The interesting part was the "small annoying things" comment made by the 3DSMax product manager. Isn't that what we heard out of the Softimage camp about this time last year? Basically the decisions were made long ago, we're just now seeing it front and center instead of having to use the crystal ball.
The choice to go with Maya over Softimage is probably related to the use of COM/OLE, ImageWare, and Mainsoft....and perhaps a few other things which aren't as well known. It's not always about feature 'x' or plugin 'y' as you cite with user comments, but rather about which platform has the more solid foundation despite any number of holes in the walls or ceiling. Softimage is very functional out of the box for end users, but there are some isolated choke points for developers to do serious work with it. Some of which are related to the aforementioned. As for what lies ahead, I think former Softimage|3D users have an idea what to expect. Matt From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Kris Rivel Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 12:45 PM To: Softimage List Subject: Re: Future of Naiad This is a depressing thread! After going through Graham's email...hoping to see one mention of Soft...and finding nothing...I'm left feeling pretty bummed out. This idea that Autodesk can market one app to one type of industry vs. the other is ridiculous. Studios and artists pick what they know, or have available, not what some corporation "says" fits the bill. All three products have proven themselves just fine doing games, movies and commercials. Its funny though. The past few weeks I've spoken to so many "converted" or multi-app artists that use maya, max, c4d or some combo because they can't get enough Soft work. BUT...the funny thing is that each and everyone complains how frustrating it is when they know they could do it in Soft so much easier. Its hysterical....and sad at the same time. Its the little engine that could and "did" but ultimately was pushed aside because of bad marketing, buy-outs and corporate BS. Expecting them to keep all three alive, well and generally the same though is probably not reality and if they are planning on that...well...they're going to lose the entire M&E industry because others are creeping up with some very cool stuff. I personally am leaning towards Houdini and other niche apps. The only thing keeping everyone paying that damn maintenance fee to get upgraded is because its still the industry default and like photoshop...unavoidable...but only for now. If I was Autodesk, I would focus on something truly next gen. Something cloud and subscription based that combines the best of all 3 in a whole new way..."one application to rule them all". Kris On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Scott Lange <sc...@turbulenceffects.com<mailto:sc...@turbulenceffects.com>> wrote: LOL -----Original Message----- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] On Behalf Of Eric Lampi Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 10:56 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> Subject: Re: Future of Naiad "No PR department has, in history, ever been able to prevent a cluster of twats from speculating wildly and working themselves into nerd-rage. If one was ever invented it would have to be either an armed force with right to extreme prejudice in applying force, or an act of God, or possibly both." This belongs on a plaque somewhere. Eric Freelance 3D and VFX animator http://vimeopro.com/user7979713/3d-work On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 8:40 PM, Raffaele Fragapane <raffsxsil...@googlemail.com<mailto:raffsxsil...@googlemail.com>> wrote: > No PR department has, in history, ever been able to prevent a cluster > of twats from speculating wildly and working themselves into > nerd-rage. If one was ever invented it would have to be either an > armed force with right to extreme prejudice in applying force, or an act of God, or possibly both. > > Mind, AD is often cryptic and confused in comm beyond what the usual > "within the quarter" corporate rule would excuse, that we can all > agree on, but no matter the amount of information that gets rolled > out, "people" will always speculate and work things into re-inforcing > whatever scenario they want to believe. > > > On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Steven Caron > <car...@gmail.com<mailto:car...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> they, you, need a better PR department. >> >> it is simple, don't give us reason to speculate so wildly. >> >> *written with my thumbs >> >> On Jul 24, 2013, at 5:00 PM, Graham Bell >> <graham.b...@autodesk.com<mailto:graham.b...@autodesk.com>> wrote: >> >> >> I'm saying nothing more, though if anyone wants to pvt me, then feel free. >> >> > > > > -- > Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship > it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
