Adrien

History shows that Maxon often launched features without following up: sculpting, Bodypaint, UV’s (fixed after 10 years…), particles, dynamics, their physical render engine (let’s not forget the half baked and chaotic implementation of pro render)…

I don't know for students but Maxon is probably losing hobbyists, who progressively get priced out. I can still afford C4D updates for now but when one adds xparticles, redshift and the creative suite, the bill becomes rather harsh.

Am I the only one thinking that after R25’s catastrophic features list, we could have expected a bit more? Zremesher is nice but I’m sure it was added at the end of the cycle, after pixo was acquired last summer. Take it out and you end up with a new cloth engine, new modeling tools that were long overdue (and standard on other packages) and redshift CPU (is it faster than physical?). It’s not bad at all but again, R25 was a non event so I as hoping for an even bigger release with a new particle engine maybe, or a grease pencil, basically something that fosters creativity rather than just workflow enhancements (which are great but Maxon has focused too much on these things lately IMO).

Ahahahah, I loved these 2

Even their merchandising is overpriced…30€ a mug?!😂 what a rip off…

“Not a political post”. 🤣

I recently felt like making music again. I had an old copy of Ableton Live that still worked on my MacBook Pro but i decided to upgrade to the latest version for less than 200€...just 200€ after 10 years. I could have purchased a brand new copy of Logic Pro from Apple, one of the most powerful DAW’s in the industry, for 300€. These DAW’s come with loads of powerful virtual instruments that can keep amateurs like me busy for years. I found out that most of the plugins I used back in the days were also working fine, with upgrade prices ridiculously low. For the price of a C4D upgrade, I could have bought myself new software and gear that would have last years…if not decades. That’s how I came to realize how making music has become damn cheap, while 3D became super expensive with cut-throat subscriptions that are progressively killing the hobbyists who can’t keep up with c4D+redshift+X particles+Creative suite+zbrush (soooon!) +XXX I remember when Emagic was purchased by Apple: the prices were like 3x higher with all instruments sold separately. Kind of like Maxon today. Apple then decided to bundle everything and lower the price of Logic so much that the software has become a bargain. Icing on the cake: they turned Logic’s daunting interface into an Applesque UX while adding new cool features over the years, making Logic the best music app for musicians. I just wish they would buy Maxon and do the exact same thing. To make 3D cool and affordable again.

I just realized today that even Forger is now under subscription for about 2€/month. What type of company charges 2€ a month for an app like this?!

Beeple should actually buy Pixo and help stop this nonsense.

The big question indeed: “why the heck didn’t they start charging?”. I always wondered how pixologic could break even with free upgrades for more than 10 years.

Terrible news. R.I.P Zbrush. Maxon will start charging upgrades. In 1 year, users will be forced into subscriptions. I am sad and disgusted.

This is why I would never switch to PC. Sorry I know this is off topic but that’s why so many designers stick to Apple: their stuff actually works although it is not the fastest/greatest performance wise.

Robert Leger: this guy was so good. What has he been up to after all these years?

Yes and don’t forget Janine. 3d fluff was an essential part of my learning back in the days.

Tim Clapham hands down.