ToomBoom no more!
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ToomBoom no more!
Well, I got my upgrade offer from ToomBoom. Are they crazy? They want $250 for the upgrade and they haven't done diddly for improvements. I emailed sales and told them I would be willing to pay the $79 upgrade price but anything else and I will stop here and use my current version and ASP.
I haven't received a reply and its been a week now. I assume that is my answer.
I haven't received a reply and its been a week now. I assume that is my answer.
Re: ToomBoom no more!
WOW! $250 is like re-buying it. Upgrades for a product in that price range should be no more then $50. And for a major update only. AS most developers won't charge for minor updates.InfoCentral wrote:Well, I got my upgrade offer from ToomBoom. Are they crazy? They want $250 for the upgrade and they haven't done diddly for improvements. I emailed sales and told them I would be willing to pay the $79 upgrade price but anything else and I will stop here and use my current version and ASP.
I haven't received a reply and its been a week now. I assume that is my answer.
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I too have 3.5 Studio. The current version is 5 so what is that a version and a half? Not even 2 full versions and they are acting like AutoDesk and want to penalize you for not keeping up with every upgrade. The hell with AutoDesk and the hell with ToonBoom too.Ronbo wrote:Well, let's at least clarify that the $249.99 is for upgrading from TBS Express version 3.5 or 4 to the standard version 5. That is a major upgrade. The upgrade from standard version 4 or 4.5 to version 5 is only $79.99.
If they offered anything substantial in their upgrades then people would be more app to purchase it. What is the major feature from 4.5 to 5? Stop motion. Great, if your into stop motion but those of us who have never done it or plan to do it, are we supposed to buy it because they have made it another half point upgrade feature? And yes, they charge for half point upgrades!
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TB does charge for half-point upgrades so it would be cheaper to wait for a full version upgrade before shelling out your money. I just switched from TBStudio to TBAnimate, which I'm very happy with, but I'm guessing that the pricing for Animate upgrades will certainly not be cheap.
Although ASP's pricing structure is hard to beat, I've never seen anything that tops Pixologic's ZBrush. This is a 2D/3D program, not animation, but I mention it because I bought version 1.5 several years ago, then I got version 2 for free, version 3 for free, and they've just announced version 4 to be released in August for free! Pixologic is the antiToonBoom.
Although ASP's pricing structure is hard to beat, I've never seen anything that tops Pixologic's ZBrush. This is a 2D/3D program, not animation, but I mention it because I bought version 1.5 several years ago, then I got version 2 for free, version 3 for free, and they've just announced version 4 to be released in August for free! Pixologic is the antiToonBoom.
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I own several 3D programs which ZBrush is not one of them. I contacted Pixologic about a competitive upgrade price and they said no. The reason given is that they haven't ever charged for a upgrade and didn't plan on any in the future but said they are still leaving that open. The point being that you only have to pay once for the life of the program. I don't know of any other company that has that kind of a policy.
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That's just silly. Most studios care about animation TALENT not skills with software. Anyone can learn software. Which buttons to push, which menus to use... that can be trained in a few weeks. It's the SKILLS as an animator that is more valued than knowledge of any specific application.jackismyazz wrote:I also went to an animation studio and they told me to buy and learn real professional animation software if i wish to work in their studiobleep wrote:we just start learning toon boom, got the influence from a local animation studio
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Most people in the studios I know first think AS is some kind of toy, they look at this as a so much non pro software, they even giggle. Then when they see the real power of AS they apologize and most times switch the studio to the new toy.heyvern wrote:That's just silly. Most studios care about animation TALENT not skills with software. Anyone can learn software. Which buttons to push, which menus to use... that can be trained in a few weeks. It's the SKILLS as an animator that is more valued than knowledge of any specific application.jackismyazz wrote:I also went to an animation studio and they told me to buy and learn real professional animation software if i wish to work in their studiobleep wrote:we just start learning toon boom, got the influence from a local animation studio