Last time I checked they couldn't sell it in USA because of some lame slide-to-unlock kinda patent.
2013/4/19 olivier jeannel <[email protected]> > Hi Sebastien, the site doesn't mention the price (if I'm no wrong). Are > you aware of it ? > > > Le 19/04/2013 11:33, Sebastien Sterling a écrit : > > Hello List. >> >> I just wanted to perform a quick survey of what solutions people are >> using for hair/fur/feathers in softimage these days. >> >> recently a new tool has become available on the market, its a production >> ready all in one hair/feather solution. it's called Yeti >> >> http://peregrinelabs.com/yeti/ >> >> >> The hair module in softimage doesn't seem to have aged well, and i know >> what a lot of you are thinking, ice already gives us a multitude of ways to >> develop hair solutions... However, there doesn't seem to be any universal >> go to hair solution for softimage. this can be a problem for numerous >> reasons. and as good as ice is, it's short comings can't be ignored (ex: >> styling tools?) >> >> I wrote an email to Peregrine asking if there where any plans for a port >> to XSI, they responded as follows: >> >> Hi Sebastien, >> >> Thank you for the great feedback - we have investigated Yeti integration >> for rendering preview which may be available in a later version but at this >> time we're not planning an XSI version of the editing tools. Adding in >> support for a whole new 3D application is a large task and we haven't had >> enough demand for an XSI version at this stage. If at some point that >> changes and it looks like a studio may commit to a large number of licenses >> we could afford to do this. >> >> So yes, i guess I'm asking who would like Yeti to come to softimage, and >> if Not, why? >> >> good day :) >> >> >
