Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on

2014-12-18 Thread Toby Angwin
I feel your pain info mail bag. It sometimes feels like the peripheral hassles of licensing etc are outweighing the benefits of using Nuke. The licensing model is so antiquated that it’s an impediment to using it if you are a small shop or freelancer and it’s going to start hurting them more

Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on

2014-12-18 Thread Elias Ericsson Rydberg
As much as all these annoyances are valid, I do feel the need to play the devils advocate here. Nuke wasn't designed for freelancers and shouldn't be treated as such. It was made for use in a studio. So when you bring the software on set or out of the house, you'll have to work around that

Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on

2014-12-18 Thread Arno Beekman
I think with the arrival of Nuke Studio, The Foundry is making a big effort to enter the advertisement market, in which there are quite a lot of freelancers. The sharing/cloud option has been possible for years already with both FLEXlm and RLM. If you get a floating license and you can access

Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on

2014-12-18 Thread Jose Fernandez de Castro
I think that the future of software piracy protection is going to be precisely the Netflix model, which is to stream the software and run the services off the cloud, with local storage and some processing, of course. This is going to happen, whether we like it or not, and even Adobe has started

Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on

2014-12-18 Thread Nathan Rusch
think the minimum requirement is 15 CC licenses). -Nathan From: Jose Fernandez de Castro Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 10:11 AM To: Nuke user discussion Subject: Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on I think that the future of software piracy protection is going to be precisely

Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on

2014-12-18 Thread itai bachar
license server (I think the minimum requirement is 15 CC licenses). -Nathan *From:* Jose Fernandez de Castro pixelcowbo...@gmail.com *Sent:* Thursday, December 18, 2014 10:11 AM *To:* Nuke user discussion nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk *Subject:* Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving

Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on

2014-12-18 Thread Elias Ericsson Rydberg
18, 2014 10:11 AM *To:* Nuke user discussion nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk *Subject:* Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on I think that the future of software piracy protection is going to be precisely the Netflix model, which is to stream the software and run the services off

Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on

2014-12-18 Thread Ron Ganbar
). -Nathan *From:* Jose Fernandez de Castro pixelcowbo...@gmail.com *Sent:* Thursday, December 18, 2014 10:11 AM *To:* Nuke user discussion nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk *Subject:* Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on I think that the future of software piracy protection

AW: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on

2014-12-18 Thread Thorsten Kaufmann
: Donnerstag, 18. Dezember 2014 21:40 An: Nuke user discussion Betreff: Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on Cloud licensing shouldn't really be an issue legally speaking. None of the footage or assets would leave the LAN? If footage can be streamed for review sessions I don't see the licenses

AW: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on

2014-12-18 Thread Thorsten Kaufmann
...@support.thefoundry.co.uk [mailto:nuke-users-boun...@support.thefoundry.co.uk] Im Auftrag von Ron Ganbar Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. Dezember 2014 21:49 An: Nuke user discussion Betreff: Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on Hi Elias, I don't think anybody was talking about streaming Nuke, or at least

Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on

2014-12-18 Thread Randy Little
*Sent:* Thursday, December 18, 2014 10:11 AM *To:* Nuke user discussion nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk *Subject:* Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on I think that the future of software piracy protection is going to be precisely the Netflix model, which is to stream the software

Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on

2014-12-18 Thread Nathan Rusch
Cloud licensing shouldn't really be an issue legally speaking. None of the footage or assets would leave the LAN? If footage can be streamed for review sessions I don't see the licenses cloud not. Randy basically addressed this, but none of this flies under the restrictions we're talking

Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on

2014-12-17 Thread Arvid Björn
Mr. Mail Bag has a good point though. I've heard a lot of horror stories on this subject by now. TF is really pushing it to the point of scaring away legitimate customers. On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Francois Lord li...@francoislord.com wrote: Thanks for the info, Info Mail Bag! On

Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on

2014-12-17 Thread Ron Ganbar
I heard a couple of stories as well. I'm sure there are freelancers out there using Nuke is a less than paid for manner. And that's not right. But it would seem to me that on one side, a freelancer simply can't afford to pay $9,000 for software, and on the other side, the more people use Nuke, the

Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on

2014-12-17 Thread Peter Hartwig
I was in a situation where i was producing tutorials for fxphd and had talked to the foundry about doing some for Them as well. So tf supplied me with a license for that. One weekend i was behind on getting a tut out and the license server broke and i couldnt get a hold of support so i did the bad

Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on

2014-12-17 Thread Randy Little
Well soon either Autodesk or Blackmagic will buy The foundry. Maybe Adobe. Guess we will see if that rumor of Carlyle group wanting to sell is true or not. Randy S. Little http://www.rslittle.com/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2325729/ On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 3:02 PM, Peter Hartwig

Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on

2014-12-17 Thread Ron Ganbar
Or the worst fears, that with the current buying spree, The Foundry will turn into a faceless giant. I love The Foundry, but mainly because it still holds on to that small company mentality. Won't last as it continues to grow, fear. Ron Ganbar email: ron...@gmail.com tel: +44 (0)7968 007 309

Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on

2014-12-17 Thread Neil Scholes
Seems I was wrong with the sarcasm, people having genuine issues. I hope Nuke doesn't get lost in the corporate greed. Sent from my iPad On 17 Dec 2014, at 21:22, Ron Ganbar ron...@gmail.com wrote: Or the worst fears, that with the current buying spree, The Foundry will turn into a

Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on

2014-12-16 Thread Francois Lord
Thanks for the info, Info Mail Bag! On 15-Dec-14 22:46, Info Mail Bag wrote: Hi Over the past few weeks I have had a steadily escalating level of email harassment from the license department of the foundry. To be clear I personally have not used cracked versions of the software. I have

Re: [Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on

2014-12-16 Thread Neil Scholes
I just followed Info Mail Bag on twitter - very interesting guy with much to say….. Neil Rögnvaldr Scholes www.neilscholes.com On 16 Dec 2014, at 16:34, Francois Lord li...@francoislord.com wrote: Thanks for the info, Info Mail Bag! On 15-Dec-14 22:46, Info Mail Bag wrote: Hi

[Nuke-users] unimpressed and moving on

2014-12-15 Thread Info Mail Bag
Hi Over the past few weeks I have had a steadily escalating level of email harassment from the license department of the foundry. To be clear I personally have not used cracked versions of the software. I have maintained contact though out, explaining this to them the best I can but the