Once upon a time, there used to be these Maya guys that never knew what they were missing out because they never stepped out of their comfort zone. Don't repeat their mistake from your perspective. I would say keep Softimage in your arsenal, but also give Sesi and Houdini a fair shake. You don't have to grow up or not have fun using Houdini. Your first shot might be a little annoying getting everything set up, but shot 2 through infinity doing variations of the same thing will be an absolute joy.
We're using Mantra to great success. Hard surface, liquids, smoke, it does it all. I know you guys are saying Arnold, Arnold, Arnold, and I use Arnold all the time in Maya/XSI, but Mantra is every bit as competitive and more feature rich if you give it a shot. We JUST finished this 15 second spot. All Houdini except for the matchmove the Maya guys had to do. The compression takes a bit of the beauty away but I hope it gets my point across. Houdini is an absolute workhorse. Watch in 1080 plz. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq3vh3ILt6s&list=PLYHB_K45JmFp_YbpngWB2x9Wxmr1cxVzd -Lu On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Christian Lattuada < christian.lattu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Jordi. > I'm still using softimage but I think houdini it's the only sensible > solution to move to. > Sidefx seems to be smart and careful about the industry and the userbase. > They do, and always did, FX software, not marketing for CAD or office > people (no offence) like autodesk does. > Only one concern, with softimage I always felt my job like playing, moving > to houdini I think I have to grow up a little, to be a more serious guy. :DD > Maybe it's time for me to be an adult. > Cheers. > >
