Forum: Bryce


Subject: Free Wings advice for Master Pumeco and everyone else having face problems....

draculaz opened this issue on Jan 23, 2005 ยท 28 posts


draculaz posted Sun, 23 January 2005 at 4:26 PM

Can't say I really agree. I mean, okay, tuts for Photoshop, InDesign, 3DSMax, whatever. Those are fine, and there are people out there interested in buying the programs and dishing out a bit more to get in the learning curve. But Wings3D is a free program developed entirely through donations. Making a buck off someone else's work (which is freely available and distributable) seems kinda icky to me. If they're part of the team that made the program, then sure. Plus, saying that you're making a beginner's to intermediate's tut for Wings (and you're selling it) is like saying you're gonna charge a guy for showing him how the incredible process of taking a leak is done. The program is dead simple, and the tuts that are already out there for free are pretty damn good. Wings is difficult in uvmapping, complex organic modelling, etc. And even in the case of organic modelling, there are hundreds of tuts out there for similar box-modelling programs that differ only in the slightest. Same with uv-mapping. All the Wings commands, shortcuts, etc are descrbied in the manual. So no, I don't think it's right. They can do whatever the hell they please with their dvd, sell it to completely clueless idiots for all I care. I'm sure other parts of their tutorials (like PS) will be worth it. But 'noble' venturists like these, especially those who profit from completely free communities like the Wings3D one, in my humble opinion, should be shot. Drac (i'm not a brycehead)