Well there's one statement which just describes it: "get it when you need it" or just don't get it.
I really think of leaving this mailing list cause most topics are about ranting about Autodesk. At least I don't give a shit about their campaigns, about their products or about anything they do. I use what I need to use to do my job and if Software A isn't there anymore I use Software B which will get me a job. It's about time to get over that whole Softimage EOL topic and move on. Clear your mind and get rid of the negativ thinking. There are quite some tools out there which are worth learning. No sense in keeping the negativ spirit up. Softimage won't come back, Autodesk won't change (they probably gonna become worse). 2015-07-12 14:45 GMT+02:00 Juan Brockhaus <juanxsil...@gmail.com>: > regardless to whom this campaign is targeted to... > it is an insult to any professional out there working in this industry. > > even when you just read the facts of the campaign and trying to keep any > emotions aside... > and ignoring anything you know about Maya and it's real performance, > workflow, usability etc... > > - talking about weeks, but you can rent only per month... > - $4.17 a day is based on year subscription... which completely > contradicts the whole 'get it when needed' statement... > - 'awesomeness', 'join the movement', 'equals an hour of your time' (???), > etc... etc... > > ... > speechless... > ...and don't get me stated on the cheaply produced video... > ... > > hey, but maybe someone from Fabric, foundry, SideFX, etc infiltrated the > Autodesk marketing team and was able to get this campaign out there... > LOL ;-) > > ... > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Tim Leydecker <bauero...@gmx.de> wrote: > >> For taking up a fight with Cinema 4D, Maya needs a serious crashcourse >> and lose some excess wheight. >> >> I have collegues do stuff in Cinema 4D, anything from dynamics, multiple >> projections, "just" rendering smoke with Arnold, >> painting textures in Bodypaint and playing with *.psd layers and layered >> shaders without bothering much. >> >> Umhh, sitting close by, debugging a polygon mesh in Maya 2015sp6Ext1 node >> editor that still has connections to the >> initial shading group even if it shouldn´t, finding out that renderlayers >> are suddenly breaking when switching to >> another render layer, loosing hair about Maya´s own layered >> texture/layered shader, constantly on the edge of >> my seat for not knowing if Maya will last me through this prolonged >> session or not doesn´t feel like it´s time for flip flops. >> >> I´ve started with Maya somewhere around Maya 1.5 / Maya 3.5 /Maya 4. At >> least 10 years of trying to keep a stiff upper lip, >> wading through deep shit and hoping for the best. Years lost with running >> into stupid limitations and trying to soldier on. >> >> I want my life back. >> >> If I wake up on the couch, it´s because I didn´t make it to the bed after >> another exhausting Maya session fighting the program, >> not solving my task. >> >> Cheers, >> >> tim >> >> P.S: That´s why I don´t want to commit to Autodesk, not because I fancy >> being a spoiled, irresponsible single child brat showing off my >> sneakers, mac book, blog and life style, sneering at anyone who doesn´t >> fit my style googles. Even beer googles are more human... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Am 11.07.2015 um 20:54 schrieb Jordi Bares Dominguez: >> >> It’s clearly targeted to the Cinema4D crowd obviously, designers and kind >> of 1 man band artist/designers/directors running on a laptop and darting >> through london on a uber expensive bicycle. >> >> The problem is that these guys have a great tool in their hands and its >> connection with After Effects is difficult to beat so I see it as a very >> uninformed marketing campaign. >> >> But may be I am wrong and they are going to sell these to my >> mother-in-law too so she can do some dinosaurs and get rich. >> jb >> >> On 11 Jul 2015, at 18:07, Steven Caron < <car...@gmail.com> >> car...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> BUT carpenters do rent some tools... not their core tools but typically >> the larger more expensive tools. Maybe this campaign is not for us. ie. The >> people who use 3d tools everyday. Maybe the people that never have used 3d >> tools before are the focus of this campaign. My colleagues and I have >> discussed this a bit and this is one of the conclusions we came to. This is >> a play designed for getting new customers and new revenue, mostly. >> >> I still think this is campaign is completely silly, but I can say I am >> honestly not surprised. >> >> *written with my thumbs >> >> On Jul 11, 2015 8:36 AM, "Sebastien Sterling" < >> sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > It would be so easy to write them off a idiots >> > >> > DCC are TOOLS in nature, they are selling them as a service, which is >> fundamentally incompatible. >> > >> > As a carpenter you don't rent a hammer or a tool belt, not if it is >> your business, that is insane. >> > >> >> >> >> > -- ------------------------------------------ cont...@marioreitbauer.com 0049 (0)157 86272215 Professor-Brix-Weg 9 22767 Hamburg ------------------------------------------
