WandW opened this issue on Jul 03, 2009 · 8 posts
WandW posted Fri, 03 July 2009 at 4:42 PM
I just got 3D Artist, Issue 3, and on the inside back cover there is a Smith Micro Ad, which among other things, advertises Shade 8 Standard for £169.99 However, on the facing page is attached a CD with a free copy of Shade 8.5 Standard! :lol:
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geep posted Fri, 03 July 2009 at 4:54 PM
Hmmm ........... a most interesting "x-post" in the magazine, no? :lol:
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IsaoShi posted Fri, 03 July 2009 at 4:55 PM
I spotted that too! I thought maybe they decided to leave the ad unchanged to "prove" the value of what's on the CD. And then I thought... nah, it's just a left hand / right hand thing!
If anyone who does modelling has tried Shade 8.5 for the first time, I'd be interested to know what you think of it. I'm a modelling beginner (or at least I will be soon, if I can tear myself away from Poser shader nodes!) and I still have to make my choice: Blender or this free version of Shade.
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infinity10 posted Fri, 03 July 2009 at 11:49 PM
The interface for Blender is a lot more maddening than that for Shade 8.5.
AFAIK, Shade has less ability to get new plug-ins from developers. Blender plug-in developers can use python to program add-ons.
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pakled posted Sun, 05 July 2009 at 3:01 AM
The interface for Blender makes Truespace look easy...;) (older versions, anyways...;)
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Marque posted Sun, 05 July 2009 at 12:26 PM
Yup just got that one in the mail and had already bought hex from daz so wasn't too excited...heheh
Tyger_purr posted Tue, 07 July 2009 at 8:03 AM
Quote - The interface for Blender is a lot more maddening than that for Shade 8.5.
AFAIK, Shade has less ability to get new plug-ins from developers. Blender plug-in developers can use python to program add-ons.
Shade Plug-ins use Python too. The only barrier to getting Shade plug-ins is that the majority of developers are Japanese developing for Japanese users.
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RobynsVeil posted Thu, 09 July 2009 at 7:05 AM
It's all what one gets used to. Some people could never get used to Vista (like me). I happen to like Blender's interface, but it's true: take a bit of getting used to. Never could do the right-mouse selection thing - had to change THAT.
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