Reputable Contributor AbnRanger Posted November 27, 2015 Reputable Contributor Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 Less than a month ago, Furryball was over $600, and as such, was slightly higher than Octane render. But, the unique thing about FB is that when you buy a license, you get the plugin for all the other 3D apps it supports. So, you got the one for Maya, Max, and now C4D. However, they just dropped their price to roughly $385 USD, and the Black Friday sale at Motion Media, lists it at $325. Anyone who uses Maya should take it for a spin, cause it's the only GPU render on the market that works with practically everything in Maya....Hair, SSS, Fluids/Smoke/Fire, and even Bifrost. And I don't just mean final production render. I mean the Interactive Render works with it, too. There isn't ANY native render nor plugin for Max, that does that. To use the GPU, you give up most of those things. Vray can't even use their RT module to preview render their PhoenixFD plugin. This is pretty huge, as I'm getting sick of the limitations here or there, and it's why I'm looking at Furryball and migrating to Maya. I'm a big GPU render fan, but I'm ready to use something that just works without all the gotcha's. If you're a Maya user, check it out. http://www.cgchannel.com/2015/11/aaa-studio-cuts-price-of-furryball-rt-by-40/ http://www.motionmedia.com/Black-Friday-Sales-2015-AAA-s/1946.htm http://www.motionmedia.com/Black-Friday-Sales-2015-s/403.htm 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Michaelgdrs Posted November 27, 2015 Contributor Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 Agree 1000000000% with Ranger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor TimmyZDesign Posted November 27, 2015 Contributor Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 Thanks for the info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Justifun Posted January 28, 2016 Member Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 I've been playing around with the free license for a while. Anyone know if there's a specific workflow for working with 3d coat -> furryball that's ideal?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Aleksey Posted March 12, 2016 Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 my problem with furryball, is all the results always have a very weird 90's feel to them. even in their samples. and i couldn't shake that feel while making renders either.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputable Contributor AbnRanger Posted March 12, 2016 Author Reputable Contributor Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 my problem with furryball, is all the results always have a very weird 90's feel to them. even in their samples. and i couldn't shake that feel while making renders either.. Do you get a license or are you using the trial? I've been sticking with Max and using Thea mostly. I may switch to Maya if Max doesn't get Bifrost or some other volumetric fluids/gaseous simulation system. They should have licensed FumeFX or PhoenixFDa long time ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Aleksey Posted March 12, 2016 Advanced Member Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 i was just using the trial. didn't impress me enough to buy. Im a pretty firm Thea supporter, doing what i can to covert people in the c4d space http://ace5studios.com/thea-render-1-5-review/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Justifun Posted March 12, 2016 Member Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 I'm really enjoying renderman for maya. Its free for non commercial, and even a commerical license is affordable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolyHertz Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 I may switch to Maya if Max doesn't get Bifrost or some other volumetric fluids/gaseous simulation system. They should have licensed FumeFX or PhoenixFDa long time ago Max is trailing behind in quite a few areas atp. Hopefully Max2017 is a good release that covers some of the more obvious shortcomings, I imagine they'll be showing it very soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Justifun Posted March 12, 2016 Member Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Also btw, Furryball just lowered their rental prices by 50% just the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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