Re:Houdini Engine for Unreal and Unity Now Free
by TrevorJ on Friday February 26, 2021 @02:45PM
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Price point may be another important factor. 2D Design apps like Photoshop are not as pricy as the 3D counterparts, last time I checked. Hence there's more motivation to find an alternative to Maya, Max for the hobbyist then there is to replace photoshop.
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Re:Houdini Engine for Unreal and Unity Now Free
by bobthepanda on Saturday February 27, 2021 @12:50AM
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And now that Photoshop/CC have been creeping up in price you have other contenders like Affinity which are decent at much lower price points.
Re:Houdini Engine for Unreal and Unity Now Free
by pzone on Friday February 26, 2021 @03:18PM
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These days Maya and Max are the same price as Photoshop - $250/y vs $20/mo. Incidentally Houdini is also about the same, $279/y.
Re:Houdini Engine for Unreal and Unity Now Free
by webmaven on Friday February 26, 2021 @09:44PM
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> These days Maya and Max are the same price as Photoshop - $250/y vs $20/mo. Incidentally Houdini is also about the same, $279/y.
As I recall, pricing of 3D modeling/animation/rendering suites was much steeper when Blender started gathering momentum.
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Umm, it looks like the price is still quite high (Maya and Max are each $1.6k/y). Where are you getting that figure from?