I remember giving MachStudio a try when it came out and it SUCKED. It looked like a renderer written by someone who had a PhD in mathematics, but who had never modeled or animated anything in their life. The interface was just horrible.

If you're looking for free, Evermotion made NOX open source at SIGGRAPH: http://www.evermotion.org/nox

At least they're still in business.

-Paul

You really have to watch out with those "Cnet Download Now installer", Adware galore. Otherwise i'm with you on the (non)annual upgrade philosophy.

seems not so uggly

@marco
>>>You really have to watch out with those "Cnet Download Now installer", Adware galore.
...therefore, the image guidance, thanks....

@paulrus
thanks for the link, not bad
but
are you talking about pears or apples ?

I have to disagree crucial with your comment
we do not speak the same
one is CPU based and the other GPU

Interface here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35lJqSzZoM4
when we read manual, we understand the logical construction

modeling and animation was applied in maya or 3dmax, (primarily developed for compatibility for these two programs)
mach studio is a renderer and nothing else....(or I have wrong information ??)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKCm65L3u2k

Hello,

It looks like they backed the wrong set of GPUs. I agree that the interface screams engineer made it, so much for saving any time setting the scene up in that mess.