Yeah I think Alan summed up my thoughts. I just want something that's stupidly simple to work with, incredibly flexible for pipelines of any type... and zero additional bs.
On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Steven Caron <[email protected]> wrote: > yep, i get that... i think there is room for a lightweight and free plugin > with minimal dependencies. alembic is surely a beast to compile. > > > On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Alan Fregtman <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Gene can speak for himself but I get the vibe he's probably going for >> simplicity, much like how OBJ is the simplest static mesh format and >> because it's so incredibly easy to write out, it's so widely used (even if >> there's a few extras that not all exporters/importers handle, but the core >> stuff works.) >> >> Using Alembic would be smart, no doubt, but the complexity it brings in >> terms of managing compilation on multiple platforms outweighs the >> portability of a potentially simpler spec that's easy to write and >> relatively easy to read. Filesize-wise compression can be used regardless. >> I don't see that as a concern. >> >> Anyway, that's my opinion. What are your thoughts on this, Gene? >> > -- -Gene www.genecrucean.com
