#Playmation
Thanks for the advice. I'm a student too, so commercial production
isn't my biggest concern. Stability, quality of output, future growth
of the product and upgrade path are.
I've looked into a student version of 3DS for these reasons and the
local dealer told me v3.0 is $1,500, which is just too prohibitively
priced for me. Autodesk has apparently taken two tier price gouging
to heart in Canada, as I know that the pricing is lower in the
states.
I've been trying to find packages that are reasonably competitive with
3DS, but lower priced. From what you're saying a good combination
might be 3DS v2 and either of the Hash products. Each package
addressing different aspects of animation. It still sounds to me like
the preferable route would be to go with 3DS v3 and wait for IPAS to
open many of the doors currently closed to 3DS. Now if I could only
afford to get a copy <g>.
I'm going to check out some dealers in Toronto to confirm this $1,500
pricing. The dealer here was more than a little hostile about
student version pricing. He accused me of trying to run a scam to
get a cheaper copy. It seems odd that Autodesk would have such a
badly implemented and discriminatory pricing policy. With Student ID
required they could offer a $995 deal here to provide equal access to
3DS and not worry about cross border shopping.