Hi !
?
Please find attached an email conversation (as a PDF file) I recently had with Richard Boutwell about the latest version of his software. I think you'll find answers to your questions in this email thread.
?
Overall, I have to say I am disappointed by this software.
?
I paid �100 for this (more expensive for instance than Affinity Photo for instance, but I agree the volumes of sales are not the same...) and :
- You feel like the software is not finished (many bugs in the UI, some of them are described in the attached email thread)
- The documentation is incomplete (it was at least 3 weeks ago, I haven't checked since then), whole parts are missing.
I feel like I am supposed to take a workshop to understand how to properly use this software and work around the bugs... No matter what the price of the software is, you do not release a fee-based software it if the documentation is incomplete... This is the basic rule #1 of software. Documentation IS part of the software. If you don't have time to document the software, then do not release it. Or hire someone to write the documentation. Or release it, but free & open sourced, with a disclaimer "Sorry I don't have time to maintain or document this software, but feel free to fork it". Of course bugs happen, and are acceptable if fixed someday.
?
I'm really not in the habit of complaining about software, but I must admit I feel a bit obliged to do so.
?
Meanwhile, I've switched back to Peter Mrhar's EDN for gold-toned VDB, which gives me satisfactory results. As a reminder, EDN is free, does not lock you with a specific operating system nor raster graphics editor? and is fully documented in a dedicated book (for sale) or in free videos on YouTube. (By the way, I just found a bad bug in EDN also (about the merge of two corrections), I just emailed Peter Mrhar about it.... :))
?
Your feedbacks are welcome !
Lo?c