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Nichod · 15th September 2006, 17:48

Well I decided not to buy XSI. It just is MUCH more than I need right now. And I need to shape out my modeling abilities a bit more before going that deep. I may look into Messiah again depending on what C6 ends up having.

Grendel · 15th September 2006, 20:58

I looked at Messiah as well before I bought XSI. They handle pretty much the same as far as animation and the shader/render tree is almost identical. But there does not seem to be much activity with Messiah's development, it looks good now but I don't want another Eovia situation so went with XSI.

Couerl · 15th September 2006, 21:15

Grendel, which tier did you get and whats the exchange between Amapi like?
Curious to know more..

Grendel · 15th September 2006, 21:45

I have an academic license of Advanced, and I have not tried to import from Amapi yet but have seen good imports from Amapi from others. Will try tonight and let you know.

JakalDesign · 15th September 2006, 21:54

I havnt had any problems importing from Amapi... just use the crack free export with a good tesselation. Slight adjustments with the geometry approximation and the models look great.

Kic · 6th October 2006, 11:03

Softimage XSI Mod tool is free

Nichod · 14th October 2006, 20:39

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Originally Posted by Grendel

I looked at Messiah as well before I bought XSI. They handle pretty much the same as far as animation and the shader/render tree is almost identical. But there does not seem to be much activity with Messiah's development, it looks good now but I don't want another Eovia situation so went with XSI.

Not sure where you looked Grendel but the Messiah dev team have released 4 updates to Messiah this year. With quite a few enhancements from improved rendering, a new particle system, a new manipulator, etc. a short list of SOME of the new features can be found here: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost...11&postcount=3

DoctorLister · 21st October 2006, 00:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grendel

I have an academic license of Advanced, and I have not tried to import from Amapi yet but have seen good imports from Amapi from others. Will try tonight and let you know.

I was thinking about getting an academic licence of Advanced, but the reseller that has it for the cheapest only has version 5.0. This might be a stupid question, but after dealing with another software company that actually charged us for an update, I have to ask: will I be able to update to 5.11 if I get the academic 5.0?

Grendel · 21st October 2006, 06:12

The box ships with 5.0, when you register you will then have access to 5.11, which is what I am currently running.

DoctorLister · 21st October 2006, 09:14

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Originally Posted by Grendel

The box ships with 5.0, when you register you will then have access to 5.11, which is what I am currently running.

Thanks Grendel, that was probably my last concern before buying. Although at $250 for XSI advanced, even at 5.0 the academic licencing is a tremendous deal.

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15th September 2006, 20:58	#2 (permalink)
Grendel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,172 My Photos: (25) Images: 23	I looked at Messiah as well before I bought XSI. They handle pretty much the same as far as animation and the shader/render tree is almost identical. But there does not seem to be much activity with Messiah's development, it looks good now but I don't want another Eovia situation so went with XSI.

15th September 2006, 21:15	#3 (permalink)
Couerl Polygurbs Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Denver Posts: 1,287 My Photos: (0) Images: 6	Grendel, which tier did you get and whats the exchange between Amapi like? Curious to know more..

15th September 2006, 21:45	#4 (permalink)
Grendel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,172 My Photos: (25) Images: 23	I have an academic license of Advanced, and I have not tried to import from Amapi yet but have seen good imports from Amapi from others. Will try tonight and let you know.

15th September 2006, 21:54	#5 (permalink)
JakalDesign Extrusion Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Idaho Falls, ID Posts: 169 My Photos: (0)	I havnt had any problems importing from Amapi... just use the crack free export with a good tesselation. Slight adjustments with the geometry approximation and the models look great.

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Kic Vertex Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 29 My Photos: (0)	Softimage XSI Mod tool is free

21st October 2006, 06:12	#9 (permalink)
Grendel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,172 My Photos: (25) Images: 23	The box ships with 5.0, when you register you will then have access to 5.11, which is what I am currently running.