I have a mid-2010 6-core MacPro, running OSX 10.6.8, which has a "stock" ATI Radeon HD 5770

Is it possible that there could be a beta "port" of Octane to run on Mac, and run using ATI cards (ie: with Open-CL support!)

I just want this to work--even if there is a substantial "performance hit ...

Is it possible to have a demo version of the Texture Node function, in a SOFTWARE ONLY, non-GPU/accelerated form?
I'm still hunting for an affordable option for NVIDIA add-on to my mid-2010 6-core MacPro.... No luck!

It would be SO nice to have a software based "taste" of the functionality ...

In fact themacguy is right, your tuts need audio.
as french language audio must cause probs for many user
you can use english à la Maurice Chevalier speaking (as often hears)
or simply add music (not Maurice Chevalier song, please)

Uhhmm... Voice-over in English/French/Spanish/etc. (on separate ...

I totally agree with you : there is not enough tutorials about Octane.
That's why I do my best to help users...I am sorry to hear that you don't understand silence. I could make videos with french commentaries; but if you don't understand italian I think you won't understand french neither...If you ...

Does anybody have any plans—either end-users and hobbyists, or the staff-members at OctaneRender…
—to create a f ully detailed explanatory tutorial on the Octane-Render Node-Interface— WITH AUDIO ?

There needs to be a (preferably a SERIES of) tutorials, modular, step-by-step tutorials to bring new ...

Yes please!
3DCoat (for Mac.) is evolving a bit more slowly than the Win/Linux distro's, however it's a great app! The "Retopo" tool is (I'm told) best one out there.

I'm hoping that (aside from grumbling about relative lack of NVIDIA/CUDA support on the Mac), that *both* Octane, and 3DCoat will ...

Unfortunately nothing like this exists. I guess the cheapest solution is to get an older/second hand PC and an older NVIDIA card from the 200 series.

Hi Marcus!
Alas, I'm financially TOTALLY tasked with paying for my existing 2010 version MacPro 6-core Westmere.... Had to practically strip naked ...

Is it POSSIBLE to build some sort of plug-in that would allow people like me (fInancially strapped, Macintosh users!)
to be able to provide just enough of a software-based compatibility "fix" to allow beginner-level access to the nodal texture tools...??

I'm still struggling to figure out the ...

Go have a look at: http://www.3d-coat.com

Awesome software --- good competition for Z-Brush (and they claim that it's much easier GUI and toolset to "get your head around", than Z-Brush!)

The pricing is outstanding for what you get: http://www.3d-coat.com/buy-now/
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PRICE NOTICE!
In the ...

Just a quick "head's up" for anybody who's looking for 3D modelling software along the lines of Z-Brush... but at a relatively MUCH more affordable price.

Have a look at http://www.3d-coat.com/tutorial/voxel-video-manual/
Which is RUSSIAN made software (well, I'm glad to see anything good happening ...