i feel the same pain here...
i plan to continue to use Softimage for sometime,but i'll most probably go to
Max camp...yeah...why?...because in Portugal most of the studios use Max and to
lesser extent Maya..the new guys don't even know what Softimage is!
Just sad...
I've had many situations were production houses ask me to join a team to
produce a comercial,and i say..."well,i use softimage.." and they go "ohh yeah
right...Softimage...Maybe on another project.."
It's tough being almost alone on this...
I also have a family...and a ton of diapers to change,meals and baths to deal
with...so not many nights to study Max,or Maya..or whatever...at the end of the
day i'm exausted.
I'll have to make a slow transition...in the "spare time" between work.
i REALLY didn't need this now...
well....it's time to go and get my kids...
Rui
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Griswold
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: I'm still really PO'd and it's not getting better
My contract will be up in January 2015.
Unless Autodesk produces a miracle, there's no way I'll be giving them
another dime.
On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Michael Clarke <m...@bluecstudios.com> wrote:
I feel it also, Paul.
I've been trying to look ahead over the past few days, even trying to
muster some enthusiasm for Maya; but every time I look back at what we are
losing in Softimage, it feels like a kick in the gut.
I am sort of settling back in to reality here. I will probably use
Softimage until things start to break, or until a better option arises.
Funny thing is that I have been on maintenance all these years. Once 2015
ships, I have to decide whether Maya is worth paying maintenance on, or if I
need to bail on AD altogether. My contract is up in December, and I don't
expect the signs to be all that clear by then. I would imagine there are a
number of people in the same boat. If by December I don't see a coherent
roadmap for Maya that suits me, I guess ADSK will lose a paying customer.
It's a quandary.
It flat out sucks.
On Mar 20, 2014, at 11:55 AM, Paul Griswold
<pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com> wrote:
I had some time away from the office today and while I was driving down
the highway I started thinking about the situation and I'm no less pissed off
today than I was when they made the announcement.
I've been watching as many Modo and Houdini intro videos, tutorials,
etc., that I can find and what I've discovered is, neither of them can replace
Softimage today.
If you're a TD, then Houdini is probably a great way to go, but I'm
another one of those people who don't like to script and want to keep things
simple. Everything in Houdini seems to involve writing at least a little
script here and there.
Modo on the other hand looks very simple and straightforward, but it's
lacking a LOT of power. I noticed in some demos on things like instancing, the
viewport REALLY slowed down. It doesn't look like it's ready for prime-time
when it comes to dense scenes. The way everything you do is "frozen" is crazy
these days. I can't believe if you extrude along a curve the geometry doesn't
stay stuck to the curve. Until Modo makes some major moves, I just think it's
a step up from Lightwave.
I'm leaving Maya out of the picture because in all honesty, Autodesk is
totally delusional if they think Maya will be a good fit for small shops
working on tight deadlines. Maybe in 5-8 years Maya will finally hit its
stride, but I'm assuming by then the entire M&E division will have been shut
down in favor of just licensing patents & technology. (seriously - mark my
words - I am confident the entire M&E division will be shut down)
I started thinking about most of the jobs I've done over the past few
years, and I can honestly say I don't think I could do 90-95% of them in either
Houdini or Modo as easily as in Softimage - if at all.
So where I stand now is - totally screwed. I either have to put faith in
The Foundry that they'll bring Modo up to Softimage's level in the next 2 years
or I have to spend the next 2 years really digging in to Houdini to get myself
up to speed again.
In either case, I don't see a positive outcome. I'm not young and I have
a family. I can't work all day, then spend the evenings learning new software.
This BS about artists not putting all their eggs in one basket just is a slap
in my face. I put my faith in Autodesk when they said "the future of Sofitmage
is bright!" When I was told over and over again I was being a conspiracy nut
when I said Autodesk was intentionally trying to destroy Softimage. Well, look
where we are now.
Murdering Softimage without having ANYTHING remotely close to replace it
is like peeing on my face and telling me it's liquid sunshine!
Maybe Autodesk is right. Maybe the all-in-one approach of Softimage is
dead. Maybe I'm out of touch with how the world of animation & VFX works these
days.
In any event. I'm a very unhappy paying Autodesk customer. I do not
feel like my money has gone to anything I paid for.
-Paul
Michael Clarke Design
Blue C Studios
713-927-9835
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