odf opened this issue on Oct 27, 2008 · 13933 posts
odf posted Sat, 01 August 2009 at 7:37 AM
Quote - As far as I know you have Poser and Wings, any other app's ?
If you do not have zbrush you might want to check it out.
I have Poser, Daz Studio, ZBrush, Wings, Blender and a bunch of self-written tools. I will get 3D Coat as soon as they release the native Linux version. I tend to use whatever fits my needs best. Most of the time, that's Wings. I've tried a few things in Houdini, which is what the pros use when they grow out of Maya. I could rig and texture her in Houdini and no doubt make stills and animations that would blow you away. But that wouldn't help any of you Poser folks, so I'm not doing it.
Quote - You seem to be following Poser D/S philosophy of have a single mesh do every thing.
I don't know what that means. You seem to know things about my plans with Antonia that I don't. :biggrin: At the moment, I'm actually using a single mesh to do one thing.
Quote - Sence your releasing Antonia for free.
Why not release her now ?
Two reasons. One: I don't have a place to upload her and keep her up-to-date all the time. Two: people have convinced me that Poser folks could not handle a figure that isn't ready and tested. I'm uploading previews every once in a while, though, and if anyone really wants the bleeding edge version, they can have it and do with it whatever they please. I'm just not allowing redistribution for now, because I might still make incompatible changes.
For example, the next preview will have different proportions and a different default shape. As long as I know who has the figure and makes morphs and clothes, I can talk to those people and make sure I help them as best I can to convert things to the latest version. If hundreds of users have the figure together with third-party accessories that will invariably break as the figure evolves, there will be tears.
So, that's why.
-- I'm not mad at you, just Westphalian.