just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-11 Thread Tim Borgmann
Hi, unfortunately my english is not good enough to express my feelings and thoughts about all this in a good and polite way and I think some mails like the open letter from Alastair or the mails from Greg, Peter, Jean, Sly, Daniel and so on express them much better than I could do. I'm just

Re: just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-11 Thread Juan Brockhaus
So much truth here. Yet AD only cares about numbers... What annoys me the most (amongst other things) is the way this all happened. It shows total ignorance towards (part of) their customers. and AD can try to explain whatever and however they want, but What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot

Re: just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-11 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello again guys I am trying to put all this letters together and publish them. If you care to send me the letters will be easier to post, instead of browsing through this post. Tim I believe that we the freelancers can make a single one and start signing at the bottom so we will have a

Re: just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-11 Thread Morten Bartholdy
Count the small shops in on the freelancer one Emilio - just a suggestion. Morten Den 11. marts 2014 kl. 18:06 skrev Emilio Hernandez emi...@e-roja.com: Hello again guys I am trying to put all this letters together and publish them. If you care to send me the letters will be easier to

Re: just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-11 Thread Rob Wuijster
+1 Straight from the heart. Applicable to the freelancer, and the (very) small teams trying to be competitive in advertising. Rob \/-\/\/ On 11-3-2014 17:21, Tim Borgmann wrote: Hi, unfortunately my english is not good enough to express my feelings and thoughts

Re: just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-11 Thread Leendert A. Hartog
Tim Borgmann schreef op 11-3-2014 17:21: unfortunately my english is not good enough to express my feelings and thoughts about all this You could've easily left out the remark about your English. Nothing wrong with that. It's a very impressive statement! -- Leendert A. Hartog – Softimage

Re: just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-11 Thread Rares Halmagean
So true, so true. I'd like to eco how amazing softimage is for individual freelancers and small shops, especially since it's been backed by the talented td and programmers here and online. I'll add that softimage will continue to be my tool of choice for years to come. This makes it easier

Re: just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-11 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hey fellows I will take Tim's letter as a template for the freelancers and small studios 2-5 people. Sounds reasonable? Of course if Tim agrees. Cheers! --- Emilio Hernández VFX 3D animation. 2014-03-11 12:03 GMT-06:00 Rares Halmagean

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2014-03-11 Thread Christian Lattuada
Count on me. .:. Christian Lattuada On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 7:58 PM, Emilio Hernandez emi...@e-roja.com wrote: Hey fellows I will take Tim's letter as a template for the freelancers and small studios 2-5 people. Sounds reasonable? Of course if Tim agrees. Cheers!

Re: just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-11 Thread Andres Stephens
To contribute to the small studio idea, this is a revised version that I have been trying to post lately, you can use this to how you wish. Maybe I am a nobody, but really I don’t get their marketing strategy and would like them to consider Softimage as an asset still. To keep maintaining

Re: just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-11 Thread Jason S
+1! .. and I would also vouch to remove the bits about being just a freelancer, as Tim is arguably FAR from being just that :) (still salivating at the XSI7 Splash Screen) AND.. http://vimeo.com/81081389 :) On 03/11/14 13:35, Leendert A. Hartog wrote: Tim Borgmann schreef op 11-3-2014

Re: just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-11 Thread olivier jeannel
Good to hear you on the subject. I had the same exact feeling with the brush example ... That's incredible how people you never heard about can hurt you. I hate accountants. Le 11/03/2014 17:21, Tim Borgmann a écrit : Hi, unfortunately my english is not good enough to express my feelings and

RE: just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-11 Thread Vince Baertsoen
://www.facebook.com/millchannel From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] on behalf of Jason S [jasonsta...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 4:41 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: just my 2 cents [Re

Re: just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-11 Thread Greg Punchatz
Tim in my eyes you are one of the true artists of 3-D, I find you work consistently inspirational. Thanks for lending your voice to our cause. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 11, 2014, at 11:21 AM, Tim Borgmann i...@bt-3d.de wrote: Hi, unfortunately my english is not good enough to express

Re: just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-11 Thread Raffaele Fragapane
There seems to be this mis-conception that benefits to small freelancers are irrelevant to larger teams working on longer schedules and bigger volumes. Of course the priorities of a place doing feature animation differ from those of one producing MMOs, to those of a high end TVC boutique like the

Re: just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-11 Thread Gustavo Eggert Boehs
Twice the team, twice the Maya seats. $! Gustavo E Boehs Dpto. de Expressão Gráfica | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina | http://www.gustavoeb.com.br/ 2014-03-11 19:22 GMT-03:00 Raffaele Fragapane raffsxsil...@googlemail.com: There seems to be this mis-conception that benefits to small

Re: just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-11 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello Vince. Thx a lot for jumping in to explain why you chose Softimage as part of your arsenal to such a wonderful piece. And how wrong is Autodesk to end Softimage in such way when they have no substitute for it in the tools they are offering.

Re: just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-11 Thread Emilio Hernandez
As Raffaele said, it is a matter of workflow, time, and money balance. For small studios and single freelancers, what is left? Enter the spiral of have to modify their small and efficient pipelines to add more resources to it? Specially in a market that instead of being able to raise your wages

Re: just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-11 Thread Rob Chapman
lol that was not Tim, that was a design company called ME from london I believe - unless Tim worked there of course! http://mecompany.com/about/ On 11 March 2014 23:16, Artur Woźniak artur.w...@gmail.com wrote: Tim, I got hooked to XSI, after seeing this: http://typotrope.com/?p=300

Re: just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-11 Thread Artur Woźniak
Hey, I never said it was. This was just my point of entry. Artur I should be clearer. 2014-03-12 0:24 GMT+01:00 Rob Chapman tekano@gmail.com: lol that was not Tim, that was a design company called ME from london I believe - unless Tim worked there of course!

Re: just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-11 Thread Artur Woźniak
Still, it has something of Tim's art in it. I guess. Artur 2014-03-12 0:28 GMT+01:00 Rob Chapman tekano@gmail.com: yes sorry I just reread carefully and you definitely did not say it was. must read slower. my mistake! :) On 11 March 2014 23:26, Artur Woźniak artur.w...@gmail.com

Re: just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-11 Thread Rob Chapman
yes sorry I just reread carefully and you definitely did not say it was. must read slower. my mistake! :) On 11 March 2014 23:26, Artur Woźniak artur.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, I never said it was. This was just my point of entry. Artur I should be clearer. 2014-03-12 0:24 GMT+01:00 Rob

Re: just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-11 Thread Artur Woźniak
Tim, You're hardly just a freelancer. I believe you're inspiration and XSI guru. Well, to me at least. Every time, I wanted to show someone what ice is I directed them to your page as the first example. I got hooked to XSI, after seeing this: http://typotrope.com/?p=300 A box I know, weird. I