Comments on: Indigo renderer is going commercial

By: Linux graphics open alternatives - Grafica con Linux « Informatiche {bubbakk}

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:59:02 +0000

[...] di più come renderer realistico per Blender andando a rimpiazzare Indigo Renderer , visti i recenti annunci di passaggio a licenza commerciale di [...]

By: bleppo

bleppo — Thu, 28 May 2009 10:51:24 +0000

@ROUBAL and all:

indeed. the previous indigo versions until 1.1.18 are still available and under their original license. free. for personal and commercial use.

it is maybe one of the biggest misconceptions connected to the commercialization and i personally think it should have been a part of the official announcement. well… we all learn from mistakes.

i also heared that the megapixel bar for the free version will be raised to 0.7 – which is quite a reasonable resolution for the average hobbyist.

cheers!

By: Architecture Blogs

Architecture Blogs — Sat, 23 May 2009 09:07:24 +0000

Architecture Blogs…

[...] This said, Being deprived of Indigo could be a problem for architecture projects and I think I will purchase a licence despite the unstability of the tool I hope that it will work better and faster in the future (they say that once the … [...]…

By: Rocky

Rocky — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:39:02 +0000

Indigo was meant to be a commercial renderer since the beginning. It started as a hobby project, but the author said that there will be eventually a commercial license. Now, the time has come. I'm sure a lot of people used Indigo for profit, without giving any donation to the author, now if you like Indigo, it will be nice to pay, or look at another renderer.

The links for the last release (1.0.9) are still active. And the license remains effective : free for commercial and no commercial use. Grab it while you can, I don't think that the links will last forever… If you don't need any new feature, use Indigo 1.0.9 or the experimental 1.1.18.

By: Marslyr

Marslyr — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:34:21 +0000

LOGAN:
While I agree that the price is certainly a bit high when compared to other commerical renderers. (High for what indigo is at the moment), that's hardly a valid argument. That it's fair to believe some people are acting childish, but not if it's too expensive?
I don't see what the price should have to do with whether or not you view the decision as a positive one or a negative one. (obviously it might affect you personally, but that's not what I'm talking about.)

Also. Yes, hobbyists may not be able to afford the price, or rather, justify it, but they don't need to! Indigo will continue to offer a free version!

By: shul

shul — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:22:33 +0000

I love Indigo and loved it for a long time, the renders are beautiful and I really hope that now that it costs money the main author(s?) can make it comparable with higher end renderers, it's a shame we open source users will not be able to use it but we still have lux, blender internal renderer, yaf(a)ray and probably some other renderers which will be around.

so best of luck, and thanks for all the fishies.

By: Raimon

Raimon — Sun, 03 May 2009 19:46:13 +0000

Hi,

Anyone can confirm Roubal approach, according to the idea that we can still use free (as in a beer) licensed versions of Indigo? I think so, but confirmation gives "crowd power" to the idea…

More sad than happy for the news, but at the end is his own problem, there are plenty of free alternatives, and if others go commercial too, ever will born new projects to fill the niche, IMHO.

thanks,
Raimon

By: Photoguy

Photoguy — Sun, 03 May 2009 14:30:03 +0000

I was greatly troubled when I heard this (about a week ago).
Although it has bugs, this renderer is fast (compared to Luxrender) and simple.
If they're weren't starting out with such an astronomical price, I would definitely keep using it.
$600 is out of my range. $100? I could do that! Maybe even $150.

By: Lorenzo Gatti

Lorenzo Gatti — Sun, 03 May 2009 14:22:25 +0000

The opinions about the quality of Indigo in these comments range a bit too widely from excessively unstable for practical use, to nothing special, to great and worth buying. I assume there is an unusual amount of prejudice against the surprise move, peculiar personal experiences, and maybe shills.
But for users that need to choose a render and are not locked in to Indigo or other products, is there any more objective experience, for example a comparison with Luxrender, Fry, Maxwell or other competition from someone that actually tried multiple renderers? The pros and cons of different packages are more important than Indigo's commercial perspectives.

By: Genscher

Genscher — Sun, 03 May 2009 13:44:47 +0000

No thanks.

It was never made clear that he was going commercial. He actually considered going open source and also told radiance (main luxrender dev) which contributed alot of work to indigo. Now the indigo dev just changed his mind and I will not support such a lousy justification. I am going to Luxrender now, which is also used in a commercial TV series, so it is _at least_ on par with Indigo.

Thumbs down from me!