Re: Is purchasing a new softimage license impossible?

 For those that don't exactly care about "support" and only look at what can work best for their, or for many situations, Soft for more than just basic things, - on it's own for it's overall general straight forwardness and workflow

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I am involved with both Sylvain's mailing list, as well as this one. No problem with fragmentation here. Heck, I even belong to a video editing mailing list (Razor Users Group), even though I rarely need to edit, and the group is based on Speed Razor, which is long gone. If fact, the group (razor

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Completely agree with Scott Parrish here. Emotions are fully understandable, but: Nothing to see here, move along! Greetz Leendert -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com

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I just wish people post other software related topics in their own thread. A Softimage > Transition thread would be best suited, but like i said before having a lot topics of the same thing, just makes me sad and anger, because at the end Autodesk win. =/ . So if the Softimage community wants to st

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Wow, this is quite a thread now. My original question was just about options for acquiring new softimage licenses, which was answered pretty quickly by Stephen, Maurice and others. It's interesting that the majority of the ~50 replies are arguments for and against talking about software other than

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Hey Chris! yeah long time no see!!! I’ve went to TO for a really short trip 3 months ago and did not got the chance to go visit you like the last time. Will do next time and beers too! sly Sylvain Lebeau // SHED V-P/Visual effects supervisor 1410, RUE STANLEY, 11E ÉTAGE MONTRÉAL (QUÉBEC) H

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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 ab

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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 vi

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gt; use the appropiate forums. > > > > sven > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [ > mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com > ] *On Behalf Of *Chris Johnson > *Sent:* Thursday, May 14, 2015 9:52 PM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *

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gt;>>> intended or not. Having a lot of non-topic discussion on a mailing list is >>>> synonymous to being loud and rude in a library while people are trying to >>>> read and study. While some tangents are OK to keep things interesting, >>>> let's

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few remaining channels of support clogged with noise causing a potential solution to be missed in sea of false positives. Matt Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 00:17:30 +0200 From: "Sven Constable" mailto:sixsi_l...@imagefront.de>&g

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r than the signal. >>> >>> Softimage may be EOL, but some of us must continue using it for an >>> indefinite period of time. When trying to find solutions to problems in a >>> timely manner using the archives or direct help from the user base, we >>> don'

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>> don't need our few remaining channels of support clogged with noise causing >> a potential solution to be missed in sea of false positives. >> >> >> Matt >> >> >> >> >> >> Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 00:17:30 +0200 >> From: "

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ith noise causing > a potential solution to be missed in sea of false positives. > > > Matt > > > > > > Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 00:17:30 +0200 > From: "Sven Constable" > Subject: RE: Is purchasing a new softimage license impossible? > > Then I'

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en *From:*softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com <mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Eric Thivierge *Sent:* Thursday, May 14, 2015 11:19 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com <mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk

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that sea of noise. >> >> While having another forum or list for migration and other topics may be >> that one extra click of inconvenience to you, it's the right thing to do. >> >> >> Matt >> >> >> >> >> >> Date: Thu, 14 May 20

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because they get lost in that sea of noise. > > While having another forum or list for migration and other topics may be > that one extra click of inconvenience to you, it's the right thing to do. > > > Matt > > > > > > Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 21:09:55 -04

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that one extra click of inconvenience to you, it's the right thing to do. Matt Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 21:09:55 -0400 From: Eric Thivierge Subject: Re: Is purchasing a new softimage license impossible? To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" Yeah I agree entirely with what Raf said

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The equivalent in Maya of the +/- buttons of softimage is to turn on subdiv preview with the "3" hotkey, and use pageup/pagedown to change subdiv level. On 15 May 2015 at 14:54, John Richard Sanchez wrote: > Going from mesh to sub d with the + and _ uttons I will miss. In Maya when I > try to mod

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Going from mesh to sub d with the + and _ uttons I will miss. In Maya when I try to modify convert to Sub D I get an error 8 % of the time. (I think because it has to have all quads to work) I am not a fan of the mesh smoothing. On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 12:21 AM, Bradley Gabe wrote: > I can say

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That is 80 % of the time i get an error On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 2:54 PM, John Richard Sanchez < youngupstar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Going from mesh to sub d with the + and _ uttons I will miss. In Maya when > I try to modify convert to Sub D I get an error 8 % of the time. (I think > because it ha

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I can say with certainty that Softimage is far more user friendly and elegant as an animation solution than Robbins Pathological Basis of Disease. Switch at your own peril, for rest assured production is going to grind to a screeching halt.

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My sentiments exactly, Greg. BTW: We should grab sushi again sometime. Cheers, -=Eric On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 9:31 PM, Greg Punchatz wrote: > "If you hit something you don't want to read move on." > > I find posts like this useful. I have not yet found the > right replacement 3d dcc for me qu

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hey Raff Dont worry, this group is open to everyone. And maybe it will less cluter the mailing list for the others that wants core Softimage talks. It’s sane and respectfull to everyone. Anyways, the list will die one day or the other. If we could regroup into a new one….then why not? that

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"If you hit something you don't want to read move on." I find posts like this useful. I have not yet found the right replacement 3d dcc for me quite yet. Modo looks very interesting, but incomplete and its speed leaves somthing to be desired in large scenes. I am watching them very closely , but

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I don't know, Sylvain. I appreciate the effort, but that's exactly how fragmenting a community down to small enough bits that each will eventually die starts in my experience. If enough people express the desire that this place should be unadulterated Softimage itself, without discussion on migrat

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i did a mailing list about peoples who wants to exchange freely on their new ventures… it’s here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/softimage-old-timmers-helping-each-others-out feel free to join in

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t;> sven >> >> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com >> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Eric Thivierge >> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 11:19 PM >> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com >> Subject: Re: Is purchasing a new softima

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Yeah I agree entirely with what Raf said. In addition if enough people want the discussions about transition experiences of members of our community to stop here I can get on board. Just know that when that happens the community will start to dwindle rapidly. It's the same damn point that's been m

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A message of great nostalgia, sadness but also realism and share fullness. sly Sylvain Lebeau // SHED V-P/Visual effects supervisor 1410, RUE STANLEY, 11E ÉTAGE MONTRÉAL (QUÉBEC) H3A 1P8 T 514 849-1555 F 514 849-5025 WWW.SHEDMTL.COM

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Is it really an issue? It's not like people have flocked to this list like flies to corpses to pimp and peddle. The non-Soft posts are come either from people who have explicitly been invited to the list by long standing members in time of crisis, or by long enough standing members, and I've seen

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timely manner > using the archives or direct help from the user base, we don't need our few > remaining channels of support clogged with noise causing a potential solution > to be missed in sea of false positives. > > > Matt > > > > > > Date: Fr

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ay, May 14, 2015 11:19 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com <mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> *Subject:* Re: Is purchasing a new softimage license impossible? Hey Sven, I'm not sure you have the right to police this list like that. I don't mind if this kind of stuff is posted her

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potential solution to be missed in sea of false positives. Matt Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 00:17:30 +0200 From: "Sven Constable" Subject: RE: Is purchasing a new softimage license impossible? Then I'd like change "we"with "me" in my statement if you feel m

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mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Eric Thivierge Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 11:19 PM To: <mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Is purchasing a new softimage license impossible? Hey Sven, I'm not sure you

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Oh you can post your little blender plugin appreciation essay..I just ban insults and large attachments ;) On May 14, 2015 5:19 PM, "Eric Thivierge" wrote: > Hey Sven, > > I'm not sure you have the right to police this list like that. I don't > mind if this kind of stuff is posted here. So when

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appropiate forums. > > > > sven > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [ > mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com > ] *On Behalf Of *Chris Johnson > *Sent:* Thursday, May 14, 2015 9:52 PM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re:

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Hey Sven, I'm not sure you have the right to police this list like that. I don't mind if this kind of stuff is posted here. So when you use the word "we" I'm not sure who you're speaking for but it certainly isn't the whole of this list. Anyone wanting to share new ways of working and tools

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m [ > mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com > ] *On Behalf Of *Chris Johnson > *Sent:* Thursday, May 14, 2015 9:52 PM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: Is purchasing a new softimage license impossible? > > > > Apparently Blender has some great

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PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Is purchasing a new softimage license impossible? Apparently Blender has some great modelling tools. Just to preface...this is not the off the shelf Blender. You need to dig around and install a bunch of scripts and plugins to get it there. A g

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I really like the Blender modelling toolset, throw in CGCookie's (paid) RetopoFlow for retopology and you're in pretty good shape. BoolTool and F2 are also nice additions - you can see them (among other nice addons) here

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@Chris Johnson I'd give that a try! On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Chris Johnson wrote: > Apparently Blender has some great modelling tools. Just to preface...this > is not the off the shelf Blender. You need to dig around and install a > bunch of scripts and plugins to get it there. A guy at

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Yeah, I've tried to get into blender in the past and it felt too much like Max. This might just be the ticket. Please do share. Thanks! On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Chris Johnson wrote: > Apparently Blender has some great modelling tools. Just to preface...this > is not the off the shelf Ble

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e? > > sven > > > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Scott Parrish > *Sent:* Thursday, May 14, 2015 9:44 PM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: Is purchasing a new sof

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, 2015 9:44 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Is purchasing a new softimage license impossible? Thanks Stephen, I'll pass this along! On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 3:49 AM, Stephen Blair wrote: Until April 2016: Customers who wish to purchase new or additional

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Apparently Blender has some great modelling tools. Just to preface...this is not the off the shelf Blender. You need to dig around and install a bunch of scripts and plugins to get it there. A guy at my office has been using it for some time and swears by it. He has the whole thing, plugins and scr

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Thanks Stephen, I'll pass this along! On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 3:49 AM, Stephen Blair wrote: > > Until April 2016: > > Customers who wish to purchase new or additional seats of Softimage 2015 > can do so by purchasing either the Maya with Softimage or 3ds Max with > Softimage transition offering

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I would definitely recommend Modo for modeling/uvs. Maya is getting ok, but it's not that great. On 14 May 2015 13:49, "Stephen Blair" wrote: > > Until April 2016: > > Customers who wish to purchase new or additional seats of Softimage 2015 > can do so by purchasing either the Maya with Softimage

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Until April 2016: Customers who wish to purchase new or additional seats of Softimage 2015 can do so by purchasing either the Maya with Softimage or 3ds Max with Softimage transition offering. These offerings are available via their local reseller and cannot be purchased through the Autodesk e-sto

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Martin, that´s true. It´s really, really nice in softimage how one can model topology changes into a skinned mesh without breaking the envelope immediately. I haven´t tried that in Maya yet. I forgot. Cheers, tim Am 14.05.2015 um 08:55 schrieb Martin Yara: AFAIK you can purchase new lic

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AFAIK you can purchase new licenses of Softimage until next year when you won't be able to purchase anything, only rent. Maybe if you are big enough and want to buy lot of licenses Autodesk may do an exception, I don't know. We purchased a few Maya and Softimage bundles last month because we still

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For modeling, you may actually want to have a look at Maya 2016. Yes, I´m saying that. I´m in the process of learning new tools and workflows and am positively surprised about Maya 2016 and the MTK (modeling tool kit). In my specific case, using lot´s of boxes for dimensions and snapping and ge

Is purchasing a new softimage license impossible?

Asking a question for a friend, I still have a seat of Softimage from my 2015 bundle stuff.. I know some people who like modeling in Softimage and at least in a game pipeline it's still pretty easy to model in whatever package and then push through to the mainline pipeline in Maya or Max or whatev