Re: Friday Flashback #274

[Matt Lind]

Unless you have rented licenses, your SI3D license should be permanent and 
not require any clock adjustments.

Mine copy of SI3D still functions, but there is a limit to how recent you 
can go with hardware and OS.  For example, SI3D will run on Windows 10, but 
FlexLM licensing won't function on anything newer than Windows XP.  Not sure 
if Autodesk would accommodate granting a newer licensing software to allow 
operation on modern hardware and OS.

If the machine runs, you should be able to install and use the software. 
Just don't get too down when you remember all the bugs and workarounds you 
have to deal with ;-)


Matt



Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2016 18:03:09 -0700
From: Anthor <ant...@mesmer.com>
Subject: Re: Friday Flashback #274
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com


That video fired me up -
I'm going to try to get si3d running again.
I have a pair of O2s and an old indy in my basement.  I wonder if I can
set the clocks back and get the old licenses working...
ATR


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Re: Friday Flashback #274

[Anthor]

That video fired me up -
I'm going to try to get si3d running again. 
I have a pair of O2s and an old indy in my basement.  I wonder if I can 
set the clocks back and get the old licenses working... 
ATR

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Friday Flashback #274

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SOFTIMAGE|3D in action...
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Re: Friday Flashback #274

[Chris Marshall]

That's so totally right!!!

On 27 May 2016 at 22:36, Matt Lind <speye...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> When Daniel Langlois ran the company, the customer facing element was very
> design and artist centric.  It spoke to the end user.  Daniel was selling
> inspiration, a vision.
>
> When Microsoft entered the picture, they threw money at it to make it more
> visible and accessible with the peak being around the time of the photo you
> reference.   When Daniel Langlois left the company and Microsoft later sold
> it to Avid, there was a noticeable shift in personality transitioning to
> more of an engineering focus with attention to user friendliness and
> corporate like global branding.  The company didn't speak through it's
> leader's vision anymore, but instead through the face of it's products
> which
> didn't have a central voice.  Sumatra was still being sold on inspiration,
> but Daniel wasn't around anymore to push the message.
>
> In some ways, Daniel Langlois' Softimage was just like Steve Jobs' Apple.
> When you bought from Apple, you were buying Steve Jobs' visions and being
> inspired by him, and that momentum carried you to the purchase.  Today
> Apple
> still exists and sells really well, but it speaks through it's products and
> it's products don't have that same inspirational connection they had when
> Steve Jobs was around to push them.
>
>
> Matt
>
>
>
> Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 11:07:39 -0500
> From: Pierre Schiller <activemotionpictu...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Friday Flashback #274
> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
>
> How much is that Sotimage ICE shop bag again?
> Alienware logo-like in picture #52 ( I meant). Were we even that far ahead
> in the future, back then?
> OMM (Oh my Mind) Eisner?s original book (that?s like looking Illusion of
> Iife back in the 60?s original print)!
>
> My mind, come to think of this, this merchandise was so powerful to sell
> XSI (I came into it in 2k) that
> I can?t even imagine what could?ve come of XSI with this branding if it
> kept flowing into the stores and specialized 3d magazines...
>
> Oh wait..I know I can imagine, that?s why japan and Konami made a big name
> for Softimage!
> -Seeing this on America, AD (and
> low-rate-configure-it-yourself-crazy-crashing-in-sales-competitor-software)
> wasn?t getting the love
> it thought it deserved, and then...yeah, let?s close Softimage division
> these softimagers really know how to be
> catchy and stylized, that can get our
>
> never-updated-from-the-ground-up-lets-keep-patching-software-for-another14-years
> 3d-package) look bad..
>
> There, I let it out.
>
> Cheers.
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Re: Friday Flashback #274

[Matt Lind]

When Daniel Langlois ran the company, the customer facing element was very 
design and artist centric.  It spoke to the end user.  Daniel was selling 
inspiration, a vision.

When Microsoft entered the picture, they threw money at it to make it more 
visible and accessible with the peak being around the time of the photo you 
reference.   When Daniel Langlois left the company and Microsoft later sold 
it to Avid, there was a noticeable shift in personality transitioning to 
more of an engineering focus with attention to user friendliness and 
corporate like global branding.  The company didn't speak through it's 
leader's vision anymore, but instead through the face of it's products which 
didn't have a central voice.  Sumatra was still being sold on inspiration, 
but Daniel wasn't around anymore to push the message.

In some ways, Daniel Langlois' Softimage was just like Steve Jobs' Apple. 
When you bought from Apple, you were buying Steve Jobs' visions and being 
inspired by him, and that momentum carried you to the purchase.  Today Apple 
still exists and sells really well, but it speaks through it's products and 
it's products don't have that same inspirational connection they had when 
Steve Jobs was around to push them.


Matt



Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 11:07:39 -0500
From: Pierre Schiller <activemotionpictu...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Friday Flashback #274
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com

How much is that Sotimage ICE shop bag again?
Alienware logo-like in picture #52 ( I meant). Were we even that far ahead
in the future, back then?
OMM (Oh my Mind) Eisner?s original book (that?s like looking Illusion of
Iife back in the 60?s original print)!

My mind, come to think of this, this merchandise was so powerful to sell
XSI (I came into it in 2k) that
I can?t even imagine what could?ve come of XSI with this branding if it
kept flowing into the stores and specialized 3d magazines...

Oh wait..I know I can imagine, that?s why japan and Konami made a big name
for Softimage!
-Seeing this on America, AD (and
low-rate-configure-it-yourself-crazy-crashing-in-sales-competitor-software)
wasn?t getting the love
it thought it deserved, and then...yeah, let?s close Softimage division
these softimagers really know how to be
catchy and stylized, that can get our
never-updated-from-the-ground-up-lets-keep-patching-software-for-another14-years
3d-package) look bad..

There, I let it out.

Cheers.

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RE: Friday Flashback #274

[Matt Lind]

It looks like a lot, but in physical space it fits into 2 shoe boxes. 
Anything tangible that had digital representation was tossed years ago.  I'm 
sure if I search my hard drive I'll find some documents I scanned before 
discarding into the trash such as copies of "Words from the Wizard" 
newsletters.

I used to have a lot more, but gave stuff away to my students as prizes for 
good work and so on.  One student got the XSI shoe horn, another the XSI 
6-CD carrying case, keychain, Softimage|DS shoulder bag, XSI christmas 
ornament, etc..  The only things I still have that weren't photographed are 
the T-shirts and business card holderand a few items I just remembered 
as I write this sentence:  XSI Illuminated, XSI 4 by Michael Isner, (some) 
XSI Learn series DVDs, and an old parallel port dongle dating back to the 
early 1990's.


Matt


Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 12:21:32 +0200
From: "Sven Constable" <sixsi_l...@imagefront.de>
Subject: RE: Friday Flashback #274

Wow, you have a lot of stuff from that era. These photos even most of them
taken in 2010, are new to me. Thank you, now I'm feeling really old...
sven


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RE: Friday Flashback #274

[Sven Constable]

Wow, you have a lot of stuff from that era. These photos even most of them
taken in 2010, are new to me. Thank you, now I'm feeling really old...
sven

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Subject: Rr: Friday Flashback #274

I have those tattoos too - multiple, in fact:

http://tinyurl.com/h7ccbkk


Matt


Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 18:59:17 +
From: Ed Harriss <ed.harr...@sas.com>
Subject: RE: Friday Flashback #274
To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com"

Is this what you were talking about?
http://imgur.com/9fnxNAa
Ran across it today while searching for some batteries.
Can?t believe I still have it.

13 years ago?
Was it really that long?
Amazing.

Ed

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Rr: Friday Flashback #274

[Matt Lind]

I have those tattoos too - multiple, in fact:

http://tinyurl.com/h7ccbkk


Matt


Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 18:59:17 +
From: Ed Harriss <ed.harr...@sas.com>
Subject: RE: Friday Flashback #274
To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com"

Is this what you were talking about?
http://imgur.com/9fnxNAa
Ran across it today while searching for some batteries.
Can?t believe I still have it.

13 years ago?
Was it really that long?
Amazing.

Ed

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RE: Friday Flashback #274

[Ed Harriss]

Is this what you were talking about?
http://imgur.com/9fnxNAa
Ran across it today while searching for some batteries.
Can’t believe I still have it.

13 years ago?
Was it really that long?
Amazing.

Ed

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[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Chris Marshall
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 7:15 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Friday Flashback #274

no worries. lost in the mists of time
thankfully

On 18 May 2016 at 11:59, Stephen Blair 
<stephenrbl...@gmail.com<mailto:stephenrbl...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Nope, I don't think I have anything about that

On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 6:11 AM, Chris Marshall 
<chrismarshal...@gmail.com<mailto:chrismarshal...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Do you have any photos from the XSI tattoo give away? That must've been about 
13years ago? Maybe longer.


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Re: Friday Flashback #274

[Chris Marshall]

no worries. lost in the mists of time
thankfully

On 18 May 2016 at 11:59, Stephen Blair  wrote:

> Nope, I don't think I have anything about that
>
> On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 6:11 AM, Chris Marshall  > wrote:
>
>> Do you have any photos from the XSI tattoo give away? That must've been
>> about 13years ago? Maybe longer.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 14 May 2016 at 16:03, Stephen Blair  wrote:
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>>> Another nice ICE tshirt design...
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Re: Friday Flashback #274

[Stephen Blair]

Nope, I don't think I have anything about that

On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 6:11 AM, Chris Marshall 
wrote:

> Do you have any photos from the XSI tattoo give away? That must've been
> about 13years ago? Maybe longer.
>
>
>
> On 14 May 2016 at 16:03, Stephen Blair  wrote:
>
>> Another nice ICE tshirt design...
>>
>> http://wp.me/powV4-3jK
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Do you have any photos from the XSI tattoo give away? That must've been
about 13years ago? Maybe longer.



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Friday Flashback #274

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Another nice ICE tshirt design...

http://wp.me/powV4-3jK
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