It is, of course, an absolutely ridiculous warning. First of all, this is not pertaining to Next Limit's selling of Maxwell Render with Studio's functionality. Second, nowhere does Next Limit suggest that an in-between scene-manipulation is necessary, and - why should they? Please see Next Limit's website
Maxwell Studio: Sophisticated standalone scene editor will full 3D environment to compose, edit and render. and other pre-purchase information provided.
Like other customers have mentioned, everything works well - almost; apart from glitches and bugs discussed here and elsewhere. No more, no less. One designs and manipulates one's scene in one's CAD application, exports OBJ files, and renders via Studio, as Next Limit suggests by providing Studio in the first place. Whether an external rendering software is biased, unbiased, or whatever, has nothing to do with component manipulation in that rendering software.
Please don't put words in my mouth. I did neither ask for nor think it is necessary to render directly from within common CAD design, engineering and architectural form generation softwares as was once custom. As you say below, I create the assets to be rendered in whatever software I like, outputting that data in form of OBJ files to be imported into Studio. The OBJ output from CAD softwares is fine so no tweaking is needed - what is needed is improved spatial manipulation of that output in Studio.
Unlike some anoraks and wisenheimers, as a paying customer I go by the information provided in the documentation and knowledgebase first and, when the information available therein has been exhausted, politely ask for advice here without belitteling and deriding other forum members. When an answer can't be found with good forum discussions, I then turn to customer support which in my experience is swift, resourceful and does not ridicule users with valid questions.
eric nixon wrote:Obviously it would be desirable to fix these opengl/dialouge bugs ASAP.. thats a given.
But Bubba made a really valid point, and its helpful although NL might lose some sales..
Anyone who is serious about rendering with Maxwell Render should have a dedicated 3D non CAD software for scene setup/manipulation
This is a useful fact and a good warning to anyone starting out with unbiased rendering.
feynman is confused.. as ever.. he thinks its necessary to have render output direct from the modelling/design app, it isnt, people can model assets in whatever software they like. It is however necessary to tweak poly's when your doing more advanced work, this is where your dedicated scene setup app is needed (3ds, C4D, maya...)
Maxwell is a RENDER engine, and yes I would prioritize things like grass.. because thats achievable and solves a distinct problem.
Getting studio to be an efficient interface which would compete with C4D or MODO for example is never gonna happen. If you arent familiar with how much control a good interface can give, then you might imagine Studio could be a comparable tool..
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