I will suggest, like it has been mentioned, that you take a hard cold look at what it is at stake… your family? Your company?
Make sure you don’t get run over by the competition.. And good luck jb > On 25 Oct 2017, at 20:10, Sven Constable <sixsi_l...@imagefront.de> wrote: > > Two or three years back I considered another software as a replacement for > XSI. You can do that and be on the safe side, because everyone else will use > something else than Softimage. If you have to rely on a career as an employed > artist you should do it instantly. Don't waste time. No one can compete in a > jobmarket with outdated tools. If you are independent, it's an entirely > different story. > > You can work with XSI now, be productive and went further for many years to > come. The success to use XSI in the future for us ppl will depend strongly > how we will able to manage our pipeline. Can you fix problems with licensing > or OS related things without TDs and IT? If you're non-tech, can you fix > problems without help from developers? I can handle that and I chose to stick > with XSI. > I think the difficult part of using it is not to work with something rare or > exotic like Softimage is nowadays. It's still superior to Maya and 3dsmax, so > there is no problem in my daily work. But you will need to keep it working > together: applications, OS, hardware, network, licensing. Those problems will > perhaps become harder to solve. > > Sven > > > -----Original Message----- > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com > [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Mathieu Leclaire > Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 6:17 PM > To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List. > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_forum_-23-21forum_xsi-5Flist&d=DwIFaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=Gb_Emr-HzoGjo5ki4TWNZ69vBhKhDEZTSDucMra7Qtk&s=UWI2gpHt4EfUs71Vjr7YUWpAylTHY1Scp10j8Dw5y30&e= > Subject: Re: Softimage - not going away... > > Hi guys, > > I don't want to crash your rant here and hope you guys don't take offense to > what I have to say. I'm sure you heard this a million times by now, but if > you would allow me to share my perspective: > > I highly recommend you guys move on and learn the other softwares. This > industry and it's technology is changing so fast. Sure Softimage now still > feels like the best option, but soon Softimage won't be able to handle all > the new file formats, new geometry features, latest renderers will stop being > supported, new hardware and operating systems won't support it, etc. It will > eventually become impossible to keep up with current production needs using > that software. If you guys don't evolve, you will become dinosaurs and you'll > have a long way to catch up before you'll be able to get work again. We work > in an industry that heavily relies on new technologies so we have to evolve > with it or you end up on the outside looking in. > > I understand your frustration. I do. I have gone through it all myself. > But after going through a hard learning curve to become as comfortable with > Houdini as I was with Softimage (and I'm still learning), I now love Houdini > probably more then I ever loved Softimage. > > Trust me, it took me a long time to let it go. We still use Softimage a lot > here at Hybride, but we are slowly migrating out of it. We have to with all > the new requirements in our pipeline with other vendors. Now I get pissed off > when colleagues decide to use Softimage instead of doing it directly in > Houdini or in Maya. Like yourself, they are frustrated, there's a lot of > pressure to deliver in short timelines and so they prefer not to get out of > their comfort zone. But it already comes with a price to pay. For example, we > had a scene that took an hour to load in Softimage where it loaded in a few > seconds in Houdini. That means that this artist takes about twice the time > allocated per shot because he's too hard headed to switch software. Trust me > that supervision is putting a lot of pressure on that guy to learn Houdini so > they don't have to overcharge for his shots anymore. > > This is just the beginning. It'll get worst and worst in the next few years > and eventually, you'll become like the guy who still types on an old > typewriter instead of using a computer. I know that switching feels like > taking a few steps backwards, but at least you'll be able to eventually move > forward where you are standing still in Softimage. I hated having to go > through all this, but eventually Houdini open my eyes to a world of new > possibilities that never would have been available in Softimage and I > couldn't be happier that I finally made that move. Don't make the mistake of > being too comfortable in your ways of working. It'll become obsolete sooner > then you think. There's a ton of new toys out there waiting to be discovered. > Your ex broke up with you. Accept it and move on. Sure, you'll date a few > girls that will underwhelm you at first, but you just might find one that > will blow your mind and change your life for the better, but you have to take > that leap first and give it a fair chance. > > That's my rant/recommendation. Now it's on you to decide how you want to > manage your career. > > -Mathieu > > On 25/10/2017 10:46 AM, Stefan Kubicek wrote: >> There are only two kinds of CG artist in the world: Those who use >> Softimage, and those who never tried. >> >> S >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Morten Bartholdy <x...@colorshopvfx.dk> >> Reply-to: "Official Softimage Users Mailing List. >> >> >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_forum_-23-21forum_xsi-5Flist&d=DwIDaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=QlldJiBL18aXEJ17DNGup4yl49-idQLqvaXfTwQeJQ0&s=QE3ckC9GK7WPFXoMa4iFbvFLcjJpaa5u98JrEqLaEuw&e="; >> >> <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >> To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List. >> >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google&d=D >> wIDaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ52 >> 9RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=QlldJiBL18aXEJ17DNGup4yl49-idQLqvaXfTwQe >> JQ0&s=NxAaMqkq9iQETVUC7EXDQ2ptrv8PXk3QHLlJlEpq8VQ&e= >> .com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >> Subject: Re: Softimage - not going away... >> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 09:20:56 +0200 (CEST) >> >> Amen to that!! >> >> If I knew the people who decided to EOL Soft I would make sure they >> had flat tires for a year. >> If I knew those who designed Maya I would strongly suggest they admit >> themselves to a mental facility. >> Oh, and the ones who decided to EOL Softimage I would also flog with >> wet newspapers for a year. >> >> I read the stories by people who had the bad fortune to have to learn >> Maya earlier and I have to say everything they wrote is true and then >> some. After 3 months+ of everyday Maya punishment I actually only like >> some modeling tools and being able to see layered textures in the >> viewport - the rest is a horrible mess. And our Maya artists are >> blissfully oblivious to how much easier their lives could have been if >> things had been different. >> >> >> Morten >> >> >> >> >>> Den 24. oktober 2017 klokken 21:59 skrev Mirko Jankovic <mirkoj.anima >>> t...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> >>> I do believe that there is still ton of Softimage people that are >>> pushed into hell of maya that would give a leg to have a chance to >>> work again in Softimage so.. :) ᐧ >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 9:47 PM, David Gallagher Softimage < >>> davegsoftimagel...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Great work! >>>> >>>> Big high-five for using Softimage still. I do too! >>>> Curious though, how do you handle new employees? Do you only bring >>>> in people who know Softimage already? 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