this might no go down well her but ohwell

# 1 13-02-2003 , 12:32 PM

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here found this at cgtalk :
https://www.softimage.com/products/exp/v3/
xsi v3 for free looks like they copied maya but have tried to out do them look at this user added image

:https://www.softimage.com/products/exp/v3/head_to_head/
really going after the maya PLE user added image

i love my ple but i cant refuse this
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what version is xsi up to if you bought it ?

Thanks for wasting your time reading this line.

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# 2 13-02-2003 , 01:17 PM

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Re: this might no go down well her but ohwell

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what version is xsi up to if you bought it ?

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# 3 13-02-2003 , 01:18 PM

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lol dam do you think they are having a little dig at ALias?

https://www.softimage.com/products/exp/v3/head_to_head/

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# 4 13-02-2003 , 01:20 PM

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LOL they really went for the jugular here:

Does it require an annoying 10 digit license key?

Does it have a huge intrusive watermark?

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# 5 13-02-2003 , 01:46 PM

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"Is it as fast as the commercial version?_ "
no idea what theyre trying to get at here.... stupid softimage user added image

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# 6 13-02-2003 , 08:21 PM

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A little quote from IRC today...

[16:06] <kbrown> btw, when i saw that head to head i started wondering is softimage in some sort of trouble...
[16:06] <kbrown> loosing customers or something...
[16:07] <NitroLiq> Well, they have to stay competetive and maya really underscored the competition by releasing ple for free

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# 7 14-02-2003 , 06:38 AM

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Maybe they will cause AW to increase the features in their PLE and decrease the watermark...?

A little competition is always good for the consumer.

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# 8 14-02-2003 , 09:21 AM

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the best free version of software i have seen is the Houdini Apprentice Edition.

It is the same as the top-of-the-range version (£12,000) but has a couple of limitations. There are watermarks in the viewports and final renders. However they are small and placed in the bottom right of the screen, u don't really notice them.

It also has a render size limit of 640x480, small but big enough to get a demo reel made up with (that is what these free ones should be for anyway). again the watermark is placed in the bottom right corner out of the way of the final image.

this part is the cunning part

if you move on the commercial versin, u can still open the files u created in the Apprentice Edition. However this reverts the commercial version back to a non-commercial version. and vice-versa.

Sidefx do offer a service which converts files from the apprentice edition over to the commercial edition.

apart from that it is the same as the £12,000 version.

no obtrusive watermarks a-la A|W

so my hat goes off to Side-FX

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# 9 14-02-2003 , 01:35 PM

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the best free verison must be XSI2 user added image

love it, gunna get XSI3 demo now user added image

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# 10 21-02-2003 , 11:26 PM

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Another one they should have added....

Does it have MEL?

EXP - - No

PLE - - Yes

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# 11 22-02-2003 , 07:18 AM

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Originally posted by Tolerate
There are watermarks in the viewports and final renders. However they are small and placed in the bottom right of the screen, u don't really notice them.

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So basically you render something a little larger in height than required, then chop the unwanted bottom bit in photoshop user added image

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