Take it all down to $2000 ;) But I agree I know there's a massive cost to the r and d, but we have to limit those nukex purchases as they are just too expensive.
Hiero is imho well over priced still too. Howard > On 15 Nov 2014, at 2:13 pm, Mads Lund <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Guys. > > I know this is something that splits the waters a bit, but i feel it is a > discussion that should be taken. > > This comes from a discussion on the FXPHD foums about the new free and cheap > (999$) version of Fusion and the role of the Nuke product line in the VFX > industry. > > VFX software development, staying cutting edge and having good support costs > a lot of money. And being in a niche market doesn't make that much better. So > i don't really mind the prices of The Foundry software too much. > We have both Nuke and Nuke X seats in our facility and are 100% going to have > a Nuke Studio seat once it arrives. And like everyone else, we love Nuke. > But when it comes to paying twice the price of a Nuke seat to get a Nuke X > seat, it becomes very hard to justify. Especially when products like > AfterEffects come with build in Planar Tracking, 3D tracking and particles > for a fraction of the price. And it just become a bit of an annoyance, that > you have to figure how to best distribute your Nuke licenses based on demand > for those "Premium" features from the artists. > > If the Nuke X Planar Tracker was on par with Mocha AE and the Particle System > on par with Fusion's it could maybe make somewhat more sense, but they sadly > aren't and just don't feel like 3707$ worth of features. > > So i am wondering what you guys think. Do you find the "All the tools in One > Box" approach worth the premium or do you feel The Foundry should do > something about it? > I am wondering if they should just take price for a regular Nuke up to 5000$ > and then scrap the Nuke X product completely, leaving Nuke and Nuke Studio as > the nuke product line? > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users _______________________________________________ Nuke-users mailing list [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users
