There is no ill intentions, it is slow and poorly modeled/textured. Apart from that I don't think it is anything wrong to point out the things that don't work and question if it is really worth it, as a community the most important thing is to share our opinions in a non-destructive way (which I believe we have done very tactfully), otherwise nobody will learn nothing, the software manufacturer will thing everything is great but nobody uses it, etc..
From my point of view I would gladly use for crowds and previz work/layout work, and if done well I will certainly pay for it so it is not about bashing it. Hope it make sense Jordi Bares [email protected] On 5 Apr 2013, at 10:42, Tim Leydecker <[email protected]> wrote: > Why do you guys bash Pinnochio like that? > > I would have thought that exporting a few characters to *.ma and *.fbx > gives a good template to create archviz or nondescript crowd sim folks. > > You get the male and female rigs that can work as a proportions and size > template for populating your scene and already have their motionbuilder > setup done for you and ready to drop animation clips onto it. > > Artistically, sure. It´s not commercials or film ready characters. > > But technically, I am glad they are there to expand and customize upon. > > All by myself, I could not go through the whole setup process but I > would find it easy enough to swap the geometry with something customized > and styled to my personal requirements but keep the rig and snippets and > use a generic male and female Pinnochio to lay out the shot already? > > A few pedestrians here and there, like a flock of birds in an establishing > shot. > > You guys seem used to (Massive/crowdFX) WorldWarZ style levels of expectation, > that´s great but a different league of course... > > Cheers, > > tim > > On 05.04.2013 11:20, Jordi Bares wrote: >> To the point of being not useful, true. >> >> Jordi Bares >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> On 4 Apr 2013, at 23:53, Adam Sale <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >>> I will say though, Pinnochio's pretty dang slow to update any changes made >>> to characters. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Jordi Bares <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Exactly my thought… >>> >>> Jordi Bares >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>> On 4 Apr 2013, at 20:20, Sebastien Sterling >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>>> DAZ 3D ? ... >>>> >>> >>> >>
