Jean-Sebastien says it for me in the post below. There is a social function that a Forum can give but I am too busy drawing to bother with any kind of social life really.
Current questions on any Forum at all are never the ones I am trying to solve on the screen right there and then. For folk who like the social ambiance of a Forum, cool, go for it .... but historically, for RS, there has only ever been "boom and bust". Big enthusiasm expressed at the start then dwindling to one or two contributors who more often than not end up getting bitter at being the only players. It doesnt matter who runs the Forum ... a true friend of RS or RS themselves ..... Forums are doomed before they start. But ... like all dating sites ..... "maybe this time" ... Lol. Neil Cooke ________________________________ From: Jean-Sebastien Perron <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 31 March, 2010 10:51:29 AM Subject: Stop whining; Start creating Sorry for the forum, I don't remember it ever existed. Why would I go there? Ask questions no one will be able to answer. If someone send me a private e-mail, I will take the time to help him. I paid for Realsoft, because the features were interesting. The features are working, I am happy customer. The features are not working, I contact RS directly and they solve the problem. Community is only for chatting about RS, 3D and new techniques. The software is working, you cannot complain. You are unable to create your vision in RS, but the software is working, you cannot complain. There is a manual + reference and everything is in there. Anything else can be found on many books about 3D, tutorials and DVD. For example a perfect skin shader can be found in Renderman Shading books. You can then recreate them with the VSL. http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1598632868/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=485327511&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0201508680&pf_rd_m=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&pf_rd_r=0C7R41SMX7HH1EZWG125 PS : perfect skin shader is worth nothing if the model and lighting is not perfect : ) A 3D tutorial for maya or blender will work for RS and vice versa. In the big studios, things are not always working as expected. Software does not always react as supposed to. They don't have the time to blame the software, they find a bypass or another way to do it. Only the user can be blamed for poor result. Like I said many times, I could do anything I ever wanted with RS version 1.0 : RS7 is only bonus. I feel by reading some users post that they want someone else to do everything for them. 3D is not a step by step. Find the way to get the shot you want with your imagination. RS has the potential to do everything you could ever imagine, maybe not with a magic button like softimage. RS attract technical people more than artistic people, maybe this is the problem. RS is not responsible to make you create fantastic images, they provide only the tool. Now with the incredible Avatar movie, new RS users will pop up with the dream of doing the same thing. RS can do an Aatar movie, but with 500 expert cg artists. Carrara, Bryce and Poser website is full of beautiful images, probably better than most created with RS. And yet no professionals are using these softwares. Why other easy stupid software create better images? They have a magic button to create beautiful images, but they don't provide the tools to create YOUR visions. They are only good at creating beautiful images of a naked woman in a shiny landscape, nothing else. Jean-Sebastien Perron www.NeuroWorld.ws
