On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 22:03 +0200, Jan Ciger wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Vincent VIVANLOC wrote: > >> Unfortunately i know exactly what you're talking about. It's only > >> > after > >> > years of holding out hope for MAX+various exporters, including > > >> OSGExp, that > >> > i finally gave up on that broken mess and tried Blender+osgexport, > >> > in hopes > >> > it would be more straightforward and functional > >> > > Never tried. I quit the dark side of the force (3DSMax) to become a > > Blender padawan :). > > > > Nop > > Unfortunately, try to deal with 3D artists swearing by tools like Max or > Maya :( The perception "free" = "crap" or "Not made by Autodesk/Alias" = > "crap" is unfortunately very strong among those people, even though they > never saw the other tool. It is not just about Blender, there are some > other packages good for specific tasks but these people will simply > never hear about them. They usually do not care about obnoxious > licensing (did you see the list of reserved rights for Max? Such as the > right to audit you whenever Autodesk wants and you even have to > reimburse them for it???), ridiculous prices, mandatory license
Holy. Whoa. I'd love to see that in writing; I'd make it my signature and have a new, fiery reason to promote the Blender love all around... :) > "renewals" (or rather extortion) and the software being general pain in > the back. > > I remember quite well the surprise of our designer when I have shown her > the Blender demo reel from past SIGGRAPH - she was always saying that > Blender is junk, even though she never used it. I guess she had a bit > different view afterwards, even though she kept using her Max. > > The consequence is that if I want models, I have to deal with the output > of these folks - meaning filters,exporters,converters and ideally > everything idiot-proof because people are able to mess up/ignore even > completely clear instructions. > > Regards, > > Jan > > > - -- > > Jan Ciger > GPG public key: http://www.keyserver.net/ > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mandriva - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFE6hGsn11XseNj94gRArcHAJ9FsyCN1hFNzd2UiyRDsSnLzgZNIQCfRsMw > zr4NcUevL0c40k9grZ7SovM= > =CocC > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > osg-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://openscenegraph.net/mailman/listinfo/osg-users > http://www.openscenegraph.org/ > _______________________________________________ osg-users mailing list [email protected] http://openscenegraph.net/mailman/listinfo/osg-users http://www.openscenegraph.org/
