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Long live soft ...breaks my heart. Le 07/03/2014 08:09, Cristobal Infante a écrit : he works at Lagoa: http://home.lagoa.com/team/ On Friday, 7 March 2014, Gideon Klindt gideon.kli...@gmail.com mailto:gideon.kli...@gmail.com wrote: Well, he swung by PDX on the last AD tour along with their other reps. Needless to say, he was the best presenter, not just because he actually was entertaining, but because he actually did an honest demo (aka he knows how to use the software). Could not say that about the other two demonstrators for MAX and Maya. I'm sure Mark will land somewhere that can appreciate his talent and humor. Maybe it's time for another road trip in the van to get away from it all. I hate to ask this on a tribute to Mark thread...but what ever happened to Chinney- where did he end up? On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Stephen Davidson magic...@bellsouth.net wrote: Wherever Mark lands, they will be very fortunate. I had the pleasure of working with Mark, prior to his being the XSI demo guy. It was a blast. Great guy. I wish him well. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Alan Fregtman alan.fregt...@gmail.com wrote: Pasting into the list for posterity (because I'm sure the blog's gonna go offline any time now.) --- Thanks for all your brilliance!! Posted by Mark Schoennagel, 19 hours ago Hello fellow Softies, Well I'm sure you all read the news yesterday that our beloved Softimage is officially being retired by Autodesk. Since tomorrow will also be my last day on the job, I thought I would write you all a little note thanking you for almost 30 years of brilliant work and dedication to Softimage! From the Pseudopod in the Abyss back in 89' which happened to be the first ever 3D character to grace the silver screen, all the way to the wickedly cool work Animal Logic just finished up for the new Lego Movie, Softimage has truly been a revolutionary tool in our industry. Well I guess for most of us it's not really a tool now is it? It's more like a religion whose brand get tattooed on your sleeve... it's the oil to someone else's watercolor, hell it's the reason many of us get out of bed in the morning!... There is really nothing quite like our industry and our vastly different, but oh-so similar softwares , er- I mean religions now is there?? I guess that's why I have been so proud to be your Softimage evangelist these past 20 years because what I've witnessed has been truly humbling and pretty damn mind-blowing all the same!! Thinking about the past, it's quite funny looking back at just how far we've come... When I first joined Softimage in 1994 Microsoft was our proud new owner, Inverse Kinematics was still rather new, Mental Ray for Soft was wowing us with volumetric lights (well sorta), and the environment variable to exceed 30,000 polygons in a scene was introduced! Reflecting on all that I'm not even sure how to put those years of product and technology development into perspective. Last year I saw Whiskey Tree in San Rafael using Softimage to create single scenes for the film Elysium with over 3,000,000,000,000 polygons!!! (that's Trillion, not billion, not million but T-Trriionnn) Or how about The Mill's PETA advertisement with those amazing apes?!?... you just can't help but be left in awe at how far we have come. So to all of you Softimage artists and TD's out there who pushed, and to those who will continue to push the envelope congrats and THANK YOU! So with that how about instead of turning this post into a bunch of negativity and complaining how about we raise a glass and give praise to the best damn 3D animation software ever created!!! Softimage!! Long Live Soft!!! PS, I mentioned a few projects, if you're curious, here are some great links: The technology pipleline that Whiskey Tree used for their work in Elysian. This is obviously not from the film but gives you an idea! How friggin awesome is that!??! https://vimeo.com/71148018 I hope you the crew at Animal Logic wins an Oscar for this one too like they did for Happy Feet!! -- Gideon D. Klindt gideonklindt.com http://gideonklindt.com
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Hey Mark, have fun. Like with Stephen Blair, Luc-Eric Rousseau, Halfdan, Chinney and all the others who contributed positively to Softimage´s image and actual functionality, I´m sure you´ll land somewhere where it´s appreciated and fells like making it home. Thanks for the support and funny videos. I imagine it would have also been fun watching you use the inevitable Mayax sucessor in one of your demos, too. Cheers, tim On 07.03.2014 09:08, olivier jeannel wrote: Long live soft ...breaks my heart. Le 07/03/2014 08:09, Cristobal Infante a écrit : he works at Lagoa: http://home.lagoa.com/team/ On Friday, 7 March 2014, Gideon Klindt gideon.kli...@gmail.com mailto:gideon.kli...@gmail.com wrote: Well, he swung by PDX on the last AD tour along with their other reps. Needless to say, he was the best presenter, not just because he actually was entertaining, but because he actually did an honest demo (aka he knows how to use the software). Could not say that about the other two demonstrators for MAX and Maya. I'm sure Mark will land somewhere that can appreciate his talent and humor. Maybe it's time for another road trip in the van to get away from it all. I hate to ask this on a tribute to Mark thread...but what ever happened to Chinney- where did he end up? On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Stephen Davidson magic...@bellsouth.net wrote: Wherever Mark lands, they will be very fortunate. I had the pleasure of working with Mark, prior to his being the XSI demo guy. It was a blast. Great guy. I wish him well. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Alan Fregtman alan.fregt...@gmail.com wrote: Pasting into the list for posterity (because I'm sure the blog's gonna go offline any time now.) --- Thanks for all your brilliance!! Posted by Mark Schoennagel, 19 hours ago Hello fellow Softies, Well I’m sure you all read the news yesterday that our beloved Softimage is officially being retired by Autodesk. Since tomorrow will also be my last day on the job, I thought I would write you all a little note thanking you for almost 30 years of brilliant work and dedication to Softimage! From the “Pseudopod “in the Abyss back in 89’ which happened to be the first ever 3D character to grace the silver screen, all the way to the wickedly cool work Animal Logic just finished up for the new Lego Movie, Softimage has truly been a revolutionary tool in our industry. Well I guess for most of us it’s not really a tool now is it? It’s more like a religion whose brand get tattooed on your sleeve… it’s the oil to someone else’s watercolor, hell it’s the reason many of us get out of bed in the morning!... There is really nothing quite like our industry and our vastly different, but oh-so similar softwares , er- I mean religions now is there?? I guess that’s why I have been so proud to be your Softimage evangelist these past 20 years because what I’ve witnessed has been truly humbling and pretty damn mind-blowing all the same!! Thinking about the past, it’s quite funny looking back at just how far we’ve come… When I first joined Softimage in 1994 Microsoft was our proud new owner, Inverse Kinematics was still rather new, Mental Ray for Soft was wowing us with volumetric lights (well sorta), and the environment variable to exceed 30,000 polygons in a scene was introduced! Reflecting on all that I’m not even sure how to put those years of product and technology development into perspective. Last year I saw Whiskey Tree in San Rafael using Softimage to create single scenes for the film Elysium with over 3,000,000,000,000 polygons!!! (that’s Trillion, not billion, not million but T-Trriionnn) Or how about The Mill’s PETA advertisement with those amazing apes?!?… you just can’t help but be left in awe at how far we have come. So to all of you Softimage artists and TD’s out there who pushed, and to those who will continue to push the envelope congrats and THANK YOU! So with that how about instead of turning this post into a bunch of negativity and complaining how about we raise a glass and give praise to the best damn 3D animation software ever created!!! Softimage!! Long Live Soft!!! PS, I mentioned a few projects, if you’re curious, here are some great links: The technology pipleline that Whiskey Tree used for their work in Elysian. This is obviously not from the film but gives you an idea! How friggin awesome is that!??! https://vimeo.com/71148018 I hope you the crew at Animal Logic wins an Oscar for this one too like they did for
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Great Siggraph that year :-) Rob \/-\/\/On 6-3-2014 4:25, Jason S wrote: Mark from 2006 showing from where XSI came from : ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzj3VITdN5A On 03/05/14 19:05, Sebastian Kowalski wrote: drunk but... showing off a part of the most game changing project of my career so far, coming from a guy like mark.. holy crap..now i am fucking emotional.. the subaru dandelion was made by reinhard preissner and fabian schaper. two unsung and quiet heros of this great community.. thank you mark for years of infectious enthusiasm. .sebastian Am 06.03.2014 um 00:31 schrieb Graham Bellgraham.b...@autodesk.com: To me, he’s always be The Guv’nor. :-) From: gustav...@gmail.commailto:gustav...@gmail.comgustav...@gmail.commailto:gustav...@gmail.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.comsoftimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 20:07:25 -0300 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.comsoftimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Mark's good bye http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/marks/thanks-for-all-your-brilliance winmail.dat - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4335 / Virus Database: 3705/7157 - Release Date: 03/05/14
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. :-) From: gustav...@gmail.commailto:gustav...@gmail.comgustav...@gmail.com gustav...@gmail.commailto:gustav...@gmail.com gustav...@gmail.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.comsoftimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.comsoftimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 20:07:25 -0300 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.comsoftimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.comsoftimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Mark's good bye http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/marks/thanks-for-all-your-brilliance winmail.dat - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4335 / Virus Database: 3705/7157 - Release Date: 03/05/14 -- Best Regards, * Stephen P. Davidson* *(954) 552-7956*sdavid...@3danimationmagic.com *Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic* - Arthur C. Clarke http://www.3danimationmagic.com
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:25, Jason S wrote: Mark from 2006 showing from where XSI came from : ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzj3VITdN5A On 03/05/14 19:05, Sebastian Kowalski wrote: drunk but... showing off a part of the most game changing project of my career so far, coming from a guy like mark.. holy crap..now i am fucking emotional.. the subaru dandelion was made by reinhard preissner and fabian schaper. two unsung and quiet heros of this great community.. thank you mark for years of infectious enthusiasm. .sebastian Am 06.03.2014 um 00:31 schrieb Graham Bellgraham.b...@autodesk.comgraham.b...@autodesk.com: To me, he's always be The Guv'nor. :-) From: gustav...@gmail.commailto:gustav...@gmail.comgustav...@gmail.com gustav...@gmail.commailto:gustav...@gmail.com gustav...@gmail.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.comsoftimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.com mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.comsoftimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 20:07:25 -0300 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.comsoftimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.com mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.comsoftimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Mark's good bye http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/marks/thanks-for-all-your-brilliance winmail.dat - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4335 / Virus Database: 3705/7157 - Release Date: 03/05/14 -- Best Regards, * Stephen P. Davidson* *(954) 552-7956 %28954%29%20552-7956*sdavid...@3danimationmagic.com *Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic* - Arthur C. Clarke http://www.3danimationmagic.com -- Gideon D. Klindt gideonklindt.com
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he works at Lagoa: http://home.lagoa.com/team/ On Friday, 7 March 2014, Gideon Klindt gideon.kli...@gmail.com wrote: Well, he swung by PDX on the last AD tour along with their other reps. Needless to say, he was the best presenter, not just because he actually was entertaining, but because he actually did an honest demo (aka he knows how to use the software). Could not say that about the other two demonstrators for MAX and Maya. I'm sure Mark will land somewhere that can appreciate his talent and humor. Maybe it's time for another road trip in the van to get away from it all. I hate to ask this on a tribute to Mark thread...but what ever happened to Chinney- where did he end up? On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Stephen Davidson magic...@bellsouth.netwrote: Wherever Mark lands, they will be very fortunate. I had the pleasure of working with Mark, prior to his being the XSI demo guy. It was a blast. Great guy. I wish him well. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Alan Fregtman alan.fregt...@gmail.comwrote: Pasting into the list for posterity (because I'm sure the blog's gonna go offline any time now.) --- Thanks for all your brilliance!! Posted by Mark Schoennagel, 19 hours ago Hello fellow Softies, Well I'm sure you all read the news yesterday that our beloved Softimage is officially being retired by Autodesk. Since tomorrow will also be my last day on the job, I thought I would write you all a little note thanking you for almost 30 years of brilliant work and dedication to Softimage! From the Pseudopod in the Abyss back in 89' which happened to be the first ever 3D character to grace the silver screen, all the way to the wickedly cool work Animal Logic just finished up for the new Lego Movie, Softimage has truly been a revolutionary tool in our industry. Well I guess for most of us it's not really a tool now is it? It's more like a religion whose brand get tattooed on your sleeve... it's the oil to someone else's watercolor, hell it's the reason many of us get out of bed in the morning!... There is really nothing quite like our industry and our vastly different, but oh-so similar softwares , er- I mean religions now is there?? I guess that's why I have been so proud to be your Softimage evangelist these past 20 years because what I've witnessed has been truly humbling and pretty damn mind-blowing all the same!! Thinking about the past, it's quite funny looking back at just how far we've come... When I first joined Softimage in 1994 Microsoft was our proud new owner, Inverse Kinematics was still rather new, Mental Ray for Soft was wowing us with volumetric lights (well sorta), and the environment variable to exceed 30,000 polygons in a scene was introduced! Reflecting on all that I'm not even sure how to put those years of product and technology development into perspective. Last year I saw Whiskey Tree in San Rafael using Softimage to create single scenes for the film Elysium with over 3,000,000,000,000 polygons!!! (that's Trillion, not billion, not million but T-Trriionnn) Or how about The Mill's PETA advertisement with those amazing apes?!?... you just can't help but be left in awe at how far we have come. So to all of you Softimage artists and TD's out there who pushed, and to those who will continue to push the envelope congrats and THANK YOU! So with that how about instead of turning this post into a bunch of negativity and complaining how about we raise a glass and give praise to the best damn 3D animation software ever created!!! Softimage!! Long Live Soft!!! PS, I mentioned a few projects, if you're curious, here are some great links: The technology pipleline that Whiskey Tree used for their work in Elysian. This is obviously not from the film but gives you an idea! How friggin awesome is that!??! https://vimeo.com/71148018 I hope you the crew at Animal Logic wins an Oscar for this one too like they did for Happy Feet!! -- Gideon D. Klindt gideonklindt.com
Mark's good bye
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To me, he’s always be The Guv’nor. :-) From: gustav...@gmail.commailto:gustav...@gmail.com gustav...@gmail.commailto:gustav...@gmail.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 20:07:25 -0300 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Mark's good bye http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/marks/thanks-for-all-your-brilliance attachment: winmail.dat
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Betamax vs VHS, Soft vs the rest. Quality loses to quantity yet again. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 1:07 AM, Gustavo Eggert Boehs gustav...@gmail.comwrote: http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/marks/thanks-for-all-your-brilliance
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drunk but... showing off a part of the most game changing project of my career so far, coming from a guy like mark.. holy crap..now i am fucking emotional.. the subaru dandelion was made by reinhard preissner and fabian schaper. two unsung and quiet heros of this great community.. thank you mark for years of infectious enthusiasm. .sebastian Am 06.03.2014 um 00:31 schrieb Graham Bell graham.b...@autodesk.com: To me, he’s always be The Guv’nor. :-) From: gustav...@gmail.commailto:gustav...@gmail.com gustav...@gmail.commailto:gustav...@gmail.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 20:07:25 -0300 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Mark's good bye http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/marks/thanks-for-all-your-brilliance winmail.dat
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that subaru project is one of my all time favorites... it was at the pivotal point... softimage, ice, arnold... amazing talent. s On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Sebastian Kowalski l...@sekow.com wrote: drunk but... showing off a part of the most game changing project of my career so far, coming from a guy like mark.. holy crap..now i am fucking emotional.. the subaru dandelion was made by reinhard preissner and fabian schaper. two unsung and quiet heros of this great community.. thank you mark for years of infectious enthusiasm. .sebastian
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I think that combo made/makes for the greatest package for generalists that has ever existed. Small teams can accomplish so much with those three tools. On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Steven Caron car...@gmail.com wrote: that subaru project is one of my all time favorites... it was at the pivotal point... softimage, ice, arnold... amazing talent. s On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Sebastian Kowalski l...@sekow.com wrote: drunk but... showing off a part of the most game changing project of my career so far, coming from a guy like mark.. holy crap..now i am fucking emotional.. the subaru dandelion was made by reinhard preissner and fabian schaper. two unsung and quiet heros of this great community.. thank you mark for years of infectious enthusiasm. .sebastian
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thanks, means a lot to me. looking at it right now it has been some magical weeks. having so much amazing talent around, most of them working the first time with arnold, on a brand new pipeline, all coming together in softimage. now the shutdown is hurting even more. -sebastian Am 06.03.2014 um 01:07 schrieb Steven Caron car...@gmail.com: that subaru project is one of my all time favorites... it was at the pivotal point... softimage, ice, arnold... amazing talent. s On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Sebastian Kowalski l...@sekow.com wrote: drunk but... showing off a part of the most game changing project of my career so far, coming from a guy like mark.. holy crap..now i am fucking emotional.. the subaru dandelion was made by reinhard preissner and fabian schaper. two unsung and quiet heros of this great community.. thank you mark for years of infectious enthusiasm. .sebastian
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Mark from 2006 showing from where XSI came from : ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzj3VITdN5A On 03/05/14 19:05, Sebastian Kowalski wrote: drunk but... showing off a part of the most game changing project of my career so far, coming from a guy like mark.. holy crap..now i am fucking emotional.. the subaru dandelion was made by reinhard preissner and fabian schaper. two unsung and quiet heros of this great community.. thank you mark for years of infectious enthusiasm. .sebastian Am 06.03.2014 um 00:31 schrieb Graham Bellgraham.b...@autodesk.com: To me, he’s always be The Guv’nor. :-) From: gustav...@gmail.commailto:gustav...@gmail.comgustav...@gmail.commailto:gustav...@gmail.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.comsoftimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 20:07:25 -0300 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.comsoftimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Mark's good bye http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/marks/thanks-for-all-your-brilliance winmail.dat
