I don't think so, we bought a 5 year license deal for the entire school (something stupid like 500 licenses). This up for renewal this summer or next (I can't remember).
We are going to discuss our migration policy with AD and lecturers (already started this afternoon) - but our immediate thoughts are a hybrid modular pipeline (similar to some parts in the industry) that introduces the best tool for a particular discipline - so really looking at a Houdini, Modo, zBrush, Mari, Nuke, MR, V-Ray, Maxwell and Realflow pipeline, with possible Maya integration for Character, rigging and Shot assembly - although we may actually make a more progressive jump to Houdini (we are an accredited training centre). Fun times. I do know there could be a lot less Autodesk student coming out of Bournemouth in the next few years....so we need to discuss with Soho as well. Sofronis Efstathiou Postgraduate Framework Leader and BFX Competition and Festival Director Computer Animation Academic Group National Centre for Computer Animation Email: sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1202 965805 Profile: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/sofronisefstathiou Student Work: http://www.youtube.com/NCCA3DAnimation http://www.youtube.com/NCCADigitalFX http://www.youtube.com/NCCAAnimation Awarded for world-class computer animation teaching with wide scientific and creative applications -----Original Message----- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson Sent: 04 March 2014 19:11 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Retirement..... Sadly no word yet on what will happen with the academic licences ? Are you guys on the ARC program from autodesk ? ________________________________________ From: Sofronis Efstathiou [sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk] Sent: 04 March 2014 08:55 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Retirement..... Don't know about you lot, but just got back home to a family who are consoling me with pancakes and strawberries. Wife giving reassuring nods as I explain (although no idea what I am blubbering about...except an understanding of more work as I transition to modular pipeline with 6 apps being used for the best artist experience)...bring on the cream and maple syrup... Sofronis Efstathiou Postgraduate Framework Leader and BFX Festival Director Computer Animation Academic Group National Centre for Computer Animation Email: sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1202 965805 Profile: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/sofronisefstathiou Student Work: http://www.youtube.com/NCCA3DAnimation http://www.youtube.com/NCCADigitalFX http://www.youtube.com/NCCAAnimation -----Original Message----- From: Marc-Andre Carbonneau [marc-andre.carbonn...@ubisoft.com] Received: Tuesday, 04 Mar 2014, 6:18PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com [softimage@listproc.autodesk.com] Subject: RE: Retirement..... Bad pr from Autodesk. No compassion... No information about what's being done to Maya that could interest Softimage users... I mean, that could help, no? Does everyone that was working on Softimage including demo artists and support are moving to Maya or where they let go? From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson Sent: 4 mars 2014 12:29 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Retirement..... With or without ADs infrastructure I am sure the list will survive, even if the focus changes slightly ________________________________ From: Byron Nash [byronn...@gmail.com] Sent: 04 March 2014 07:20 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> Subject: Re: Retirement..... I agree Enrique, the XSI-List is a big part of the reason Softimage was so awesome. On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Enrique Caballero <enriquecaball...@gmail.com<mailto:enriquecaball...@gmail.com>> wrote: hopefully you all will stick around on this list, or move as a group. as I've grown to rely on this mailing list whenever I've had trouble or needed some advice. I don't think I could match this community if i tried. On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 12:27 AM, Doeke Wartena <clankil...@gmail.com<mailto:clankil...@gmail.com>> wrote: They should have included a free version for maya and max users years ago. That way the might have could sink another boat by now. I will switch in 2 years to modo or houdini. Sad softimage was sold to satan. 2014-03-04 17:24 GMT+01:00 Daniel H <vfxc...@gmail.com<mailto:vfxc...@gmail.com>>: Ok Ed. This is the stage I'm at. 10 LET denial = 1 20 LET anger = 0 30 GOTO 40 40 IF denial = 1 THEN GOTO 50 50 LET anger = anger + 1 60 PRINT "HATE, HATE, HATE, BUT LOATHE AUTODESK ENTIRELY!" 70 PRINT anger 80 IF anger >= 1 THEN GOTO 50 90 END You can paste it here: http://www.calormen.com/jsbasic/ It runs. :) Daniel VFXM On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Ed Manning <etmth...@gmail.com<mailto:etmth...@gmail.com>> wrote: Stage 1 lasted nearly 5 years. It's only natural to spend a few days in stage 2. 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