Wait till they see it with 4 Titans installed. Goodbye renderfarm.
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Mirko Jankovic <mirkoj.anima...@gmail.com>wrote: > Chris, just demo them Redshift inside Softimage. > When they see how it works... they must be crazy to ignore it then > > > On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Chris Johnson <chr...@topixfx.com> wrote: > >> Valid points Paul. >> >> At our shop I'm the last hold out using Softimage and I'm being forced to >> go down the Max Vray path. I personally plan to hold onto Soft until they >> tear it out of my cold dead hands. But in the meantime I have to play nice >> with the masses and move onto something else which has been predetermined. >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 12:45 PM, <p...@bustykelp.com> wrote: >> >>> Well its true that we can all carry on using it. Thats my plan for >>> the foreseeable future, but Its very annoying that firstly you cant just >>> buy Softimage alone after 2 weeks and then you have to get a package with >>> Maya which will be more expensive, then in 2 years time, you can't get any >>> more seats at all. There is no real justification for the bullying tactics >>> whatever they say. >>> >>> I'm hardly bothered at all about them not developing it, I can do that >>> myself with ICE. I'm more concerned the ability to get new seats. I'll just >>> have to buy up as many as I can in the next 2 years I guess. >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> *From:* Chris Johnson <chr...@topixfx.com> >>> *Sent:* Friday, March 14, 2014 3:29 PM >>> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >>> *Subject:* Re: More XSI Monkey business by The Mill >>> >>> I doubt "The Mill" cares all that much. The artists might. Considering >>> it's The Mill and they have the R&D infrastructure to make Softimage and >>> ICE do what they need too....they could probably work for a long time with >>> the current version as is. What is Autodesk going to bring to the table in >>> the next 2 releases that the Mill couldn't easily create themselves. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 11:22 AM, adrian wyer < >>> adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com> wrote: >>> >>>> +1 >>>> >>>> this; >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: >>>> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of * >>>> p...@bustykelp.com >>>> *Sent:* 14 March 2014 15:03 >>>> *To:* Morten Bartholdy; softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >>>> *Subject:* Re: More XSI Monkey business by The Mill >>>> >>>> I wonder what the Mill think of all this debacle? >>>> >>>> Its so utterly ridiculous discontinuing Softimage. >>>> >>>> Its the best solution for designing complex character deformation bar >>>> none in my opinion. >>>> >>>> Surely Autodesk aren't stupid enough to not be able to see that they >>>> have a diamond here? >>>> >>>> 'Selling it as a particle system' my arse! I don't think they even know >>>> what they have. >>>> >>>> Paul >>>> >>>> *From:* Morten Bartholdy <x...@colorshopvfx.dk> >>>> *Sent:* Friday, March 14, 2014 2:33 PM >>>> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >>>> *Subject:* More XSI Monkey business by The Mill >>>> >>>> >>>> While we are talking about why we want to keep using XSI, here goes >>>> another very good reason: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQo0Qtr5iU8 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Morten >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > -- Best Regards, * Stephen P. Davidson* *(954) 552-7956* sdavid...@3danimationmagic.com *Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic* - Arthur C. Clarke <http://www.3danimationmagic.com>
