Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers
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Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers
Heartbreaky indeed. I'm still using it but moving to Cinema4D (and Houdini) for freelancing now and finding with great reluctance that although a lot of the workflow isn't as good as Soft, there are so many tools that are miles ahead. The C4D splines toolset alone is a massive time saver. Soft was really neglected in some areas. On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 at 10:58, adrian wyer wrote: > using it every day, although im the last one in the studio, everyone else > on Houdini and Maya > > > > and although i can still do stuff quicker than other software, im starting > feel the gaps in what you can do with Soft > > > > breaks my heart that it's never going to be updated > > > > a > > > > Adrian Wyer > Fluid Pictures > 4th Floor > 4 Bath Place > Rivington Street > London > EC2A 3DR > ++44(0) 207 684 5575 > > > adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com > > https://u9432639.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=lIXdN6W56FnEjHCwrBXqOq0HQNpV0huvAGw1zu6Xp8eVQuk2cNZiNFjx2k-2FfTNcheFfpiVb5gBjGpm0Nj5Q4IwbU-2BeHvtoxntfL8t-2B7V0CvlXkN1-2B6gjJdOdplnnLTD9EcyKa5mPY5sqLO3EBjBjmG2qRQ9Rcnn3IVzXsL-2FEfWjqDOW9wSlk0-2F06FZA9BA-2Fy4S2Y0rVa3tKbQBE6XNlvvr9vN4YVjCF1GiQeYCmzAJR-2BeX7x4KYeNwWPDxocLZN9MN2UanNscL577IQTukvuzG6EW-2Bmepf1xp4VAdGOYN-2FZwh6JRBOFUaJsze4ftNj2OJq0NYijnearCasSc9m9oe0OUseJCQZzoJCiritusA4Bb8mWrEIYN7kGrqWpAgvlw_a6oQc7tnfcb0GKvoO27fPkrQ0ATQyF1SDBXJOg7-2FbuTGtRxbcNmJI0mT6A-2Flnc7ErQi-2FdPKXbywNGsFWd5gW3hgZyjKEDutYBUWKvcUebolUQD7wi-2BHMqPtczp-2FoZ8Gq0b1T-2FG1bIxx6bQfkTolvyVgYHfpVyzZKau422yKTu2aWfVC2sq5jA2dniqFuWdOAKrd9mZx1SoNJxWHrIv6uvRhfs11WkvM9ypC2zbwcjtIZYxRFEivCmyg5SjUIGyPK > > > > > Fluid Pictures Limited is registered in England and Wales. > Company number:5657815 > VAT number: 872 6893 71 > -- > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Martin Yara > *Sent:* 14 January 2020 09:36 > *To:* Official Softimage Users Mailing List. > https://u9432639.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=lIXdN6W56FnEjHCwrBXqOq0HQNpV0huvAGw1zu6Xp8eVQuk2cNZiNFjx2k-2FfTNchiLG9o7ECJDJ0Mw-2FRzSlfldhFWvv2G7M9xrogMv-2BiUgrG-2BmCVAfC2HxBWG0Czpbw8UUe9Xkbh68Twjp-2FiA-2FSErDaB0QMN6TZInAAMY3U5tTiO1pHL3fqc59MeZ53LOZG-2Fxgw7w1ET7NsZfhM1NrTIoU8e4itqB8an6cilichw7ugVnCs-2Bwed9bSquuodJl4wL3PlTXpIO5wcLvXRKdeVH95Yq9clpBvf2-2BeL63Z6fup3M93bQS3wbUSrmVughGL0bAz0gmzSpOHD33SOpH8Meyv64SOsLPG72X0XLXoKv-2B5zN7ARttqzgfjUb6C5zQd-2BT6MvGnNIVHeLZYIDJG-2Bq0Uw-3D-3D_a6oQc7tnfcb0GKvoO27fPkrQ0ATQyF1SDBXJOg7-2FbuTGtRxbcNmJI0mT6A-2Flnc7ErQi-2FdPKXbywNGsFWd5gW3o-2BJw0IhzX0lMhriMkOfkKm-2FF3MxlfOO5POAGgGaQ3-2FWiHfr0ssc9Wb-2Fl6PcxPdgoOSpeG8Ql73HeUAg2Ls-2FcsHNaKG5G0hmRkMLraNaTCEKmfYqaw2YGIRvJu0JWV-2B89G064mC49L98WZaX0npo4AB-2By6mYCw2BoPnNin0mbgmU > > <https://u9432639.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=lIXdN6W56FnEjHCwrBXqOmMAKB8JGacZcowsK4IlqY8aQGPpnujEXNbmyey-2FEv7HGtoL-2BI-2FyFXaqM003GW6wYgVbvyfqUv5Ew-2FWrUPctyBxjqg5RbKGjTYCwhD5QntG2vLT-2BvSNeIfu7ETWshp-2BdSWAWcB7BjA8yxJgLX-2FRURrL3H8YHBwlQMi5CjdfSnl0ypGddsfLTeI4o2n-2BbKqDB4HaD7ZjXqkIRd38mRZPHxybI-2BIkSzpX91nozLNA-2BSH72pDdwKiopmW-2FDGIhdXSpg6xDuc1dcNtpYXW8LIr5MqFs-2BLRMqW-2BhxOENk0L0s-2FSkC9D0ggsrtVJeiLa7gA-2Byp54YXGraI66QPvfl0-2BvHzMk9MIaDQSeMGWME4L3zUWhb-2FVXGIIgKUgqN8xw3JMGhOedhZadTCICS9t9Oes48OMM-2BwYYxUcwEUyA9lL0skh21cCY-2FXgl4izR08bHgorzd4xKkwCZr-2FpHOAexG3POHoajheS1RElXiubMHpKX-2FCugnbl4v-2F1VTkfa87m1G8Sw-2F9WS-2BHRUr370z6dBMBzQFOkOgz96pg5Zic53-2Br1xOAnzHNCSUiDADs1QMV3VBLgwT8yRLfX6yRJM-2FmkRLElMahFhLQidoUwSz9dQgLc0OEEfOmqISp5G9j19tjbIjjZHv0vHlYPDB7yKqCKH693uEcMdz7q2MqxtaRpgAOC8SfVqje8v6YBq7Puy38ZUqAsBIKb2z0b-2B3eTINEWF0A22394cHnXRy4VM-2FVbmtImJaDjDkYoZ-2FDPeOwsHrBVxFodTpGPWzMrd-2B0ePTI4AnN0v9GtiqDmGBpNCUjQ6-2BkDTl2-2F1aEotbEJpw-2Bu0YqF0qz8Qwd5bUyNcKb9FBzOJvVRSI30QPqd6GpiyPf6pAXNB9DH2x2IddzoahXVlh-2BRLsqSboNKeSgsfQiRnCF-2BQY2iD5R51C3UW95HcY4IKfD-2FTRKrq-2BB4itNLUXSQI-2F1Bt5ZAWjFss1tzudZIzL68D1RD-2B0p0NWjNVFAbl5UC-2BWej3WPktfK_a6oQc7tnfcb0GKvoO27fPkrQ0ATQyF1SDBXJOg7-2FbuTGtRxbcNmJI0mT6A-2Flnc7ErQi-2FdPKXbywNGsFWd5gW3nAkoO9JYcH0SgHJZyCY6bSPnUdXKN3bFtX9K8BjPs23xLegIeMh5-2FIGtEXqbK4kiVaCMinypX-2Bl4A4bs2ZrXu0-2Fdr6TV0n7VtBa-2FgB8O6tgyrd-2FVMHADft-2BJM2arO53TUvRmnPR5A2jTrb8g2rK19voXbaH-2B1As4PN8fQusR3e1> > *Subject:* Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers > > > > We are using it everyday now. We have currently 2 game projects being done > in Softimage. > > The rest is Maya. > > > > Martin > > > > On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 9:39 AM Matt Lind wrote: > > Most telling statistic is that Stephen Blair is the top poster of the > year, and he typically only posts the Friday Flashback thread. I almost > tried to avoid the list this year and I still ended up in the top ten. > > > > Once support left the product, so did the users. > > > > I'm curious to know how many people are still actively using XSI. I don't > mean tink
Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers
Soft is my main 3d tool (fnar) still. Other than a big shift to After Effects. My head appears to not understand most other 3d apps unfortunately, and when working alone, there's no-one to bounce questions off. On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 at 11:00, Graham Bell wrote: > it was March 2014 that the announcement was made, so it will be 6 years > this coming March. > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 9:31 AM Jordi Bares wrote: > >> Thanks Matt, 5 years then. >> >> On 13 Jan 2020, at 22:40, Matt Lind wrote: >> >> The announcement was 5 years ago, going on 6. Not 8 years. >> Matt >> Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:19:14 +0000 From: Jordi Bares >> jordiba...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the >> numbers To: "Official Softimage Users Mailing List. >> Regarding your question, I am also interested, it has been more than 8 >> years since the announcement so it is quite telling there are still artists >> using it. XSI was so freaking good! >> jb >> -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to >> softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with “unsubscribe” in the >> subject, and reply to confirm. >> >> >> -- >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com >> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >> > -- > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > -- Chris Marshall Mint Motion Limited 029 20 37 27 57 07730 533 115 https://u9432639.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=lIXdN6W56FnEjHCwrBXqOq0HQNpV0huvAGw1zu6Xp8eVQuk2cNZiNFjx2k-2FfTNcheFfpiVb5gBjGpm0Nj5Q4I2-2FccJs8CczBhiKI7soDcP7gfVI9tOAnrcWSZCRMnVwu3kiqlNDV9y3L0tw3jyea-2BXFQ57G14h8QG7qPxlKdUt1ZOpC2Gd17HuTdtTHOATZsJFMhW1CcOnfRB3kbykQpHInwtkybWXkx-2F2G-2FKd6-2B4dKVqpAErTnwpulUl8sTkpYvJrmXjBLj4UWQLzBv-2FAbsyZX1zYTCtiIW4x0LP7tvS2N36hlrNrCwAg-2BVp6vigceasL1-2Bd4XrFeXWgQva-2B3byFGBS-2FMg1UIgcQgROE-2FunuCiAEsjS8C-2FDnNalo-2BqnjMXH_a6oQc7tnfcb0GKvoO27fPkrQ0ATQyF1SDBXJOg7-2FbuStjbPGzkES-2BSuqGfTUPlOGFxSUrl8RZXWf6K-2Fwjtj52-2FQuBHfe1Llhl98hHvqzvGNoh8u2y5vIs8GTltrFVUiF80TCFEZdXs-2BafVBI3W5UfSpk42q4uoRlzFvhIlM-2F837UdCYp7VBMv6EpF-2FU9biQJtrI1FMigUWCxQq8T-2BmY-2Bph4KM9sJB4OTzuzjc6KDRYMac1UTdkUjbhZ6iyqDCt-2Bc https://u9432639.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=lIXdN6W56FnEjHCwrBXqOq0HQNpV0huvAGw1zu6Xp8eVQuk2cNZiNFjx2k-2FfTNcheFfpiVb5gBjGpm0Nj5Q4I8bgg2cZSrRd9mjsVlJDUEzjLVAZziIrdT-2BhHpPdOm5BS8aa-2FHWfaD0lvpoCTCOTpHDqzcSlLYXBNfnDyfOX3p619bNEl714OYgKR5by95B0R2O4680rNKzBv-2BJZuAuf4c8AADUjGXRZEwnmElZWFrwWwDieVRLG3ZrdbE3epSDb4pXjhD0nzbThjj-2FE999DSNrpLjoxzZZUTZ4XF7l-2FA6HKEq-2FkiEzYTlDJriMHvb6LcmvhzwroIIGupruxvoBDJskycMlYU7-2B-2BqSwRhMXCw0k-3D_a6oQc7tnfcb0GKvoO27fPkrQ0ATQyF1SDBXJOg7-2FbuStjbPGzkES-2BSuqGfTUPlOGFxSUrl8RZXWf6K-2Fwjtj5271MJ4iL8DZkYu3cWjzOoF79RhH-2BottBMJCl0b4suhVNIP-2FjB6Aam-2BJ-2BuFTunI-2F7J2Jhg-2Fl8tqN3mBRUGbXMrbgiViAtGn3XI-2FHdU2VxClxiNuG1-2BUba-2FTVbrI-2BeXdin152c-2FTuBPah8Sywuhz2utsG7Q-2BenQpVHciQ2Eftf22tE -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers
it was March 2014 that the announcement was made, so it will be 6 years this coming March. On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 9:31 AM Jordi Bares wrote: > Thanks Matt, 5 years then. > > On 13 Jan 2020, at 22:40, Matt Lind wrote: > > The announcement was 5 years ago, going on 6. Not 8 years. > Matt > Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:19:14 + From: Jordi Bares > jordiba...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the > numbers To: "Official Softimage Users Mailing List. > Regarding your question, I am also interested, it has been more than 8 > years since the announcement so it is quite telling there are still artists > using it. XSI was so freaking good! > jb > -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to > softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with “unsubscribe” in the > subject, and reply to confirm. > > > -- > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
RE: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers
using it every day, although im the last one in the studio, everyone else on Houdini and Maya and although i can still do stuff quicker than other software, im starting feel the gaps in what you can do with Soft breaks my heart that it's never going to be updated a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 4th Floor 4 Bath Place Rivington Street London EC2A 3DR ++44(0) 207 684 5575 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com https://u9432639.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=lIXdN6W56FnEjHCwrBXqOq0HQNpV0huvAGw1zu6Xp8eVQuk2cNZiNFjx2k-2FfTNcheFfpiVb5gBjGpm0Nj5Q4IwbU-2BeHvtoxntfL8t-2B7V0CtG4opn8wX332aGx83U9vJ-2FCzY7yA8pC1HtHd-2BanfsYmTyBVwky86DTcY0c5-2BLygriR5qQwYTi5UwMhYBI3hmz4viF0LB3lNWDJKhVsFAF03w3GRMOU3yJOsY-2By6XmDe5-2BlbOg52dv3SjyOD-2FLIv9GuJCM-2Be7XqhuwlSu-2Bls1EtXIHHbaLDPnwdOXgHTTgb18V7lU-2FqAXNHslYrwHCoZSayrFseV2h0peBDXfqtSmnFdfepiAOtQVEtC4PsQGkqMm4WykvNXYXFcxcWZUuwHNLN_a6oQc7tnfcb0GKvoO27fPkrQ0ATQyF1SDBXJOg7-2FbuT5r8BH7J13pMtXSv4J1I0xwZ7mzGm97atInL7jeG0dmztwtLiUGN9-2FM1oDjEAvkMAi88DvhUfRBCwvC4Ijd-2FEq0QSq8mTxyU-2Bmk1l2fQ50NDZWuY-2Fra8skE6xspjGvyISKN6LqV9ZByZQJ73a6SKy25MZN8hlsX6njyHIp65YmNF08zshzwt8o0Tz3edD5ANmp2iWdC5XBfl2tHHeGt6rW https://u9432639.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=lIXdN6W56FnEjHCwrBXqOq0HQNpV0huvAGw1zu6Xp8eVQuk2cNZiNFjx2k-2FfTNcheFfpiVb5gBjGpm0Nj5Q4IwbU-2BeHvtoxntfL8t-2B7V0CviEn7hbjqcMDJ96BZynQ9BsY3qjqW0WQ6ScCQL0gxvdCHP7bfWhrxDpYRF537rXmTQye5lzFKAnEm80LdxzFpIZjEuY3vGCggqcPptmNJuRPf0oL9YSVHDIsQjHFEe1adEJxOEdYGA0hkoVxenauBdpbN6THlj-2FaZ8szxoMmmlSuhE-2Fs0Ry353dFGjMGuv5lZhn1BzAq7S-2FtI3Gv0stXp63mWMbrbF6WcaiJb-2Fx2d1vf7fwwXgnI61jhM2QYUyqZoyawGcg2obGC2RX2JVm5si_a6oQc7tnfcb0GKvoO27fPkrQ0ATQyF1SDBXJOg7-2FbuT5r8BH7J13pMtXSv4J1I0xwZ7mzGm97atInL7jeG0dm3pALC7xEVY20W67YxVzQgKOU5QLn3l0h-2FuRv51JNlwSLsUWsDr-2B6vLG5Hdb0-2BwDPk4hm-2BZ725Ls8cYwN49D0K-2ByNV3OWKkM-2BtpJRkY6DEuqCyEqWHAGdJApgeNbGcIhN4To91X13GKkiFRZI8T1fuhIi-2FKqhAmBZ2WEvb97m1qb > Fluid Pictures Limited is registered in England and Wales. Company number:5657815 VAT number: 872 6893 71 _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Martin Yara Sent: 14 January 2020 09:36 To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://u9432639.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=lIXdN6W56FnEjHCwrBXqOq0HQNpV0huvAGw1zu6Xp8eVQuk2cNZiNFjx2k-2FfTNchiLG9o7ECJDJ0Mw-2FRzSlfldhFWvv2G7M9xrogMv-2BiUgrG-2BmCVAfC2HxBWG0Czpbw8UUe9Xkbh68Twjp-2FiA-2FSErOz3lccvrWE7C7snOO94pqmTkDnU09wuG-2FkEm7HJQnrZzQY-2B53gQmbgC-2FF9m19y4wNQ520J-2FWrQM4tGWKNMloZtluITcEwX3yKg8ukanaldxje39eDORBRlex-2FNW0Q3mDzQFFvacpT377GcRksyXvjt-2Bqi1eUxfPbpi-2BzO4vNoAV0GTd0Tnz2WyFm9VKWZQhRwALW1-2BSrJLxe7m-2BSZBRlOAWuiyikTcOyk8CmbmFMs6zfnaBU4A1ajGFj-2F5kL7Vb8g-3D-3D_a6oQc7tnfcb0GKvoO27fPkrQ0ATQyF1SDBXJOg7-2FbuT5r8BH7J13pMtXSv4J1I0xwZ7mzGm97atInL7jeG0dmxD8SZI9uIqFYENzVZYGt6CZWdDK16NysCkDtE-2FBW-2FG0nTXQtlT1dTDSh5H-2B0iyWTeWkK4UEYPptFBkPlFqy9c2enbXiu4NWr4HLSEsbV6SaAQ3yknOJNcw0bpOFekptVzwq-2F3wH2SwihNRk8SALhrTVshe8XQJ2MrrECOEy8h2O Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers We are using it everyday now. We have currently 2 game projects being done in Softimage. The rest is Maya. Martin On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 9:39 AM Matt Lind wrote: Most telling statistic is that Stephen Blair is the top poster of the year, and he typically only posts the Friday Flashback thread. I almost tried to avoid the list this year and I still ended up in the top ten. Once support left the product, so did the users. I'm curious to know how many people are still actively using XSI. I don't mean tinker with it, but actually using it regularly for meaningful work. Matt _ Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 02:33:28 + From: Matt Morris Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers To: "Official Softimage Users Mailing List. Feeling a little maudlin at those figures. Had a quick look back at list activity: 2011 - 2013: holding pretty steady at around 12k posts a year. 2014: 14k posts (eol announcement) 2015: 4055 (crazy drop off) 2016: 3282 2017: 2311 2018: 1058 2019: 657 <https://u9432639.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=lIXdN6W56FnEjHCwrBXqOq0HQNpV0huvAGw1zu6Xp8eVQuk2cNZiNFjx2k-2FfTNch-2BwSLMAIA8-2B-2Fai7Was5M7NUgkRPlvtBVWECuMBMaQ6RLkkQsPKQsWTDamTO8MR8pf2iguEfyQLTEkppy7prrn1jW32kN6HxuamhRWVBCJur8tQZoj9Ww-2BwPp31gf6fUKtzOWA5VELqBNv-2FCUcXPjfylljZp-2BUlVdhrGcKNBfUdY-2FbsqKM8WMIp4Wh-2B7lBZq-2FUBIp0V6BAS6VJ33nR6cIExVqUkTXhNAiLKIkL20PddBNI07pQIwpJn7b8DanRinmMusMpKmvzzboJdMHZDNdmrPVLRnO6zad3q3orqmeOxDwKOf4wUVA8QVLyIUlOMLAn2UoSSdIcwa120s8QTiaunRsl2EseyzbbqhSXttq3ZvtSEaOGsrVAF7t09BuXn6pJ_a6oQc7tnfcb0GKvoO27fPkrQ0ATQyF1SDBXJOg7-2FbuT5r8BH7J13pMtXSv4J1I0xwZ7mzGm97atInL7jeG0dm0J96KJ8okRk2IdwW-2FpH8ubo1whUV0q55hTOG5XN-2BSvO-2FABfHJ-2F62HPKVeLWkTLK4e53MODK-2FGtQBSaO4ywtkGwcVpOnr6JI1vlTQwtnsOvPM3PA8fDZciDLXbXjEIqXhTJJ6CiPmoJGUUx3stlgia2TgM-2Bw0HhrFP-2FMlOgDpGyB p-2FKspk8e2EVsfmAxrRbRva3zM30DbOB6eSvlJhokhKyqH07iA5ujYFFHV1Ic-2BYyD31X1TCG5 2zRGewg
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We are using it everyday now. We have currently 2 game projects being done in Softimage. The rest is Maya. Martin On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 9:39 AM Matt Lind wrote: > Most telling statistic is that Stephen Blair is the top poster of the > year, and he typically only posts the Friday Flashback thread. I almost > tried to avoid the list this year and I still ended up in the top ten. > > Once support left the product, so did the users. > > I'm curious to know how many people are still actively using XSI. I don't > mean tinker with it, but actually using it regularly for meaningful work. > > > Matt > > > > -- > > Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 02:33:28 +0000 > > From: Matt Morris > > Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers > > To: "Official Softimage Users Mailing List. > > > Feeling a little maudlin at those figures. > > Had a quick look back at list activity: > > 2011 – 2013: holding pretty steady at around 12k posts a year. 2014: 14k > posts (eol announcement) 2015: 4055 (crazy drop off) 2016: 3282 2017: 2311 > 2018: 1058 2019: 657 > > > > > -- > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
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Thanks Matt, 5 years then. > On 13 Jan 2020, at 22:40, Matt Lind wrote: > > The announcement was 5 years ago, going on 6. Not 8 years. > Matt > Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:19:14 + From: Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers To: "Official > Softimage Users Mailing List. > Regarding your question, I am also interested, it has been more than 8 years > since the announcement so it is quite telling there are still artists using > it. XSI was so freaking good! > jb > -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to > softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with “unsubscribe” in the subject, > and reply to confirm. > -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
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rnal issue. Optionally, you could try a virtual machine, but the caveat is you might not be able to access the licensing in hardware if it uses an older technology (That's what bit me in attempts to get SI3D in a virtual machine as the dongle uses a parallel port and modern computers don't have them. I tried a parallel to serial port adapter, which works on a physical machine, but not a virtual machine). Then, of course, keep all your content in a safe place so it can be accessed when needed. Finally, document all the quirks that need to be known about anything that can be a problem in accessing the content. For example, does a particular scene require special handshake to render correctly? If so, what is that handshake? Document it, and make sure you've taken care of any dependencies associated with it. I think XSI will continue to function for a long time, but the most likely problems will be the licensing. Another potential issue is OpenGL support. SI3D still runs on modern graphics cards because they still support OpenGL 1.x and OpenGL 2.x. That might not continue for much longer as manufacturers look for ways to thin the OpenGL support requirements to get driver sizes smaller and more manageable. XSI in particular is heavily coupled with Microsoft's COM/OLE. While I don't think it'll stop working tomorrow, the writing is on the wall. Netview is already disabled in many ways from internet security protocols implemented to inhibit Internet Explorer's ActiveX scripting environment. With Windows 7 support expiring this week - you may want to download any support needed on that front as newer / current versions of Windows might not allow such features to run even if offline. In short, create an environment that is a snapshot of the application's best working form, then preserve it. Matt Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 12:17:40 +0100 From: ron...@toonafish.nl Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers To: "Official Softimage Users Mailing List. I stlll use Softimage every day. I?m slowly trying to switch to Houdini ( for the thrird time ) but it?s not much fun when you know there's a Ferrari in the driveway, but have to use the bycicle to get from A to B :-) Maybe for complex Special FX Houdinin is great, but for modeling and character stuff I keep on running into strangely convoluted workflows or basic stuff that?s just not possible or takes so much time to create a procedural workaround for you forgot what you wanted to do in the first place by the time you?re done. Besides that I still have to work on some old projects in Soft every now and then. Btw, how will we be able to revisit old Softimage projects when Autodesk stops activating old licenses next year and you have to install it on a new computer ? I just did a fresh install on a new workstation so I hope I?m covered for a few years. But what if I need to reinstall it in a few years on a new workstation ? Ronald van Vemden Toonafish | Owner and Creative --- 3D Graphics & Animation Toonafish Cyberfish Laboratories tel. +31(0)6 46715175 email: ron...@toonafish.nl On 11 Jan 2020, at 01:39, Matt Lind wrote: Most telling statistic is that Stephen Blair is the top poster of the year, and he typically only posts the Friday Flashback thread. I almost tried to avoid the list this year and I still ended up in the top ten. Once support left the product, so did the users. I'm curious to know how many people are still actively using XSI. I don't mean tinker with it, but actually using it regularly for meaningful work. Matt Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 02:33:28 + From: Matt Morris Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers To: "Official Softimage Users Mailing List. Feeling a little maudlin at those figures. Had a quick look back at list activity: 2011 ? 2013: holding pretty steady at around 12k posts a year. 2014: 14k posts (eol announcement) 2015: 4055 (crazy drop off) 2016: 3282 2017: 2311 2018: 1058 2019: 657 -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with “unsubscribe” in the subject, and reply to confirm. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed… URL: https://u9432639.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=msg1YMqKv6PblZ6nn0inv01qYUEyUw3vT4pz1mW-2BzrMacQxEaFtH0MCboytOBZxKwf8uiWIxxK63b-2FJamAZeLaqkb0E-2BR96OL7OqHRatlOxX-2F0uiTwPEvu3iR-2Fh6XyCga1W2ykJ4WyKa-2BPnFNexVgMgsQ4wz8mH1Ad3R-2BAt3Cdg-3D_a6oQc7tnfcb0GKvoO27fPkrQ0ATQyF1SDBXJOg7-2FbuROad09aQt2y9GXIz28Rldt21NQ8pBSiMXl0UOKlp18hojRNJeeUrnwRuO9PCes7aLvDl94c8XIzjh5rMOF-2FWY8NJD5MdQuO-2FiOzKYQev5zL9OR1ZPS-2BzIXXY3o4-2BHC6aEKH9fU6yuw0O4vXBES067ztSApi9yrB8-2BPNTBj-2FVC6QUdNvFCE41Mi1yJboid9IG-2BpehAbbKFo16uA1HzRpZP4 -- Message: 3 Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:19:14 + From: Jordi Bares Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers
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no need to be rude to Jason, he clearly didn't know On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 2:50 PM Mirko Jankovic < mirko.yanko...@protonmail.com> wrote: > Actually the announcementwas made the day AD bought Softimage. > It was really clear from day one. > > "The future is bright!" > -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
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Actually the announcementwas made the day AD bought Softimage. It was really clear from day one. "The future is bright!" ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Monday, 13 January 2020 23:40, Matt Lind wrote: > The announcement was 5 years ago, going on 6. Not 8 years. > > Matt > > Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:19:14 + From: Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers To: "Official > Softimage Users Mailing List. > > Regarding your question, I am also interested, it has been more than 8 years > since the announcement so it is quite telling there are still artists using > it. XSI was so freaking good! > > jb > > -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to > softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with “unsubscribe” in the subject, > and reply to confirm.-- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
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The announcement was 5 years ago, going on 6. Not 8 years. Matt Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:19:14 + From: Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers To: "Official Softimage Users Mailing List. Regarding your question, I am also interested, it has been more than 8 years since the announcement so it is quite telling there are still artists using it. XSI was so freaking good! jb -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
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I still since 1994 use softimage more or less everyday. Mostly for conceptual visualizations and prototypes and finding it hard to get up to speed with modelling in any other application, so i will continue with Softimage as long as I can. Den mån 13 jan. 2020 kl 11:44 skrev balazs kiss : > I do, every day, and I think 2 or 3 more guys in our office as well. > Others are on maya or houdini, moving slowly towards houdini, but it is a > slow process, and it is hard to learn it. There are things I'd rather do in > houdini, but xsi/ice still feels a lot more intuitive.. > > On 1/11/20, Matt Lind wrote: > > Most telling statistic is that Stephen Blair is the top poster of the > year, and he typically only posts the Friday Flashback thread. I almost > tried to avoid the list this year and I still ended up in the top ten. > > Once support left the product, so did the users. > > I'm curious to know how many people are still actively using XSI. I don't > mean tinker with it, but actually using it regularly for meaningful work. > > Matt > > -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to > softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with “unsubscribe” in the > subject, and reply to confirm. > -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
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It is hard go move away from XSI if you still can go back…the same with languages, only full immersion works and the results are normally astonishing in the sense that you will feel confident much sooner than you think. But I do certainly understand the need for being productive and it is not an easy task with any package. My suggestion would be do one small job with it, no effects, just something easy, materials/render kind of thing… hire a Houdini artist to help you out on the transition and execution of the job and you will be moving on the right track. Regarding your question, I am also interested, it has been more than 8 years since the announcement so it is quite telling there are still artists using it. XSI was so freaking good! jb > On 13 Jan 2020, at 10:44, balazs kiss wrote: > > I do, every day, and I think 2 or 3 more guys in our office as well. Others > are on maya or houdini, moving slowly towards houdini, but it is a slow > process, and it is hard to learn it. There are things I'd rather do in > houdini, but xsi/ice still feels a lot more intuitive.. > > On 1/11/20, Matt Lind wrote: > > Most telling statistic is that Stephen Blair is the top poster of the year, > and he typically only posts the Friday Flashback thread. I almost tried to > avoid the list this year and I still ended up in the top ten. > > Once support left the product, so did the users. > > I'm curious to know how many people are still actively using XSI. I don't > mean tinker with it, but actually using it regularly for meaningful work. > > Matt > > -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to > softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with “unsubscribe” in the subject, > and reply to confirm. > > -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
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I stlll use Softimage every day. I’m slowly trying to switch to Houdini ( for the thrird time ) but it’s not much fun when you know there's a Ferrari in the driveway, but have to use the bycicle to get from A to B :-) Maybe for complex Special FX Houdinin is great, but for modeling and character stuff I keep on running into strangely convoluted workflows or basic stuff that’s just not possible or takes so much time to create a procedural workaround for you forgot what you wanted to do in the first place by the time you’re done. Besides that I still have to work on some old projects in Soft every now and then. Btw, how will we be able to revisit old Softimage projects when Autodesk stops activating old licenses next year and you have to install it on a new computer ? I just did a fresh install on a new workstation so I hope I’m covered for a few years. But what if I need to reinstall it in a few years on a new workstation ? Ronald van Vemden Toonafish | Owner and Creative --- 3D Graphics & Animation Toonafish | https://u9432639.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=lIXdN6W56FnEjHCwrBXqOq0HQNpV0huvAGw1zu6Xp8eVQuk2cNZiNFjx2k-2FfTNcheFfpiVb5gBjGpm0Nj5Q4I9y5CMt1GARhvMKmoaDIAotlTbklivr63-2B-2FIV1FT9G6OfJaK4-2B44wbjdpX-2FxNRQagOrpUA8PMJ147E53Ti8OzGnICL7KJMiaWWUxGHVPG1W3WpMh3wvTTRScWs1UkKioWPwfVXvKE0qwf2YirZ0aziSa1dE7wd8DQDAayhYS7AdUEO-2FAo4Y3uFWU2uh3plOhZ9ADtzv-2BKqSGbiiZmpK1mLz9NFajlpste9hkaq8ZlRs4dZzPZDu-2FDc5zgLR0-2FPYZq06fA6L8NM3g6lycNJTWG72XnkWA6ozSuKmHXR62MXM1_a6oQc7tnfcb0GKvoO27fPkrQ0ATQyF1SDBXJOg7-2FbuRocOL9WMfzcAcJCXk0Mpyj-2FWlxywVfImCQfZYGER2uMdQKR96VU8-2BkF0EmYDXXF9UzjGV2FH3QXsIccHMOob72oPXBBENjuTkhE0BVqpY79W-2BxsJzXP-2BAMlXJzTXdV1MIAXmXYIKsHach5vIObyBXPqLKVrd0sKmLGHtFVZc-2BuCUv2wzcOMeSxigisUkP0XiMy54WcXs7xBN-2BJCHMBqUg7 Cyberfish Laboratories | https://u9432639.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=lIXdN6W56FnEjHCwrBXqOq0HQNpV0huvAGw1zu6Xp8eVQuk2cNZiNFjx2k-2FfTNcheFfpiVb5gBjGpm0Nj5Q4I3xCw2LwMr0judoZeyiUjdR1tpgYkTV0d02GWzxgtEgDloMtJnizQ1QYBRYrnLUR0D-2BqKukk3V1aA2p-2BQFa-2FJ2dXs-2Bi8RFIe02gQorukPMfNTzKwqTPZSGIM5iuicTINCPvNbjuCoUfp6wYNa7tOwVG81ssZAudfaY6kgaj7dGotVZtYJxCk8QxDKdjBPn1BOo2cjlzluaoINiYhpXyvNKgiohYJHLT07ctpIfEZ7W-2BRnwT3bnCUHdSNy8DdzcaHPQPz52hRxioxIzmQla9-2B13mUYBGw58KL7CVvJzMhnSJw_a6oQc7tnfcb0GKvoO27fPkrQ0ATQyF1SDBXJOg7-2FbuRocOL9WMfzcAcJCXk0Mpyj-2FWlxywVfImCQfZYGER2uMSKyNy3cS2LwmxMYLvQlUDDqJ-2F6xkTPfHsldxpb8e-2BFEsDJt22T5JMlRaizFci-2Fr-2BvpJ44J1n-2FRwlItddP4NkDv5WxnY3k-2B3HX0yxo2IpFpO3m3WexQ9Fueyfy9MMEz2Whzlxi5oboBoNLnnZYvWTDkTmzIQ-2BCe2e9C58tTLxUtA tel. +31(0)6 46715175 email: ron...@toonafish.nl > On 11 Jan 2020, at 01:39, Matt Lind wrote: > > Most telling statistic is that Stephen Blair is the top poster of the year, > and he typically only posts the Friday Flashback thread. I almost tried to > avoid the list this year and I still ended up in the top ten. > > Once support left the product, so did the users. > > I'm curious to know how many people are still actively using XSI. I don't > mean tinker with it, but actually using it regularly for meaningful work. > > > Matt > > > > > Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 02:33:28 +0000 > From: Matt Morris > Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers > To: "Official Softimage Users Mailing List. > > Feeling a little maudlin at those figures. > Had a quick look back at list activity: > 2011 – 2013: holding pretty steady at around 12k posts a year. 2014: 14k > posts (eol announcement) 2015: 4055 (crazy drop off) 2016: 3282 2017: 2311 > 2018: 1058 2019: 657 > > > > > -- > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with > "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
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I do, every day, and I think 2 or 3 more guys in our office as well. Others are on maya or houdini, moving slowly towards houdini, but it is a slow process, and it is hard to learn it. There are things I'd rather do in houdini, but xsi/ice still feels a lot more intuitive.. On 1/11/20, Matt Lind wrote: > Most telling statistic is that Stephen Blair is the top poster of the year, > and he typically only posts the Friday Flashback thread. I almost tried to > avoid the list this year and I still ended up in the top ten. > > Once support left the product, so did the users. > > I'm curious to know how many people are still actively using XSI. I don't > mean tinker with it, but actually using it regularly for meaningful work. > > > Matt > -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
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I think at this point I will be using XSI for ICE power and maybe some things I might be able to do quicker there than in Maya. But I am starting to get a bit rusty with XSI so I feel I need to go in there and use it on a project or 2 to fire up the old muscle memory. https://u9432639.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=lIXdN6W56FnEjHCwrBXqOq0HQNpV0huvAGw1zu6Xp8eVQuk2cNZiNFjx2k-2FfTNch6Q7VZ6QojVWK1ql4fk7tUD9YDpqDI06Whthvig24T0Y5IDYiFiioOLcrioqum7evDBIfqIdxVNhmn7c7dJf6t6bR2mNDJ-2FQqECNRlbfMDGnV4jZNInqGiju42ek-2BgNXxDuG0dKzce-2FNQ6-2BU92TuzG-2Bdc-2FfRxyIFYM87wirxLi3U3-2FTAJLg9AgoZqFeLBN0e83-2FZOHxOtms6fpf-2FLgTSFgtNkSEcT-2BcYiJjD-2Fj-2B26ERuoI11dz-2BiF5CXJNRQHCuDyjnZ-2BTSJNv0Gsj8TypvyJ-2BMlzC3Re1-2BHXEEXAAy6oYCj3NV04PnKPxMsh4-2BUtk1EO_a6oQc7tnfcb0GKvoO27fPkrQ0ATQyF1SDBXJOg7-2FbuSS6F8XlyjP2s3ckfVnnOQm-2BQMaC5Sqg3-2Fsu-2BnD22EK1WeUpSDmhzQbk87ecESiEg9P8CR-2B-2FSBIGglqxH3S7tIjx7EVzaYDMxazpb1hmYHAmqlHQtY49YckiF0iL45SEC7P348lGabN40-2FJdXtrS-2BbJ85Gqnf-2BLcuHdqxx72Tqjib6OnyxuUK9VKQdXMYN8JOXQ5n1quP0FiYLaDVfJjQxb On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 4:36 PM Rui Santos wrote: > Still using Softimage > > A sábado, 11 de jan de 2020, 00:39, Matt Lind > escreveu: > >> Most telling statistic is that Stephen Blair is the top poster of the >> year, and he typically only posts the Friday Flashback thread. I almost >> tried to avoid the list this year and I still ended up in the top ten. >> >> Once support left the product, so did the users. >> >> I'm curious to know how many people are still actively using XSI. I don't >> mean tinker with it, but actually using it regularly for meaningful work. >> >> >> Matt >> >> >> >> ---------- >> >> Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 02:33:28 + >> >> From: Matt Morris >> >> Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers >> >> To: "Official Softimage Users Mailing List. >> >> >> Feeling a little maudlin at those figures. >> >> Had a quick look back at list activity: >> >> 2011 – 2013: holding pretty steady at around 12k posts a year. 2014: 14k >> posts (eol announcement) 2015: 4055 (crazy drop off) 2016: 3282 2017: 2311 >> 2018: 1058 2019: 657 >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com >> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >> > -- > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
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No, don't think so, Jordi. Houdini is learnable, even by non-VFX artists, but it requires a lot of hand holding to get comfortable. If you're learning by yourself, it's an uphill climb, especially in because of all the recent massive revamping of the application as documentation is out of date and many workflows require knowledge of how earlier versions of Houdini behaved. The biggest weakness of Houdini tutorials is lack of structure to teaching it. Every tutorial is it's own little world and there are plenty of people like Rohan showing how to do different things, but nobody ties it into the bigger story arc of how Houdini works in a structured approach so you can progress from novice to expert and tackle your own ideas with aplomb. SideFX provides tutorials to get you out of the box covering basics such as user interface, windows, and basic stuff, but then they just kind of leave you hanging there. There isn't an agreed upon best practices arc in any of the learning content, just a lot of 'that’s just how we've always done it'. Okaybut why? For example, in many videos objects are created and then the instructor dips into the subnetwork of the object to create more objects. See Rohan's videos on making a procedural table. Never is it explained why he must create all the objects in a single subnetwork, or why you cannot connect different objects through the network to create the same result. He also terminates many networks with a 'null' or transform node, but doesn't go into detail explaining why that should be done other than to say that's how he does it and no to worry about the details. Tutorials by others do more or less the same thing leaving many important details on the table without explanation. This leads to other problems. A more expected type tutorial is one by Jeff Lait of SideFX where he covers a single topic of 64 bit computing support through attributes. He focuses on a single narrow concept, but goes to town on all the nuances including explaining how many historical elements of Houdini do not support 64 bit computing unless you know which levers and switches to throw. Then he points out how to do it, in detail. The acquired knowledge and technique is usable in almost any project. I cannot say the same for many other tutorials which are built in very specific manners limiting their benefit. Another element of frustration is how many tools are not single nodes, but are actually networks of nodes bundled as a preset. You try to work with them only to discover there is a parameter value deep in that network that has to be toggled before it behaves to expectation, but it requires decent knowledge of the application to know that, and to know where to look. Ugh. Example: recreating the XSI direction constraint with lag. In XSI you can make the camera follow an object around the scene very easily by applying a direction constraint to the camera, then reducing the blend parameter so it can be allowed to travel within the frame a bit so it's not dead center all the time. Easy peasy. Try this in Houdini and you'll pull your hair out to the point your scalped. While it's straight forward to apply a direction constraint in Houdini, it's not so easy to get the lag to behave like in XSI where you want the target to be able to travel ahead a bit within the frame as desired. You have to have knowledge of CHOPS networks and meddle with FCurves to finesse it further. Even then there's no guarantee you can achieve the same result. If you botch the process of applying the constraint, or need to apply other constraints to the same object, then you get into a mess of CHOPS networks in who knows what state. The display in the network view doesn't make this point obvious as there are no links connecting the CHOPS to the constraint. There's a lot of room for improvement on conveying this relationship. Houdini is a very powerful application, but the training material leaves a lot to be desired and is not nearly as easy as you claim. Matt Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 14:30:26 + From: Jordi Bares Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers To: "Official Softimage Users Mailing List. What kind of work do you do? Or aim to? Houdini is not hard at all unless you want to get into abstract graphics and serious VFX. jb Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 18:09:13 + From: Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers To: "Official Softimage Users Mailing List. Check Rohan Dalvi tutorials, some free! https://u9432639.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=lIXdN6W56FnEjHCwrBXqOq0HQNpV0huvAGw1zu6Xp8eVQuk2cNZiNFjx2k-2FfTNchg8g1WVJfcto95uwpDUO3LeRlWVqhLYJWC2J4Q1XU7ntpgV-2F5L651KLASszUFYVjpJ8KrfL0fGuXt-2FE1y9fxi8wCOWguliaxTGo2DtMHLacXo94ypixBAy-2FkdIryAU2RbLO3WPQvIv4yrx9qsWD-2BzyZFVZz3KbW76ruE9QWRUYsYWLlePcrZYSYQFO5fvKWuLYNF4ViLLFJw7eokdiAu68HE20MHqU-
Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers
Still using Softimage A sábado, 11 de jan de 2020, 00:39, Matt Lind escreveu: > Most telling statistic is that Stephen Blair is the top poster of the > year, and he typically only posts the Friday Flashback thread. I almost > tried to avoid the list this year and I still ended up in the top ten. > > Once support left the product, so did the users. > > I'm curious to know how many people are still actively using XSI. I don't > mean tinker with it, but actually using it regularly for meaningful work. > > > Matt > > > > -- > > Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 02:33:28 +0000 > > From: Matt Morris > > Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers > > To: "Official Softimage Users Mailing List. > > > Feeling a little maudlin at those figures. > > Had a quick look back at list activity: > > 2011 – 2013: holding pretty steady at around 12k posts a year. 2014: 14k > posts (eol announcement) 2015: 4055 (crazy drop off) 2016: 3282 2017: 2311 > 2018: 1058 2019: 657 > > > > > -- > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
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n a feature but try to show a parcel of the very > huge project to an art gallery to get finance to pay some one or more > freelance which could share files with me working fbx on softimage. > > Over years of study after this rough sketch which you can see on my website ( > as « le Schema de Taltli » ) i have quite refined my mastery at drawing with > softimage but would not want to spoil the surprise of my way of new softimage > kind of drawing and so i don’t show any new stuff now. I can say : > Its neither cartoony neither photorealist as i am foremost an artist in the > XXst century sense of being an « artist » but want to develop as such within > the cinema element and the 3D elements. > If i work with financing co-creative co-actors they could use softimage or > houdini the requisite is sharing files via fbx. > Good to know from you that houdini is simpler than i thought. ( I thought > from watching different tutorials, that it was difficult to remember in your > brains memory the codes lines for modifying the geometries and be > innovatingly using this software like i am now more at ease with reinventing > way of working with 3D via softimage) > At the moment i am in the meantime writing a novel in order to see clearer > the way direction of my movie goes. I am inventing everything and do not rely > on classical screenwriting nor on classical direction. > I believe that’s the opportunity offered by 3D which is missed when you or it > seems sometimes the whole us and eu industry ) try to copycat star wars . > > Writing and seeing this list vanishing is exasparating as i fear not never > getting this first parcel of feature on the rail and work one day soon > hopefully with co-creatives on this large scale innovative project. > > I did a ziggurat this summer with ice and my friends who have seen it find > this « great art » and marvelous so its encouraging. I am currently working > on « Julioh » who is an angel with blue wings but who would this time appear > in 3d in the way i am sketching it off the computer ( new way of > understanding 3d i believe ). > ( > Le Schema de Taltli by > Mathyas Jacqmain > ) > > > > > Le sam. 11 janv. 2020 à 15:30, Jordi Bares <mailto:jordiba...@gmail.com>> a écrit : > What kind of work do you do? Or aim to? > > Houdini is not hard at all unless you want to get into abstract graphics and > serious VFX. > > jb > > > >> On 11 Jan 2020, at 11:07, Nicole Beeckmans-Jacqmain > <mailto:arc.ann...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> I am using softimage as a painter in movement. >> I need to think and write a lot before painting. >> I need to speed up before the license ends. Its distressing. >> I don’t have the lifespan to learn houdini. >> >> >> Le sam. 11 janv. 2020 à 02:11, Stephen Davidson > <mailto:magic...@bellsouth.net>> a écrit : >> I still make money using it for all my 3D work. Even though Redshift 3D no >> longer supports it, I still use the last version that works with XSI. >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 7:38 PM Matt Lind > <mailto:speye...@hotmail.com>> wrote: >> Most telling statistic is that Stephen Blair is the top poster of the year, >> and he typically only posts the Friday Flashback thread. I almost tried to >> avoid the list this year and I still ended up in the top ten. >> >> Once support left the product, so did the users. >> >> I'm curious to know how many people are still actively using XSI. I don't >> mean tinker with it, but actually using it regularly for meaningful work. >> >> >> Matt >> >> >> >> >> Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 02:33:28 + >> >> From: Matt Morris mailto:matt...@gmail.com>> >> >> Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers >> >> To: "Official Softimage Users Mailing List. >> >> >> >> Feeling a little maudlin at those figures. >> >> Had a quick look back at list activity: >> >> 2011 – 2013: holding pretty steady at around 12k posts a year. 2014: 14k >> posts (eol announcement) 2015: 4055 (crazy drop off) 2016: 3282 2017: 2311 >> 2018: 1058 2019: 657 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com >> <mailto:softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com> with "unsubscribe" in the >> subject, and reply to confirm. >> -- >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@li
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Hello. I have published a book in 2018 with dialogues/poetry/philosophy alongside printed paintings done with corel painter and softimage. The book is i believe still available on amazon french or italy or deutch or japan, or somewhere else still sure( 28€ ) though the book is bilingual french and english written original by author ( me) its called << Le Scema de Taltli>> with subtitles:<>& <>. It goes alongside a movie which is called << le Schema de Taltli >> 14 min 28 sec softimage. Music by me. Watch it here: https://u9432639.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=lIXdN6W56FnEjHCwrBXqOq0HQNpV0huvAGw1zu6Xp8eVQuk2cNZiNFjx2k-2FfTNchuBwEphadrRc9OmY-2FzBwckqYOoiCyH4ZXjsWWNx-2BRNylzBrlldxkTHhMoi51c070RXhLpKlc-2BBNsP-2Flbx1LYDeP-2B2G0tjNV82H613Dnzh9zDJRIMmRjhhg1OSb-2BKc8Igfb621DHsVwRmZchvz8r5gliww4qkOLdWn-2FBWoeWXJGf5gTbJlc-2BPsgV9jm-2B6FeTWZReLugm7IniO54ES89G6QNXDRzRp3tspAsJ7HAdSSwbBDY3-2F-2B6PAXQzeGyW0nB4F6oKzfdpVlZk8Re7yaGa1h2I3PXLLULtLE5blOo2NOLdAJYy7IWGZegqi9fiPKz6tq_a6oQc7tnfcb0GKvoO27fPkrQ0ATQyF1SDBXJOg7-2FbuTYxSxss7NtZuUniL8kSv8ns4E0VeH16eJ-2BIq-2FuaHLgT1EYTZpoSBJgM3lqEqcdS1eVzP-2Baw0mgxlgLrQMlkwTfZJtgeZvb1IGybTUyJ2KeubigxRfm8uUFJQfKrzXHeKJCuJUwI38hpJ7EB1SGSIL5klf0lW-2FLeyDOLPKtUfGOmhPW4err1fxxSPZAJnmnG6Ed6gQkGSmav-2FPOnBrcEu0K Since then i am working on a feature but try to show a parcel of the very huge project to an art gallery to get finance to pay some one or more freelance which could share files with me working fbx on softimage. Over years of study after this rough sketch which you can see on my website ( as « le Schema de Taltli » ) i have quite refined my mastery at drawing with softimage but would not want to spoil the surprise of my way of new softimage kind of drawing and so i don’t show any new stuff now. I can say : Its neither cartoony neither photorealist as i am foremost an artist in the XXst century sense of being an « artist » but want to develop as such within the cinema element and the 3D elements. If i work with financing co-creative co-actors they could use softimage or houdini the requisite is sharing files via fbx. Good to know from you that houdini is simpler than i thought. ( I thought from watching different tutorials, that it was difficult to remember in your brains memory the codes lines for modifying the geometries and be innovatingly using this software like i am now more at ease with reinventing way of working with 3D via softimage) At the moment i am in the meantime writing a novel in order to see clearer the way direction of my movie goes. I am inventing everything and do not rely on classical screenwriting nor on classical direction. I believe that’s the opportunity offered by 3D which is missed when you or it seems sometimes the whole us and eu industry ) try to copycat star wars . Writing and seeing this list vanishing is exasparating as i fear not never getting this first parcel of feature on the rail and work one day soon hopefully with co-creatives on this large scale innovative project. I did a ziggurat this summer with ice and my friends who have seen it find this « great art » and marvelous so its encouraging. I am currently working on « Julioh » who is an angel with blue wings but who would this time appear in 3d in the way i am sketching it off the computer ( new way of understanding 3d i believe ). ( Le Schema de Taltli by Mathyas Jacqmain ) Le sam. 11 janv. 2020 à 15:30, Jordi Bares a écrit : > What kind of work do you do? Or aim to? > > Houdini is not hard at all unless you want to get into abstract graphics > and serious VFX. > > jb > > > > On 11 Jan 2020, at 11:07, Nicole Beeckmans-Jacqmain > wrote: > > I am using softimage as a painter in movement. > I need to think and write a lot before painting. > I need to speed up before the license ends. Its distressing. > I don’t have the lifespan to learn houdini. > > > Le sam. 11 janv. 2020 à 02:11, Stephen Davidson > a écrit : > >> I still make money using it for all my 3D work. Even though Redshift 3D >> no longer supports it, I still use the last version that works with XSI. >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 7:38 PM Matt Lind wrote: >> >>> Most telling statistic is that Stephen Blair is the top poster of the >>> year, and he typically only posts the Friday Flashback thread. I almost >>> tried to avoid the list this year and I still ended up in the top ten. >>> >>> Once support left the product, so did the users. >>> >>> I'm curious to know how many people are still actively using XSI. I >>> don't mean tinker with it, but actually using it regularly for meaningful >>> work. >>> >>> >>> Matt >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 02:33:28 + >>> &g
Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers
What kind of work do you do? Or aim to? Houdini is not hard at all unless you want to get into abstract graphics and serious VFX. jb > On 11 Jan 2020, at 11:07, Nicole Beeckmans-Jacqmain > wrote: > > I am using softimage as a painter in movement. > I need to think and write a lot before painting. > I need to speed up before the license ends. Its distressing. > I don’t have the lifespan to learn houdini. > > > Le sam. 11 janv. 2020 à 02:11, Stephen Davidson <mailto:magic...@bellsouth.net>> a écrit : > I still make money using it for all my 3D work. Even though Redshift 3D no > longer supports it, I still use the last version that works with XSI. > > > On Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 7:38 PM Matt Lind <mailto:speye...@hotmail.com>> wrote: > Most telling statistic is that Stephen Blair is the top poster of the year, > and he typically only posts the Friday Flashback thread. I almost tried to > avoid the list this year and I still ended up in the top ten. > > Once support left the product, so did the users. > > I'm curious to know how many people are still actively using XSI. I don't > mean tinker with it, but actually using it regularly for meaningful work. > > > Matt > > > > > Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 02:33:28 + > > From: Matt Morris mailto:matt...@gmail.com>> > > Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers > > To: "Official Softimage Users Mailing List. > > > > Feeling a little maudlin at those figures. > > Had a quick look back at list activity: > > 2011 – 2013: holding pretty steady at around 12k posts a year. 2014: 14k > posts (eol announcement) 2015: 4055 (crazy drop off) 2016: 3282 2017: 2311 > 2018: 1058 2019: 657 > > > > > > > > > -- > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com > <mailto:softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com> with "unsubscribe" in the > subject, and reply to confirm. > -- > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com > <mailto:softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com> with "unsubscribe" in the > subject, and reply to confirm. > -- > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com > <mailto:softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com> with "unsubscribe" in the > subject, and reply to confirm. -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
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I'm still using it as the main 3D software and I do it for a living. A few years ago, I decided to stay with it. Probably for the rest of my professional career. I'm kinda lucky in a way that I have a solid and quite professional production pipeline I can manage entirely by myself. I have the resources and the knowledge to keep it up and running. It's not in the budget right now but next big thing will be (hopefully) to move the farm to redshift. A downside is, that projects are not as interesting and challenging as they were when I worked as a freelancer at companies. That is not because of XSI rather than it is quite hard to get your hands on bigger projects if you're a one man show. I see two concerns may or may not coming in the future that I don't know how to handle yet. One might be that we will no longer work with polygons or any "surface based" modeling and everything will go point cloud (not seeing it in the next ten years). The other thing is a big rise of realtime engines that might kill any offline renderer and therefore any software that relies on it. Even that second concern seems to be more likely to happen soon, I'd say it won't affect me too much. I don't charge for render time anymore, usually I don't have tight deadlines, and photo realism is as real as it gets. So what. But I'm just speculating and it might turn out completely different. :) Sven From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Matt Lind Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2020 1:39 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers Most telling statistic is that Stephen Blair is the top poster of the year, and he typically only posts the Friday Flashback thread. I almost tried to avoid the list this year and I still ended up in the top ten. Once support left the product, so did the users. I'm curious to know how many people are still actively using XSI. I don't mean tinker with it, but actually using it regularly for meaningful work. Matt _ Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 02:33:28 + From: Matt Morris Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers To: "Official Softimage Users Mailing List. Feeling a little maudlin at those figures. Had a quick look back at list activity: 2011 – 2013: holding pretty steady at around 12k posts a year. 2014: 14k posts (eol announcement) 2015: 4055 (crazy drop off) 2016: 3282 2017: 2311 2018: 1058 2019: 657 <https://u9432639.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=lIXdN6W56FnEjHCwrBXqOq0HQNpV0huvAGw1zu6Xp8eVQuk2cNZiNFjx2k-2FfTNch-2BwSLMAIA8-2B-2Fai7Was5M7NUgkRPlvtBVWECuMBMaQ6RLkkQsPKQsWTDamTO8MR8pff-2F8FLBJc1lH4mNjKS3QK5jHleo-2FyBMsLGgoqi8C705Jz-2FCC4lUWDR0WxfcKEi-2BZ4fdGkOQGlX93yCHBtNE7PUnk1wQOMzrTP0d6l9pqZqOhloQl9qFgJA2udTAzryZCvDb8IRy-2BnuvuXxoyryWv6ReGCl-2BQGlkuC4-2FLoEZV-2FHh0TaeYJQUs4YA92UWX6ySHH3BZM92Ci-2Fk3F6CDu3qCfvJPLLhpEAFbKhPP5TB-2F6yDcpgvneKPoQTCfUUhsl0AukPVqCTLBaulNRrH1Z4pPt2QMwpvMwLBHdZ40sseh4wxRHNVsVB-2BHqSdWuJyPG0eFJHncWDicliBHnw1kZkATagFCCEHl2F-2BHyqrZn2WUd9NMTl1zfFUwAvHfPkx-2FfChPC31RdLEIX6Jxk4DTOcLNPGVdExRZLPK-2Bva-2FLzrYkARepTLBo9B85r9MdN-2Fkhx9aNGn8Kzps-2Fs9DKVienFVdA-2FmOGDElR0ENy8eGgzF4-2FHcS-2Bu9bOe9fk9YiQLS3SoM7JXgEwYcGYjidgmiQuNPmIwZJrECem2iv7qcxbcTbvheWyEvpGL-2FoJtF6WyCr60j7ROMabiDxsKBuJR2p6PSEuniFil2VZ81VUET3FrkFZBJEXAk15OhqURRY1scTys3BUawdl-2BOJj4gu6wuGCtzKLK7dJL7wTMhTN8frMUvt-2FxDws-3D_a6oQc7tnfcb0GKvoO27fPkrQ0ATQyF1SDBXJOg7-2FbuTEgWAYGrfZgr7mjF8ilUMOVP-2By2d-2FSjpuSmtYJB6BmHerO74qd-2Fdh9SjyK45hUgy7RIJWG65ZLOUkHhAnMWGub7VOKPnHlx6TQqmauhxDo0LuLNOHbivejeMKrw-2Bp1h5aNwmAbxU4ZasIyLvcAt17mjG7mfzcQuWoIJZVAhx2ZgCpHvluKdY0BrcmNXxQYmMLNrlJTAnpdSwnjywc-2FntsS > -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers
I am using softimage as a painter in movement. I need to think and write a lot before painting. I need to speed up before the license ends. Its distressing. I don’t have the lifespan to learn houdini. Le sam. 11 janv. 2020 à 02:11, Stephen Davidson a écrit : > I still make money using it for all my 3D work. Even though Redshift 3D no > longer supports it, I still use the last version that works with XSI. > > > On Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 7:38 PM Matt Lind wrote: > >> Most telling statistic is that Stephen Blair is the top poster of the >> year, and he typically only posts the Friday Flashback thread. I almost >> tried to avoid the list this year and I still ended up in the top ten. >> >> Once support left the product, so did the users. >> >> I'm curious to know how many people are still actively using XSI. I don't >> mean tinker with it, but actually using it regularly for meaningful work. >> >> >> Matt >> >> >> >> -------------- >> >> Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 02:33:28 + >> >> From: Matt Morris >> >> Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers >> >> To: "Official Softimage Users Mailing List. >> >> >> Feeling a little maudlin at those figures. >> >> Had a quick look back at list activity: >> >> 2011 – 2013: holding pretty steady at around 12k posts a year. 2014: 14k >> posts (eol announcement) 2015: 4055 (crazy drop off) 2016: 3282 2017: 2311 >> 2018: 1058 2019: 657 >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com >> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >> > -- > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers
I still make money using it for all my 3D work. Even though Redshift 3D no longer supports it, I still use the last version that works with XSI. On Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 7:38 PM Matt Lind wrote: > Most telling statistic is that Stephen Blair is the top poster of the > year, and he typically only posts the Friday Flashback thread. I almost > tried to avoid the list this year and I still ended up in the top ten. > > Once support left the product, so did the users. > > I'm curious to know how many people are still actively using XSI. I don't > mean tinker with it, but actually using it regularly for meaningful work. > > > Matt > > > > -- > > Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 02:33:28 +0000 > > From: Matt Morris > > Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers > > To: "Official Softimage Users Mailing List. > > > Feeling a little maudlin at those figures. > > Had a quick look back at list activity: > > 2011 – 2013: holding pretty steady at around 12k posts a year. 2014: 14k > posts (eol announcement) 2015: 4055 (crazy drop off) 2016: 3282 2017: 2311 > 2018: 1058 2019: 657 > > > > > -- > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers
Most telling statistic is that Stephen Blair is the top poster of the year, and he typically only posts the Friday Flashback thread. I almost tried to avoid the list this year and I still ended up in the top ten. Once support left the product, so did the users. I'm curious to know how many people are still actively using XSI. I don't mean tinker with it, but actually using it regularly for meaningful work. Matt Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 02:33:28 + From: Matt Morris Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers To: "Official Softimage Users Mailing List. Feeling a little maudlin at those figures. Had a quick look back at list activity: 2011 – 2013: holding pretty steady at around 12k posts a year. 2014: 14k posts (eol announcement) 2015: 4055 (crazy drop off) 2016: 3282 2017: 2311 2018: 1058 2019: 657 -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers
we could just swap the names and carry on From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com on behalf of Steven Caron Sent: 09 January 2020 03:27 To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://u9432639.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=lIXdN6W56FnEjHCwrBXqOq0HQNpV0huvAGw1zu6Xp8eVQuk2cNZiNFjx2k-2FfTNchiLG9o7ECJDJ0Mw-2FRzSlfldhFWvv2G7M9xrogMv-2BiUgrG-2BmCVAfC2HxBWG0Czpbw8UUe9Xkbh68Twjp-2FiA-2FSErOu3nkV-2BHSYN4Xoi4cYvgB1kOdRrbMYHkt5C9Md3fqQiR5pxCzYRYBlG0uUn61-2BvIaLocqwJO9w5FM4ETKfcY4GBMNxjYMQzjrJcBCOQHqvBkSRMDWGpqO9zOt0pS56NbL6yq7m8a0czKUNqyFx44ADp6XCzZrQr7mdiG8SyPf9KOgd8-2BwIM3o24mgvtfHF1Xn24BdOBbdiwEK4pAZvyO362Qw7GBO5biVKSWnRs479YoWYhdnkCs9NpHGrypNEffA-3D-3D_a6oQc7tnfcb0GKvoO27fPkrQ0ATQyF1SDBXJOg7-2FbuTQITtw7-2FwU9BAnGhktZRnjq9B4-2FgAgEkXSachCLzuErN5BrAxe1yTAypx7Ja4xAVl0sklXBwe6nzM3u1fIM-2BoiCmcPqTxE5flnEdm6hL-2Fb8pi5qeXhxoJBz4V9-2BgNAKmITsU21Feit5wEXBM1xrke2TnC-2FJAX5vAtNTm1Z-2FQZ-2FetIiPTneUUBK3VfhQiyXxaqBj73VT8Z-2B3b2GL20sP0fk Subject: Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers ya, that is a craaazy drop off. would love to see the increase on the houdini forums ;) On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 6:34 PM Matt Morris mailto:matt...@gmail.com>> wrote: Feeling a little maudlin at those figures. Had a quick look back at list activity: 2011 - 2013: holding pretty steady at around 12k posts a year. 2014: 14k posts (eol announcement) 2015: 4055 (crazy drop off) 2016: 3282 2017: 2311 2018: 1058 2019: 657 -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
Re: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers
ya, that is a craaazy drop off. would love to see the increase on the houdini forums ;) On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 6:34 PM Matt Morris wrote: > Feeling a little maudlin at those figures. > > Had a quick look back at list activity: > > 2011 - 2013: holding pretty steady at around 12k posts a year. > 2014: 14k posts (eol announcement) > 2015: 4055 (crazy drop off) > 2016: 3282 > 2017: 2311 > 2018: 1058 > 2019: 657 > > -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
