I am sorry to add more to the list on this topic, but i wanted to share my thoughts with you all, from a different post i wrote on a different list.
From different post: .......... Like every job, it's all about the best talent and the best tools. I have been extremely lucky to have some of the best crew, but i have to say, the best tools make a huge difference in the process obviously. Softimage is a great all rounder, and we could NOT have done PETA without Softimage, in the time we have, if not at all. All the sim work, including hair, has been done in ICE, all done from scratch in few weeks. It's a great all rounder software, and ICE is the most powerful piece of kit i have seen in years. Visual programming is the future of our industry, and other industries too (gaming, interactive,...) I don't want to go off topic and reiterate what everyone has been expressing in the last week with great passion, but AD, shutting down Softimage, is probably one of the worst decision they made. The only advanced and forward thinking package they have and they shut it down in the most disrespectful way, it really hurts their reputation and not just in the Softimage community, but across the whole VFX industry. I wish AD had a better vision of the future of the overall CG industries, and would come up with a total new way of producing images, and more appropriate to new workflows and hardware, and they would transition not only Soft users but Max and Maya users too, to this new platform. I think Fabric Engine is what AD should have done, 5 years ago, and i am glad the guys at FE are generating competition, as competition create better products in general. I love what they are doing and i cannot wait to see the next few releases. They do have a great vision and understanding of where we all need to go. But to answer your question, currently, we use mainly: Zbrush for modeling, Mari for texturing, Maya/Softimage for animation, Softimage/Houdini for FX, and Maya/Softimage for rendering(AD please fix the render layers in Maya), Nuke for compositing and Softimage(and sometime C4D) for design/pitch work. But software are here to support the artists. Productivity and Creativity are key. So whatever software it is to answer these 2 questions, that what we will use. .......... And after 15 years in CG, using a little bit Lightwave, 3Dsmax and Maya .... i still think Softimage is still the best. Anyway, thanks everyone for your passion ! Softimage, and the years of development and hard work from great engineers and great users deserve this fight, and i hope AD is listening and will act and deliver soon. Vince Baertsoen Head of CG T +1 212 337 3210 [http://www.themill.com/logos/MillLogo.png] The Mill 451 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10013 themill.com | <http://www.themill.com/> themillblog.com | <http://www.themillblog.com/> @millchannel | <https://twitter.com/millchannel> facebook.com/millchannel<http://www.facebook.com/millchannel> ________________________________ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] on behalf of Jason S [jasonsta...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 4:41 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk +1! .. and I would also vouch to remove the bits about being "just a freelancer", as Tim is arguably FAR from being "just" that :) (still salivating at the XSI7 Splash Screen) AND.. http://vimeo.com/81081389 :) On 03/11/14 13:35, Leendert A. Hartog wrote: Tim Borgmann schreef op 11-3-2014 17:21: unfortunately my english is not good enough to express my feelings and thoughts about all this You could've easily left out the remark about your English. Nothing wrong with that. It's a very impressive statement!
