In order to keep things well organized, a special web site which is dedicated for this purpose may be a good idea. I'm willing to contribute as much as I can to kickstart this project.
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Nika Ragua <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > > -- www.lhvfx.com
