All good advice
On 1 May 2014 14:19, Perry Harovas <[email protected]> wrote: > Have any of you tried TurbulenceFD with C4D? > > It truly is startling how good it is. > Stuff I really struggled with is easy. > On the other hand, stuff that was easy in ICE, well, I reserve judgement > until I know more, > but TurbulenceFD doesn't seem to have the controls to art direct the fluid > (gaseous only, not liquid) to do exactly what I want if it > isn't physically natural. Yet. In FX work, that is obviously of high > importance, but I don't have enough time with it to say for sure. > > C4D is really quite good at a LOT of stuff, though. Stuff we struggle with > usually, that we just accept as "hard" or we have accepted > as something that just takes a long time. In C4D, many of these things are > not only fast, look good, but EASY. How often does THAT happen? > > I am in the same boat as others here. I am evaluating C4D, Modo, Houdini > > They all have their strengths, and one major weakness (they aren't > Softimage). > > > > > On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Ed Harriss <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don’t know what we’ll go to when Softimage is eventually phased out >> of our pipeline. (more than one app, that's for sure) But we’ve been >> evaluating C4D and its far better than I thought it was going to be. (Based >> on its perception in the industry) There is some really cool stuff in >> there. I’m looking forward to testing it a bit more once my current project >> is wrapped up. >> >> Ed >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mirko Jankovic >> *Sent:* Thursday, May 01, 2014 9:06 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: Torn >> >> >> >> Or stay with softimage till there is actualy something like it.. maybe >> next. Couple years >> >> On May 1, 2014 3:02 PM, "olivier jeannel" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> You should go toward C4D since it's the one I'm planning to get into :) >> (and some houdini too) >> Read that message and obey. >> >> Le 01/05/2014 14:49, Chris Marshall a écrit : >> >> Complete generalist, working in tv, corporate, architecture, medical, FX, >> simulations etc etc. It's probably easier to say what I don't do, which is >> any character stuff, though I've done a bit of that too. Everything else is >> included. >> So software of choice in this scenario.....Softimage. >> Obvious alternative choice of software.....None >> >> As a small company with limited resources, we don't want to have to build >> a 'pipeline' of software, just to do what Softimage already does in one >> hit. I appreciate times are changing, but I'm not jumping until I'm sure >> which way to go. >> >> Nuffsed yo! >> >> ;-) lol >> >> >> >> > > > -- > > > > > > Perry Harovas > Animation and Visual Effects > > http://www.TheAfterImage.com <http://www.theafterimage.com/> > > -25 Years Experience > -Member of the Visual Effects Society (VES) > -- Chris Marshall Mint Motion Limited 029 20 37 27 57 07730 533 115 www.mintmotion.co.uk
