Houdini indie limited to 1080p rendering for animation. Stills, textures and other bakes are not resolution limited. Houdini indie also comes with better support and free upgrades for the term of the license. It doesn't necessarily cost more, it's just a different calculation when it comes to cost.
Nervouschimp, I'm actually surprised The Foundry didn't gimp the rendering more since that's Modo's bread and butter. 4k render limitation is not bad at all if you're doing concepts, motion graphics, or animations. Houdini Indie limits rendering at 1080p and it's more expensive than Modo Indie. In a perfect world Maya,…
It's certainly better than Autodesk, but that's a very disingenuous statement. Especially considering that we've been discussing software like ZBrush, Substances, Quixel, Houdini, etc. I'm not personally of the mind that they need to go so far as to follow suit with those other companies. It would be nice, but it would…