gareee i doubt modo will ever aspire to be one of the complex maya-level apps. That's not what I meant.

What I meant was, for the artist-animator with one license or a small studio, Modo if/when complete with soft-body dynamics, cloth, hair and rigged figures, will be ideal, especially as the price will probably be less than $1500, compared with Max at $3500 and Maya at $7000. Point taken that they are modeling guys and might not come up with great CA.

For instance, I do not need 70% of what Max can do. But I can find no other solution for my workflow, with power, at a lower price. I need first class hair and cloth, plus CA, and great render power. As many will attest, I have been fiddling around for several years trying to avoid going to the Big Apps, but I have now surrendered. At least I found a vendor to sell me the license for $3200 instead of $3500.

ghonma the point I just made more or less applies to what you said. I followed your explanation and get it. But I would say there is a huge window between the primitive animation tool set in Poser and Maya/Max /XSI deployed with the sliding skin, rigged face and workgroup requirements you are citing.

For myself personally, I am in that window; Character Studio with LBrush being fed by props, assets, human mesh and texture maps from the PoserDazDom world. This is such a leap up for me it seems like a mountaintop. It remains to be seen if I hit a wall with power to animate expressions. Good to know I can then go up the ladder.

::::: Opera :::::

P.S. maybe someday I'll gave such a cryng need that I'll license FaceRobot for $100,000!