Nodejoe vs Epheres zookeeper

[GUSN]

Hello everyone,

 

I just wanted to get some opinions by those of you

using one or the other. I was trying to get a demo for

nodejoe on 3dsmax2010 64bit, but I don't think they have

one. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[Justin Hunt]

Dont they do different things? Nodejoe is a node based material editor whilst Zookeeper controls everything?

I have heard good things about zookeeper

 

Besides Nodejoe has been incorporated into Max2011 as the Slate editor.

 

jhv

[GUSN]

Thanks for your quick response Justin. As far as nodejoe being

incorporated into Max2011, I'm not quite ready to take that leep yet

to upgrade. I still hear a lot of negative reactions from Max2011 users.

I wasn't too familiar with zookeeper so that's why I was asking.

It seems zookeeper is a little less expensive, so that's a plus.

[Justin Hunt]

I must admit I struggle to get my head around node based material editors. They are great if you are creating complex shaders, but for most of the stuff I do I found I was basically using the old interface to set things, so I reverted back to the old editor.

 

Max2011 is a little quirky with some of the new stuff but once you are used to them its a great upgrade. Some tools like the object painter were reason enough for me to upgrade.

 

jhv

[GUSN]

Yeah, I here you. As every new software that Autodesk releases, they do

have a lot of new features that make it even more attractive. However, sometimes

they just try to reinvent the wheel too many times in my opinion.

 

GN