well history track easily put AD title of killer of apps and progress, and not what thye are representing them self leader if innovative and stuff... not hard to be "innovative" when you kill everything that is more advanced then you and then keep pushing your granny pieces of crapware like max... maya....
On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 7:46 AM, Stefan Kubicek <s...@tidbit-images.com> wrote: > Not to forget 5D Cyborg! > > > > Combustion and ... > > John Morgan 24/10/2008 > > Not to fuel any fears, because this is regarding (Autodesk) Discreet Edit* > > but I still keep my "End of Life (EOL) Notification Letter" as grim > reminder. It reads: > > ________ > *Dear edit* Customer,* > *We are writing to inform you that, regretfully, Discreet will be* > *discontinuing the edit* NT-based nonlinear editing system effective June* > *30, 2002.* > > > > > > > > > *This is one of the most difficult decision in Discreet's history. Our > decision to discontinue edit* was reached only after considering and number > of options and factors, particularly the investment that our customers have > made in their edit* systems, and the commitment to Discreet that this > represents. This was balanced with the challenge of providing customers > with a competitively featured and priced solution, in the face of > increasing market polarization in the editing market. The conclusion, from > our evaluation, was to discontinue the product.* > > *You, and other edit* customers, have been true ambassadors and > evangelists* > *of this product, and we recognize the levels of concern and > disappointment* > *that may result from our action. Please understand that we are committed* > *providing you with the information and guidance you may require. If you* > *have any questions, or would like to discuss any outstanding issues, feel* > *free to contact your local Discreet representative.* > > _________ > > They basically killed edit* because it was getting too close in features to > their much higher-priced Smoke/Flame package. > > Three 3D apps with overlapping features!? Brace yourselves. > John > From Wiki.. > > Some of Autodesk's "retired" products are listed here: > > - *Lightscape 3.2* Was the worlds only radiosity rendering package at > the time (1991) developed from work done by Donald Greenberg at the Cornell > University <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_University> Department > of Computer Graphics. (coining the term "Cornell Box") > The problem with this part of Autodesk's history is that it was a time > of discovery in computer graphics, and Cornell was one of the birthplaces > for the technology. > In this sense Lightscape was more than just another product, it was an > essential part of the development of rendering technology generally, and > part of its evolution. > Additionally the software came from a university research department > and represented the start of a development cycle that users the world over > were watching closely. > > Regardless, Autodesk purchased rights to the software and promptly > discontinued its sale. > A very primitive version of the radiosity renderer was incorporated > into the companies 3d Studio Max product, whilst existing Lightscape > customers and the product were simply dropped. > The most likely reason for this was that > > *Lightscape offered a number of features that were simply too ahead of its > time and therefore did not offer the optimum economic return for the > company. * > - > > *[...] * > - *Softimage *Was discontinued after the release of Softimage 2015 in > April 14, 2014. > > > > On 02/07/16 16:16, Phil Harbath wrote: > > I still use combustion, what I find difficult with after effects is every > input is soooo small. > ------------------------------ > From: Nono <nnois...@gmail.com> > Sent: 2/7/2016 4:09 PM > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > Subject: Re: "Trouble in paradise" > > Yes they screwed that too, combustion was very good and well in place too, > that's even sad. > Le dim. 7 févr. 2016 à 21:40, Laurence Dodd <laure...@porkpie.tv> a > écrit : > >> Interesting reading the comments, it's not just us Softies that are >> jumping ship. I was a Combustion user for years, I have a knack of >> championing the underdog. >> >> On 6 February 2016 at 17:35, Sebastien Sterling < >> sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hehe :) >>> >>> On 6 February 2016 at 15:25, Emilio Hernández <emi...@e-roja.com> wrote: >>> >>>> If they sticked with Sofitmage… instead of “the other”…. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> [image: E_roja_signature] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: >>>> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Ognjen Vukovic >>>> *Sent:* sábado, 6 de febrero de 2016 09:20 a. m. >>>> *To:* softimage <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >>>> *Subject:* OT: "Trouble in paradise" >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> http://cgpress.org/archives/autodesk-announces-restructuring-925-layoffs-planned.html >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Laurence Dodd >> Porkpie Animation >> E: laure...@porkpie.tv >> W: www.porkpie.tv >> M: 07570 702 576 >> T: 01273 278 382 >> > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------- > Stefan Kubicek > ------------------------------------------- > keyvis digital imagery > Alfred Feierfeilstraße 3 > A-2380 Perchtoldsdorf bei Wien > Phone: +43/699/12614231 > www.keyvis.at ste...@keyvis.at > -- This email and its attachments are -- > --confidential and for the recipient only-- > -- Mirko Jankovic skype: mirko-jankovic https://vimeo.com/mirkoj Need some help with rendering an Redshift project? http://www.gpuoven.com/
