TVP 9.0 -- a curious non-sighting

[masterchief]

price may change any moment....

[idragosani]

But it says in the newsletter you can save 20% of you buy before July 7. That would be 209E. Or did I misunderstand?

260 euros is upgrade price with the 20% discount applied. roughly 405.2230 USD as per email just received from sales

Ouch, still a good chunk o' money considering some of us just upgraded a month ago and had to pay $600+ then....

[Sierra Rose]

Still, it's worthwhile to have the best tools.

[idragosani]

Still, it's worthwhile to have the best tools.

It is indeed!

[metalusion]

wow, i've got to say i'm a bit shocked at the pricing strategy here. i bought the upgrade probably not two months ago and have had no more than 1 hour so far using the program. that's a bitter pill to have to shell out another 400 after the 600 i just plunked down to have the latest and best version of tvpaint(at the time).
i'm still using mirage for everyday work because that's what we all use there. i will not be upgrading again so soon. if it were a year or even just more than 6 or 7 months i could stomach it, but 2!


many companies make exception for people who have purchased so close to release of a new version. i believe photoshop and painter were like that. any mercy here?

actually just checked my first posting date when i bought the program, it was May 18th. which makes it just over 1 month.

[eckart]

Why are there so many different versions of tvpaint?
- I bought mirage two years ago and never get a chance for a major update.

Now things have changed, companie grow together...
I might be wrong, but imo the first update from mirage should be for free
or even for a much cheaper offer.

At least like a nice welcome.

[hisko]

Why are there so many different versions of tvpaint?
- I bought mirage two years ago and never get a chance for a major update.

Now things have changed, companie grow together...
I might be wrong, but imo the first update from mirage should be for free
or even for a much cheaper offer.

At least like a nice welcome.

Companies didn't grow together as far as I know.
There was a long lawsuit between them.

But here's your nice welcome:
Welcome.

[eckart]

You are right, it was a lawsuit.
But at the end, is this important for the costumer?
I mean, did i have to pay for that quarrel at all?

Thanks for the nice welcome hisko!

[A1]

tvpaint 8 has been out for 2 years, bauhaus mirage just blocked their users from knowing anything.
It is unfortunate however that the release of version 9 is so close to the flud of mirage users. It does give
a warped impression.

[masterchief]

I have gotten all the moaning and groaning out of my system... my 10yr old german shepherd female scurried out of the room in fright as I was stomping my feet and jumping up and down in front of my computer... whew. I am OK, I am OK now.


regards,
William

[idragosani]

I have gotten all the moaning and groaning out of my system... my 10yr old german shepherd female scurried out of the room in fright as I was stomping my feet and jumping up and down in

I'm just a big sucker... I tried out the demo, liked it a LOT and forked over the cash (or rather, Paypal did it for me).

I was won over by the docking toolboxes and some of the new things in the timeline and ... whoa... layer blending modes!

[masterchief]

I have the demo.. not really had a chance to use it that much. My favorite is multi-track audio..
Now, when can we expect updated SDK for all of this??? hmm....

regards,
William

[idragosani]

I have the demo.. not really had a chance to use it that much. My favorite is multi-track audio..

Haven't done anything with that yet... but in general I use dedicated software for audio work anyway.

Now, when can we expect updated SDK for all of this??? hmm....

You know what would be really cool is a C++ or Python or Perl programming interface... I think we brought this up before...

[Sierra Rose]

How did you buy it? When I tried, I ended up as though I was going to buy TVPaintPro 8 again?

My thought about the expense: This is the best tool for what I do. I would rather spend my money on good tools than anything else. More than clothes, entertainment, travel, even books. A small company needs to be supported to keep making the great tools. It's the price of a ticket to ride.

EDIT: Another thought: the reason we Americans pay so much has to do with the falling dollar. You can look to our friend Bush about that.

[hisko]

You are right, it was a lawsuit.
But at the end, is this important for the costumer?
I mean, did i have to pay for that quarrel at all?

I'm sure that you have to pay for that quarrel, because without that quarrel you would be stuck with a program that wasn't developed anymore.
I'm a betatester and I know that TV-paint is progressing on a daily basis.
It's now the most advanced and stable animation software that I know. (a lot more stable than CTP, or Flash in anyway)