Watching this last video he did ... damn what a powerful app! Shame what AD did.
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 5:20 PM, Alan Fregtman <alan.fregt...@gmail.com>wrote: > Pasting into the list for posterity (because I'm sure the blog's gonna go > offline any time now.) > > --------------------------------------------------- > > Thanks for all your brilliance!! > > Posted by Mark Schoennagel, 19 hours ago > > Hello fellow Softies, > > Well I'm sure you all read the news yesterday that our beloved Softimage > is officially being retired by Autodesk. Since tomorrow will also be my > last day on the job, I thought I would write you all a little note > thanking you for almost 30 years of brilliant work and dedication to > Softimage! From the "Pseudopod "in the Abyss back in 89' which happened > to be the first ever 3D character to grace the silver screen, all the way > to the wickedly cool work Animal Logic just finished up for the new Lego > Movie, Softimage has truly been a revolutionary tool in our industry. > > Well I guess for most of us it's not really a tool now is it? It's more > like a religion whose brand get tattooed on your sleeve... it's the oil to > someone else's watercolor, hell it's the reason many of us get out of bed > in the morning!... There is really nothing quite like our industry and our > vastly different, but oh-so similar softwares , er- I mean religions now > is there?? I guess that's why I have been so proud to be your Softimage > evangelist these past 20 years because what I've witnessed has been truly > humbling and pretty damn mind-blowing all the same!! > > Thinking about the past, it's quite funny looking back at just how far > we've come... When I first joined Softimage in 1994 Microsoft was our proud > new owner, Inverse Kinematics was still rather new, Mental Ray for Soft was > wowing us with volumetric lights (well sorta), and the environment > variable to exceed 30,000 polygons in a scene was introduced! Reflecting > on all that I'm not even sure how to put those years of product and > technology development into perspective. Last year I saw Whiskey Tree in > San Rafael using Softimage to create single scenes for the film Elysium > with over 3,000,000,000,000 polygons!!! (that's Trillllllion, not billion, > not million but T-Trrillllionnn) Or how about The Mill's PETA > advertisement with those amazing apes?!?... you just can't help but be left > in awe at how far we have come. So to all of you Softimage artists and > TD's out there who pushed, and to those who will continue to push the > envelope congrats and THANK YOU! > > So with that how about instead of turning this post into a bunch of > negativity and complaining how about we raise a glass and give praise to > the best damn 3D animation software ever created!!! Softimage!! Long Live > Soft!!! > > PS, I mentioned a few projects, if you're curious, here are some great > links: > > > The technology pipleline that Whiskey Tree used for their work in Elysian. > This is obviously not from the film but gives you an idea! How friggin > awesome is that!??! > https://vimeo.com/71148018 > > I hope you the crew at Animal Logic wins an Oscar for this one too like > they did for Happy Feet!! > > > https://www.fxguide.com/featured/brick-by-brick-how-animal-logic-crafted-the-lego-movie/ > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ_JOBCLF-I > > > The Mill's 98% Human. Brilliant!! > > http://www.themill.com/work/peta/98-human.aspx > > http://themillplus.com/peta-98-human-behind-the-scenes/ > > Lastly, I was in New York this past December presenting some ICE goodness > at the Max and Maya User Groups and thought I'd share my last ever Soft > demo with you all. It's a pretty cool comprehensive ICE demo of a shot > reconstruction inspired by the genius work at La Fourmi in Germany. They > did a spot for a Subaru that aired a couple years back that is just full of > wicked ICE effects. I didn't quite to it justice, but here's my attempt. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHwJ1XFrPUE > > ...and so as Ozzy would say, Thank you, good night, I love you allllllll!!!! > > man I've always wanted to say that!! > > mark > > > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 4:19 AM, Rob Wuijster <r...@casema.nl> wrote: > >> Great Siggraph that year :-) >> >> Rob >> >> >> \/-------------\/----------------\/On 6-3-2014 4:25, Jason S wrote: >> >> Mark from 2006 showing from where XSI came from : ) >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzj3VITdN5A >> >> >> On 03/05/14 19:05, Sebastian Kowalski wrote: >> >> drunk but... >> showing off a part of the most game changing project of my career so far, >> coming from a guy like mark.. holy crap..now i am fucking emotional.. >> the subaru dandelion was made by reinhard preissner and fabian schaper. >> two unsung and quiet heros of this great community.. >> >> thank you mark for years of infectious enthusiasm. >> >> .sebastian >> >> >> Am 06.03.2014 um 00:31 schrieb Graham >> Bell<graham.b...@autodesk.com><graham.b...@autodesk.com>: >> >> >> >> >> To me, he's always be The Guv'nor. >> >> :-) >> >> >> From: "gustav...@gmail.com<mailto:gustav...@gmail.com><gustav...@gmail.com> >> "<gustav...@gmail.com<mailto:gustav...@gmail.com> <gustav...@gmail.com>> >> Reply-To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >> <mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com><softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >> "<softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com><softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >> > >> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 20:07:25 -0300 >> To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >> <mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com><softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >> "<softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com><softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >> > >> Subject: Mark's good bye >> >> http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/marks/thanks-for-all-your-brilliance >> >> <winmail.dat> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2014.0.4335 / Virus Database: 3705/7157 - Release Date: 03/05/14 >> >> >> >> > -- Micic Srecko ------------------- Mail: srecko.mi...@gmail.com Skype:srecko.micic ------------------- 3D/Graphic Portfolio: http://www.coroflot.com/SreckoM
