Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-15 Thread Stephan Haidacher
On 7/12/2015 3:54 PM, Mario Reitbauer wrote: 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

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-14 Thread Eric Turman
It's not you, Chris. It is very expensive for software that is only rent-able--and yes, subscribing for a year is still effectively renting. I brew my own coffee and pay less than 25 cents per cup--not $5.77 (the adjusted price of a 5 day work week rather than 4.17 for working 7 days a week.) The

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-14 Thread Chris Marshall
Is it me or is this rather expensive?

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-14 Thread Jason S
On 07/14/15 9:46, Chris Marshall wrote: Is it me or is this rather expensive? Comparing rental with upgrading after a few years can be steep, but the difference between rental and traditional subs (also with updates) can also be considerable. Say for 6 years, 4.5k for 3yrs (the longest and

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-14 Thread Nasser Al-Ostath
I hate the subscription based plans ... just few hours ago i was checking blender loool ... serioudly im considering moving to open source On Jul 9, 2015 1:37 AM, Scott Parrish scotte...@gmail.com wrote: Anybody see this today? Barf! http://www.autodesk.com/campaigns/your-life-maya

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-14 Thread John Richard Sanchez
I didn't know they meant urine colored bright. On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 12:46 PM, John Richard Sanchez youngupstar...@gmail.com wrote: The Future is Bright! On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Jason S jasonsta...@gmail.com wrote: On 07/14/15 9:46, Chris Marshall wrote: Is it me or is this

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-14 Thread peter_b
. Or was it inflated? From: Eric Turman Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 4:39 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya! It's not you, Chris. It is very expensive for software that is only rent-able--and yes, subscribing for a year is still

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-14 Thread christian
Studios mostly just absorb the difference (while I'm sure their not exactly happy to pay quite a bit more for nothing), and most people using it (in studios) don't have licences themselves, which could explain the relative lack of backlash, but it's freelancers and small shops that this

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-14 Thread John Richard Sanchez
The Future is Bright! On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Jason S jasonsta...@gmail.com wrote: On 07/14/15 9:46, Chris Marshall wrote: Is it me or is this rather expensive? Comparing rental with upgrading after a few years can be steep, but the difference between rental and traditional

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-14 Thread Eric Turman
that these are normal prices for a cup of coffee or daily rates – I think they call that inflation. Or was it inflated? *From:* Eric Turman i.anima...@gmail.com *Sent:* Tuesday, July 14, 2015 4:39 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-14 Thread Doeke Wartena
*Sent:* Tuesday, July 14, 2015 4:39 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya! It's not you, Chris. It is very expensive for software that is only rent-able--and yes, subscribing for a year is still effectively renting. I brew my

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-14 Thread Sebastien Sterling
that these are normal prices for a cup of coffee or daily rates – I think they call that inflation. Or was it inflated? *From:* Eric Turman i.anima...@gmail.com *Sent:* Tuesday, July 14, 2015 4:39 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-13 Thread Kevin mc bride
and why they assume that people still use cracked Maya 2008? :) 2008 the last time Maya had a useful release? On 13 July 2015 at 15:42, Mladen Kevic mladen.ke...@gmail.com wrote: ok they math is not right :) Because you can afford $4.17 a day. Honestly, you probably spend more than that on

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-13 Thread Mladen Kevic
ok they math is not right :) Because you can afford $4.17 a day. Honestly, you probably spend more than that on coffee. by they calculations we don't work just 52 weeks per year, they included weekends as well :) and why they assume that people still use cracked Maya 2008? :) On Mon, Jul 13,

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-13 Thread Sebastien Sterling
and why they assume that people still use cracked Maya 2008? :) No Kev this is marketed towards New users don't question their logic ! This is about getting as many New people on as possible :P On 13 July 2015 at 15:46, Kevin mc bride kev@gmail.com wrote: and why they assume that people

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-12 Thread Sebastien Sterling
Let's Simmer it down a bit, I'd as soon as not we eat each other over AD, there are good people on the list. Except Mirko, Mirko is terrible :P (love ya Mirko !) On 12 July 2015 at 15:29, Mirko Jankovic mirkoj.anima...@gmail.com wrote: nobody thinks that SI will get back, but 10, 15 or more

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-12 Thread Mirko Jankovic
yea I'm the worst kid in the neighborhood, cant help it ;) On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 1:09 AM, Sebastien Sterling sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com wrote: Let's Simmer it down a bit, I'd as soon as not we eat each other over AD, there are good people on the list. Except Mirko, Mirko is terrible :P

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-12 Thread Mario Reitbauer
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

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-12 Thread Tim Leydecker
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

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-12 Thread Juan Brockhaus
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,

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-12 Thread Mirko Jankovic
nobody thinks that SI will get back, but 10, 15 or more years of experience you cannot replace with something just that fast. you can relearn some new software and play with anything else but you will hardly get to the point of usability with it any time soon... so it is HUGE step back for all SI

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-11 Thread Sebastien Sterling
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. On 10 July 2015 at 23:55, Tim Leydecker

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-11 Thread Steven Caron
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

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-11 Thread 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

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-11 Thread Sebastien Sterling
BUT carpenters do rent some tools this analogy works for things like Yeti and arnold, that can be rented for periods of time and are specialized tool... i guess. you could read this a number of ways. On 11 July 2015 at 19:54, Jordi Bares Dominguez jordiba...@gmail.com wrote: It’s clearly

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-10 Thread Gerbrand Nel
wow.. I'm going to call sideFX now and ask them to cancel my houdini indie, cause after that video, I'm convinced there is no other future than the brightness that is maya!! Dear Autodesk, please create a paypal account so I can just randomly give you my money for being awesome. on a side

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-10 Thread Alastair Hearsum
Ha Ha Ha! Where to begin? Its pretty laughable. All the predictable analogies come to mind. Dad dancing is one of them. Its like your dad getting a man-bun, skinny jeans, 50s plimsoles and a single speed bike and talking street. Autodesk should stick to their tweed jacket and grey flannel

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-10 Thread Sebastien Sterling
I see them more in leather and Reich garb. On 10 July 2015 at 11:17, Alastair Hearsum hear...@glassworks.co.uk wrote: Ha Ha Ha! Where to begin? Its pretty laughable. All the predictable analogies come to mind. Dad dancing is one of them. Its like your dad getting a man-bun, skinny jeans, 50s

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-10 Thread Mirko Jankovic
but if you think. they got a lot of attention so in a way.. mission successful.. if they are trying to look again like idiots that have no idea who target market is... unless we are idiots and they know exactly what they are doing and targeting all those mall kids that will pump up now dady

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-10 Thread christian
well that godwined pretty fast... On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Sebastien Sterling sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com wrote: I see them more in leather and Reich garb. On 10 July 2015 at 11:17, Alastair Hearsum hear...@glassworks.co.uk wrote: Ha Ha Ha! Where to begin? Its pretty laughable.

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-10 Thread Sebastien Sterling
Meh Godwins law is very much a though terminating cliche masquerading as a witty rebuttal to diversify your analogies. i could have use Pol Pot or the Catholic church. - Ha you mentioned Hitler so you lost the conversation ... -... ... ... Yes. In fairness AD is worse then Hitler cause even

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-10 Thread Mario Reitbauer
Please lets keep this at least a bit professional. 2015-07-10 15:28 GMT+02:00 Doeke Wartena doeke.wart...@gmail.com: Hitler was innovative. But to be fair, didn't Hitler say the future was bright? 2015-07-10 15:12 GMT+02:00 Sebastien Sterling sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com: Meh Godwins

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-10 Thread Doeke Wartena
Hitler was innovative. But to be fair, didn't Hitler say the future was bright? 2015-07-10 15:12 GMT+02:00 Sebastien Sterling sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com : Meh Godwins law is very much a though terminating cliche masquerading as a witty rebuttal to diversify your analogies. i could have use

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-10 Thread Eric Turman
This sums it up nicely: http://pastebin.com/zRFh44Eq -- -=T=-

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-10 Thread Juan Brockhaus
at Siggraph someone should put up a coffee stall in front of the Autodesk boot: with a big sign: Get a coffee, not a Maya! ... On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 6:50 PM, Eric Turman i.anima...@gmail.com wrote: This sums it up nicely: http://pastebin.com/zRFh44Eq -- -=T=-

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-10 Thread Tim Leydecker
Looking at it from the old side of subscription, permant license and maintenance updates while walking down Schlesische Straße towards the Pie Shop in Falkensteinstraß in Berlin, maybe times change? Their Pie is really good. British style pie, meat, mashed potatoes, gravy. Everybody around me

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-09 Thread Doeke Wartena
09, 2015 9:19 AM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya! Agree with Mirko, This is an experiment to see if they can get away with it... If the hipster guy had a shirt with XSI logo that video would be absolutely perfect

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-09 Thread Kevin mc bride
my, this is wrong on so many levels – whoever commissioned and approved this should get flayed. *From:* Nicolas Esposito 3dv...@gmail.com *Sent:* Thursday, July 09, 2015 9:19 AM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-09 Thread Sebastien Sterling
. *From:* Nicolas Esposito 3dv...@gmail.com *Sent:* Thursday, July 09, 2015 9:19 AM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya! Agree with Mirko, This is an experiment to see if they can get away with it... If the hipster guy had

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-09 Thread Srecko Micic
@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya! Agree with Mirko, This is an experiment to see if they can get away with it... If the hipster guy had a shirt with XSI logo that video would be absolutely perfect. Not sure what is the situation in your

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-09 Thread Nicolas Esposito
@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya! Anybody see this today? Barf! http://www.autodesk.com/campaigns/your-life-maya

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-09 Thread peter_b
, this is wrong on so many levels – whoever commissioned and approved this should get flayed. From: Nicolas Esposito Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2015 9:19 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya! Agree with Mirko, This is an experiment

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-09 Thread Ognjen Vukovic
flayed. *From:* Nicolas Esposito 3dv...@gmail.com *Sent:* Thursday, July 09, 2015 9:19 AM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya! Agree with Mirko, This is an experiment to see if they can get away

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-09 Thread Simon Reeves
many levels – whoever commissioned and approved this should get flayed. *From:* Nicolas Esposito 3dv...@gmail.com *Sent:* Thursday, July 09, 2015 9:19 AM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya! Agree with Mirko

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-09 Thread Perry Harovas
*To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya! Agree with Mirko, This is an experiment to see if they can get away with it... If the hipster guy had a shirt with XSI logo that video would be absolutely perfect. Not sure what is the situation

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-09 Thread Rob Chapman
. From: Nicolas Esposito Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2015 9:19 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya! Agree with Mirko, This is an experiment to see if they can get away with it... If the hipster guy had a shirt with XSI logo

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-09 Thread Stephan Haitz
*Sent:* Thursday, July 09, 2015 9:19 AM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya! Agree with Mirko, This is an experiment to see if they can get away with it... If the hipster guy had a shirt with XSI logo that video would be absolutely

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-09 Thread Mirko Jankovic
and approved this should get flayed. *From:* Nicolas Esposito 3dv...@gmail.com *Sent:* Thursday, July 09, 2015 9:19 AM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya! Agree with Mirko, This is an experiment to see if they can get

Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-08 Thread Scott Parrish
Anybody see this today? Barf! http://www.autodesk.com/campaigns/your-life-maya

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-08 Thread Scott Parrish
Especially awesome since Autodesk doesnt let you order by the week, it's by the month. If you dont need it for a couple weeks you still pay out the full month leading up to or overlapping those 2 weeks. herp derp. On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Sebastien Sterling sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-08 Thread Scott Parrish
:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [ mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Scott Parrish *Sent:* Thursday, July 09, 2015 12:35 AM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Get rid of your flip phone and get current

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-08 Thread Mirko Jankovic
-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Scott Parrish *Sent:* Thursday, July 09, 2015 12:35 AM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya! Anybody see this today? Barf! http

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-08 Thread Stephen Davidson
*To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya! Anybody see this today? Barf! http://www.autodesk.com/campaigns/your-life-maya

RE: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-08 Thread Sven Constable
Of Scott Parrish Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2015 12:35 AM To: mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya! Anybody see this today? Barf! http://www.autodesk.com/campaigns/your-life-maya

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-08 Thread Perry Harovas
Sebastien, You hit the nail on the head. We *do *all work 52 weeks a year, and for them to not know that is beyond insulting. And often, what is the reason that we work 52 weeks a year? Because of their software that crashes, throws errors, doesn't render, or whatever the bug of the day is.

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-08 Thread Sebastien Sterling
Who the fuck is this marketed too ? It reads like a Microsoft style pitch :P Come on, who works 52 weeks a year? Which means there's probably no reason to pay for Maya all year long. Now you don't have to. Get it when you need it for a project. Don't when you don't. *52 weeks a year ...* 52

Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-08 Thread Perry Harovas
Uh.. yeah. I feel like I have been assaulted by an army of hipsters and TOLD that I am getting Maya the way I want it. I don't want it, and if I did, that isn't the way I would want it. Maya is almost as old as the guy in that video. It is anything but hip. On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 6:34

RE: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya!

2015-07-08 Thread Sven Constable
: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Scott Parrish Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2015 12:35 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya! Anybody see this today? Barf! http