we use Maya primarily at our studio, but recently there has been a few artists talking about modo and testing it out. they were very impressed, however, most of the stuff they were showing me, or thought was impressive was already standard workflow in softimage.
but softimage isnt and never was on their radar. they had no idea. that's marketing for you. On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 8:04 PM, Jordi Bares <jordiba...@gmail.com> wrote: > Same here, every time I use maya I hate the experience and wonder myself > his is it possible that it is still being used? > > The workflow is f@cked up you become miserable. > > I use Houdini mainly now although we will get Softimage very soon, wasting > too much time for things Houdini is not good at. > > Jb > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 6 Jan 2014, at 08:52, Szabolcs Matefy <szabol...@crytek.com> wrote: > > So guys, I spent a weekend working with Maya…HOW THE F@CK THIS PROGRAM IS > USED IN PRODUCTION????????? > > > > Ok, I can use Maya, I have a quite solid background working with Maya, but > seriously guys…It’s so overcomplicated, and brainkilling…In Softimage > almost everything is just fine (OK, we need development), but in Maya, the > easiest task takes quite long compared to SI…Finally I found myself fixing > UVs, Unfolding, etc. in Softimage…Anyway, I need some samples in Maya, so I > take a big breath, and continue working with Maya…But seriously, Softimage > is way better in many point of view. It has no artisan, has no PaintFX, but > for example rendering is way faster (with MR), shading setup is way faster, > modeling is lot faster, and so on. So I really don’t understand, how come > that Softimage is not acknowledged at all. I swear guys, that I’ll spread > the Word of Softimage > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Szabolcs > > > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [ > mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] > *On Behalf Of *Henry Katz > *Sent:* Sunday, January 05, 2014 8:18 PM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: rumor, Soft dead within the next year > > > > Good thing I asked. > > On 01/04/2014 05:40 PM, Stephen Blair wrote: > > Softimage doesn't support Python 3.x > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Henry Katz <hk-v...@iscs-i.com> wrote: > > Steve, > > No issues with python 3.3 as well, before I bruise my knuckles on the > bleeding edge? > > Cheers, > Henry > On 01/03/2014 02:47 AM, Steven Caron wrote: > > really? > > > > install pyqt > > set softimage to use system python, uncheck... > file>preferences>scripting>use python installed with softimage > > run the example scripts pyqtforsoftimage plugin provides. or just 'import > PyQt4' > > > > s > > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 10:27 PM, Angus Davidson <angus.david...@wits.ac.za> > wrote: > > A non nonsense guide to installing pYQT would be great. So many great > tools are never used because people cant get past trying to get the install > to work. > > > > > > > > > >
