy amount of time to render farm times. > > CRAZY. > > > > One of anything is bad. Regardless of what it is. > > > > Randy S. Little > > http://reel.rslittle.com > > http://imdb.com/name/nm2325729/ > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 19:52, Feli <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Looks like it's time for my yearly post: > >> > >> > >> I would get out of this business before I got stuck comping a show in > >> Fusion or anything other than Nuke. > >> > >> Been there, done that and never want to repeat that experience again. > >> > >> > >> > >> Feli > >> > >> > >> > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> [email protected] 2 + 2 = > >> 4 www.elanphotos.com > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Nuke-users mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > > Nuke-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Nuke-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >
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