I think I remember Eric Goulette sent me a bunch of videos on Elastic Reality in XSI a long time ago. Avid had it sitting around & eventually someone convinced them to include it in Softimage.
I love the thought that Softimage is connected to the Amiga. Elastic Reality started out life as Morph Plus on the Amiga back when morphing was the rage. -Paul On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Stephen Davidson <magic...@bellsouth.net>wrote: > I had no idea about Elastic Reality within FXTree. Thanks for pointing > that out. > Maybe that explains Avid's business model a little better. :) > > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Alan Fregtman <alan.fregt...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Just FYI, Elastic Reality's tech (somewhat) lives on in Softimage as >> FXTree nodes... >> https://vimeo.com/65641320 >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Stephen Davidson <magic...@bellsouth.net >> > wrote: >> >>> Avid has quite history of shelving products, that they buy. >>> One only has to go to Wikipedia to see the long list of discontinued >>> purchases: >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avid_Technology >>> I have been a victim of this odd business model with Matador(Media >>> Illusion) and Elastic Reality. >>> It just makes me think twice when faced with a possible >>> Avid purchase. Well, I lie... I don't think I would ever think >>> of a future Avid purchase. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Luc-Eric Rousseau >>> <luceri...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> doomed from the start by its deep attachment to the Windows platform. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 4:51 AM, Fabrice Altman <fabr...@studioaka.co.uk> >>>> wrote: >>>> > I think Luc-Eric did ‘a bit of work’ on that as well. >>>> >>>> >>>> http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/it-looks-like-avid-is-finally-going-lay-ds-to-rest >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> 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> >>> >> >> > > > -- > > 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> >
