It's all about being open to new workflows. Even though the render passes in xsi are pretty awesome, you will find nice bits on the other apps. The only thing that houdini lacks atm in that department is the idea of "partitions" or groups of objects that can be overriden in a effective way.
Now the buffer setups in Houdini are trully amazing, you can pump any data as a buffer any time you want. It also comes with some very neat pre-built ones: https://vimeo.com/98484834 Also this idea of "changing passes" is not needed anymore, all passes are available for you at all time ;) Finally, I have not experienced one single a crash when rendering with mantra, that in itself is worth a lot. On 6 August 2014 04:55, Angus Davidson <[email protected]> wrote: > Each to their own I suppose. I really enjoy having everything I need > available to me. Took a week or so to set up my layouts to match my > workflow and its all good. I can see how it can be daunting for those just > starting though. > > Have you tried the new nodal shading in 801 ? > > > > From: Sam Bowling <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> > Date: Wednesday 06 August 2014 at 4:24 AM > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Subject: RE: Cinema 4D an option? > > Unfortunately all that power is wasted behind one of the most terrible > user interfaces since …. Lightwave. Cinema 4D seems to make much more sense > to me. It is sooo much less cluttered and is not full of garbage that I > shouldn’t have to deal with in the first place for doing simple things. The > whole texture system is just a mess. I would use Maya before I ever even > considered using Modo. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Angus Davidson > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 05, 2014 5:53 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Cinema 4D an option? > > > > Would have to disagree on the Modo front. Its animation tools and rigging > are first class. > > > > The things you can do with weight maps and containers alone is amazing. > > > > Although you do need to understand the whole order of operations thing. > > > > > > This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. > If you have received this communication in error, please notify us > immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate > this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised > signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the > University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message > may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal > views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and > opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements > between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless > the University agrees in writing to the contrary. > > >
