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Title: Maxon buys ZBrush
Post by: René on December 14, 2021, 11:58:25 PM
https://www.maxon.net/en/article/maxon-announces-an-agreement-to-acquire-the-assets-of-pixologic-makers-of-zbrush?utm_campaign=maxonzbrush&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1639499772&fbclid=IwAR0KEDt31JQHqgYfdwxbCchogPRhSnqjlnDa-scDIP4hd9CZULIdDv0oaC0
Title: Re: Maxon buys ZBrush
Post by: Nala1977 on December 15, 2021, 03:19:30 AM
yeah thats the new Autodesk...i dont know how good this is
Title: Re: Maxon buys ZBrush
Post by: KlausK on December 15, 2021, 05:25:44 AM
I don`t think you can say that.
First, they don`t aquire as agressivly as AD, second, they do not have the habit of letting bought technology disappear.
On the contrary, I`d say. Redshift and Red Giant are getting meaningful updates fast and often.
Nothing like Autodesk - even with their own top products.

The only thing I "fear" is that the days of free updates will be gone and they sooner or later move on to subscription only. We`ll see...

CHeers, Klaus
Title: Re: Maxon buys ZBrush
Post by: Nala1977 on December 15, 2021, 07:48:54 AM
Quote from: KlausK on December 15, 2021, 05:25:44 AMI don`t think you can say that.
First, they don`t aquire as agressivly as AD, second, they do not have the habit of letting bought technology disappear.
On the contrary, I`d say. Redshift and Red Giant are getting meaningful updates fast and often.
Nothing like Autodesk - even with their own top products.

The only thing I "fear" is that the days of free updates will be gone and they sooner or later move on to subscription only. We`ll see...

CHeers, Klaus
the problem is just the subscription model, not the development
Title: Re: Maxon buys ZBrush
Post by: KlausK on December 15, 2021, 08:58:13 AM
yeah, I too do not like that. But it seems, everybody is going that route sooner or later.

CHeers, Klaus
Title: Re: Maxon buys ZBrush
Post by: WAS on December 15, 2021, 12:43:41 PM
Maxon has been king of complicated Geometry since I was a kid, so it's kinda cool seeing them with zbrush. Back in the day there was no other program that could do such crazy geometry or 4th dimensional formula shapes..
Title: Re: Maxon buys ZBrush
Post by: D.A. Bentley (SuddenPlanet) on December 17, 2021, 01:52:53 PM
Yea, I see free upgrades going away too.  I got my money's worth though.  I bought ZBrush back in 2004 for $498.95 and just installed the free upgrade to 2022.0.2 today.

3D-Coat hopefully stays Perpetual Licensed for a long time to come.  I quite like it, but havn't had a chance to dig deep into it yet.  Just used for AutoRetopo.

Derek