I hope it's usable... I heard about it the other day and the first thing I thought was I hope it's not just a really, really cut down version just to promote the tablet... That and I hope they are not going to shelve Sculptris.
I'd hate to see that happen, even if Core was completely free... Alternatives are always good.
A worst case scenario is them ditching Sculptris and offering Core for a lowish price, but feature-wise it not being much better then Sculptris... Just it being Z-brush...
A bunch of software has come about recently that has a free or cheap beginner version, but doesn't really "get you there" enough... In the end with most of them, when you look at the software, you kinda have to think... If I'm not working for a studio that demands I know certain software... Is it really worth it to bother learning a cut down version of software I can't afford... Especially when Blender does this, or is working on doing this anyway...?
I'm a big fan of the hobbyist/student/full commercial license, where the software is the same, 90% of the features are the same (sans truly production house features really only useful to big studios), but the price is based on what you do with it... Student: Free- One year and renew... Hobbyist: Low price, all important features, can be used commercially up to X amount of dollars (mostly they are around $10k)... Full commercial: full price, no limits or restrictions.
Those are awesome and really worth learning, because if the opportunity ever arises for work with a professional studio, you really have the knowledge, as opposed to "knowing of a feature" that you don't have.
Either way, I'm really keeping my fingers crossed that this will be something good and not a "Megh... It's sokay..." Kinda thing.
Thanks Vaskania.
All of the above is ment in a positive way, it just sounds jaded and gloomy... And the thanks are genuine... I just had to add that... Lately, I think people have been misunderstanding me and my way of speaking... Maybe it's the lack of emoticons... But I just wanted to be clear.
Thanks.