[opensource-dev] Unity 3D as possible base / 2.x Codebase plugin capable?

[Stickman]

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Frans <mrfrans at gmail.com> wrote:
> I really hope LL is not going to add a Mesh Editor in the client. That's
> just going to be so bloated.

I think it's a terrible idea for LL to try to recreate tools that
teams of professionals have already been working on for years.
Photoshop, Gimp, Blender, Max, Maya -- there are specialty tools out
there, many of them free, that already do a much, much better job than
LL ever could, simply because that is their only job and they have
years of a head start.

What I would like to see is a better connection with existing tools.
Being able to have SL work with other programs easier, better
conversion and import support, to cut steps out of the design
workflow. For example, texture work often involves modifying a
texture, test it out, modifying it again, and repeat forever. Having
SL "watch" a texture, model, or other file for a change and
automatically update it in SL so you can see exactly what it will look
like would cut out a lot of steps. Even if it was only a local view.
Heck, even if I had to pay for every single time I hit the save button
in Photoshop or Blender. Though I'd prefer it be integrated in a way
that all people could see what I was working on, then I hit "finalize"
and it does the final upload.

Having said that, very simple editors that are not designed to have
fancy features but be as basic as possible would allow people to
create things without going to an outside source. But it must be clear
and planned that they will never evolve beyond a basic level. A simple
whiteboard-style application for textures, being able to push vertices
around on a model or sculpty. Nothing fancy, but enough to create
something simple or touch something up without starting up an external
program.

That's my opinion. I know it's not universal, but it's my view based
on my limited experience as a content creator.

Stickman