I really good overview of this news, watch the interview in the middle of the page:
http://www.fxguide.com/quicktakes/fmx-2014-houdini-engine-for-cinema-4d-realflow-2014/ On 24 April 2014 20:11, Marc-Andre Carbonneau < [email protected]> wrote: > > > *“Artists with Houdini or Houdini FX licenses will be able to run the > Houdini Engine using their existing keys. For artists who only need to work > in a host application, a new Houdini Engine license has been created. > Houdini Engine workstation licenses will be available for $495 annually > while floating licenses for use in a single facility will start at $795 > annually. Volume pricing will be available for floating licenses »* > > *“The new Houdini Engine license is being merged with the Houdini Batch > license so that it can also run batch processes on the farm “* > > > > It means half the price for Houdini-Engine and free Houdini-Engine > licenses for Houdini tech artists + render batch licenses for everyone ! > > > > Also documentation for Houdini-Engine API was there but hidden now it’s > official : > http://www.sidefx.com/docs/hengine1.6/ > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Cristobal Infante > *Sent:* 23 avril 2014 10:42 > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Houdini Engine for Cinema4D > > > > Houdini Engine offers more than just a ppg to change a few values. You can > for example create a "forest" digital asset, take it to C4D or Maya and use > your local models as instances. So that's where the benefit is, you > essentially created a tool that you can reuse. A bit like fabric I guess? > > > > By the way there is a Houdini Engine API so it can be ported to any > aplication. So expect to see this implemented in other apps and > game engines in the future. > > > On Wednesday, 23 April 2014, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nice insight, Luc-Eric. > See how you downplayed it as "doing the particles" - AD's standard > description of ICE and Softimage. > Is that company prescribed reply to competitor's initiatives? > > What I read here, is an opening for C4D and Maya studios to get (a) > Houdini artist/s to collaborate with the rest of the team, opening up new > possibilities. > > Perhaps shareholders don’t care much for cross platform solutions and > collaboration, but studios and artists do. > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Luc-Eric Rousseau > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 3:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Houdini Engine for Cinema4D > > Sounds pretty cool! C4D could use more proceduralism, and extra tools. > Is it becoming a real Softimage alternative by this? > > > I'm willing to be that if you had it, you'd never use Houdini Engine > in Cinema 4D. This doesn't give you any procedural authoring in C4D, > just the ability to run an asset that was authored in Houdini, > typically with a simple PPG of settings. > > As a freelancer looking for an alternative to ICE, it would quite a > waste of time to author the graph in houdini and do all the work to > package it up to run it in C4D. In real life, you'd probably just do > it all on the houdini side and cache out or render there. Or more > realistically, if you spent that much time in C4D that this would be > hugely important, you'd likely do everything there except for the > occasional case when you can't.. and then you probably would not have > had spent enough time with Houdini to be at ease with it to solve the > problem there efficiently. You'd probably end up doing the particles > in C4D's thinking particle instead. > > On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 4:59 AM, Eugen Sares <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Cross-posting from si-community: > http://www.. > maxon.net/en/news/press-releases/singleview/article/maxon-announces-partnership-with-side-effects-software.html > > http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2720&Itemid=66 > > Sounds pretty cool! C4D could use more proceduralism, and extra tools. > Is it becoming a real Softimage alternative by this? > > Besides, did anyone happen to attend the Maxon presentation on FMX > yesterday? > > > > ________________________________ > > Diese E-Mail ist frei von Viren und Malware, denn der avast! Antivirus > Schutz ist aktiv. > > >
