Alok what is that project and the studio where you work?
Thanks,
Dave G
On 9/12/2012 12:04 AM, Alok Gandhi wrote:
In my humble opinion, the simple point here is whether or not Autodesk
sees softimage as a full-fledged DCC App or not. The aforementioned
campaign item shows it does not, but actually it is.
Softimage is a complete 3D Application and not just a specialized
particle package. There are numerous examples out there where full
projects are completely done on Softimage alone from start to end. I
can vouch for it myself. We are soon ending work on a full cg feature
film (not released yet) with 3D stereo completely done on softimage,
barring a few fluids and particles (Maya and Houdini) on some shots.
And I am talking from modelling, texturing, surfacing, layout,
rigging, animation, lighting and rendering. All on Softimage for some
900 shots and some change to spare. I myself have written numerous
plugins/tools/scripts/feature addition (both in c++ and python) for
endowing/extending it for pipeline and otherwise including complete
Layout, Modelling, Animation and Lighting plugins/tools etc. I never
said no to any feature extension for pipeline asked of me because
everything was doable ! Is it not enough to show that Softimage is a
full application. It even has a decent compositor in Fx Tree, if need be.
Speaking from morality of situation (although business, for most, is
everything but morality), Autodesk as a responsible company should
give well-informed and undeniably true information about it's products
to it's customers. It is a matter of providing true information.
Since it is a full app, it should be marketed as such. Any alteration
to this and we moving away from truth, providing incomplete
information to the user.
It may be that for Autodesk, Softimage may not be earning as much
revenues as Maya or Max, but it can. Give it the right place it
deserves in the campaigns.
If you really want to undertake a good research exercise (although not
very practical maybe), here's what I suggest, take a few users, a
completely random sample, who do not know anything of Maya or Max or
Softimage. Ask them to use each one for all kinds of 3D tasks for some
time. Then take a vote. I will not be surprised they will value
Softimage to be par with Max or Maya, if not more.
Alok.
