Still not addressed from my point-of-view is the model-creation side.   It feels like (despite some clever enhancements in the Modelling “reveal”) that Lux has stagnated here.    Very little has been said about sculpting or texturing.  That being said, Modo’s creatiion capabilities may be more restricted to traditional box-modeling (SDS) approaches as the performance of the sculpting solution is very limited when compared to more advanced solutions like Zbrush and Mudbox.    Similarly, I don’t see Modo 401 (yet) challenging Bodypaint’s more complete model painting environment.

So, 401 is shaping up as a bit of a risk for Luxology.   Not really the top modeler (though a very good one), not really a full animation package (though some interesting starts on basic object animation, hair and fibers), and a decent rendering system (though not quite as nice as a full nodal system.)  It’s a lot of middle, but I’m still waiting for Modo 401’s killer app to reveal itself.