hi team,
Writing this as I recently saw the last bit of 2.11 promo video. I understand D5 is currently building a plugin version of D5.
8 years of Enscape user here. I think it is a great timing for D5 to go tackle Enscape market, if the product works and functions properly.
I believe one of the keys to this would be to enable a very smooth transition from Enscape → D5, especially the material conversion part. You probably already understand an office that has been using Enscape for past 8 years would be all its project materials and lighting setup using Enscape’s PBR editor. If D5 Lite could somehow do a seamless conversion behind-the-scene, like with a click of “Start” button and the viewport gives user a 95% similar look of Enscape - then that would be a good headstart.
Some other things to consider if you want to tackle this market:
- Very similar navigation as Enscape
- Don’t expect users to spend a lot of time converting existing Enscape material into D5 system
- Port all Favourite Views + View Templates that has already been setup in Enscape into D5 Lite
- Better camera parameter handling (taking what has been set up)
- Better video editor
Wishing the team good luck and looking forward to seeing what you can come up with.