Sorry Doggie I missed your post, but on the basis of what I just discovered about SoftImage, I wont be needing that demo after all.
The $1500 version is actually called Softimage 3D. It still sounds good, don't get me wrong, but the flagship product (used by all the real pros) is called Softimage XSI and is priced at...
[deep breath...]
$13,000 US !!!!!!!!!!
http://www.archwaysystems.com/archway/prodasftimxsi.htm
And up!
AAAAAARRRRGH!
Or you can 'lease' it for £395 per month!
Wont be buying that then.
Still might think about the other version though. ;)
If anybody knows where I can get a direct comparison of the 2 products then please let me know. Their site is a bit of a mess TBH - I actually had to find that price from another site. Maybe they don't want to scare anybody, or maybe it's a case of "if you have to ask then you can't afford it"!
I'd like to see what you get for the extra $11,500. Strangely, I did find an export comparison chart that said the cheap version could export .x files whilst the expensive XSI version could not. Odd.
It does have a nice sounding ASCII file format called dotXSI, which could probably be used quite easily to get animated stuff into Blitz if .x wasn't good enough for you(and yes, the cheap version supports this too).
Something to think about anyway.
The $1500 version is actually called Softimage 3D. It still sounds good, don't get me wrong, but the flagship product (used by all the real pros) is called Softimage XSI and is priced at...
[deep breath...]
$13,000 US !!!!!!!!!!
http://www.archwaysystems.com/archway/prodasftimxsi.htm
And up!
AAAAAARRRRGH!
Or you can 'lease' it for £395 per month!
Wont be buying that then.
Still might think about the other version though. ;)
If anybody knows where I can get a direct comparison of the 2 products then please let me know. Their site is a bit of a mess TBH - I actually had to find that price from another site. Maybe they don't want to scare anybody, or maybe it's a case of "if you have to ask then you can't afford it"!
I'd like to see what you get for the extra $11,500. Strangely, I did find an export comparison chart that said the cheap version could export .x files whilst the expensive XSI version could not. Odd.
It does have a nice sounding ASCII file format called dotXSI, which could probably be used quite easily to get animated stuff into Blitz if .x wasn't good enough for you(and yes, the cheap version supports this too).
Something to think about anyway.