modo dvd clips-public?

#1

Since a LOT of ppl are screaming about a modo demo ver. why Lux dont make those dvd clips public? those examples would give a good overview what the program is capable of.
I thing its a good idea of showing ppl what it is without giving the app code to everyone.
what do you think?

#2

Luxology has given some very good clips that show great overview, that tutorials DVD to keep the differences between demo and retail version

#3

the dvd tutorials didn’t seem to be anything you couldn’t find in the manual with the demo. they were just video version. but i will say i picked up a few things from the videos just because it’s easier to pay attention to a video than a manual

#4

iphong: “that tutorials DVD to keep the differences between demo and retail version”
- there is no demo ver. !

  • and if you wanna see “great overview” download the new max7 trial,thats an extensive overview…
    - a couple of clips is not very extensive for a $600+ app (but if you finaly make a decision to buy it,you will be happy,
    i love this app! :slight_smile: )

WPTV: - “the dvd tutorials didn’t seem to be anything you couldn’t find in the manual with the demo”
- there is no demo :slight_smile: , i know you probably meant MODO
- i know whats on the clips , but i agre with You, its more fun to see the .mov (the manual is a good read too! )

What i was trying to suggest: since there is no demo ver. maybe lux will post some more clips so that ppl interested in buying it
will have a larger view on what it does.thats all

ps. soon on the lux site we will find more .mov in the tutorial section!!!

best wishes,
adam

#5

I’m hoping that Luxology offers the videos for download. Then a physical package would not be required.

Even if a demo version of Modo is released some time in the future, it provides even more reason to allow users access to downloadable tutorials. Let the demo users learn Modo extensively, and get them hooked.

A fully downloadable Modo could be achieved if each video was a separate download. Those with broadband connections would have no trouble, and many would be happy to reap the cost savings of not having a physical package.

#6

while that sounds nice. It probably won’t happen.

The second disc in the pacakage(the one with the tutotials) is around 2 gig worth of data.

right now the dl modo is ~36 meg.

the cost would be just too great to spend on anyone that had a whim to check out the demo/tutoria

EDIT

sorry guys I was going on info that was exagerated in another forum, and the way the disk was refered to made me infer a 3nd disk

GOMEN GOMEN

#7

What do you mean by second disk? I just got one. With the application and some movies.

#8

same here. no second disk.

#9

around 2 gig worth of data

My DVD has around 1.3Gb of data, and only about 500Mb of video tutes, i was expecting something a little more comprehensive, dont get me wrong the ones on the disc are good but maybe a more detailed overview of a typical modelling session.

MunCH

#10

same for me like Muncher --> DVD has around 1.3Gb of data, and only about 500Mb of video tutes

#11

I think it would be a good idea and a good gesture to release the video clips.

#12

So, how many disks came with modo? one or two?

#13

Just the 1 DVD, manual, box and a bonus plastic toy :D, OK I’m kidding about the plastic toy.

MunCH

#14

Whatever it would cost to make Modo and its tutorials fully downloadable would still be a lot less than the cost of a printed manual and couriers.

Depending on where you live, the courier option for delivering Modo can cost up to $100 on top of the listed price.

#15

The box arrived yesterday just as I was finishing up the PDF Users Guide tutorials, so I popped in the DVD (a single disc) to see what the video tuts were like. After manually playing some of the clips (and wondering why they were so short), I finally figured out that if you actually re-install the modo support files, the video clips are integrated as part of modo’s HTML-based help system and are easy to access. Duh! :slight_smile:

There are eight movie-clip-based tutorial sections that in large part review what the PDF Users Guide covers (109 MB):
3D Viewport Settings
Action Centers
Macro Recording (Soccer Ball)
Materials
Math And Morph Tools (Spring)
Selections
UV Basics
Vertex Maps

…along with one PDF-based Basic Modeling tutorial. That’s next on my list of things to read.

Inside the help folder there’s another 360 MB folder with 61 movie clips that explain assorted commands. These integrate into the various Reference Guide HTML pages where they belong.

So according to the installers, the difference between the downloadable and DVD installations lies solely in this documentation: the downloadable installer showed 39.7 MB of doc files, and the DVD showed 594 MB.
(Interestingly, 594 minus 360 minus 109 minus 39.7 leaves 85.3 MB of documentation data that I have no idea about… Hmm… :shrug: )

So while the printed tutorial guide is mostly useless to me as I’d mostly finished it by the time the box arrived, the DVD’s value was in the half a gig of movie data in the full documentation install. Whether or not that was worth USD68.99 for shipping remains to be seen, though I’m likely to make heavy use of it as I’m still flailing about trying to comprehend the modo way of doing things.

Just for the record!

Pres

#16

So there’s 8 movie tutorials. Total file size 109 MB. That means on average each clip is around 13.6 MB. That’s not big at all. Cable/ADSL users could download each clip in less than one minute!

Come on, Luxology! Make the clips public. Make them downloadable. Offer a fully downloadable option for Modo, so that those who are price sensitive can save some money by not taking a paper manual and DVD disk. People could save a lot of money this way, therefore increasing Modo’s sales.

#17

I think it would be a good gesture for you to cover the cost of hosting/serving a few terrabytes of video transfer. :wink:

I would hate to see the cost go up because someone wanted to see the videos.

#18

There’s over 500MB of video clips on the DVD; they’d probably prefer to ship discs than pay their web host for all that bandwidth.

#19

Whatever the cost of bandwidth, it’s always going to be less than the cost of a courier. Subtract from that the cost of printing the manual, and it becomes even more cost effective to do it via download.

Even if a download was the same price as a physical package, it still comes out cheaper for many non-US buyers, as they avoid hefty importation fees.

#20

And maybe if they think again about local distributors, who can show promote sale and register the program locally a lot of those probs would be solved.