[Sidefx-houdini-list] MODO

[Peter Robbinson]

Oh my god! next you'll be saying corduroy is the best all round material 
and plaid is the best camoflage for hiding
in suburbia.

I prefer a more progressive and realistic metaphor. If I want to survive 
in this business I want an all round tool that can cope
with any problem and any emergency. One that I can bet a production 
budget on and know that it is being supported reliably. A tool that
has proven itself over years of use and will be around years more.

If I want to specialize in a teeny tiny niche, and watch that niche 
evaporate in a matter of months, then sure I'd use a specialized tool.

PeterR

CraigLeeHoffman at aol.com wrote:

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>Also, I can build a pretty decent model without ever touching the  nodes...  
>I only go back to them for changes sometimes (or to do certain  things that 
>the interactive mode doesn't do easily with combining pieces,  etc.).  Are you 
>trying the interactive modelling stuff in the Perspective  view or are you 
>working only in the node tiles?
> 
>But regardless, any package that focusses only (or mostly) on  modelling like 
>Z-Brush or MODO is going to kick the butt of a fully featured  package like 
>Houdini.  It's like comparing a Go-Kart to a Station  Wagon.  The Go-Kart will 
>do that one thing better (get you around the track  quicker) and cheaper, but 
>the Station Wagon is what you would want for  everything else.
> 
>-Craig
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>In a message dated 8/23/2006 10:09:33 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
>harlequingraphics at yahoo.com writes:
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>I don't  have a phd in anything. I started with Blender, I have used Maya, 
>Max,  Lightwave, Rhino-3d and Houdini. I love Houdini it is the most versitile  
>program out there, and the most expensive. But sometimes I don't need to build 
> functionality out of nodes when there is a program that already has the  
>functionality built for me and is easier to use without the programing style  
>variable manipulation. Also if I can get that program for a fraction of the  cost 
>($875) I will go with that program. Also the image that I attached is  very 
>complex. It uses SSS which is built in with MODO, complex lighting  including 
>an luminescent polygon, raytracing, global illumination and depth of  field 
>blurring. I am on a 54 Mbps internet connection and with MODO 202's  rendering 
>engine, it took 5 times longer for me to download it than it took to  render. I 
>believe that the rendering time was around 3 seconds. I will still  use 
>Houdini when I need the functionality but for just about  everything
>else, I will use MODO.
>I'm sorry that you took it so  personal but I'm sure you will get over it.
>
>"P. Alex Lim"  <list at poh-yee.com> wrote:
>If you like it so much and it suits  you best, use it. Go over to that
>camp. No one here is stopping you from  doing so. And before you go, the
>very reason many of us loves Houdini is  because we don't have to be PhD
>in CS or mathematics to utilize most of its  power.
>
>
>Have a good day.
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>shawn  hawkins wrote:
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>>Just discovered a program called MODO. I am using the  demo right now and I 
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>love it. I just can't get into the whole "gotta be a  programmer to model" 
>thing with houdini. One thing I like about MODO over  Houdini is the fact that 
>with modo, the handles don't have a mind of thier  own.
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