I also believe that Fabric Engine is going to rock. I have been following it very closely. For me I just need one more high level step and give it a try to integrate it into my personal workflow.
The only thing I thank Maya is that I got into scripting again, and it got me to start scripting in Softimage to make some simple but usefull tools. The last programming I did before, was in Turbo Pascal a long, long time ago. ------------------------------------------------------- Emilio Hernández VFX & 3D animation. 2014-03-05 22:55 GMT-06:00 Emilio Hernandez <emi...@e-roja.com>: > Haha Stephen. Reading your post it just happened the same to me with the > Softiamge 3D transition to XSI. > > Until one day I uninstalled Softimge 3D for sure. I started at XSI 3.0 > > Glad to see I was not the only one. > > Cheers! > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Emilio Hernández VFX & 3D animation. > > > 2014-03-05 22:31 GMT-06:00 Stephen Davidson <magic...@bellsouth.net>: > > I have to agree with Emilio. I have over 10 years of experience with the >> present interface, and I remember >> postponing the transition from Softimage 3D to XS,I in 2000, for almost 3 >> years. I'm glad I did it now, but it was >> painful. Now that I have a snappy render from Redshift 3D, and I'm >> finally starting to play around with ICE >> compounds, I really don't want to start that process all over again. >> >> One of the reason that I have stuck with Softimage is because I have >> tried to learn other 3D Apps and >> the path is so painfully slow, and I need to get work done quickly, as I >> am a freelancer and not on >> corporate welfare (my term for being able to educate yourself while on >> the corporate dime) >> >> It is so much easier to add new tools (plugins and ICE compounds) a bit >> at a time, as needed for >> projects. >> >> I will give a simple example. I needed to animate grass growing and >> blowing in the wind for a commercial. >> I already knew that strands might be a good way to accomplish the basics >> of the scene. I did a little >> research and found Zybrand Grass 3.0 <http://vimeo.com/48832905> . Now, >> through the kindness of Zybrand Jacobs, I has a nice set of >> compounds that helped me design something more custom to the job. Plug >> and play around a little, as >> opposed to reinventing the wheel. >> >> I also know where all the "knobs and switches" are I am "comfortable" in >> the cockpit of Softimage. >> Maybe it is just a case of an old dog refusing to learn new tricks, but >> it is invested time, that I >> am not producing animation and making money. How bad can the SDK be, >> anyway? I must >> admit, I am clueless to that aspect, as I am not even a good TD. >> >> Alok, I like you attitude. working with what we already have and not >> starting all over again. >> Just my 2 (not TD) cents. >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 10:24 PM, Emilio Hernandez <emi...@e-roja.com>wrote: >> >>> Not really Raffaele. >>> >>> There are a lot of us that switching to other tool will mean loss of >>> time and be less competitive by using other software. Specially Maya. And >>> that in my particular case I can hold up at Softimage as long as there is >>> an OS that runs it. >>> >>> How far can you improve your workflow with other DCC tools compared to >>> Softimage, if Softimage is still the best tool there, even if it is dead? >>> >>> How much development are you expecting of Maya to behave the way >>> Softimage does. >>> >>> A fresh toolset will make a "dead" software even more efficient. So >>> there is a market IMHO that will get this tools. >>> >>> The problem with Combustion is not that it was dumped or stopped >>> running, It still runs very good. The problem was the lack of plugins that >>> will actually will make me work faster. >>> >>> That is why I turned into other comp apps. Not because it is out of >>> date or useless now. >>> >>> Just a thought. >>> >>> Cheers! >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------- >>> Emilio Hernández VFX & 3D animation. >>> >>> >>> 2014-03-05 21:18 GMT-06:00 Raffaele Fragapane < >>> raffsxsil...@googlemail.com>: >>> >>> Can I humbly suggest TDs spend their time more productively instead, for >>>> both themselves and the community, and start looking at other vendors? >>>> >>>> We can wish upon a star all we want, but, as hurtful as it might be, >>>> Soft is dead and will not be brought back to life. You can tazer the corpse >>>> until it spasms, but it won't be life. >>>> >>>> What you COULD do, however, for the sake of the same people that made >>>> Soft what you loved as a software and as a community, is make good use of >>>> your time to diversify your skills and give support to platforms such as >>>> Fabric. >>>> >>>> Hopefully I won't get flamed or misunderstood for this, but honestly, >>>> there'd be no worse thing to see than seeing people doing further damage to >>>> themselves by clinging to a corpse after the damage done to the app and its >>>> history. >>>> Look at LW to see the depth of sadness this can get to. I'd rather the >>>> people I've come to know and respect on this list don't devolve into what's >>>> left of its userbase. >>>> >>>> You also get to make more of a difference for the future of industry >>>> and vendors if you spend your time on a project that has a chance to live, >>>> and you get to learn a lot of things that Soft is entirely too far behind >>>> on for you to properly learn on. >>>> >>>> Sorry, might sound cold, but it's a helluva lot more practical. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Alok Gandhi >>>> <alok.gandhi2...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey Guys, >>>>> >>>>> Calling out all the Soft Tool developers/ TDs out there. I know there >>>>> are lots of awesome out there for Soft but let's create more tools for the >>>>> community. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I am willing to devote my time to develop more tools and will ask the >>>>> same of other developers. >>>>> >>>>> If anyone has a request / idea for a Tool from Soft that they need, >>>>> please post it here. >>>>> >>>>> Developers please feel free to take on this projects. >>>>> >>>>> If anyone likes this idea and can quickly setup a web page (like >>>>> redmine ticket system), it will be great. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers ! >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship >>>> it and let them flee like the dogs they are! >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Best Regards, >> * Stephen P. Davidson* >> >> *(954) 552-7956* sdavid...@3danimationmagic.com >> >> *Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic* >> >> >> - Arthur C. Clarke >> >> <http://www.3danimationmagic.com> >> > >
