E-on prunes The Plant Factory's licensing restrictions, releases v2014.5, sale announced
- New .LWO and .C4D exports
- New .FBX import/export scripts for 3DS Max and Maya
- New Cornucopia3D exchange area
- New Cornucopia3D file validator
- New lightweight presets
- Export plants to the upcoming LumenRT and Carbon Scatter 2014
- Faster rendering of indirect lighting (up to x20), especially when using billboards
- Plant Collections are now automatically synchronized with the Cornucopia3D store, allowing direct access to hundreds of TPF plant species, directly from the software interface
The upgrade is free to current owners of the software. As part of the release E-on are having a sale, offering up to $300 savings on Plant Factory Studio, or $100 on Plant Factory Designer. The offer lasts until June 1st, 2014. More on The
Plant Factory’s website.
Also of note, E-on Software announced that they’re releasing the Plant
Factory Exporter for free. The exporter was previously known as Plant Factory Converter and was sold at a price of $99. It’s a simple version of Plant Factory that lets users purchase the plant species they need, generate variations, adjust age, health and season, and export as static 3D meshes.
My first thought was “Finally they are coming to their senses!”
I was reaching for my credit card…
Then I saw this line –you’re only allowed to sell (or give) your content to ONE person/entity and not distribute it–
Ah… no thanks. Why not go all the way?
Why not allow me to produce the content and do what I want with it?
Imagine if autodesk or adobe did this kind of crap.
“no no no, the psd files can only be sold in our online store, you can only use them in one project for one client”
> Imagine if autodesk or adobe did this kind of crap
psssssssst! Don’t say it loud – each time we think it can’t get more insane, they make it….