[iker]

http://www.procedural.com/cityengine.html

I haven't try the demo yet but it seems so useful

[NicoR44]

That looks very useful! thanks for the link Iker!

[Hervé]

very cool... thanks for the link !

OUCH...

"A regular CityEngine license costs $ 6'950.- without VAT"

[NicoR44]

That is some serious money, I thought somewhere around 500, but.....

[Hervé]

he he this is what I had thought too... I wonder who are the clients.. not many I believe...

and it's not even worth the try, because you cannot export anything...

[iker]

OUCH...

"A regular CityEngine license costs $ 6'950.- without VAT"

I didn't see this part

[Bubbaloo]

Wow, they are pretty proud of their software... But it does look cool.

[Hervé]

ok they're proud, but who the Heck needs this software...?

[Bubbaloo]

People with big budgets?

[deadalvs]

this app will make a huge impact in the cg world !

they presented the software in 2006 at siggraph, together with Eric Hanson... himself responsible for much work on the «fifth element» or «the day after tomorrow»..
an other example where packages like this could have been used is king kong, where they had to rebuild new york in the 1930s..

http://www.cgarchitect.com/upclose/article1_CW.asp

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i sent them a mail about two months ago (just short before they had the exhibition at fbx in germany), with my portfolio link and wanted to know about the situation of jobs they have at their office. i got a mail back from Pascal, the main brain behind all the software. he said he thinks my work is cool and that after i'll be back in mid september (in Zurich) from L.A., they'll give me time for a meeting and thus a job interview.

since i am strongly thinking about getting into digital film sets, this would be a very cool start for me to get actually in the field after my studies...

and it'd be in the same city i used to work. i hope this will work out !

[Bubbaloo]

Cool! Good luck!

[deadalvs]

thanks, bubbaloo !

i can use that luck !