Comments on: 5 Worthwhile Purchases For 3d Artists http://www.blenderguru.com/5-worthwhile-purchases-for-3d-artists/ Quality tutorials, tips and articles Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:40:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Colin http://www.blenderguru.com/5-worthwhile-purchases-for-3d-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-10578 Colin Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:30:17 +0000 http://www.blenderguru.com/?p=907#comment-10578 Hi Andrew, I tried Crazy Bump beta and was impressed, but I found that the price wasn't worth it for the professional version. I instead got Genetica 3 and was super impressed. It's node-based, has seamless texture generation, and has LOTS more features. I offer it at a discount through my site (click on my name). If anyone thinks that's too much of a sales pitch then they can always buy straight from Spiral Graphics at less of a discount. Either way, it's an AWESOME program. Hi Andrew,
I tried Crazy Bump beta and was impressed, but I found that the price wasn’t worth it for the professional version. I instead got Genetica 3 and was super impressed. It’s node-based, has seamless texture generation, and has LOTS more features. I offer it at a discount through my site (click on my name). If anyone thinks that’s too much of a sales pitch then they can always buy straight from Spiral Graphics at less of a discount. Either way, it’s an AWESOME program.

]]> By: Shane http://www.blenderguru.com/5-worthwhile-purchases-for-3d-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-8377 Shane Sun, 16 May 2010 17:51:42 +0000 http://www.blenderguru.com/?p=907#comment-8377 I recently bought a Monoprice tablet for around $40. I wasn't sure if I could really use one effectively, but it works beautifully. I know that some of the expensive models have all sorts of nifty features, but this one is solid and useful. It does exactly what I need it to do. Someone posted about buying a $300 tablet if you weren't sure that the more expensive ones were worth the money. Being a student, I went with the infinitely more affordable Monoprice and haven't looked back. I recently bought a Monoprice tablet for around $40. I wasn’t sure if I could really use one effectively, but it works beautifully. I know that some of the expensive models have all sorts of nifty features, but this one is solid and useful. It does exactly what I need it to do.

Someone posted about buying a $300 tablet if you weren’t sure that the more expensive ones were worth the money. Being a student, I went with the infinitely more affordable Monoprice and haven’t looked back.

]]> By: Marshall Hopkins http://www.blenderguru.com/5-worthwhile-purchases-for-3d-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-7333 Marshall Hopkins Thu, 06 May 2010 22:14:44 +0000 http://www.blenderguru.com/?p=907#comment-7333 @ Andrew Price I have used a space navigator at work for a very long time and they are small and compact and surprisingly cheap compared to what they used to cost(used to be $1k starting price about 5 years ago. We used to have a laptop with unigraphics that had a space navigator and it is basically pocket size. I have recently started learning blender and have been watching some of your fancy tutorials(thank you BTW). And it has taken some time to get used to using the mouse to navigate after using space balls for so long. So i think you would really like the space navigator but i agree that after you got used to it that you would possibly fumble around a little without one. @everyone else Also i recently bought a bamboo tablet to try out since i have wondered for a long time how well they work. Wacom has tablets as low as 49$ but they have some of the nice features removed to make them that cheap (such as the pen or touch feature). If you want a bamboo tablet with pen and touch the starting price is 99$. It was just dilivered today so ill try it out and post an update with my opinion. @ Andrew Price

I have used a space navigator at work for a very long time and they are small and compact and surprisingly cheap compared to what they used to cost(used to be $1k starting price about 5 years ago. We used to have a laptop with unigraphics that had a space navigator and it is basically pocket size. I have recently started learning blender and have been watching some of your fancy tutorials(thank you BTW). And it has taken some time to get used to using the mouse to navigate after using space balls for so long. So i think you would really like the space navigator but i agree that after you got used to it that you would possibly fumble around a little without one.

@everyone else

Also i recently bought a bamboo tablet to try out since i have wondered for a long time how well they work. Wacom has tablets as low as 49$ but they have some of the nice features removed to make them that cheap (such as the pen or touch feature). If you want a bamboo tablet with pen and touch the starting price is 99$. It was just dilivered today so ill try it out and post an update with my opinion.

]]> By: fjdcm61281 http://www.blenderguru.com/5-worthwhile-purchases-for-3d-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-6640 fjdcm61281 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:47:43 +0000 http://www.blenderguru.com/?p=907#comment-6640 bamboo does works perfect on linux karmic bamboo does works perfect on linux karmic

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]]> By: D. Waschow http://www.blenderguru.com/5-worthwhile-purchases-for-3d-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-6156 D. Waschow Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:46:44 +0000 http://www.blenderguru.com/?p=907#comment-6156 I borrowed a Space Navigator from a friend to try it out in Blender. I had it for about a week and never got it completely figured out to the point where it felt natural. My biggest complaint using a Space Navigator is you lose a lot of speed if you're a hotkey user like me. Instead of your left hand resting on the keyboard hitting hotkeys, you're constantly going from keyboard to Navigator and back again, taking your eyes from the screen each time. I gave the Navigator back to my friend and decided they aren't for me. They're well-built and work fine, but they're not for me. I borrowed a Space Navigator from a friend to try it out in Blender. I had it for about a week and never got it completely figured out to the point where it felt natural.

My biggest complaint using a Space Navigator is you lose a lot of speed if you’re a hotkey user like me. Instead of your left hand resting on the keyboard hitting hotkeys, you’re constantly going from keyboard to Navigator and back again, taking your eyes from the screen each time.

I gave the Navigator back to my friend and decided they aren’t for me. They’re well-built and work fine, but they’re not for me.

]]> By: Wasa http://www.blenderguru.com/5-worthwhile-purchases-for-3d-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-6143 Wasa Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:04:36 +0000 http://www.blenderguru.com/?p=907#comment-6143 The bamboo pricing seems a bit off I know it is a little more in some parts of the world but it's $99 for the small bamboo fun and $199 for the medium at least in the states and while wacom is very nice, you can get intuos features on a larger tablet for less than the price of the bamboo fun medium you just have to deal with changing batteries once a year (ya they last that long) and the small weight difference and balance due to the battery and it's position cheers The bamboo pricing seems a bit off
I know it is a little more in some parts of the world
but it’s $99 for the small bamboo fun and $199 for the medium
at least in the states
and while wacom is very nice, you can get intuos features on a larger tablet for less than the price of the bamboo fun medium
you just have to deal with changing batteries once a year (ya they last that long) and the small weight difference and balance due to the battery and it’s position

cheers

]]> By: andre.roesti http://www.blenderguru.com/5-worthwhile-purchases-for-3d-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-5974 andre.roesti Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:51:34 +0000 http://www.blenderguru.com/?p=907#comment-5974 6.) Subscribe to Blenderguru.com I have the same Graphics Tablet as in the Picture. 6.) Subscribe to Blenderguru.com

I have the same Graphics Tablet as in the Picture.

]]> By: Traa1703 http://www.blenderguru.com/5-worthwhile-purchases-for-3d-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-5886 Traa1703 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:28:37 +0000 http://www.blenderguru.com/?p=907#comment-5886 I've had good result with PixPlant 2. Especially since i can run it under Wine on Ubuntu 9.10. As and added bonus it can make your textures tileable. [URL]http://www.pixplant.com/[URL] I’ve had good result with PixPlant 2. Especially since i can run it under Wine on Ubuntu 9.10. As and added bonus it can make your textures tileable. [URL]http://www.pixplant.com/[URL]

]]> By: ROUBAL http://www.blenderguru.com/5-worthwhile-purchases-for-3d-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-5831 ROUBAL Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:40:52 +0000 http://www.blenderguru.com/?p=907#comment-5831 I like CrazyBump a lot. It is a very useful software, and it gives excellent results. For the graphic tablet, last year I bought a very expensive Intuos 4 XL, with pen and the wireless mouse (around 900 euros!). I purchased it because I read on several places that it was necessary to work well on Full HD video editing. It was a big error ! Yes, the tablet is awesome, but with the margins it takes so much room that I can't leave it on my table when I don't use it. When I use it, even with the very handy customizable keys, I have to put my PC keyboard very far on my left side, and it is really not easy at all to work. Added to that, I discovered that it was not necessary at all for video editing, and most of the time I use it in the A4 area... Cherry on the (bad) cake, the pressure doesn't work correctly in Blender. So I could have saved at least 1/3 of the price and puchased a smaller one and something else more useful ! I like CrazyBump a lot. It is a very useful software, and it gives excellent results.

For the graphic tablet, last year I bought a very expensive Intuos 4 XL, with pen and the wireless mouse (around 900 euros!). I purchased it because I read on several places that it was necessary to work well on Full HD video editing.

It was a big error ! Yes, the tablet is awesome, but with the margins it takes so much room that I can’t leave it on my table when I don’t use it. When I use it, even with the very handy customizable keys, I have to put my PC keyboard very far on my left side, and it is really not easy at all to work. Added to that, I discovered that it was not necessary at all for video editing, and most of the time I use it in the A4 area…

Cherry on the (bad) cake, the pressure doesn’t work correctly in Blender.

So I could have saved at least 1/3 of the price and puchased a smaller one and something else more useful !

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