Re: Shotgun join Autodesk
but of course… otherwise investors won't be happy. Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com On 25 Jun 2014, at 23:28, Jason S jasonsta...@gmail.com wrote: From the Mudbox press release, we plan to accelerate the pace of Mudbox innovation. On 06/25/14 11:25, Emilio Hernandez wrote: I just recieved this from Shotgun support: First, Shotgun is not going away. We will continue to operate under the Shotgun brand with the same team and same style. Our website, forums, support site and team all stay in place. Second, we’re not going to slow down. We are scaling immediately to 2X our current team size and 3X development resources -- to go faster. Third, I’ll keep working for you as hard as I can as the leader of our larger team. The Shotgun crew you know and love are right here with me, and we’ll be joined by some excellent engineering talent. Pricing, maintenance, and licensing aren’t changing. And yes, Shotgun will continue to develop and support third party tools from The Foundry, Side Effects, Adobe, Autodesk and more (even faster). We’re making this move because we believe it’s the best possible thing we can do for you, our clients, and the fastest way to achieve our vision of a standardized, highly productive production and collaboration platform. The future is bright Again??? Where do I have heard this story --- Emilio Hernández VFX 3D animation.
Re: Shotgun join Autodesk
+1 Am 26.06.2014 09:24, schrieb Sebastien Sterling: There should be a law against excessive takeovers.
Re: Shotgun join Autodesk
We use FTrack at Realise and so far we are very happy… it is true some things are not as refined yet (for example, size of icons is too small to see, etc…) but the workflow and API is a pleasure. We have been integrating it big time into our pipeline with Houdini and Nuke and so far we are very happy. Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com On 26 Jun 2014, at 08:15, Michal Doniec doni...@gmail.com wrote: But how would Ftrack compare to this FTrack is a very strong back end with good API. What you do on the front end is up to you and your engineers/TDs. Definitely it's possible to code tools like that on top of ftrack. They don't come ready out of the box (why would they - they are company specific), but it's the same situation with Shotgun AFAIK. On 26 June 2014 00:41, Jason S jasonsta...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/25/14 11:36, Emilio Hernandez wrote: No Ftrack does not support Softimage at the moment. They said before EOL that they were going to implement it. But I believe that if now there are more users requesting it, they will do it, but who knows.. --- Emilio Hernández VFX 3D animation. Not sure if being under the same umbrella increases the chances of that happening or not.. But how would Ftrack compare to this: (from an amazing french TD.. using a pretty amazing platform :) ) The whole thing is interesting, but Goto 12:40 for the project management system bit. 13:40 for scene loading management -- -- Michal http://uk.linkedin.com/in/mdoniec
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I know, I meant even willing, it should not be legal for an entity to steamrole so much stuff, it's irresponsible. if google wanted to it could buy up half the fucking globe if half the fucking globe was willing :P. business have ecosystems too. On 26 June 2014 10:42, Raffaele Fragapane raffsxsil...@googlemail.com wrote: There are, but this isn't a take over at all. Shotgun had been hunting for capital in various forms for a long while, they offered themselves to autodesk in first place AFAIK. On 26 Jun 2014 18:00, Sebastien Sterling sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com wrote: There should be a law against excessive takeovers. On 26 June 2014 08:15, Michal Doniec doni...@gmail.com wrote: But how would Ftrack compare to this FTrack is a very strong back end with good API. What you do on the front end is up to you and your engineers/TDs. Definitely it's possible to code tools like that on top of ftrack. They don't come ready out of the box (why would they - they are company specific), but it's the same situation with Shotgun AFAIK. On 26 June 2014 00:41, Jason S jasonsta...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/25/14 11:36, Emilio Hernandez wrote: No Ftrack does not support Softimage at the moment. They said before EOL that they were going to implement it. But I believe that if now there are more users requesting it, they will do it, but who knows.. --- Emilio Hernández VFX 3D animation. Not sure if being under the same umbrella increases the chances of that happening or not.. But how would Ftrack compare to this: (from an amazing french TD.. using a pretty amazing platform :) ) The whole thing is interesting, but Goto 12:40 for the project management system bit. 13:40 for scene loading management -- -- Michal http://uk.linkedin.com/in/mdoniec
Re: Shotgun join Autodesk
Dangerous political debate that way lies, I'm disengaging right now! :) On 26 Jun 2014 20:15, Sebastien Sterling sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com wrote: I know, I meant even willing, it should not be legal for an entity to steamrole so much stuff, it's irresponsible. if google wanted to it could buy up half the fucking globe if half the fucking globe was willing :P. business have ecosystems too. On 26 June 2014 10:42, Raffaele Fragapane raffsxsil...@googlemail.com wrote: There are, but this isn't a take over at all. Shotgun had been hunting for capital in various forms for a long while, they offered themselves to autodesk in first place AFAIK. On 26 Jun 2014 18:00, Sebastien Sterling sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com wrote: There should be a law against excessive takeovers. On 26 June 2014 08:15, Michal Doniec doni...@gmail.com wrote: But how would Ftrack compare to this FTrack is a very strong back end with good API. What you do on the front end is up to you and your engineers/TDs. Definitely it's possible to code tools like that on top of ftrack. They don't come ready out of the box (why would they - they are company specific), but it's the same situation with Shotgun AFAIK. On 26 June 2014 00:41, Jason S jasonsta...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/25/14 11:36, Emilio Hernandez wrote: No Ftrack does not support Softimage at the moment. They said before EOL that they were going to implement it. But I believe that if now there are more users requesting it, they will do it, but who knows.. --- Emilio Hernández VFX 3D animation. Not sure if being under the same umbrella increases the chances of that happening or not.. But how would Ftrack compare to this: (from an amazing french TD.. using a pretty amazing platform :) ) The whole thing is interesting, but Goto 12:40 for the project management system bit. 13:40 for scene loading management -- -- Michal http://uk.linkedin.com/in/mdoniec
RE: Shotgun join Autodesk
Wish it would have been The Foundry. Sadly I had a discussion about that not long ago but I guess the dark force got to it faster. We can only hope that what Don mentions in his announcement blog is true. http://blog.shotgunsoftware.com/2014/06/blastoff.html From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Leo Quensel Sent: 25 juin 2014 10:27 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Aw: Shotgun join Autodesk Being a pipeline TD in a Shotgun based studio this has pretty much ruined my day. Gesendet: Mittwoch, 25. Juni 2014 um 15:38 Uhr Von: Hans Payer hanspa...@gmail.commailto:hanspa...@gmail.com An: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Betreff: Shotgun join Autodesk Here we go again... http://inthefold.autodesk.com/in_the_fold/2014/06/going-faster-shotgun-joins-autodesk.html Hans
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Interested to see if they release it on the ARC licences. Most of Autodesk's EDU stuff is free so that’s in theory a good change for us. From: Marc-Andre Carbonneau marc-andre.carbonn...@ubisoft.commailto:marc-andre.carbonn...@ubisoft.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Wednesday 25 June 2014 at 4:50 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Shotgun join Autodesk Wish it would have been The Foundry. Sadly I had a discussion about that not long ago but I guess the dark force got to it faster. We can only hope that what Don mentions in his announcement blog is true. http://blog.shotgunsoftware.com/2014/06/blastoff.html From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Leo Quensel Sent: 25 juin 2014 10:27 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Aw: Shotgun join Autodesk Being a pipeline TD in a Shotgun based studio this has pretty much ruined my day. Gesendet: Mittwoch, 25. Juni 2014 um 15:38 Uhr Von: Hans Payer hanspa...@gmail.commailto:hanspa...@gmail.com An: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Betreff: Shotgun join Autodesk Here we go again... http://inthefold.autodesk.com/in_the_fold/2014/06/going-faster-shotgun-joins-autodesk.html Hans table width=100% border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style=width:100%; tr td align=left style=text-align:justify;font face=arial,sans-serif size=1 color=#99span style=font-size:11px;This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. /span/font/td /tr /table
RE: Shotgun join Autodesk
The acquisition is quite different from all the other ones we've seen though so I'm really curious to see where it's going to go from here. First thing I want is Jira to be tied in. I need it yesterday. ;) Certainly the Game industry will benefit from the tripling the dev team acquisition. And Angus, if Shotgun is released under ARC, this would indeed be great for your students. Cheers, MAC From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson Sent: 25 juin 2014 10:58 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Shotgun join Autodesk Interested to see if they release it on the ARC licences. Most of Autodesk's EDU stuff is free so that's in theory a good change for us. From: Marc-Andre Carbonneau marc-andre.carbonn...@ubisoft.commailto:marc-andre.carbonn...@ubisoft.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Wednesday 25 June 2014 at 4:50 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Shotgun join Autodesk Wish it would have been The Foundry. Sadly I had a discussion about that not long ago but I guess the dark force got to it faster. We can only hope that what Don mentions in his announcement blog is true. http://blog.shotgunsoftware.com/2014/06/blastoff.html From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Leo Quensel Sent: 25 juin 2014 10:27 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Aw: Shotgun join Autodesk Being a pipeline TD in a Shotgun based studio this has pretty much ruined my day. Gesendet: Mittwoch, 25. Juni 2014 um 15:38 Uhr Von: Hans Payer hanspa...@gmail.commailto:hanspa...@gmail.com An: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Betreff: Shotgun join Autodesk Here we go again... http://inthefold.autodesk.com/in_the_fold/2014/06/going-faster-shotgun-joins-autodesk.html Hans This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary.
Re: Shotgun join Autodesk
On the Foundary side getting really impatient for Flix ;) From: Marc-Andre Carbonneau marc-andre.carbonn...@ubisoft.commailto:marc-andre.carbonn...@ubisoft.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Wednesday 25 June 2014 at 4:50 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Shotgun join Autodesk Wish it would have been The Foundry. Sadly I had a discussion about that not long ago but I guess the dark force got to it faster. We can only hope that what Don mentions in his announcement blog is true. http://blog.shotgunsoftware.com/2014/06/blastoff.html From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Leo Quensel Sent: 25 juin 2014 10:27 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Aw: Shotgun join Autodesk Being a pipeline TD in a Shotgun based studio this has pretty much ruined my day. Gesendet: Mittwoch, 25. Juni 2014 um 15:38 Uhr Von: Hans Payer hanspa...@gmail.commailto:hanspa...@gmail.com An: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Betreff: Shotgun join Autodesk Here we go again... http://inthefold.autodesk.com/in_the_fold/2014/06/going-faster-shotgun-joins-autodesk.html Hans table width=100% border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style=width:100%; tr td align=left style=text-align:justify;font face=arial,sans-serif size=1 color=#99span style=font-size:11px;This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. /span/font/td /tr /table
Re: Shotgun join Autodesk
Jzzz.I will stay with Frack then.Now I see why I didn't get any mail from techsupport latley regarding my shogtgun trial... --- Emilio Hernández VFX 3D animation. 2014-06-25 9:58 GMT-05:00 Angus Davidson angus.david...@wits.ac.za: Interested to see if they release it on the ARC licences. Most of Autodesk's EDU stuff is free so that’s in theory a good change for us. From: Marc-Andre Carbonneau marc-andre.carbonn...@ubisoft.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Wednesday 25 June 2014 at 4:50 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Shotgun join Autodesk Wish it would have been The Foundry. Sadly I had a discussion about that not long ago but I guess the dark force got to it faster. We can only hope that what Don mentions in his announcement blog is true. http://blog.shotgunsoftware.com/2014/06/blastoff.html *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [ mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Leo Quensel *Sent:* 25 juin 2014 10:27 *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Aw: Shotgun join Autodesk Being a pipeline TD in a Shotgun based studio this has pretty much ruined my day. *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 25. Juni 2014 um 15:38 Uhr *Von:* Hans Payer hanspa...@gmail.com *An:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Betreff:* Shotgun join Autodesk Here we go again... http://inthefold.autodesk.com/in_the_fold/2014/06/going-faster-shotgun-joins-autodesk.html Hans This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary.
Re: Shotgun join Autodesk
I have really enjoyed my time with the demos, and have been really sad our budget didn’t stretch far enough to make use of it ;) Its a great piece of Kit From: Marc-Andre Carbonneau marc-andre.carbonn...@ubisoft.commailto:marc-andre.carbonn...@ubisoft.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Wednesday 25 June 2014 at 5:11 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Shotgun join Autodesk The acquisition is quite different from all the other ones we’ve seen though so I’m really curious to see where it’s going to go from here. First thing I want is Jira to be tied in. I need it yesterday. ;) Certainly the Game industry will benefit from the “tripling the dev team” acquisition. And Angus, if Shotgun is released under ARC, this would indeed be great for your students. Cheers, MAC From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson Sent: 25 juin 2014 10:58 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Shotgun join Autodesk Interested to see if they release it on the ARC licences. Most of Autodesk's EDU stuff is free so that’s in theory a good change for us. From: Marc-Andre Carbonneau marc-andre.carbonn...@ubisoft.commailto:marc-andre.carbonn...@ubisoft.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Wednesday 25 June 2014 at 4:50 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Shotgun join Autodesk Wish it would have been The Foundry. Sadly I had a discussion about that not long ago but I guess the dark force got to it faster. We can only hope that what Don mentions in his announcement blog is true. http://blog.shotgunsoftware.com/2014/06/blastoff.html From:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Leo Quensel Sent: 25 juin 2014 10:27 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Aw: Shotgun join Autodesk Being a pipeline TD in a Shotgun based studio this has pretty much ruined my day. Gesendet: Mittwoch, 25. Juni 2014 um 15:38 Uhr Von: Hans Payer hanspa...@gmail.commailto:hanspa...@gmail.com An: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Betreff: Shotgun join Autodesk Here we go again... http://inthefold.autodesk.com/in_the_fold/2014/06/going-faster-shotgun-joins-autodesk.html Hans This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. table width=100% border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style=width:100%; tr td align=left style=text-align:justify;font face=arial,sans-serif size=1 color=#99span style=font-size:11px;This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. /span/font/td /tr /table
Re: Shotgun join Autodesk
I just recieved this from Shotgun support: *First, Shotgun is not going away. We will continue to operate under the Shotgun brand with the same team and same style. Our website, forums, support site and team all stay in place. Second, we’re not going to slow down. We are scaling immediately to 2X our current team size and 3X development resources -- to go faster. Third, I’ll keep working for you as hard as I can as the leader of our larger team. The Shotgun crew you know and love are right here with me, and we’ll be joined by some excellent engineering talent. Pricing, maintenance, and licensing aren’t changing. And yes, Shotgun will continue to develop and support third party tools from The Foundry, Side Effects, Adobe, Autodesk and more (even faster).* *We’re making this move because we believe it’s the best possible thing we can do for you, our clients, and the fastest way to achieve our vision of a standardized, highly productive production and collaboration platform.* The future is bright Again??? Where do I have heard this story --- Emilio Hernández VFX 3D animation.
Re: Shotgun join Autodesk
Does anyone know if there is support for Softimage in FTrack? We have just spent the last six months using shotgun, its been pretty awesome for the most part... but we now have to at least look very hard at FTrack. On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Emilio Hernandez emi...@e-roja.com wrote: I just recieved this from Shotgun support: *First, Shotgun is not going away. We will continue to operate under the Shotgun brand with the same team and same style. Our website, forums, support site and team all stay in place. Second, we’re not going to slow down. We are scaling immediately to 2X our current team size and 3X development resources -- to go faster. Third, I’ll keep working for you as hard as I can as the leader of our larger team. The Shotgun crew you know and love are right here with me, and we’ll be joined by some excellent engineering talent. Pricing, maintenance, and licensing aren’t changing. And yes, Shotgun will continue to develop and support third party tools from The Foundry, Side Effects, Adobe, Autodesk and more (even faster).* *We’re making this move because we believe it’s the best possible thing we can do for you, our clients, and the fastest way to achieve our vision of a standardized, highly productive production and collaboration platform.* The future is bright Again??? Where do I have heard this story --- Emilio Hernández VFX 3D animation.
Re: Shotgun join Autodesk
No Ftrack does not support Softimage at the moment. They said before EOL that they were going to implement it. But I believe that if now there are more users requesting it, they will do it, but who knows... --- Emilio Hernández VFX 3D animation. 2014-06-25 10:31 GMT-05:00 Greg Punchatz g...@janimation.com: Does anyone know if there is support for Softimage in FTrack? We have just spent the last six months using shotgun, its been pretty awesome for the most part... but we now have to at least look very hard at FTrack. On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Emilio Hernandez emi...@e-roja.com wrote: I just recieved this from Shotgun support: *First, Shotgun is not going away. We will continue to operate under the Shotgun brand with the same team and same style. Our website, forums, support site and team all stay in place. Second, we’re not going to slow down. We are scaling immediately to 2X our current team size and 3X development resources -- to go faster. Third, I’ll keep working for you as hard as I can as the leader of our larger team. The Shotgun crew you know and love are right here with me, and we’ll be joined by some excellent engineering talent. Pricing, maintenance, and licensing aren’t changing. And yes, Shotgun will continue to develop and support third party tools from The Foundry, Side Effects, Adobe, Autodesk and more (even faster).* *We’re making this move because we believe it’s the best possible thing we can do for you, our clients, and the fastest way to achieve our vision of a standardized, highly productive production and collaboration platform.* The future is bright Again??? Where do I have heard this story --- Emilio Hernández VFX 3D animation.
Re: Shotgun join Autodesk
Hi Greg, There is no build-in support for Softimage inside FTrack. The user interface of FTrack is way better in my point of view, but there is still some missing elements... But it is not hard to build one on your own... Cheers, Greg On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Greg Punchatz g...@janimation.com wrote: Does anyone know if there is support for Softimage in FTrack? We have just spent the last six months using shotgun, its been pretty awesome for the most part... but we now have to at least look very hard at FTrack. On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Emilio Hernandez emi...@e-roja.com wrote: I just recieved this from Shotgun support: *First, Shotgun is not going away. We will continue to operate under the Shotgun brand with the same team and same style. Our website, forums, support site and team all stay in place. Second, we’re not going to slow down. We are scaling immediately to 2X our current team size and 3X development resources -- to go faster. Third, I’ll keep working for you as hard as I can as the leader of our larger team. The Shotgun crew you know and love are right here with me, and we’ll be joined by some excellent engineering talent. Pricing, maintenance, and licensing aren’t changing. And yes, Shotgun will continue to develop and support third party tools from The Foundry, Side Effects, Adobe, Autodesk and more (even faster).* *We’re making this move because we believe it’s the best possible thing we can do for you, our clients, and the fastest way to achieve our vision of a standardized, highly productive production and collaboration platform.* The future is bright Again??? Where do I have heard this story --- Emilio Hernández VFX 3D animation.
Re: Shotgun join Autodesk
It's that acquisition time of the year... Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com On 25 Jun 2014, at 15:27, Leo Quensel le...@gmx.de wrote: Being a pipeline TD in a Shotgun based studio this has pretty much ruined my day. Gesendet: Mittwoch, 25. Juni 2014 um 15:38 Uhr Von: Hans Payer hanspa...@gmail.com An: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Betreff: Shotgun join Autodesk Here we go again... http://inthefold.autodesk.com/in_the_fold/2014/06/going-faster-shotgun-joins-autodesk.html Hans
Re: Shotgun join Autodesk
Since we are talking fantasy here... Maybe the Wizard will give AD the courage to do the right thing and rescind the EOL of Soft. (no I'm not still in denial, this was intended as a satirical statement) On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Greg Punchatz g...@janimation.com wrote: Maybe the Wizard will give them a heart and a brain. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 25, 2014, at 10:42 AM, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.com wrote: I can't wait to see what they acquire at Siggraph... should we take bets? On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 11:41:45 AM, Jordi Bares wrote: It's that acquisition time of the year... Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com mailto:jordiba...@gmail.com -- -=T=-
Re: Shotgun join Autodesk
We did a Softimage integration here at the company. Lets see maybe I can get them to share it so the ftrack team can use it. 2014-06-25 18:52 GMT+02:00 Eric Turman i.anima...@gmail.com: Since we are talking fantasy here... Maybe the Wizard will give AD the courage to do the right thing and rescind the EOL of Soft. (no I'm not still in denial, this was intended as a satirical statement) On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Greg Punchatz g...@janimation.com wrote: Maybe the Wizard will give them a heart and a brain. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 25, 2014, at 10:42 AM, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.com wrote: I can't wait to see what they acquire at Siggraph... should we take bets? On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 11:41:45 AM, Jordi Bares wrote: It's that acquisition time of the year... Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com mailto:jordiba...@gmail.com -- -=T=-
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Thanks Mario, that would be a huge help! On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Mario Reitbauer cont...@marioreitbauer.at wrote: We did a Softimage integration here at the company. Lets see maybe I can get them to share it so the ftrack team can use it. 2014-06-25 18:52 GMT+02:00 Eric Turman i.anima...@gmail.com: Since we are talking fantasy here... Maybe the Wizard will give AD the courage to do the right thing and rescind the EOL of Soft. (no I'm not still in denial, this was intended as a satirical statement) On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Greg Punchatz g...@janimation.com wrote: Maybe the Wizard will give them a heart and a brain. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 25, 2014, at 10:42 AM, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.com wrote: I can't wait to see what they acquire at Siggraph... should we take bets? On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 11:41:45 AM, Jordi Bares wrote: It's that acquisition time of the year... Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com mailto:jordiba...@gmail.com -- -=T=-
Re: Shotgun join Autodesk
Bless him… Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com On 25 Jun 2014, at 16:25, Emilio Hernandez emi...@e-roja.com wrote: I just recieved this from Shotgun support: First, Shotgun is not going away. We will continue to operate under the Shotgun brand with the same team and same style. Our website, forums, support site and team all stay in place. Second, we’re not going to slow down. We are scaling immediately to 2X our current team size and 3X development resources -- to go faster. Third, I’ll keep working for you as hard as I can as the leader of our larger team. The Shotgun crew you know and love are right here with me, and we’ll be joined by some excellent engineering talent. Pricing, maintenance, and licensing aren’t changing. And yes, Shotgun will continue to develop and support third party tools from The Foundry, Side Effects, Adobe, Autodesk and more (even faster). We’re making this move because we believe it’s the best possible thing we can do for you, our clients, and the fastest way to achieve our vision of a standardized, highly productive production and collaboration platform. The future is bright Again??? Where do I have heard this story --- Emilio Hernández VFX 3D animation.
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From the Mudbox press release, "we plan to accelerate the pace of Mudbox innovation." On 06/25/14 11:25, Emilio Hernandez wrote: I just recieved this from Shotgun support: First, Shotgun is not going away. We will continue to operate under the Shotgun brand with the same team and same style. Our website, forums, support site and team all stay in place. Second, we’re not going to slow down. We are scaling immediately to 2X our current team size and 3X development resources -- to go faster. Third, I’ll keep working for you as hard as I can as the leader of our larger team. The Shotgun crew you know and love are right here with me, and we’ll be joined by some excellent engineering talent. Pricing, maintenance, and licensing aren’t changing. And yes, Shotgun will continue to develop and support third party tools from The Foundry, Side Effects, Adobe, Autodesk and more (even faster). We’re making this move because we believe it’s the best possible thing we can do for you, our clients, and the fastest way to achieve our vision of a standardized, highly productive production and collaboration platform. The future is bright Again??? Where do I have heard this story --- Emilio Hernández VFX 3D animation.
Re: Shotgun join Autodesk
On 06/25/14 11:36, Emilio Hernandez wrote: No Ftrack does not support Softimage at the moment. They said before EOL that they were going to implement it. But I believe that if now there are more users requesting it, they will do it, but who knows.. --- Emilio Hernández VFX 3D animation. Not sure if being under the same umbrella increases the chances of that happening or not.. But how would Ftrack compare to this: (from an amazing french TD.. using a pretty amazing platform :) ) The whole thing is interesting, but Goto 12:40 for the project management system bit. 13:40 for scene loading management
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Link :) http://vimeo.com/63665906 On 06/25/14 19:41, Jason S wrote: On 06/25/14 11:36, Emilio Hernandez wrote: No Ftrack does not support Softimage at the moment. They said before EOL that they were going to implement it. But I believe that if now there are more users requesting it, they will do it, but who knows.. --- Emilio Hernández VFX 3D animation. Not sure if being under the same umbrella increases the chances of that happening or not.. But how would Ftrack compare to this: (from an amazing french TD.. using a pretty amazing platform :) ) The whole thing is interesting, but Goto 12:40 for the project management system bit. 13:40 for scene loading management
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Insektors yay ! ... anyone else remember Insektors ? On 26 June 2014 00:42, Jason S jasonsta...@gmail.com wrote: Link :) http://vimeo.com/63665906 On 06/25/14 19:41, Jason S wrote: On 06/25/14 11:36, Emilio Hernandez wrote: No Ftrack does not support Softimage at the moment. They said before EOL that they were going to implement it. But I believe that if now there are more users requesting it, they will do it, but who knows.. --- Emilio Hernández VFX 3D animation. Not sure if being under the same umbrella increases the chances of that happening or not.. But how would Ftrack compare to this: (from an amazing french TD.. using a pretty amazing platform :) ) The whole thing is interesting, but Goto 12:40 for the project management system bit. 13:40 for scene loading management
