Re: OTish: What nodes does the FXTree need?

["Morten Bartholdy" <xsi(at)colorshopvfx.dk>]

Hi Alan,

I am really happy someone is looking at creating more tools for FX Tree - I 
used Illusion back when it was alive so I use FX Tree a lot in my daily
work.

These are the things I would like to see in FX Tree:

- DOF node that reads floating point rgb depthpasses and includes bokeh 
mapping capabilities - a bit like Frischlufts Lenscare. And if it would be
possible to take focus info from a nulls position in the 3D scene it would 
be truly great.
- Good glare and glint nodes - like being able to set clipping ranges and 
apply glints on all highlights that are powerful enough. Mappable 
glint/glare shapes. Noise parameters for each component and spectral color 
control would be nice too.
- Better lensflares with better component control and trackable features, 
making it possible to output a highlightpass which can be tracked and 
lensflare be applied to it. Noise parameters for each component and spectral 
color control would be nice too.
- Rotosplines with local softness range along the spline, plus motionblur 
rendering of the matte - somewhat like in Flame.

Regarding your questions about packaging and pricing, I would prefer to buy 
indivual plugins and perhaps have the option of bundling some and get a 
discount for every five or so. I paid $199 for Lenscare and $190 for RSMB, 
both of which I find quite reasonable.

A choice between site license and license per machine floating would be 
preferable, as I think the size of the company determines which scheme is 
better.

Morten Bartholdy
CG Supervisor




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Jones" <skyphyr(at)gmail.com>
To: <xsi(at)Softimage.COM>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 3:46 PM
Subject: OTish: What nodes does the FXTree need?


> Hi All,
>
> I'm looking to gauge people's interest in a commercial set of FXTree 
> nodes.
>
> I'd imagine it including in the ballpark of 20 nodes. If people could
> mail we with
> a few details of their opinion on the matter.
>
> Things I'm specifically interested in are:
> * how many nodes you would expect to be in a package
> * pricing/packaging expectation - i.e. would you prefer a site
> license/per machine/other setup and at what price point
> * list of nodes you'd like to see in such a package.
>
> If you could send a mail to me with any thoughts on these things it'd be 
> great.
> Or discuss on the list if you like.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alan.
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