fR – stage1, announced for December* 2002, is delayed without a new release date.
this is an official statement from edwin braun, ceo of cebas, on the fR support homepage:
"Hello everyone,
I would like to clear up some things and tell you what is going on with the release of finalRender Stage-1 and finalToon.
First of all i can understand your frustration about the lack of information we lately offered to you. Right now there is not much I can tell you in detail. We are preparing a great new product along with a never seen before support and quality assurance. No other renderer on the market will be able to match the full range of functionality and support when we are ready and have sorted out all the needed things.
I have to be a little bit “unprecise” here as we are in negotiation with several companies right now who will add even more on top of the whole package!
Everything looks fine and promising and you will soon understand that the extra waiting makes completeley sense and it’s worth the wait!
For now, please accept my apologies for not being able to tell you more about the upcoming great changes in the way of rendering with 3ds max! It just became a big “monster” and we are involved in so many things with different people. It just takes more time as expected to coordinated all those things between so many parties.
We expect to tell you more in detail within the next 2-3 weeks. For now I wish you all a peaceful christmas and happy rendering with STAGE-0 which is in fact also a great product and used in many production work right now.
Also all orders placed, have not been charged and will be secured with this special price as long as finalRender Stage-1 and finalToon starts shiping.
regards
Edwin"
* corrected the initial release date mention – October was for finalToon, which also hasn’t shipped
