- Where can I buy your shaders?
- What platforms do the shaders support?
- I like what you do and use your plug-ins/shaders in my work. How can I show my appreciation?
- Why don’t you make your software open-source?
- Why do you advertise your software online if most of it is not available for download?!
- I can’t find the download link. Is «insert software name» available for download?
Where can I buy your shaders?
Sorry, my shaders are not available for purchase. I simply don’t have the time or resources to commercially support mental ray or RenderMan (in all its flavors) on a myriad different platforms and configurations.
Please contact me if you need custom shaders developed.
What platforms do the shaders support?
Most of my shaders are developed for mental ray and RenderMan (PRMan/3Delight). As they generally don’t require any platform specific functionality, they’ll usually compile and run without issues on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
Unfortunately not all rendering engines support the same feature set and differences in their APIs can make the implementation of certain features very difficult, so some of the more specialized shaders are designed with a specific platform in mind.
Currently I only actively maintain the Mac OS X versions.
I like what you do and use your plug-ins/shaders in my work. How can I show my appreciation?
A small donation is always appreciated. Thanks!
Why don’t you make your software open-source?
I am a strong proponent of open source software and have contributed to various projects over the years.
However, I feel that my personal projects do not lend themselves well towards the open source model.
For example, the number of After Effects users who are also capable and willing to develop plug-ins is very small. Of this small group of people most are happily employed and probably do not have the time or motivation to work on external projects.
In fact, my plug-in Atlas has been open source under the GPL license since late 2009. To date not a single contribution has been made nor has anyone offered to port the software to other platforms, despite strong interest in the After Effects community.
Why do you advertise your software online if most of it is not available for download?!
Simply put: I’m a computer graphics artist and software developer working a day job in the animation industry – I am not a salesman.
I don’t have the time, motivation or skills required to deal with the business aspects of selling, distributing and supporting software.
However, if you like my work you can hire my services and I will be happy to develop custom software/shaders/plug-ins according to your specifications and individual requirements.
I can’t find the download link. Is «insert software name» available for download?
Unless there is an obvious download link the software is simply not available for download.
Sorry.