Re: Is purchasing a new softimage license impossible?

2015-05-16 Thread Graham D. Clark
I agree, lighten up, Chris like many of us here are at least 2 decade users of Softimage and we are all sharing alternatives as Softimage fades past its EOL. Even before Softimage was EOL, on this list and with other professionals, we shared other apps advantages, many of which made their way in a

Re: Is purchasing a new softimage license impossible?

2015-05-16 Thread Chris Johnson
Cristobalwow...I'm even more excited now for my Blender lesson. I'm making a polar bear in Max with Ornatrix right now and the brush tools are a nightmare by comparison to that. I made some Pandas in Houdini and the fur tools were really nice but it was tough with just painting and not being

Pixar style skin shading.

2015-05-16 Thread Sebastien Sterling
Hey guys, was wondering if anyone had any tips on pulling of that Pixar candy skin in Arnold preferably, though if it can't be cheated, what ever might be closest Thanks and all the best.

Re: Is purchasing a new softimage license impossible?

2015-05-16 Thread Martin
I would agree with you purists, if Softimage were still under development, but it isn't. Threads like this: Any equivalent to Custom Param sets in Maya? is something that you can only discuss with Softimage users. We all are going to stop using Softimage sooner or later and having a wider

Re: Is purchasing a new softimage license impossible?

2015-05-16 Thread Tim Leydecker
I would prefer a bit more openness for the future. As much as I like working in Softimage, to make a living, I am (re)adopting other solutions. Maybe that´s a special case but nevertheless, one could describe trying to transfer existing knowledge to a new realm something common sense should

Re: Is purchasing a new softimage license impossible?

2015-05-16 Thread Cristobal Infante
I agree with Tim and most of the people in the list I am sure. Most of the other software discussion is done with a softimage perspective which is why is worth having that discussion here and not in Maya/Blender forum. In regards to Blender, I also used to also draw the line there. However after