my tuppence worth....
I don't think maya will ever get ice as we, softimage users, know it. They'll get some nasty half arsed cludge that lacks the simplicity of softimage that will make using it a pain rather than the pleasure we enjoy. There will always be a tool for people like us and if autodesk stop making it, someone else might step into the picture. who knows. we could all be doing something else for a living in a few years.... A> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Marinov Sent: 19 December 2012 17:03 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Rumors And if Maya gets something like ICE no point for autodesk to keep SI if doesn't make enough money from it. But who cares as someone said the world will end in a couple of days :) On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Tim Marinov <[email protected]> wrote: If this really happens they are not going to remove the ICE from Softimage but Softimage will fade out slowly from Autodesk.ICE is the only reason Softimage is still around. On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Francois Lord <[email protected]> wrote: Are you surprised to hear that the best tool in Softimage is being ported to Maya? Really? Luc-Eric said publicly that they were working on something for Maya. But it wasn't ICE. It was different and it addressed different needs. But we all now it will be some kind of procedural operator building thingy. I personnaly don't care. As long as they don't remove ICE in Softimage. -- Francois On 19/12/2012 09:18, Tim Marinov wrote: I've heard that ICE and Naid are going to Maya..This rumor is coming from one of the latest events .I am not going to specify, all I can say is from reliable source. I hope is not true for the ICE but I can't keep rely only on hopes. No more Autodesk for us that for sure ......We (my company) recently started to realize that our industry is just fine without Autodesk and every day work is much more fun and productive.Houdini,Modo,Cinema4D,Nuke are some of the tools that are much better from what autodesk has to offer(buying and adding plugins,almost none development, introducing more and more bugs with each version, innovation and development are not their driving force but only moneymaking ). Let's guys support this companies that care and love what they do as a product, this companies that are growing not only of making money but also of making innovations . We have to stop to be controlled from evil corporations and don't forget that we little people can make the difference and stay against the money sucking monsters.We are not zombies.....This is the only way to see progress.......
