ZigOtto wrote:Paul Fierlinger wrote:ZO, to understand this new numbering system, should I assume that 10.0.2 means a free update to correct bugs etc. but if there would be a major upgrade with new features and perhaps a price tag attached, the number would become 10.2.00?
I'm not qualified to answer you about this tvpa naming (and marketing) aspect,
only one of the lorrainers team can do it I think,
but from memory, every update from v8.0 to v8.5 was free, idem with the v9 line,
between summer 2008 and summer 2009, 6 or 7 public updates came out for free,
then we jump right-ahead up to v9.5 (with charge), so we have got about one year of tvp developpement for free !
not sure even if a v10.2 will come one day, but I imagine the next "charged" version should be a v10.5
nb : don't get me wrong folks, it's just a personal (deductive) reasoning, not an official announce of course !
(I'm not a lorrainer, but an expatriated southerner, with his teeth chattering from the cold here in Paname).
Well, time for official answers
Zig is right :
* every update from v8.0 to v8.5 was free. (8.0 : no instances - 8.5 : instances)
* every update from v9.0 to v9.5 was free. (9.0 : no clips - 9.5 : clips)
* every update from v10.0 to v10.x should be be free. (10.5 : you will see, it will be a surprise)
At the moment, there is no big change in the software, so it is 10.
0.2
When we will make big changes, it will be 10.
5 or something close.
When you purchase, or upgrade a TVPaint, it's for several years, and you use to have many free improvements between two majors versions.
v8 : beginning 2006
v8.5 : beginning 2007
v9 : mid 2008
v9.5 : sept 2009
v10 : end 2011