Kelleytoons (2/8/2020)

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They just announced their 2D roadmap so right at the moment it seems like they are focused on it, but next week they will announce their 3D one and, again, I'm confident we will see some wonderful stuff.  After that happens then folks can start to complain specifically about things (in some ways it's unfortunate that Pete spilled the beans about Popcorn in advance of that roadmap.  But I understand the pressures RL is under -- we both WANT information and then we get angry when they provide it, if it isn't what we wanted to hear.  COMPLETE full disclosure would help, but it's almost impossible for any company to do that.

And, to be clear, I'm not at all happy about Popcorn's abandonment either.  I use it all the time, it's essential, and even if, say, atmospherics are provided in 8 (which I think is likely) it won't do away with the need for more particle FX inside of iClone.  As always, and I can't say it enough, RL's desire to please the Unreal crowd is EXTREMELY short-sighted.  We all know Unreal is working on animation tools, so iClone will become just a stepping stone that will soon be bypassed.  RL needs to concentrate on the folks who want and use the core product and, at least for now, say they've done enough for UnReal (basically the way they've said they've done enough for particle FX).  Move on and help your folks who use this as their one and only animation tool and they will be successful.  Any other path will lead to doom (and that means Very Bad Things for all of us who love the products).