On Modo I am really impressed with it. Some tools are not 100% where I want them yet but overall finding it very powerful. Mesh fusion is awesome and saving my pennies to buy myself a copy of it. Stuff like rigging is handled differently so it takes a bit to wrap your head around it.
I really love things like being able to edit an animation curve in the viewport or create a custom UI that allows me to key specific things on each frame for the selected controller. Their curve editor just feels more responsive to me. You can see these on the new learn modo videos the posted recently. That being said its not as polished as softimage yet but you also have to bear in mind that things like decent particles and animation have only been around a few years in Modo. If Softimage does go EOL it where I am headed for my personal stuff. Whether we go that way for our students depends on a few more things. ________________________________ From: Daniel Sweeney [[email protected]] Sent: 26 February 2014 11:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: new upgrade policy I am as quick as I can off the autodesk rollercoaster. A few things have made my choice I will always love soft and use the tool when its needed but I think I need to look for another avenue. Looking at modo? Thoughts?? Autodesk bollocks. On Feb 26, 2014 8:52 PM, "Kris Rivel" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I read it and couldn't help but say WTH?! Kris On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Emilio Hernandez <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Seems they need to fill the vault... [http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/8965/erojamailpleca.jpg] 2014-02-26 14:29 GMT-06:00 Kris Rivel <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>: So...what's everyone's take on this gem? So if I don't upgrade to latest version now...then when I want that version I have to pay full price? http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Frequently-Asked-Questions-about-the-Autodesk-Upgrade-Policy.html Kris <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> </tr> </table>
