Legion303 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I know there are a few animation enthusiasts here. MessiahStudio 5 is conducting an experiment similar to a group buy. If they meet their (admittedly undefined) goal of license sales, it's $10 for the regular version and $40 for the pro version (normally about $500 and $1200 respectively). If they don't meet the goal, everyone gets a refund: http://www.projectmessiah.com/x6/shop.html I was skeptical when my brother told me about this, but the company has been in business for a decade, appears to be doing well enough financially (i.e., this doesn't look like a desperate money grab before bankruptcy) and has happy customers. I'm in for a Pro license. Caveats: it's just an animation (kinematics, rigging, rendering) suite. You'd have to create the models in a separate program and import them. Supposedly you can do this in Blender for free, but I haven't looked into it. The program also uses a dongle (license can be installed to any USB key) for copy protection, so you'd be giving up a port just to run it. This experiment has been likened to viral marketing, but it seems more like word-of-mouth marketing. Full disclosure: I have no affiliation with anyone from the company at all. I do think it's a great deal and definitely want a full license myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwaltzvald Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 The program also uses a dongle (license can be installed to any USB key) for copy protection. I find that absolutely ridiculous, not about giving up a port, hell I already do that with a variety of "Books", but needing a dongle for copy protection in the first place. If I find the exact same program, working 100% without the silly dongle elsewhere. Well you know what will happen... Doesn't sound like a bad deal at all but the dongle, just silly, even if it's less of a hassle compared to some other copy protection methods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dissidia Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Requiring a dongle isn't that big of a problem but it's still what's holding me back.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion303 Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 "Congratulations ! We Dared. You Shared. You won. February 14th 2011 114 Countries. 35,000 hits. 103,000 combined views. Multiple records broken. In 7 days you have left your mark on the history of the internet, and made a lot of people happy" Woot. For the record, I do not plan on using a dongle. But it is nice to have a legit license for such a powerful chunk of animation software. I wonder how well it integrates with Blender... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theshaggyfreak Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Messiah seems to import a variety of formats. So, it seems you should be able to easily use Blender as your modeler and Messiah for rigging/animation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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