The Vray offer means 1 interactive/GUI license plus 10 rendernodes for the 3dsMax and Maya versions or 1 interactive/GUI license and 5 rendernodes for the Softimage version, right?
That´s a great offer. I have hopes Chaosgroup will unify their licensing by bringing all three VRay versions on par, and will at some point sell only one version of Vray including the three render plugins/addons. Personally, I can´t justify buying three VRay GUI licenses to get at 1 interactive license for each of the major 3D programs even if that would mean I´d have a total of 25 rendernode licenses. I have 2 boxes. Both are old. I´m getting old, too. Too much hassle to maintain a farm in my living room. The kitchen would be an option. I would really love to see Chaosgroup cook up a bundle of all three plus 5 or 10 rendernodes for a freelancer dish. Probably wouldn´t even need to run an interactive/GUI license simultaneously in 3dsMax/Maya/Softimage, e.g. could live with one license as long as I could switch 3d apps on demand or job requirements. I´d expect to pay fairly in the range of 1 current license offer plus maybe 25-50 percent to be free for all. That´d be 1250-1500 for all you can eat including 5-10 rendernodes. That´d great and probably as easy to do as revising the licensing model, e.g. not even neccessary to get all three plugins on par? Cheers, tim On 19.04.2013 22:30, Andy Moorer wrote:
http://www.chaosgroup.com/en/2/usa_promo.html FYI chaos group is promoting a deal on Vray for freelancers in the US worth looking at. Discussion... I wish Arnold was even available at any kind of reasonable cost for freelancers. The majority of the studios I encounter use one or the other and I am noticing a trend where boutique studios which would like to use Arnold instead turn to Vray simply because of the high cost. I'm sure SolidAngle has their reasons but I note that ChaosGroup is making very serious efforts to be competitive and has gained some traction with this kind of outreach. Vray is quite a capable renderer which I've enjoyed using, I just wish the price difference didn't become the basis for choosing between the two. All that aside, kudos to ChaosGroup for their efforts to support Softimage and the freelance community!
