Professional 3D program for $40!

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CptStern

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"The guys at Project:Messiah are doing something interesting. Messiah's a piece of 3D animation and rendering software, so named as it was first assembled for use on the movie Dogma. It's seriously heavy-duty kit - a rigger's dream with lightning-fast bones, fabric sim that's top-notch, beautiful rendering and all that jazz. It's normally $500-$1,200 for the full version, which puts it in the 'Sizeable studio or Rich Guy' bracket. They're trying an experiment, though - they're offering the entry version for $10, and the whole tamale for $40. If enough people buy it at this price, everyone gets what they paid for. If they don't hit their quota, then everyone gets a refund."
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anyone jump on this?

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/09/industrial-grade-3d.html
 
If it were Photoshop, I'd do it.
I can imagine Adobe getting much richer if they would sell their CS suites at lower prices, paying $1000+ for a program I use for websites(which I don't do a lot) is just insane. Pretty much 95% of people using it think of buying Photoshop as a joke.
 
I may just go ahead and do this, I know almost nothing about 3D design but it is something I was always interested in. But the idea that if they don't sell enough they take the software away from you kind of rubs me the wrong way.

On edit: actually they dont take your software since you don't get your software until the goal is met. I just bought mine. I wonder if there is a resale restriction on this. Because if I can get it for $40 now I should easily be able to resell it for a few hundred bucks once the goal is met.
 
Don't misread this. You don't get anything until they hit their quota. If they don't meet their goal, you're just lending them money. You don't get to use the software right away.

Project Messiah said:
Rules: Everyone can only receive their license when the goal is met. That's your incentive to spread the word and share the offer.

This offer is open to: Individuals, small businesses, hobbyists, starving artists, the unemployed, schools, students, CG studios, game developers, plugin developers, architects, tinkerers, compositors and aspiring movie makers, in any country. Limit 4 copies per customer, mix and match.
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Eh, I'll stick with Blender, which is free, powerful, and constantly updated. Also includes its own game engine (which isnt as powerful, but good for newbie game design).
 
If it isn't a CAD program for engineering, no.
 
No modeling tools?

Neh. I'll point my animator bros to it though.
 
Dinnesch said:
If it were Photoshop, I'd do it.
I can imagine Adobe getting much richer if they would sell their CS suites at lower prices, paying $1000+ for a program I use for websites(which I don't do a lot) is just insane. Pretty much 95% of people using it think of buying Photoshop as a joke.
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so use gimp. for $2000 you can get every program adobe makes. that includes things like flash, premiere and after effects. in a studio setting these apps are vital. apps like gimp or paint.net are nowhere near as useful in a work setting as the professional apps are
 
CptStern said:
so use gimp. for $2000 you can get every program adobe makes. that includes things like flash, premiere and after effects. in a studio setting these apps are vital. apps like gimp or paint.net are nowhere near as useful in a work setting as the professional apps are
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That or get the master student edition for what, like $900? Granted you have to be a student but if you are it is a hell of a steal.
 
I'd love it if 3ds max was only $40...
 
Hah, it succeeded, and I still was able to get a copy afterwards for 40 bucks after it was already a certain thing.
 
Not really, since they haven't released them yet.
 
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