adopt both? On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 3:30 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Hilary, > tricky question: does your brilliant Softimage team (I dont doubt it) get > assigned any movie work? > > Autodesk (and previously Alias) marketing has made damn sure that any > producer knows the ‘only soft used on movie VFX is Maya’ – and it’s hurting > me badly lately. > If I was more of a business person I would have dropped Softimage a long > time ago. As much as I like working in it, it is making the business side > increasingly difficult. > ICE has certainly been a big push, and I do like where 2013 is going, but > the wealth of Maya opportunities VS the scarcity of Softimage opportunities > is hard to ignore. > For every Softimage job I get - and I’ve been some great places and met > wonderful people through them – I miss a handful of Maya opportunities. > > > > > *From:* Hilary Macdonald <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 17, 2012 10:44 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Softimage development > > It's worth it Peter. I fly the Soft flag here and absolutely promote our > small, but fantastic team. We've delivered a huge job recently in a crazy > time schedule - without Andi's brilliance and his knowledge of ICE it > couldn't have been done. > H > > > > *From*: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent*: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 09:14 PM > *To*: [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Subject*: Re: Softimage development > > unfortunately, for many people all over the world, staying on softimage > is a constant uphill struggle... > > george knows i’ve been trying to get softimage adopted, better known and > appreciated everywhere I went for the past 11 years – but looking back one > wonders if it was worth it. > > > *From:* Eric Turman <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 17, 2012 9:45 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Softimage development > > #3 sound suspiciously congruous to #1 > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Stefan Andersson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 3.) Just go with the flow that your company is going with. :) >> >> -stefan >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 8:55 PM, [email protected] < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> The way I see it, everyone has two choices: >>> >>> >>> 1) Complain that XSI is dying and resign yourself to that fact. In doing >>> so, >>> you'll be sustaining the rumour, and making it a self-fulfilling >>> prophesy. >>> 2) Start fighting back against the cynicism (as understandable as it may >>> or may >>> not be) and get out there and actively promote XSI in every way you can. >>> If it >>> doesn't work, who cares, at least you tried. >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm doing option 2. What about you? >>> >>> >>> >>> It's only over for XSI the moment the XSI community go "meh... it's over >>> isn't >>> it". >>> >>> >>> >>> Andy >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 17 April 2012 at 19:39 Grahame Fuller <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > And in fact, none of the developers mentioned have worked on SI from >>> the start >>> > of it. There has always been a certain amount of churn. It's normal, >>> and >>> > pretty much the same everywhere. >>> > >>> > gray >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: [email protected] >>> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steven >>> Caron >>> > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 02:07 PM >>> > To: [email protected] >>> > Subject: Re: Softimage development >>> > >>> > thats only a fraction of the people that have left since the >>> > acquisition. some left entirely and some moved to another projects. >>> > not to sound gloomy but even with those talented people leaving there >>> > is progress and (i can't be certain) growth. >>> > >>> > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Matt Morris <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > > Its always good to have some new blood in the team, hopefully it >>> leads to >>> > > new ways of approaching old problems and is good for the software. >>> However >>> > > we do seem to have lost an awful lot of knowledgable people since >>> autodesk >>> > > took over, Luc, Guillaume, Halfdan, Phil Taylor, Helge... Its not >>> easy to >>> > > replace that much experience. >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > On 17 April 2012 18:45, Xavier Lapointe <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >> >>> > >> I'd like to know them. Are some of them on the mailinglist? >>> > >> >>> > >> Always cool to know their background. >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > -- >>> > > www.matinai.com >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> *STEFAN ANDERSSON* // *Creative Director* // *Mad Crew AB* // >> http://www.madcrew.se >> >> > > > -- > > > > > -=T=- >
