I believe to have seen a different survey not too long ago that spoke a bit
more in favor of Maya than this one, putting both Max and Maya somewhere it in
the 30% range, but certainly abobe 19%.
I guess there is quite a big dependency on where you are conducting that
survey. Is it a portal that's more frequented by ArchViz people, games, more
Germans, Americans, Spanish, French? E.g. the Lighwave part of the pie seems
too big, I've heard figures as low as 2% rather than 7% for example. Houdini
ditto.
Also, as far as revenue is concerned, I think there's a larger "paying"
audience for Maya than there is for Max, which is often used by individuals (architects,
single digit man-count game studios, one-man-show freelancers) who show up as users in
such anonymous surveys, yet might not always be inclined to actually pay for the
software, I hear.
http://halfblog.net/2010/02/24/3ds-max-vs-blender-revealing-results-of-a-cg-software-user-survey/
On 15 July 2014 11:26, Angus Davidson <angus.david...@wits.ac.za> wrote:
The question is will max become purely developed for Archi Viz by Autodesk going
forward. I think that is a distinct possibility. Max will >>always have the
horde of plug in folks to fill in the gaps but the important thing here is where
Autodesk is going to put it.
Autodesk has to focus on Maya as the animation platform going forward or it is going to get
its arse kicked. Not to mention they need to >>have a redo of Maya with in the next 5
years as well if its going to remain competitive against recently put together technology.
>>Probably why they opted to have Bifrost float alongside.
From: olivier jeannel <olivier.jean...@noos.fr>
Reply-To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>
Date: Tuesday 15 July 2014 at 12:17 PM
To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>
Subject: Re: Is it realy ?
Come on guys, this just another so called journalist surfing. Absolutely no
infos, just speculating on not even rumours.
Nothing to read here, except if you're in the toilet...
Le 15/07/2014 12:12, Nuno Conceicao a écrit :
2 or 3 years ago I was reading similar denial posts about the rumour Softimage
demise.This company is profit driven, the signs are already out there, I could come up
with arguments for each possibility, the >>>thing is, it depends really on
Autodesk plans, imho...
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Stefan Kubicek <s...@tidbit-images.com> wrote:
I don't think Max offers any unique advantage for arch viz or games. All can be done anywhere
else and in my opinion, >>>>>more efficiently.
As much as I'd want that to be true I need to disagree: Max still is hands down the single most efficient application for
>>>>ArchViz. It comes with a ton of import options, great and fast Spline editing features, good enough
proceduralism, a >>>>megaton of ready-made assets (Evermotion et al) already set up for different renderers,
excellent Vray integration, and >>>>ease of use for simple scenes. I wouldn't want to do VFX with it (although some
do), but for archviz it's _the_ most cost >>>>effective solution by miles.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 15, 2014, at 1:50 PM, Jordi Bares <jordiba...@gmail.com> wrote:
I agree with your Max view,
Let's remember that is their core audience, architecture and engineering so killing the software
that >>>>>>complements the key product in such a way would be foolish.
A different story is that they keep putting VFX goodies on it… that may be very
possible..
Jordi Bares
jordiba...@gmail.com
On 15 Jul 2014, at 08:33, Raffaele Fragapane <raffsxsil...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
The blogger has a really distorted perspective on market, apps and qualities. There's a
>>>>>>>distinct fanboi smell to the article.
I don't think MAX will be terminated in the next couple years, but if I had to bet money, >>>>>>>I'd
gladly put it on it being massively requalified for viz, and maybe, just maybe, to see an >>>>>>>LT
version for the indie gaming platform if Maya won't successfully dig that inlet.
When you read stuff like "This definitely raised a few eyebrows because 3ds Max
>>>>>>>has typically been known as the go-to app for the game industry"
You know the guy, like most of DT has been for its entire existence, lives in a
>>>>>>>reality predating the actual calendar by more than a few years.
I do have money with a friend on Mudbox and MoBu not seeing more than
>>>>>>>another Christmas or two tops though :)
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