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Outstanding news! XSI is definately much more value for the money now.
Maya 6.0 seems to have a lot of things that users have been begging for
since a few versions. I still doubt if trax is half as versatile as the
mixer.
Gotta love competition :)
--- Simon Wutherich <swutherich@(protected)> wrote:
> Looks Awsome!
>
> Congrats Soft!
>
> Can't wait to get my hands on it, now I can even upgrade to advanced!
>
> And the extra rendering licenses...Awesome!!
>
> I was just on CGTalk and all the M**A users are pretty disappointed
> with
> their new release....
>
> Hey look....they have a web browser in their interface........hmmmmmm
>
> Way to take the lead Soft!
>
> Simon
>
>
>
> -- --Original Message-- --
> From: Ed Harriss [mailto:Ed.Harriss@(protected)]
> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 10:25 PM
> To: XSI@(protected)
> Subject: Softimage lowers the price of XSI, adds some free rendering
> and a
> new entry level version....
>
> Below are some highlights, but the entire press release can be found
> here if
> you are interested:
> http://www.xsibase.com/news.php?detail�6
> <http://www.xsibase.com/news.php?detail�6>
>
>
> "new version is now available in three distinct configurations: XSI
> Advanced, XSI Essentials, and the new entry-level XSI Foundation."
> Looks
> like the price of XSI isn't as high as it used to be either:
> "SOFTIMAGE|XSI
> v.4.0 Foundation is $1,995, Essentials is $3,995 and Advanced is
> $8,995."
>
>
> New "free" mental ray rendering. "The software delivers up to eight
> free
> Satellite tile-based distributed rendering tokens per license,
> allowing
> artists to take advantage of accelerated render regions or multi-CPU
> renders
> of a single frame without purchasing additional rendering licenses."
>
>
> Looks like they really put Matador inside XSI.
> "resolution-independent paint
> tools based on the legendary Matador TM technology."
>
>
> Don't have to buy a render manager any more either... "Version 4.0
> also
> includes the innovative BatchServe web-based processing and rendering
> queue
> management system."
>
>
>
> Looks like fun.
> Should be an interesting year. (as always.)
>
>
> Ed Harriss
> XSI Videos, Classes, Tutorials, Tools, Shaders....
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