Guys this whole "maya is so open"-discussion goes back into mid 90's when films like jurassic park and stuff was done.
Back then Softimage 3D was EOL and Softimage XSI came out. It was, as far as I know, rly not the best tool for bigger companies if they wanted to build there own tools for it. Maya just had all opportunities for R&D to write tools for it and create a own pipeline. And that also was the time when maya took over and when all companies started building there pipeline around it. Nowadays no one cares about maya anymore in those companies who back then have choosen it. They all got inhouse software allready. So the whole industry is maya based because of companies who have choosen it, but who allready more or less switched to inhouse software since then (or at least they got more inhouse tools for it then build in ones). Correct me if I'm wrong. 2014-09-10 23:05 GMT+02:00 Paulo Cesar Duarte <paulocdua...@gmail.com>: > Yeah, very strange the Escape Studios page down. > http://www.escapestudios.com/softimage-artists-take-on-maya-escape-studios/ > > I agree with Jordi, in how is this "open" concept? When I think in "open > software", came in my mind Blender open source code, and Houdini in how > deep you can go in customizations and data access. > > 2014-09-10 17:56 GMT-03:00 Jason S <jasonsta...@gmail.com>: > > >> Very deep SDK with almost everything accessible, can add or replace bits >> to any part .... >> >> very very detailed command log that logs even the littlest things you >> do... >> >> >> >> On 09/10/14 16:46, Matt Lind wrote: >> >> Did Autodesk say that, or somebody else who just happened to be part of >> the show? >> >> >> >> When referencing Maya, I’ve never heard anybody from Autodesk ever say it >> was open. I’ve only heard such a statement from users. Not saying >> Autodesk hasn’t said such a thing, just saying I have never heard them say >> it if they have. >> >> >> >> >> >> Matt >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [ >> mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com >> <softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] *On Behalf Of *Jordi Bares >> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 10, 2014 1:36 PM >> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >> *Subject:* Re: SoftImage Artists take on Maya @ Escape Studios >> >> >> >> I keep thinking about this sentence… >> >> >> >> what do they mean by Maya being "entirely open"? >> >> >> >> Do they mean open source software? clearly that is not the case. >> >> >> >> Do they mean customisable? because this is not open in my book. >> >> >> >> Do they mean open architecture? Because although you can add components >> (plugins) you can't substitute the pre-existing ones (unless I am wrong >> here) >> >> >> >> >> >> So… what do Autodesk mean by saying it is "designed to be entirely open"?? >> >> >> >> >> >> And by the way… why is the Escape studio page now down???? >> >> >> http://www.escapestudios.com/softimage-artists-take-on-maya-escape-studios/ >> >> >> >> :-/// >> >> >> >> >> >> Jordi Bares >> >> jordiba...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> On 9 Sep 2014, at 21:41, Jason S <jasonsta...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> Maya does not have the eloquence or the innovative interface [which >> Softmage has] >> and *is overly complex**, but it has been designed to be entirely >> open. * >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > paulo-duarte.com >
