Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-15 Thread Tenshi Sama
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer I suppose I should have phrased that There has literally never been a single public champion of Softimage at a decision-making level. Was there ever a SIGGRAPH, usergroup meeting

Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-15 Thread Bk
Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134 From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Paul Griswold Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 1:27 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my

Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-15 Thread Doeke Wartena
, 2014 1:27 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer I suppose I should have phrased that There has literally never been a single public champion of Softimage at a decision-making level. Was there ever a SIGGRAPH

RE: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-14 Thread Maurice Patel
@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer I suppose I should have phrased that There has literally never been a single public champion of Softimage at a decision-making level. Was there ever a SIGGRAPH, usergroup meeting, or anything of the sort where anyone

Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-14 Thread Mirko Jankovic
...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Paul Griswold Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 1:27 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer I suppose I should have phrased that There has

Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-14 Thread John Clausing
954-7134 From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Paul Griswold Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 1:27 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer I suppose I

Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-14 Thread Morten Bartholdy
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer I suppose I should have phrased that There has literally never been a single public champion of Softimage at a decision-making level. Was there ever a SIGGRAPH, usergroup meeting, or anything

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Leoung O'Young
Hi Maurice, Since you brought this up, I thought I would throw in my 2 cents worth and below is a quote from a friend of my who has been in the 3D industry for over 25 years. The reason I am upset about the killing of XSI is XSI was created from the ground up and not pasted together like Maya

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread phil harbath
I'll keep it super short. the troubling thing here is that Softimage does many things that are just plain superior to Maya (Rigging, Weighting, Mixer, Shape Manager, Ice, athough that one is a big if as from what I understand, Bifrost is supposed to be the next big thing (but how long to

RE: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Maurice Patel
Subject: Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer Hi Maurice, Since you brought this up, I thought I would throw in my 2 cents worth and below is a quote from a friend of my who has been in the 3D industry for over 25 years. The reason I am upset about the killing of XSI is XSI

RE: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Maurice Patel
-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Maurice Patel Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 3:34 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer He beats me I have only been in it since 1995 :) But I was at Softimage when Sumatra and DS were both COM

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Mirko Jankovic
: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer He beats me I have only been in it since 1995 :) But I was at Softimage when Sumatra and DS were both COM based applications on a shared code base and it was a massive struggle to get those products shippable, Using this reasoning you could also argue

RE: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Maurice Patel
And I apologize for not trimming my previous posts maurice attachment: winmail.dat

RE: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Maurice Patel
-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Mirko Jankovic Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 3:56 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer There is a bit of perspective of view issue here

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Tim Leydecker
Comparing Maya and Softimage jobs/projects I worked on for the last 10-15 yrs, I would come to the conclusion that I worked on many almost vanilla install Softimage projects while the Maya projects involved a significantly higher amount of using scripted extensions and plug-in functionality.

RE: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Maurice Patel
, March 13, 2014 4:20 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer Comparing Maya and Softimage jobs/projects I worked on for the last 10-15 yrs, I would come to the conclusion that I worked on many almost vanilla install Softimage projects

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello again Maurice. I am sorry to say that killing Softimage is the worst decision ever made by Autodesk, as Autodesk does not have a true alternative for a better software than Softimage. Maybe Maya is stronger than Softimage in other aspects, but the ones that we care as artists/users Maya is

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Jason S
On 03/13/14 4:14, Maurice Patel wrote: Hi Mirko, If only it were that simple. But if I publicly said that Maya users were not artists my inbox would swell a few hundred thousand times:). But the reality is that most of the Maya users out there are artists not developers. I don't think the

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Jason S
Hi Emilio .. to be (able to be more) fair, you have to put (practice putting) your own emotions aside ;) On 03/13/14 4:38, Emilio Hernandez wrote: Hello again Maurice. I am sorry to say that killing Softimage is the worst decision ever made by Autodesk, as Autodesk does not have a true

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello Jason. Even though my emotions play an important role in my job, when it comes to work I am a lean, clean polished machine, and Maya is not as lean, as clean, and polished as Softimage, nor I have found another DCC tool. Honestly IMHO if you are taking something out of the market is

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Christian Lattuada
Only adding some thoughts at the complaining. What sadden me is also the loss of something valuable as a piece of art in human culture. Like loosing pieces of literature, or paintings. Software is immaterial, is the product of creative thinking and you perceive it mostly using it with your mind;

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Tenshi Sama
I just want to add, i'm very dissapointed. Not only because Autodesk isn't hearing the user base; they didn't do anything in the past either to solve the Softimage problem.(marketing/development. That's all). We are here. People are talking a lot about the subject. There's a lot of user base

Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Eugen Sares
-- Originalnachricht -- Von: Maurice Patel maurice.pa...@autodesk.com An: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Gesendet: 13.03.2014 09:34:16 Betreff: RE: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer Hi Tim, I don't think anyone here at Autodesk would

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Alastair Hearsum
...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Tim Leydecker Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 4:20 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer Comparing Maya and Softimage jobs/projects I worked on for the last 10-15 yrs, I would come to the conclusion that I worked

Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Paul Griswold
An: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Gesendet: 13.03.2014 09:34:16 Betreff: RE: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer Hi Tim, I don't think anyone here at Autodesk would disagree with you there. Softimage and 3ds Max were designed very much to be out of the box

Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Bradley Gabe
Since the day Autodesk bought Softimage, it's been one cruel joke. There has literally never been a single champion of Softimage at a decision-making level, right? It's been the red-headed step-child since the moment of the acquisition. I'm not sure this statement is entirely true. The

Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Chris Marshall
Was wondering where your voice was Brad! On 13 March 2014 17:21, Bradley Gabe witha...@gmail.com wrote: Since the day Autodesk bought Softimage, it's been one cruel joke. There has literally never been a single champion of Softimage at a decision-making level, right? It's been the

Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Paul Griswold
I suppose I should have phrased that There has literally never been a single public champion of Softimage at a decision-making level. Was there ever a SIGGRAPH, usergroup meeting, or anything of the sort where anyone with any sort of authority at Autodesk called for more exposure, more marketing,

Re: Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-13 Thread Bradley Gabe
Not really. Which is why my top 5 list for Alastair would have been something like: -Chinny -Halfdan -Ronald -Schoennagel -Jen -etc... On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Paul Griswold pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com wrote: I suppose I should have phrased that There has literally never

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Dan Yargici
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Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Mário Domingos
Greg, can I post your letter on Facebook?— Sent from Mailbox for iPhone On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 2:49 AM, Greg Punchatz g...@janimation.com wrote: Hello Autodesk, My name is Greg Punchatz , Senior Creative Director at Janimation. I have a proposal, or call it a counter offer on the proper way

RE: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Chris Vienneau
] Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 5:03 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer Greg, can I post your letter on Facebook? — Sent from Mailboxhttps://www.dropbox.com/mailbox for iPhone On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 2:49 AM, Greg Punchatz g

Re[2]: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Eugen Sares
: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer Hi Greg, Do you have any more info on what you mean by long standing low level requests and can you list the top 10 third parties you would like me to reach out to follow up with? Or is there anyone on the list who is a third party developer that can

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Alastair Hearsum
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Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Martin Chatterjee
Yeah, +1 from my side as well. -M -- Martin Chatterjee [ Freelance Technical Director ] [ http://www.chatterjee.de ] [ https://vimeo.com/chatterjee ] On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Alastair Hearsum hear...@glassworks.co.uk wrote: Good idea Alastair Hearsum Head of 3d

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Doeke Wartena
I doubt autodesk improves sdk. It will mean people can stay longer with softimage. Which is less sells on maya and max. And in the end it's all about money... :( For the rest nice letter, i really like the big letters are coming. 2014-03-11 12:14 GMT+01:00 Martin Chatterjee

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread peter_b
, March 11, 2014 3:49 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer Hello Autodesk, My name is Greg Punchatz , Senior Creative Director at Janimation. I have a proposal, or call it a counter offer on the proper way to retire Softimage. First off

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Dan Yargici
BRILLIANT post. Perfectly articulated Peter, well done! DAN On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 1:46 PM, pete...@skynet.be wrote: Hi Greg, this is pretty much along the lines of what I've been thinking.

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Jean-Louis Billard
Hi all, I’d like to chime in if I may. I run a very small company in Brussels called Digital Golem that’s been around for almost 8 years, and our pipeline is essentially Softimage-Arnold-Nuke, with a bit of ZBrush thrown in for good measure. One of the biggest reasons we are able to be

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Chris Marshall
I totally agree 100% with everything that's been said here. On 11 March 2014 12:04, Jean-Louis Billard jean-lo...@photon3.com wrote: Hi all, I'd like to chime in if I may. I run a very small company in Brussels called Digital Golem that's been around for almost 8 years, and our pipeline

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Matt Lowery
As a colleague of mine pointed out this morning, Autodesk should have told it's Softimage users what it needs to keep Softimage going. Admittedly that could be a bitter pill... We need to double the cost of maintenance to keep softimage going! Or We need to double the price of new license

RE: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread adrian wyer
a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of pete...@skynet.be Sent: 11 March 2014 11:46 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer Hi Greg, this is pretty much along the lines

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Alastair Hearsum
*Subject:* A more graceful retirement - my counter offer Hello Autodesk, My name is Greg Punchatz , Senior Creative Director at Janimation. I have a proposal, or call it a counter offer on the proper way to retire Softimage. First off, if you don't know who I am, I feel like I have been part

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Yes. Bring back Softimage until ADSK really comes with something better, and most important: That we are convinced that it IS BETTER. We will migrate because of self conviction, not because we were ripped off. Meanwhile the more time is passing. The more clients you are loosing...

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread peter_b
: adrian wyer Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 1:18 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer outstanding and level headed, another excellent post that no-one at autodesk will bother to read. can we repost/retweet this? the more well

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread peter_b
thanks for speaking up Jean-Louis. Digital Golem is certainly one of those Softimage studios punching well above their weight. From: Emilio Hernandez Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 1:29 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer Yes

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Sebastien Sterling
emi...@e-roja.com *Sent:* Tuesday, March 11, 2014 1:29 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer Yes. Bring back Softimage until ADSK really comes with something better, and most important: That we are convinced that it IS BETTER

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Greg Punchatz
Greg, can I post your letter on Facebook? PLEASE!

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread rs3d
- Original Message - From: pete...@skynet.be To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 12:49 PM Subject: Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer thanks for speaking up Jean-Louis. Digital Golem is certainly one of those Softimage studios punching well

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread peter_b
From: Alastair Hearsum Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 1:24 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer Hi Peter Very well put. Absolutely spot on. ... Thanks Alastair, I would personally like a longer period of transition. Alastair

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Francisco Criado
...@glassworks.co.uk *Sent:* Tuesday, March 11, 2014 1:24 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer Hi Peter Very well put. Absolutely spot on. ... Thanks Alastair, I would personally like a longer period of transition. Alastair

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Greg Punchatz
...@skynet.be wrote: *From:* Alastair Hearsum hear...@glassworks.co.uk *Sent:* Tuesday, March 11, 2014 1:24 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer Hi Peter Very well put. Absolutely spot on. ... Thanks Alastair, I would

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Francisco Criado
graceful retirement - my counter offer Hi Peter Very well put. Absolutely spot on. ... Thanks Alastair, I would personally like a longer period of transition. Alastair And somewhere appealing to migrate to I'm sure. Having added Maya to your pipe in the past and moving away from

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Greg Punchatz
:* Tuesday, March 11, 2014 1:24 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer Hi Peter Very well put. Absolutely spot on. ... Thanks Alastair, I would personally like a longer period of transition. Alastair And somewhere appealing

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Paul Griswold
I sincerely hope people from Autodesk are reading these letters because I think it describes the situation perfectly. If ADSK had just unveiled some amazing, next-generation DCC that combined all the good parts of Max, Maya and Softimage into one amazing package, I don't think you'd see nearly as

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Morten Bartholdy
Subject: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer Hello Autodesk, My name is Greg Punchatz , Senior Creative Director at Janimation. I have a proposal, or call it a counter offer on the proper way to retire Softimage. First off, if you don't know who I am, I feel like I have been part

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Exactly Paul. I believe that all of we were first attracted to Softimage becuase we believed in it. Not because we were forced to use it or learn it. It was into that process of knowing Softimage, that we got in love with it. If only ADSK would understand this... They should first deliver

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Morten Bartholdy
Subject: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer Hello Autodesk, My name is Greg Punchatz , Senior Creative Director at Janimation. I have a proposal, or call it a counter offer on the proper way to retire Softimage. First off, if you don't know who I am, I feel like I

RE: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Morten Bartholdy
. cv/ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] on behalf of Mário Domingos [mdomingos.p...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 5:03 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: A more graceful retirement

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Doeke Wartena
: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [ softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] on behalf of Mário Domingos [ mdomingos.p...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 5:03 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer Greg, can I post

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Sebastien Sterling
/ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [ softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] on behalf of Mário Domingos [ mdomingos.p...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 5:03 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: A more graceful retirement

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Sebastien Sterling
graceful retirement - my counter offer Greg, can I post your letter on Facebook? -- Sent from Mailboxhttps://www.dropbox.com/mailbox for iPhone On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 2:49 AM, Greg Punchatz g...@janimation.com mailto:g...@janimation.com wrote: Hello Autodesk, My name

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Greg Punchatz
: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 5:03 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer Greg, can I post your letter on Facebook? -- Sent from Mailboxhttps://www.dropbox.com/mailbox for iPhone On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 2:49 AM, Greg Punchatz g

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Mirko Jankovic
you really think that they are building something new when they said that they an;t even focus in supporting what they got so far and killing Softimage so that they can provide better for max and maya? How does completely new app that requires couple years of investment before gaining any profit

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Emilio Hernandez
I've hear a rumor that Autodesk is in area 51 taking notes from a superior intelligence... --- Emilio Hernández VFX 3D animation. 2014-03-11 12:50 GMT-06:00 Mirko Jankovic mirkoj.anima...@gmail.com: you really think that they are building

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Greg Punchatz
I don't think that WAS the plan but things change. Lets say I have a pretty good record at reading the Tea leaves The thing is they CANT tell us even if they wanted to. There are some smart and not so smart folks up at AD but after trying to add to the maya code base for all

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread phil harbath
from all the things luceric said here and on the community I thought he was pretty clear the next gen tool was Maya. From: Greg Punchatz Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 3:06 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer I don't think

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Rob Chapman
Imo there is no money to be made on one giant 'doitall' application any more. if anything ADSK seem to be moving away from the pro market and more towards consumer level apps on the cloud. Including 3d printing and behance networks On 11 Mar 2014 19:06, Greg Punchatz g...@janimation.com wrote:

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Doeke Wartena
*Doeke, IMHO sending soft out to pasture VS to the glue factory is the best PR move AD could make. Doing that would actually make a huge difference if we decide to stick with AD... and eventually move to Maya or even better a whole new app they are building behind closed doors (I hope).* I didn't

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Eric Turman
:06 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer I don't think that WAS the plan but things change. Lets say I have a pretty good record at reading the Tea leaves The thing is they CANT tell us even if they wanted

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Jason S
Hearsum mailto:hear...@glassworks.co.uk *Sent:* Tuesday, March 11, 2014 1:24 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer Hi Peter Very well put. Absolutely spot on. ... Thanks

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Greg Punchatz
11, 2014 3:06 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer I don't think that WAS the plan but things change. Lets say I have a pretty good record at reading the Tea leaves

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Srecko Micic
PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer I don't think that WAS the plan but things change. Lets say I have a pretty good record at reading the Tea leaves The thing is they CANT tell us even if they wanted

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread olivier jeannel
I don't see AD as a chalenger. I mean AD producing a new revolutionnary 3d software would be like creating their own threat. They would be competiting themselves. How could they sell it ? Will they say to their clients, now you can drop Maya, we just made the ultimate 3d software ? This just

RE: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES]
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of phil harbath Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 3:12 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer from all the things luceric said here and on the community I thought he was pretty clear

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Emilio Hernandez
: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer from all the things luceric said here and on the community *I thought* he was pretty clear the next gen tool was Maya. *From:* Greg Punchatz g...@janimation.com *Sent:* Tuesday, March 11, 2014 3:06 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Jordi Bares
the next gen tool was Maya. From: Greg Punchatz Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 3:06 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer I don't think that WAS the plan but things change. Lets say I have a pretty good record at reading

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Jordi Bares
When you have a monopoly or close to there is zero need to innovate, that is a fact. Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com On 11 Mar 2014, at 21:57, olivier jeannel olivier.jean...@noos.fr wrote: I don't see AD as a chalenger. I mean AD producing a new revolutionnary 3d software would be like

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Emilio Hernandez
the next gen tool was Maya. *From:* Greg Punchatz g...@janimation.com *Sent:* Tuesday, March 11, 2014 3:06 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer I don't think that WAS the plan but things change. Lets say I have

A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-10 Thread Greg Punchatz
Hello Autodesk, My name is Greg Punchatz , Senior Creative Director at Janimation. I have a proposal, or call it a counter offer on the proper way to retire Softimage. First off, if you don't know who I am, I feel like I have been part of the Softimage team since the beginning of Sumatra

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-10 Thread Sebastien Sterling
Doesn't seem unreasonable, considering their motivations apparently are not competitively or economically driven. If anything it's just a lot of Money for minimal development. On 11 March 2014 02:49, Greg Punchatz g...@janimation.com wrote: Hello Autodesk, My name is Greg Punchatz , Senior

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-10 Thread Sylvain Lebeau
yup...Hat's off to this one too!!btw!! i remember being so inspired about those goldish sea dragons you guys did a while back!!..Cant remember the project.. Maybe with phoenix tools for the ocean.? ;-)long live Janimation!sly Sylvain Lebeau // SHEDV-P/Visual effects supervisor1410, RUE

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-10 Thread Greg Punchatz
Well Sylvain the Shed works inspires me now! The Sea serpents were for spykids 2.. that was a blast! We got mentioned in a review from Roger Ebert for that, good times!

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-10 Thread Sylvain Lebeau
Ohhh yeah!!! right!!!and thanks for you kind words Greg!Hard times ahead for sure!Best ANALogy with Maya... It's like having a new girlfriend that dont like sex... at all..sly Sylvain Lebeau // SHEDV-P/Visual effects supervisor1410, RUE STANLEY, 11E ÉTAGE MONTRÉAL (QUÉBEC) H3A 1P8T 514

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-10 Thread Sebastien Sterling
Analogy for maya... Feels more like herpes, passed on by that person you thought you could trust but who jumped ship, leaving you with the sores... forever. Too, on the nose ? :P On 11 March 2014 03:20, Sylvain Lebeau s...@shedmtl.com wrote: Ohhh yeah!!! right!!! and thanks for you kind

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-10 Thread Raffaele Fragapane
Maya is actually OK with sex, it's just that when you actually use it the sheer amount of times you'l tell it to go F*** itself it, understandably, chooses to remain a wanker of a software.

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-10 Thread Sylvain Lebeau
hahahahhhaahhaha Sylvain Lebeau // SHEDV-P/Visual effects supervisor1410, RUE STANLEY, 11E ÉTAGE MONTRÉAL (QUÉBEC) H3A 1P8T 514 849-1555 F 514 849-5025WWW.SHEDMTL.COMhttp://WWW.SHEDMTL.COMVFX Curriculum 03: Compositing Basicsmail to: s...@shedmtl.com On Mar 10, 2014, at 11:27 PM, Sebastien

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-10 Thread Sylvain Lebeau
;-) love it Sylvain Lebeau // SHEDV-P/Visual effects supervisor1410, RUE STANLEY, 11E ÉTAGE MONTRÉAL (QUÉBEC) H3A 1P8T 514 849-1555 F 514 849-5025WWW.SHEDMTL.COMhttp://WWW.SHEDMTL.COMVFX Curriculum 03: Compositing Basicsmail to: s...@shedmtl.com On Mar 10, 2014, at 11:30 PM, Raffaele Fragapane