Favorite EI plugin

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I am not meaning to troll here, but i just want to point out, that I think Alex Lindsay tried to do just that with the 3D Toolkit and it seems to have fizzled. Perhaps it kept EI alive a bit longer and that may have been what was important. Why is the 3D Toolkit not updated and promoted any more? Well it’s obviously partly due to Alex’s association with C4D, which I ended up buying, but only with the release of R9, which is IMO the first version that seems worth swapping to if you are coming from EI.

Blur1,

You’re only asking honest questions. Some questions, however, I can not answer. Alex Lindsay has a wonderful thing going and he’s done some great things for the EI community. However, Alex is also a business man and has some large ambitions that exceed reselling repackaged old code. Its a natural evolution for him. Pixel Corps is probably a better business model for him and appeals to his internal goals.

As for “keeping EI alive a little longer”, I don’t think we have to worry about that any more. Like Apple computer, the death bell has rung a dozen times or more for EI and they’re still kicking. Who knows, maybe some day someone will buy them again or perhaps they’ll continue to grow. I don’t try to speculate, I can only affect and deal with the here and now.

Congrats on your purchase of C4D. Another great package. I use it too.

[Blur1]

Blur1,

Congrats on your purchase of C4D. Another great package. I use it too.

I’m interested in the idea of using both EIAS and C4D for different tasks (and Maya) but at the moment it’s just C4D.

Michael

[Vizfizz]

With FBX that is now a possibility. Both packages implementations are pretty good.

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