The perfect combination would be Softimage + Houdini, no doubt… ICE is much faster but less powerful (imagine the extent of houdini) and it is indeed harder to learn but the payback is freedom.
Unfortunately AD has cut the bridge… there is no other route unfortunately and if it is a Houdini only or mixed with Modo / Blender / Whatever it is not going to be so comfortable for a while. :-P Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com On 21 Mar 2014, at 22:45, Jason S <jasonsta...@gmail.com> wrote: > While Houdini may be technically more powerful, > ICE, even if still can be considered somewhat technical, is quite known to be > much more approachable and is (yet) another testament of bringing complexity > to easier reach. > > Houdini seems to be mid-way between actually scripting, and "higher level" > visual programming. > > We will wait and see how bifrost will be on the friendly (and integrated) side > (after foam and everything else concerning naiad will be implemented.. and > graph actually exposed) > > Here is a known (performance only) comparison between ICE and VOP > > http://frenchdog.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/ice-vs-vop/ > > And here is a typical and quite fair view of SI & Houdini
