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City Engine
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:19 am
by iker
http://www.procedural.com/cityengine.html
I haven't try the demo yet but it seems so useful
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:34 am
by NicoR44
That looks very useful! thanks for the link Iker!

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 11:38 am
by Hervé
very cool... thanks for the link !
OUCH...
"A regular CityEngine license costs $ 6'950.- without VAT"
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 12:39 pm
by NicoR44
That is some serious money, I thought somewhere around 500, but.....
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:12 pm
by 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...

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:28 pm
by iker
Hervé wrote:
OUCH...
"A regular CityEngine license costs $ 6'950.- without VAT"
I didn't see this part

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 4:37 pm
by Bubbaloo
Wow, they are pretty proud of their software... But it does look cool.
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:35 am
by Hervé
ok they're proud, but who the Heck needs this software...?

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:14 pm
by Bubbaloo
People with big budgets?
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:29 pm
by 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 !
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:49 pm
by Bubbaloo
Cool! Good luck!
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:12 am
by deadalvs
thanks, bubbaloo !
i can use that luck !