My sentiments exactly, Greg. BTW: We should grab sushi again sometime.
Cheers, -=Eric On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 9:31 PM, Greg Punchatz <g...@janimation.com> wrote: > "If you hit something you don't want to read move on." > > I find posts like this useful. I have not yet found the > right replacement 3d dcc for me quite yet. > > Modo looks very interesting, but incomplete and its speed leaves somthing > to be desired in large scenes. I am watching them very closely , but I need > to see who owns the Foundry and what the plan is. I am a fan of foundry > products and culture... I hope they can maintain that where ever they land. > > Houdini can do almost anything you can imagine but seems to has too much > overhead to get simple things done. > > I hate Max from a birds eye view... but I have never used it more than for > a few minutes. They seemed to get a lot closer to ICE than maya has been > able to with this last release. > > Maya has some things going for it, namely a talented user base. The last > release is a small step in the right direction, but from the out side > looking in it sure seems like they are having a tough time tying all that > old code into something that feels unified and consistent. > > I was very underwhelmed with Bitfrost once again. I don't ever think it > will be a flexible toolset, or we would have seen a hint of that by now. > > C4d has gone from a blip to something I need to look at again, but after > seeing the Arnold demo's running in C4d I cant ignore that as a rendering > solution. > > I wish some one would take fabric and turn it into a full fledged 3d > app... > > > > On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 8:09 PM, Eric Thivierge <ethivie...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Yeah I agree entirely with what Raf said. >> >> In addition if enough people want the discussions about transition >> experiences of members of our community to stop here I can get on board. >> Just know that when that happens the community will start to dwindle >> rapidly. It's the same damn point that's been made over and over since the >> EOL announcement. We're going to have to move somewhere else. Softimage is >> done. Some of us are transitioning sooner than others. This is going to >> leave the community pretty fragmented so topics and sharing of experiences >> is going to be very mixed up. >> >> If you hit something you don't want to read move on. >> >> Eric T. >> >> -------------------------------------------- >> Eric Thivierge >> http://www.ethivierge.com >> >> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 8:43 PM, Sylvain Lebeau <s...@shedmtl.com> wrote: >> >>> A message of great nostalgia, sadness but also realism and share >>> fullness. >>> >>> >>> sly >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *Sylvain Lebeau // SHED* >>> V-P/Visual effects supervisor >>> 1410, RUE STANLEY, 11E ÉTAGE MONTRÉAL (QUÉBEC) H3A 1P8 >>> T 514 849-1555 F 514 849-5025 WWW.SHEDMTL.COM <http://www.shedmtl.com/> >>> <http://WWW.SHEDMTL.COM <http://www.shedmtl.com/>> >>> >> -- -=T=-
