I think we have had this discussion before that things should have been further along by now ;) I just said that Softimage was very good at allowing the very skilled and the very new to easily achieve great things. Having taught Maya and Softimage to people new to 3D its very easy to see the difference between an application that can do that well and one that cant. When you are in education you see that learning curve being tackled over and over again.
I think Sebastiens race car analogy and conclusions put it far better then I did. ________________________________ From: Luc-Eric Rousseau [luceri...@gmail.com] Sent: 01 April 2014 08:04 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: A Good Read! it's interesting blog but I don't think that guy is saying anything that would suggest Softimage is doing any better... (if you read the bit about rigging having not evolved)... On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Angus Davidson <angus.david...@wits.ac.za<mailto:angus.david...@wits.ac.za>> wrote: 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. <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>
