Comments on: Kai’s Power Tips & Where’s Kai now?

By: Barry Andersen

Barry Andersen — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 23:34:09 +0000

Well the metacreations pixs are interesting. I don’t know how Kai was involved with the business aspect, but my $1K investment is now worth about $30. I”m sure others were hurt worse during this fun adventure.

By: amenfoto

amenfoto — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 08:14:37 +0000

I have a kind of photo history of Kai Krause and company at the following links:

Kai:

http://www.amenfoto.com/gallery/metacreations/kaios.html

Ben Weis, Andrea Pessino, Moe Doucet and Sree Kotay:

http://www.amenfoto.com/gallery/metacreations/ben_andrea_moe_sree.html

Phil Clevenger, Sree Kotay, Kai and Eric Wenger:

http://www.amenfoto.com/gallery/metacreations/phil_with_balloon.html

And even Jeff Schewe:

http://www.amenfoto.com/gallery/metacreations/schewe_and_johnson.html

re: KPT 3 - yes, it was (is) a great product. This image was done with Gradient Designer in KPT 3. Could this be done in Photoshop alone?

http://www.amenfoto.com/blog/2006/01/raine-tadevich-gd.php

By: Theo Streibel

Theo Streibel — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 23:35:15 +0000

I still have Bryce 5 loaded on my PowerBook, thank goodness for the OSX port. It’s the best landform creation tool out there for under $300. Makes beautiful sunsets too. Too bad it wasn’t developed further to interact better with programs such as Poser, Infini-D, Strata, LightWave…

Kai’s a cool guy, I met him nine years ago after a lecture he gave at MWSF. He *is* Photoshop.

By: pixel_pimp

pixel_pimp — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 02:10:03 +0000

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixel_pimp/75438658/

I was thinking about Kai the other day. He is like Willy Wonka working way on something that will blow people completely away!

By: Andrew Rodney

Andrew Rodney — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 23:16:08 +0000

Convolver (and those memory dots) were genius.

By: Howard Owen

Howard Owen — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 11:14:12 +0000

KPT 3 was the first plugin I ever bought. I still have it, although I rarely use it anymore. Sometimes though, late at night, when I need to revive my creative juices for one more push before I flame out entirely, I open up that “bunch of balls dropped into a pile of mud” interface and, eventually, smile. I’m ready to make that push now; I feel better somehow knowing that Kai is still with me.

By: Scott Southerland

Scott Southerland — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 06:10:27 +0000

Thouroughly enjoyed that interview. Thank you Jeff and thank you Kai. It would be tough to determine how much of my passion for imagery stems from Kai’s work - from Power Goo to Bryce. Great to ’see’ that things are going well.