i`m very interested - because i somehow not damanded as i wish to be ))) ahahaha and i love to do this kind of stuff, yet i`m visual programming limited - do not want to mess with code - so ICE, VEX, FE when they do it. aaah, better late than never
2014-03-14 13:51 GMT+04:00 Nicolas Esposito <[email protected]>: > Hi guys, > > This is maybe not the best time to write about this, but maybe something > good could be done about this idea. > > Looking around si-community and here as well I saw a lot of topics > regarding "How to" and "Help me with" in order to achieve a goal. > This is perfectly fine and on both communities there are lots of talented > people willing to give advices, share compounds and make tutorials about it. > > There are some specific things which are not so simple to develop, and > most of the time you can't get the thing you're doing to work, so you end > up going nowhere, or switch to another software you know already do what > you're looking for ( if there is one ). > > So, with this in mind my proposal is quite "simple": > Setup small found raise groups, using kickstarter, in order to finance a > TD or a talented artist to develop a custom tool which allows you to reach > your ( ours ) goal. > The TD look at the request, setup the minimum amount on money needed to > develop that tool, then the fund raise campaign begin. > > Lets start with an example > - A muscle system within Softimage: Most of you saw the Peta commercial > and the behind the scene and saw the amazing thing The Mill did using > Softimage; also recently Paul Smith did a demo of his muscle system which > looks pretty damn cool; Vorlex developed his plugin using ICE, and those > are just few examples. > - VFX done with ICE: Exocortex already sells amazing plugins, but lets say > I need specific VFX in my shot and I need someone who's capable to create > what I need. > > To put it simple would be the answer to "I don't know how to do this, can > someone do this for me if I pay?" > > The found raising could be applied not only to Softimage ( even because > I'm not sure how many TDs want to create tools for a Software which is > going to be left out in a couple of years ), but extend this idea to other > software, for example Fabric Engine, which has huge potentials and lots of > people right now are really interested into this framework. > > So, what are your thoughts about it? > > Cheers > > Nicolas >
