I'm one of those poor souls using Maya on a daily basis. The experience is even more miserable considering I've been happily using XSI since v3.0 till last year. I think a lot of times how good XSI already was ten years ago, when Maya 4.0 was just a big pile of sh!t. XSI had already nailed the modeling tools, the rendertree, the passes system, the scene explorer, the render-on-viewport, the workflow,.... things that Maya still only dreams of. Future looked brighter when v7.0 brought us ICE.
The industry chose Maya as the "de facto" standard. During my time freelancing I dodged it but on the recent years it's been more difficult to find Softimage jobs or Softimage artists. If I had the money, I would buy Maya from Autodesk and bury it in the dessert together with those E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Atari video-game cartridges, making the world a better place. :) Cheers, -- Martin Contel Square Enix (Visual Works) On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 6:51 PM, Szabolcs Matefy <szabol...@crytek.com>wrote: > Actually Stefan you’re just right. I converted many hardcore Max and Maya > artists to Softimage, and they would never ever look back. However industry > might force them (like me)… > > > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Stefan Kubicek > *Sent:* Monday, January 06, 2014 10:21 AM > > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: rumor, Soft dead within the next year > > > > Is it just my biased point of view that all studios that closed or filed > for bancruptcy last year were Maya based? > > It could of course be that there are more Maya based studios closing than > Softimage based ones simply because there are more Maya based studios, but > I still smell a pattern there. > > > > I always felt that the number of users on Softimage is directly related > to marketing efforts. I remember Alias/Wavefront doing a remarkable job in > the early days of Maya in this regard. I never saw anything like that > happening for Softimage at any time of it's existence. > > Ultimately, there are only two types of 3D artists: those who use > Softimage, and those who have never tried. -> Get more prople to seriously > try it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *So guys, I spent a weekend working with Maya…HOW THE F@CK THIS PROGRAM IS > USED IN PRODUCTION?????????* > > > This is the same question I always ask myself after using Maya when > required... and Maya being the "Industry Standard" makes you understand so > many things about the industry standards... > > > > > 2014/1/6 Szabolcs Matefy <szabol...@crytek.com> > > 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] *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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------- > Stefan Kubicek > ------------------------------------------- > keyvis digital imagery > Alfred Feierfeilstraße 3 > A-2380 Perchtoldsdorf bei Wien > Phone: +43/699/12614231 > www.keyvis.at ste...@keyvis.at > -- This email and its attachments are -- > --confidential and for the recipient only-- >
