Hey all,
Thanks for being patient.. how about a VDMX5 beta?
So, we're posting this on the forums a day early while we finish up some site changes, at which point VDMX5 will go on pre-sale and we'll start issuing out serial numbers and coupon codes for upgrading. Until then the beta will run in demo mode which is fully functional except for the ability to save set files.
The big news that goes along with this post is that we are discontinuing Grid and Grid Pro and only focusing on VDMX. This was a tough decision to make, but in the end we realized that any of our older applications could be more or less recreated within VDMX5. In fact, we've included some presets with the beta that resemble Grid and Grid Pro quite closely along with the beta version of VDMX5. We tried to come up with an upgrade policy that was fair for everyone whose bought our older products, but also takes into account all the hard work that we've put in over the past year writing VDMX5. See below for the details on that.
Guess you've waited long enough, so here's the link to download the beta:
http://www.vidvox.com/download/vdmx.php
Minimum requirements
1GHz PowerPC G4
Mac OS X 10.4.6 or later
QuickTime 7.0.4 or later
512MB of RAM
AGP, PCI Express or Intel graphics processor with at least 32MB of video memory and OpenGL hardware acceleration
Recommended requirements
2 GHz or faster PowerPC G5 or Intel Core processor
2 (or more) GB of RAM
PCI Express graphics processor with at least 128 MB of video memory and OpenGL hardware acceleration
Also, we've started on some documentation on the wiki which we'll be adding to in the following days, but this should be good to get folks started (plus we'll be on the forums fielding questions). Link to that wiki page here:
http://wiki.vidvox.com/index.php/VDMX5
Info on the pre-sale & upgrading..
When running in demo mode, the beta version of VDMX5 is fully functional except for saving. To unlock set saving, you can purchase VDMX5 during the pre-sale for $250 and save $100 off the final retail price. Everyone who buys VDMX5 during the pre-sale will receive the final version for free.
For people who bought Grid Pro after January 10th, 2006 (the announcement of the Intel-Macs), VDMX5 will be a free crossgrade.
If you bought Grid Pro before January 10th, 2006, there is a $150 discount.
Owners of Grid, Grid2, and VDMX4 will receive $75 off.
More details on how to upgrade / purchase once the site changes are all finished. Just wanted to get something out there for everyone who is checking in 3 times a day to play with while we cross our t's and dot our lower case j's.
- VV