Would love to see it for XSI...As you said the tools are so basic at the moment, its in desperate need of an update. Yeti looks like a fantastic solution
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Piotrek Marczak <[email protected] > wrote: > 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 :) >>> >>> >> >
