I think the original author does have a point but I dont think he expressed it the way he wanted to. I can feel his frustration. If you think of where we are and its been 20 years or so, shouldn't things be simpler?
Zbrush is a good example , immensely powerful program but such an uphill battle to get used to the interface to do anything useful. HeadUs and their unwrap interface is another one. yes you can get beautiful results with it, but in the time it takes you figure crap out, you could have done just as good a job sticking to massaging a standard unwrap The idea is that your software should enable you from the beginning no matter your expertise with it. Yes you will get highly skilled with it if you stick to using it , but you shouldn't have to put your fist through a few monitors to get there. Its one of the things I will miss a lot about teaching Softimage. It enabled both he novice and the professional to do amazing things out the box. From: Sebastien Sterling [sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com] Sent: 01 April 2014 06:39 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: A Good Read! I think he is quite right in his assertion, what was hurting you Olivier ? On 1 April 2014 16:29, olivier jeannel <olivier.jean...@noos.fr<mailto:olivier.jean...@noos.fr>> wrote: ... Red this very quickly, because it upsets me every 4 words. Frankly, the guy who is way too smart or to arty for those complex 3d software, should just buy a pen... Remember me some Texas Lightwave/NT communication from back in the day. Le 01/04/2014 11:40, Morten Bartholdy a écrit : This guy has a point. MB Den 31. marts 2014 kl. 16:17 skrev Saeed Kalhor <ndman...@gmail.com><mailto:ndman...@gmail.com>: " When in a production environment, I don't care how the tool works under the hood, I just want to get into the driver's seat, strap in, and hit the gas ." Barry Zundel This is what Autodesk doesn't want us to do! Read the full article here: http://barryzundel.blogspot.de/2012/07/tool-productivity-curve.html <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> </tr> </table>
