Raf said /"...the way of Adobe where it's more or less rammed down your
throat from day one whether you like it or not."/
Yeah this is what I was wincing at. Whether it's cloud computing or
cloud subscription or cloud whatever... The last year or so has left a
sour taste for some of us where this is concerned, and I've not seen too
many reasons to be optimistic about a proper cloud implementation in VFX.
Anyway, that's semi-off-topic I guess...
-Tim
On 3/23/2014 8:52 PM, Raffaele Fragapane wrote:
I'm far from anti-cloud, possibly even the opposite, but I hope it
doesn't get rushed into things, and most importantly it doesn't go the
way of Adobe where it's more or less rammed down your throat from day
one whether you like it or not.
Once even Bass starts throwing the buzz around you can bet it's not
more than one or two years away at least some embryo form. In feature
animation two years is absolutely nothing, in games even less.
This might need some clarifying on AD's side sooner rather than later.
On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Tim Crowson
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Raf, I thought the same thing when I read the comment about the
cloud stuff. A even winced a little. That sounds an awful lot like
a developer/publisher wanting to dictate workflow because they
want to be seen as anticipating our needs, Steve Jobs-style.
"The Future of the Cloud is Bright."
-Tim
On 3/23/2014 7:21 PM, Raffaele Fragapane wrote:
The mentions of the cloud for MnE as a success factor like it
might have been or become in CAD are, presently, scaring the
living daylight out of me a lot more than Maya's obvious
deficiencies ever might.
I can deal with the latter, the former however would be a legal
impossibility to deal with, and there's only that many times one
can reboot a pipeline to new software in a few years.
Back then Bass came up with this massive cloud testicle fondling,
but Petit was quick in addressing it and stating that MnE
wouldn't fall under the same priorities, though he seemed to have
been gone largely unacknowledged by Bass at the times it's true
that nothing happened outside the CAD front for the years
following. I wonder how much longer that will go on for and what
the current management (Bradshaw and Stevens I'd guess? Maybe the
PMs and PM senior management) thinks of it.
On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Jason S <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I wonder how much Composite or Matchmover costs every year..
while still being around...
On 03/23/14 19:42, Angus Davidson wrote:
Well my response is that we will teach maya while its
still an industry standard. We will re-evaluate in 2
years time. The noises coming out of people in my country
is that most are moving to a modo / zbrush / houdini
pipeline while continuing to use SI as much as possible.
For my personal stuff I am already on the Modo ship and
thanks to Jordi's excellent pdfs dipping my feet into
Houdini as well.
Personally I will not give Autodesk any more money.
Kind regards
Angus
