a Modo webinar? Count me in!
Chris
On 06/03/14 22:46, David Rivera wrote:
Yes, please I´m into the webinar. I recently saw this:
https://vimeo.com/76876920 and I´m picturing myself adding more "modo
mentality" asap :)
Thanks.
David R.
On Thursday, March 6, 2014 2:01 PM, Nic Sievers <[email protected]> wrote:
Count me in as well
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Sebastien Sterling
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:
Webinar sounds cool would love to hear where things are going
On 6 March 2014 18:54, Maurício PC <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I'm also in for the webinar. Brads webinar are always fun and
he can convey and express himself really well. Looking forward
to it.
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Michael Clarke
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Count me in for the webinar.
Very interested to see what could become of the package if
it has some customer-focused dedication behind it.
I suspect my strategy at this point shared by a number of
other users. I'll continue to use SI and take the Maya
path for the moment. The real decision will be whether to
continue with maintenance or to continue to use SI (an
probably Maya) without a viable upgrade path. Either way,
i am going to be looking for a package to fill in some
gaps and MODO looks like a reasonably priced quality
alternative with a future. If in two years it looks like
it could one day be a truly complete app comparable to
AD's offerings, then the decision to cut ties with AD
becomes less difficult. Up until that point — and as some
have pointed out already, several years beyond, — SI will
remain a functional tool capable of handling most of my
needs.
MODO can at minimum be something of a stopgap to hedge the
risks. It looks like fairly low cost way of providing a
buffer to the current dilemma. It's value as a
supplemental tool is worth looking into, whether or not it
ever becomes a primary production tool. The whole
relationship with The Foundry feels good at this point.
One more thing. AD had some great people working there,
and most of the folks who interacted with customers were
extremely dedicated and helpful. What I always sensed from
them, however, was a disconnect between the support and
development teams, and the decision makers within the
company. That's something smaller companies like
LUX/Foundry can handle differently.
I'm not looking for MODO to become my primary tool.
On Mar 6, 2014, at 12:09 PM, Eugen Sares
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
In for that webinar, too...
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- A new word from Brad Peebler
Yes there is. Not much of a secret anymore.... :-)
-Tim
On 3/6/2014 11:55 AM, Paul Griswold wrote:
Oh don't get me started on the history of Modo - it'll
totally derail things.
I'm an old-time Lightwave beta tester from the
early-mid 1990's. Brad Peebler was my contact at
NewTek back in those days. There's a whole drama
around how Modo came about.
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On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Tim
Crowson<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>wrote:
Mmm.... Paul I think you're getting close to
thegenetic fallacy
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_fallacy>with
that. Also I'm not sure Modo was ever intended to
replace Lightwave. Maybe, just not sure...?
I think your point about opening things up the way
ICE does is an important distinction to make
though. ICE is a platform, not just series of tools
to meet specific needs. As such, it shares a room
with very few systems (Houdini, Maya internally as
I understand...). But the vast majority of 3D
applications out there, including Softimage (minus
ICE), are built to address specific, known
production needs. I don't think it's fair to
criticize the choice to design an application this
way, simply because such a design choice indicates
that the developer is trying to meet artists' known
needs. Certainly there's absolutely no denying the
power and flexibility of a platform like
ICE/Houdini, which essentially opens up a layer
between the raw API and the immediate toolset
exposed to the user, allowing them to create new
tools via node-based programming. But if
that's/all/we had, I doubt many of us could get our
work done on time. Most of us still need
traditional, focused toolsets as well.
/As for Modo, people are going to have to take the
responsibility of doing their own due diligence in
evaluating it/. There's no definite answer to 'can
it replace Softimage?' That's silly. It just
depends on what your needs are, like everything
else. In its current state and because of our
pipeline here at Magnetic, I use Modo primarily as
a swiss army knife. Just yesterday I was able to
load in an illustrator file with complicated curves
into Modo, set them to be renderable, then bake
that geometry cache into something I could export
(rims all around these intricate designs on a
stained glass window). Could not have done that
nearly as easily otherwise, not by a mile. Took me
30s in Modo. Stuff like that is a stress relief
for me!
Anyway, I would LOVE to see a truly procedural
platform like ICE come to Modo.. Who wouldn't?
-Tim
On 3/6/2014 11:25 AM, Paul Griswold wrote:
Well Modo is essentially Lightwave Part 2, since
it came from the original programmers of Lightwave
and at one point was supposed to replace
Lightwave. I feel like they tend to want to build
specific tools to fill specific needs instead of
opening things up the way ICE does.
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On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Sebastien
Sterling<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>wrote:
Lightwave mentality Paul ?
On 6 March 2014 17:07, Paul
Griswold<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>wrote:
I'd love to sit in on a webinar. Modo
scares me a little bit in that they still
seem to have the LW mentality there.
-Paul
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On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Chris
Johnson<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>wrote:
I'm in for the Webinar. and what is
the contact information again to
e-mail him directly?
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Tim
Crowson<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>wrote:
More contact from Brad
off-list..... He says the following...
/I've been thinking about how this
all went down and I'm feeling a
bit sad about it. I have a new
idea. People should not feel like
they have to rush to make a move.
They don't! Soft is still awesome
and will be for years to come.
Rather than offering another promo
code what I would like to do is
offer an extended trial of MODO
for anyone who wants it. They can
contact me directly and I'll get
them setup with a 60 day license.
My offer still stands that anyone
who talks to me directly will also
find that I am a man of my word
(with regard to the code). Wink
wink. I can't publicly extend that
offer but I will stand by it for
anyone on that list.//
//
/
/I would also be willing to set up
an invitation only webinar for the
list so we can talk openly under a
"gentlemens NDA". I'd love to
clear up some of the confusion
about MODO being built as a
modeler only and share some short,
mid and long term goals for the
product. Finally, I'm getting
quite a bit of email this week so
if someone doesn't hear from me
straight away please feel free to
send your email again. I won't be
offended to get spammed. :)/
If you guys are interested in
taking him up in his webinar idea,
please voice it! I'm pretty sure
he can read these messages on the
Google group, but if not I'm happy
to convey your corporate response.
-Tim
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