Yep, that's pretty much correct, and should be about to get a bit easier again. On 31 May 2014 03:12, "Sergio Mucino" <[email protected]> wrote:
> It seems this impression has survived the test of time... > This is, AFAIK, outdated. Renderman USED to be like that, but from what I > hear (since I haven't used it), Pixar has invested quite a bit in the > usability department in the past few years, so it seems to be closer to > what other renderers offer out-of-the-box. This is what I hear, at least. > > Sergio Muciño. > Sent from my iPad. > > On May 30, 2014, at 10:45 AM, Manuel Huertas Marchena <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have mostly experience with arnold & mental ray... but I am kind of > curious as to why renderman needs so many > programmers to make it work smoothly, doesn't it come with a standard/arch > shader like other renderers?, why > is there that much a need in creating custom shaders for it. I do > apologize these might sound obvious to some > but I dont have experience with point based renderers as renderman besides > a bit of 3dlight which I really liked, especially for disp maps, > I only had the chance to use it briefly though... then its been arnold all > the way for me.. > ...that video looks pretty straight forward to me (meaning that the > workflow looks artist friendly) ...but I am pretty there is something more > to it that makes renderman "complicate"... > > cheers > > > > -Manu > > > IMDB <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4755969/> | Portfolio > <http://envmanu.com> <http://envmanu.carbonmade.com/>| Vimeo > <http://vimeo.com/manuelhuertasmarchena> | Linkedin > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/manuelhuertas> > > > > Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 16:21:30 +0200 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Renderman price restructuring > > > > Indeed. solidangle could start by actually selling single licenses. > > This would only be of interest to "smaller" players, I know, but still > > The 5 license minimum still appears to be in place (according to their > > website): > > "For permanent license sales there is a minimum order of 5. We will soon > > lift this restriction." > > That "soon" has been in place for a while now. > > > > Greetz > > Leendert > > > > -- > > Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue > > Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com > > > >
