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| That really brings back some memories and a few nightmares too. C On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 11:47 AM, <pixelbot@comcast.net> wrote: > actually when I complained that I had spent $2500 they said well they had > people who had paid over $7000 for the software, my only thought was, "So > you have a history of screwing over users, good to know" They will never get > another dime from me. > > timt > > ________________________________ > From: "Richard Green" <Rich@loopcorp.com> > > To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv> > Sent: Thursday, November 8, 2012 9:00:56 AM > > Subject: Re: [AE] Electric Image is alive! > > And here's where everyone (Tim S?) chimes in about spending $7000 on it > before the price dropped to $2500 for the Broadcast edition! Back then it > could only render phong - I remember raytracing being a big announcement, > forget GI! I don't think the images were misleading, the rendering was > great for it's time. Certainly Paul S was a master but you can't blame them > for putting the good stuff on their galleries. The new owner is another > master user of EI, a Brazilian guy, I forget the name but he's a bit of a > genius. I'd love to see it work out for him. > But that John Knoll quote on the new site is a bit misleading, the days of > him rendering the Star Wars reissue in EI are long gone. I don't think it'll > see much use on Ep 7! > I'm likewise on C4D, mainly rendering in Maxwell which surprises and > delights me every time I hit render. > > --- > Cheers > Rich > > www.loopcorp.com > > > On 8 November 2012 16:45, Jack Tunnicliffe <jack@javapost.ca> wrote: >> >> Tim: >> >> You and I must have bought EI the same month. LOL. Sounds exactly like >> what we went through. We, too are on C4D these days. >> >> Jack Tunnicliffe >> Java Post Production >> www.javapost.ca >> >> >> >> On Nov 8, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Tim Thiessen <pixelbot@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> Don't get me started - I bought EI 2.9.2 back in the day for $2500, 6 >> months later they dropped the price to $200 (or so) and when they wanted me >> to upgrade to v3.0 they had the nerve to ask for a $400 upgrade fee. Their >> marketing material were misleading in my option (they featured work by Paul >> Schbiteroff sp? - and there is no way I was getting that type of reflection >> or look out EI anytime soon) I switched to cinema 4d and vowed to never give >> another cent to EI. Of course I deserve some if not all of the blame for my >> purchase - I didn't try out the software (it was 1999 and downloading a >> whole program to try out was still a new idea) and I went against the advice >> of a friend who suggested C4D. >> >> Sorry for the rant >> Timt >> >> iPhone >> >> On Nov 8, 2012, at 6:10 AM, Jim Kanter <jim@d-film.com> wrote: >> >> EIAS has just released v9. >> http://www.eias3d.com/ >> >> > -- --------------------------------------- R.Christopher Biggs Digital Ronin |
