Bodypaint 2 prices

[flingster]

i'd call that maxon being cheeky.....i'll wait thanks...so many other things on offer at the moment...
jenna v2, ozone, xfrog, shave update!!!! i can spend my money on other stuff for the time being thanks.
:shame:

[astrofish]

Hmm, for that money it had better be a _big_ upgrade.

No printed manuals with the upgrade? Now that _is_ being cheap...

For me it's likely to end up being a choice between this, and Zbrush - which is a similar price, so I'm eagerly awaiting details...

Cheers - Steve

[JamesMK]

:hmm: Basis 1 is closed temporarily?

[Srek]

Hi,
i got only two things to say

1. Printed manuals are still available, you can order BP 2 with or without them. Without is of course cheaper

2. Before you judge the price wait for the features ;)

So please watch the Maxon homepage for more info later today.

Cheers
Srek

[Phasmatis]

Hmmm... Looks like I'll be refreashing Maxon.net for the rest of the day then. :)

[pit]

The page is gone!!!! - guess they had a call from Maxon. Hope I didn´t bring Basis1 into a lot of trouble with this post ...... go easy on them .. ok?!
Oh, man - I should not have posted this....... sorry!!

[pit]

Shouldn´t be ranting without knowing the new features

Hi Srek,

You´re right - and as stated above, I´m sorry for having posted this!


:beer:

[Srek]

Originally posted by pit
The page is gone!!!! - guess they had a call from Maxon. Hope I didn´t bring Basis1 into a lot of trouble with this post ...... go easy on them .. ok?!
Oh, man - I should not have posted this....... sorry!!
Hi Pit,
no problem there :)
We wanted to avoid this situation because partial information will give a distorted view.

Cheers
Srek

[pit]

Thanks, Srek -

That´s a relief!
:)

[JamesMK]

@ Srek: Any chance a poor XL-owner like myself could get the old BP as a free upgrade after this release? :)

[Srek]

Hi James,
BP 1 has been sold for a much reduced price. That was your chance ;)
Cheers
Srek

[brammelo]

JamesMK: that's something you'll have to ask Programpaketet. ;)

But I think it will take a while before Maxon will redistribute BP1 again. Mind you, they did it with C4D 5 - for free on a magazine, so sooner or later you will probably also find BP1 for free somewhere. But not in the near future, I am afraid.

Cheers,
BaRA

[JamesMK]

I could have guessed :D

Ah, never hurts to ask, though!

[astrofish]

Originally posted by Srek
Hi,
i got only two things to say

1. Printed manuals are still available, you can order BP 2 with or without them. Without is of course cheaper

2. Before you judge the price wait for the features ;)

So please watch the Maxon homepage for more info later today.

Cheers
Srek

1. Ok, at least there's the option.

2. Fair enough.
I didn't say it was too expensive, only that it better be a substantial upgrade to warrant that price - which I really hope it is because then everyone's happy.

Oh well, better get back to waiting then...

Cheers - Steve

[kmwhitt]

I placed an order for BodyPaint yesterday with Rafi..... Am I getting BodyPaint 2 or the original? She won't be available to answer my questions until 8am PST.... Anyone got a clue? Also, I wonder if the upgrade will be that much after buying a week prior to the new release.....

Thanks,

Kevin

[AdamT]

All's I will say is that BP2 *IS* a *MAJOR* upgrade.

[Chrissyboy]

I placed an order for BodyPaint yesterday with Rafi..... Am I getting BodyPaint 2 or the original? She won't be available to answer my questions until 8am PST.... Anyone got a clue? Also, I wonder if the upgrade will be that much after buying a week prior to the new release.....

My guess is that if you paid the Summer promo price, you'll be getting BP1 - and there won't be any discount for buying BP2. Otherwise it wouldn't have made sense for Maxon to do the discount in the first place.

If you paid the full ($675? I forget) price for BP1, you would have a case.

Could be wrong, of course... :curious:

C

[pit]

Did you order the special BP offer? If so, I guess you have to pay the upgrade
price - still cheaper than BP 2!

[kmwhitt]

AdamT:

Where are you getting your information? Do you have a link with the new features?

Thanks,

Kevin

[JoelOtron]

I guess its not a good idea to spoil the surprise with guessing games then...

I edited my original message.

[Katachi]

Hi Kevin,

there are no public information available. Adam is like NEO, he went back to the source (but he didn´t manage to destroy it yet :p *kidding adam*).

As Srek already said, watch the MAXON site carefully. And I can only second his statement "Before you judge the price wait for the features".

You know everything has a good reason ;)

Best
Samir

[AdamT]

As Samir says, the info. should be available very soon, as in today. Can't say more until then.

[JoelOtron]

Man--we're in the Golden days of Cinema here, arent we? Never had so many choices to spend my money on so many great plugins and upgrades for this app.

Exciting.

[Chrissyboy]

Originally posted by JoelD
Never had so many choices to spend my money on so many great plugins and upgrades for this app.

Ain't that the truth.

Without getting into details, I'm guess it's got something to do with nodes. Sculpting doesn't sound right for a poly-based app, you just seem to end up with a bunch of jagged ripped edges.

Sounds like fun whatever.

C

[Chrissyboy]

I'm guessing it's got something to do with nodes

Heh - wrong again. Dong!

C

[fretshredder]

as a user that bought the studio bundle in mid-june I hope that I can get some kind of price break on the upgrade
:rolleyes:

/gz

[JoelOtron]

WHERE IS THE PRICING INFO? I am looking all over the Maxon page and I don't see it.

[peety]

@Srek:

will there be a student version of bodypaint 2 (again for about 150€) ?

[kmwhitt]

Just spoke to Rafi in CA - BodyPaint 2 will be $695.00 bought new.
This includes the new manuals.

She does not have the price yet for upgrading from Version 1 until her conference call with Maxon later this afternoon.

She could not tell me what the upgrade would be for users taking advantage of the summer special versus those that paid full price.
She does, however, think there will be a difference (i.e. - summer special purchasers paying more).......

She will be calling me back later - If interested I will post an update.......

She also can not say when this version will ship....

Kevin

[JoelOtron]

Thanks for the info Kevin!

Maybe Maxon is monitoring the forums to see what kind of reaction people aree having before choosing an upgrade price. :)

I just bought BP in March for the full price. I hope it is a reasonable upgrade fee just as everyone else does.

[fretshredder]

<-- very interested. Please do post an update if you can
:thumbsup:

/gz

[Chrissyboy]

Originally posted by kmwhitt
She could not tell me what the upgrade would be for users taking advantage of the summer special versus those that paid full price.
She does, however, think there will be a difference (i.e. - summer special purchasers paying more)..

Hope not - this would be faulty IMO, there was no mention of the Summer special price being anything other than a full license, not some sort of disadvantaged semi-license.

$349 for the upgrade was what I heard.

Seeyou - C

[kmwhitt]

Chrissyboy -

I have to agree with you...... That's what a special is afterall....


If what Rafi is telling me is correct the upgrade for existing users should only be $100.00 if you paid $595.00 originally. Let's hope so!

Kevin

[kmwhitt]

I'm seeing $349 for the upgrade over at postforum.... Oh well, I guess we just have to wait and see!

Kevin

[kmwhitt]

Just got a call from Rafi at Maxon and she said that the upgrade would definitely be $349.00.... So she allowed me to cancel my order for BodyPaint 1 and purchase BodyPaint 2 outright for $695.00 with the manuals........ So, I ended up saving $49.00....

Anyway, that is the update!

Kevin

[medula]

Originally posted by kmwhitt
I'm seeing $349 for the upgrade over at postforum.... Oh well, I guess we just have to wait and see!

Yep, I just paid for the upgrade just now. The toolset looks unbeatable! I also picked up the Shave 2 update as well...

I can't wait! Wahooo!

[JIII]

hmm kmwitt.

I am pretty sure that adam and the words beta tester and one.

Thats how he knew. However the words adam beta tester and NDA are also probiblyl linked so consider yourself lucky you got any info.

However this was not really a "secret" kinda thing like all the other new things and updates have been. Somehow this got leaked so its not really that big news.

this looks great optimal mapping that works. :)

[pit]

@ Maxon: Amazing new features - indeed a MAJOR release that´s worth every dime. Hats off to you guys - you did it again!! You leave me wanting this so badly - hell, I´ll order right away - who needs food anyway? ;)

Sorry, once again, for the fuzz I created earlier today with this thread.

[flingster]

i agree its looks amazing and you guys really pushed the boat out..However i still think its expensive for an upgrade....granted there are lotsa new features and the core package price has risen in line with this, competitively it well placed. But they are building on foundations of an earlier product and half the cost of the full version seems awefully steep and greedy!...my ten cents.

:D

[Peter C.]

I agree with you flingster. I bought BP R1 three weeks before they dumped the prices, and that did sting in my eyes. I think the upgrade price is rediculous, despite the new excellent features.

[pit]

Hi guys,
As I understand it, BP2 is almost a complete rewrite - 18 month of work and R&D for the guys at Maxon and the result speaks for itself. It IS a lot of money - as I said earlier I had hoped for a less expensive update - but I think the features introduced are well worth the price. Not only will it save you a LOT of time, but surely the pleasure of almost hasslefree uv-editing will overweigh the money spend. This might sound pretty naive, but think of the many hours of joy you´ll get out of this and hold it up against the amount spend. You´ll get the job done in a fraction of the time with a higher quality result. I do earn part of my money with C4D and BP, so i´ll be able to retrieve the costs quickly, but even if that wasn´t the case I´d buy the upgrade. It´s simply to good to resist. Give the demo a go and decide if it´s for you.

:beer:

[kromekat]

Plase make it a reasonable price upgrade maxon, I only just bought it with the XL bundle, and can't fork out another fortune just yet! :)

[chikega]

Wow - I just posted last week asking about BodyPaint2 development - Maxon does like surprises - this is a very nice surprise. This is exactly what the doctor ordered - projection mapping! I'm glad I held out - I almost considered forking over $1495 to RightHemisphere for DeepPaint3d and DeepUV. The $349 upgrade doesn't look so pricey...:beer:

[squidinc]

I tried posting this in the other bp2 thread, didn't get an answer :annoyed:

so I'll try here :p
where is the option on maxonshop UK to upgrade from bp1 to bp2?? :shrug:

[flingster]

maxon uk shop...click on upgrades button.
then there is a bp2 link at top of page.
£294 with manual
£245 without manual
:rolleyes:

[squidinc]

hmm, didn't notice that :blush:
lol :D

[kromekat]

Me either - thats not too bad actually! :)

[squidinc]

yeah, I don't think that's an unreasonable price, and luckily at the moment C4D is paying for itself ;)

[cosmonaut]

In case anyone is wondering the student price is $295.

[peety]

i just got mail from maxon ... the studentversion of bodypaint 2 will cost 150€ and will be available at the beginning of september

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