specific questions before i hopefully buy :)

[idrisguitar]

was nice to find the educational version at a great price, i am now VERY happy.

however i have questions before i take the plunge

firstly i am using FinalToon at uni. it is somethign i need for my big animation, i will be buying that too, i have to ask though, does it work well with the vray render, i heard form somewhere it has trouble.

is there a way to make it work properly.

my final question is about the licence, i will be getting the edu licence from studica, i want to know will i be able to download the service packs for free?, and will updates for 1.6, be (either) free or easily purchasable as an upgrade to my liscence.

hope you can reply so i can hurry up and buy and start having some great fun

[vlado]

From what I know, FinalToon mostly works fine with V-Ray. However, being a render effect, FinalToon has some limitations - e.g. it will not work properly with V-Ray displacement, moblur, dof, and any other V-Ray - specific geometry. However you can probably use the built-in VRayToon in these cases as well.

Best regards,
Vlado

[DrJan]

my final question is about the licence, i will be getting the edu licence from studica, i want to know will i be able to download the service packs for free?, and will updates for 1.6, be (either) free or easily purchasable as an upgrade to my liscence.

That's exactly the same question as I had in this topic!

[vlado]

All upgrades to V-Ray 1.x are free for existing customers.

Best regards,
Vlado

[DrJan]

Nice, thanks!
I wish more developers would have such a policy.

[idrisguitar]

From what I know, FinalToon mostly works fine with V-Ray. However, being a render effect, FinalToon has some limitations - e.g. it will not work properly with V-Ray displacement, moblur, dof, and any other V-Ray - specific geometry. However you can probably use the built-in VRayToon in these cases as well.

Best regards,
Vlado

is vraytoon any good then? never heard of it, is it better than the in house max line renderer?

i probably wont be using advance vray effects and material when i use finaltoon anyway, but i want to find out as much as i can before i go and buy them both as it's a lot of money.

if anyone could explain further about the way the render effect and vray interact so i know exactly what im getting into, i would be VERY GRATEFUL.