2be opened this issue on Jan 20, 2008 · 99 posts
RAMWorks posted Thu, 24 January 2008 at 11:00 AM
Quote - I ended up picking up C4D (BodyPaint) just before the holidays. (Yeah... ouch. So much ouch.) It was surprisingly well-behaved when it comes to V4's many-seamed nightmare templates. There are a few of them that are still a royal pain, but I'm slowly getting the hang of it. You can essentially tell it to paint right across the seams as though they aren't there, which is intensely helpful -- especially since it has a clone stamp tool. I end up laying out what I generally want in photoshop, importing it over to C4D, fussing with seams with the clone stamp, then going back into photoshop for another round of cleanup and blending, and so on until I'm happy with it. It's time consuming, but fussing with it in photoshop alone and trying to match things up was taking me much longer. I had one too many stressful head-bangy moments, too.
You can get a competitive upgrade from Bryce if you have it, which knocks $100 off the price, and that is very helpful. I got the most basic package they offered, and it was around $800 after the upgrade discount, plus shipping.
Hello my dear, been awhile!! 
I want this program. I think one of the biggest letdowns of Deep Paint, not a bad program but... NO FRIGGIN SUPPORT. Forums are basically useless, the two gals I know that use it are too busy to help me figure stuff out so..... it's too much head banging and cussing to want to aggravate myself with it. Too bad, good deal through DAZ at the time. Wish they would team up with Maxon. I'd be very happy. I do have Bryce so I guess that would save me that $100.00 although I'm not sure why that would be considered a cometitive upgrade considering one is a landscape rendering program and the other a 3D paint program!! Odd!
So my quesion to you is hows the support for their products? I know, it's probably really good but thought I'd ask your opinion on that so far.
As for Ute, she's a very nice gal. We have exchanged emails before talking about this and that. Very sweet. She does produce products at unheard of rates it seems. Some look quite nice and others.... a bit rushed or lacking details. Perhaps it's because of her health or her husbands... not sure but if she's making her living off of this then more power to her as long as she has the buyers. I wish for her the best. I'll say no more on the subject.
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