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Autodesk policy: “BB” (buy & break) 🙁
Agreed, but both these products have always been Autodesk, haven’t they?
No, they have not. Matchmover was a product from Realviz. And yes, AD did BB it.
Toxik was such a massive missed opportunity. It could have been a true competitor to Nuke. Even with no (real) development in the past 3 years, it still holds up OK.
Now it is really the best ‘free’ compositing app around, and will continue to be useful for at least half a decade before it’s just too obsolete.
I have never felt it was ‘worth’ investing any serious time in learning/adopting the software since it was clearly dead, but i do think it is commendable of Autodesk to give free access to all as opposed to just bury it (like combustion).
It will make a fantastic companion to something like Premiere, Photoshop and After Effects.
Who knows, it may finally get a large enough community now with some great scripts, tips and plugins. That would be great.
i’d prefer combustion was free than toxik…but hey, it’s free..so good news for people on a tight budget.