Hi,
Flora... *like*
Plant generation for Softimage was always less than ideal... hopefully
this is going to change now once and for all!
Please allow me some positive critics: the plants in the demo do not
look too convincing yet. I know it's early...
Don't forget: any decent plant generator needs a decent plant library.
Any plans? Even botanically "correct"? I think this is an important point.
Might depend on your target audience... if it's the bigger studios,
there might be more time and money to create whatever is needed, but
freelancers (like me) mostly need something ootb quickly, and might not
have time to start from scratch (tried...). Of course being able to
create new plants, adapt existing ones and simulate them is also key.
Did you think about an importer for, say, greenworks XFrog or Onyx
Trees? Is this technically and legally feasible?
This would be a real "killer" feature, since there are no decent SI
import plugins for those confessedly old but extensive and nice
libraries, and it might help pick up the pace quickly.
There's T-Gen as well, as you know, but development stalled years ago. I
wonder why. Maybe also because of the lack of a good library?
Your change of business model I think makes much sense. Includes a
broader audience of clients now, not just the coding-savvy.
Best wishes and much success!!
Eugen
Am 30.01.2013 11:07, schrieb Dan Yargici:
Sounds great! Seems like a way more sensible way of doing things to me!
DAN
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 4:54 AM, Leonard Koch
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
That looks like a good model.
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 3:41 AM, Nick Angus <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Genius…
*From:*[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>] *On Behalf
Of *Paul Doyle
*Sent:* Wednesday, 30 January 2013 4:09 AM
*To:* [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* Introducing Creation: Flora (and a business model
shift)
Hi everyone - I'm pleased to share some news with you.
_Creation: Flora_
We've been working on a new vegetation system that we think
you'll like - we call it Creation: Flora. The system covers
procedural generation of vegetation (trees, grass, ferns,
bushes, flowers etc), editing once generated,
simulation/animation, is integrated to Maya and Softimage, and
is integrated with Arnold for rendering.
Demo trailer: https://vimeo.com/groups/fabric/videos/58470126
More information: http://fabricengine.com/creation/flora/
This system will be made available as a separate module, which
brings me onto the second part of this - business model changes.
_Creation and Creation Modules_
The short version: we're selling the core platform at $250 per
seat, per year ($750 to purchase outright). We're selling
modules separately for things like vegetation, crowds, hair
and other 'niche' systems.
Long version that explains why we're doing it:
http://fabricengine.com/2013/01/creation-and-creation-modules/
Thanks,
Paul
CEO at Fabric Engine Inc
