Do you do character animation in Houdini, I am hesitant to change to
another program if I can't get
near the character animation workflow as Softimage, just wondering I
don't
know much about Houdini's
strengths in that department other than it is behind and a work in
progress,
maybe they are fine with that not being
their niche. Of all the nightmares I hear about about working in Maya
I am
not crazy about spending a ton of time (and money)
changing to Maya for character animation to have it worse.
thanks
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From: Mathieu Leclaire
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Subject: Re: Softimage - not going away...
Hi guys,
I don't want to crash your rant here and hope you guys don't take
offense to what I have to say. I'm sure you heard this a million times
by now, but if you would allow me to share my perspective:
I highly recommend you guys move on and learn the other softwares. This
industry and it's technology is changing so fast. Sure Softimage now
still feels like the best option, but soon Softimage won't be able to
handle all the new file formats, new geometry features, latest renderers
will stop being supported, new hardware and operating systems won't
support it, etc. It will eventually become impossible to keep up with
current production needs using that software. If you guys don't evolve,
you will become dinosaurs and you'll have a long way to catch up before
you'll be able to get work again. We work in an industry that heavily
relies on new technologies so we have to evolve with it or you end up on
the outside looking in.
I understand your frustration. I do. I have gone through it all myself.
But after going through a hard learning curve to become as comfortable
with Houdini as I was with Softimage (and I'm still learning), I now
love Houdini probably more then I ever loved Softimage.
Trust me, it took me a long time to let it go. We still use Softimage a
lot here at Hybride, but we are slowly migrating out of it. We have to
with all the new requirements in our pipeline with other vendors. Now I
get pissed off when colleagues decide to use Softimage instead of doing
it directly in Houdini or in Maya. Like yourself, they are frustrated,
there's a lot of pressure to deliver in short timelines and so they
prefer not to get out of their comfort zone. But it already comes with a
price to pay. For example, we had a scene that took an hour to load in
Softimage where it loaded in a few seconds in Houdini. That means that
this artist takes about twice the time allocated per shot because he's
too hard headed to switch software. Trust me that supervision is putting
a lot of pressure on that guy to learn Houdini so they don't have to
overcharge for his shots anymore.
This is just the beginning. It'll get worst and worst in the next few
years and eventually, you'll become like the guy who still types on an
old typewriter instead of using a computer. I know that switching feels
like taking a few steps backwards, but at least you'll be able to
eventually move forward where you are standing still in Softimage. I
hated having to go through all this, but eventually Houdini open my eyes
to a world of new possibilities that never would have been available in
Softimage and I couldn't be happier that I finally made that move. Don't
make the mistake of being too comfortable in your ways of working. It'll
become obsolete sooner then you think. There's a ton of new toys out
there waiting to be discovered. Your ex broke up with you. Accept it and
move on. Sure, you'll date a few girls that will underwhelm you at
first, but you just might find one that will blow your mind and change
your life for the better, but you have to take that leap first and give
it a fair chance.
That's my rant/recommendation. Now it's on you to decide how you want to
manage your career.
-Mathieu
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