Boni opened this issue on Jan 29, 2021 · 16 posts
false1 posted Mon, 29 March 2021 at 7:38 PM
LuxXeon posted at 7:35PM Mon, 29 March 2021 - #4415822
false1 posted at 2:41PM Mon, 29 March 2021 - #4415815
Yeah, the price of Human Generator is a bit steep for what it's offering at the moment. I don't use human figures often right now so it's not on my buy list. I have been looking for a pathway from Poser though. It's only figure creation and content that slows me down. I thought Manuel Bastioni Lab might have been it but he bailed too soon. Humgen may have learned from that in that they are putting the payment plan upfront so there's no confusion. I also find it interesting that they are promoting the ability to create content packs for their characters.
One of Daz and Poser's strengths is the ecosystem of related content, sized for their figures, and easy for people to use. Blenderkit is doing something similar. Easy to find and use content for Blender users. Imagine if you could buy or download Humgen content packs on Blenderkit. Imagine if the community created freebies built for these particular figures. Bastioni was very focused on the meshes, which I like a lot. HG seems to be focused on the interface and creating an ecosystem.
Long-time Blender users have had to develop workflows or take advantage of third-party tools to get rigged and textured figures into the software. New users may welcome a tool like this with open arms. Gotta love the newbs, many times they have more money than skills, lol. I'd love to see this grow, they seem to be off to a good start.
Manuel Bastioni Lab is still around. It's called MB-LAB, and it works in the latest versions of Blender. The latest version on Github is 1.7.8, and works fine on Blender 2.81 to 2.83. Not sure if there are bugs or what but it should install in 2.9x as well.
Thanks. I’m aware of MB-Lab, but trying to reverse engineer Bastioni’s code has really slowed development. Good to have multiple options though.
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