TS7 Renderers 2004-12-05 - By DRxDON
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Yeah, not too soon, at least. I know Roman will want to slowly tease and
tantalize us more and more until we will just HAVE to get tS7! ;-)
Which begs the other question I had, but forgot in all of my mouth-watering
excitement; HOW MUCH?
I think that there were two reasons why plug-in developers were not making
that much money from tS. One was that not as many people were using tS as
those using the higher end apps and of course, those who were using tS were
primarily using it because it didn't cost as much as the higher end apps.
Therefore, one could surmise that *most* tS users didn't have the money to
pay for high quality plug-ins either.
Now comes the dilemma. I'm sure that Roman/Caligari Corp. want to nudge
into the higher end bracket and so will have to start charging more for their
product. If more "professionals" start using tS then they will be the ones to
shell out the coin to entice the 3rd party developers. However, the majority
of tS users are still, shall we say, a bit "finacially strapped"? If tS7,
especially the upgrade, is not priced too high then I will have more money to
put into higher end plug-ins,... well, at least ONE plug-in anyway. ;-) I
think I can vouch for many other tS users too. I guess you could say that the
more robust and versatile tS becomes, the more it will attract the eye of the
professionals who already have the bucks. The lower the price that can be
maintained, the more it will still be in the reach of the "would be
professionals"
or those on the edge, mostly freelancers, whose main tool is often tS. There's
a very delicate balance here and I think that tS7 may be the pivot point.
Don H
Dave Angelini <dpangelini@(protected)> wrote:
> Don't get your hopes up for response to that question.
>
> But the concept of three rendering engines in one application is rather
> exciting....really kind of shows the adaptability of tS7...which really
> makes my mouth water when I think of what would happen should the 3rd party
> developers get a hold of the SDK.
>
> The bigger question is will the tS community kick in the serious coin to
> those plugin developers necessary to make it worth their efforts should they
> start to deliver. I ask because for years after tS3's release I kept
> hearing that the plugin/shader developers were not making any money from tS.
> I thought they were just crying poor in exaggeration...but now that we have
> less than 5% of the developers we used to have, I realize that they were
> telling the truth.
>
> So if tS7 revives the trueSpace plugin/shader development market, are we
> willing to pay the price to keep it alive and going?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave Angelini
>
> -- -- Original Message -- --
> From: "DRxDON" <drxdon@(protected)>
> To: <truespace@(protected)>
> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 4:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [TSML] TS7 Renderers
>
>
> > Ok, I'm hooked! <HEAVY sigh> Now I have only ONE question.....
> >
> > WHEN??? :-)
> >
>> Don H
> >
> >
> >
> > Roman Ormandy <roman@(protected)> wrote:
>> >
>> > Today Caligari Corporation announced three new photorealistic rendering
>> > options
>> > for its next generation modeling, rendering and animation product,
>> > trueSpace7.
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