I second that. Just the other day I was told there’s only ONE major company left using Softimage in France. And it’s in major companies you have more chances to find work, as people there come and go. 5 years ago there was still lots of Softimage jobs in Paris and in some other towns. This era seems finished. Is anybody doing anything about that? ... don’t think so. I started using Softimage at V1. It was exciting cause it was very modern and seemed like the 3d tool of the future. I was confident it would dethrone others... Now to find jobs I should learn Max or Maya, 2 apps that are not modern at all in their workflows. It’s not exciting anymore. David
From: Sandy Sutherland Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 08:07 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Rumors OK my take on this - whatever AD is doing is pretty pointless worrying about or complaining about, it only winds you up - so all I want to add is this - I have found that it is very difficult to find work as a Softimage veteran now, pretty much 99% of listings are for Maya users, and unlike the older days when they would cross-train, they are looking for veteran Maya users, obviously to try and weed out the hordes of Maya wannabees - one of the drawbacks of Maya being so popular and accessible. Anyway - even if they are not going to do any of the 'rumoured' actions, AD's marketing direction is possibly drying up the opportunities for us older experienced softies. This in itself is the biggest worry for me, even if Softimage carries on as it is now, to get work opportunities, it has come to the stage where one has to consider jumping into something else! my feeble 0.02c S. Sandy Sutherland | Technical Supervisor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of olivier jeannel [[email protected]] Sent: 20 December 2012 08:52 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Rumors Come on, it's almost fun in the end :) And, in 40 years when THEY will stop Softimage, people will say : "- Ah, I told you so !" Le 19/12/2012 21:43, Eric Thivierge a écrit : Can we boot people from the list for starting or spreading rumors? Please? Especially with no solid backup of what they are saying. On Dec 20, 2012 7:27 AM, "Javier Vega" <[email protected]> wrote: Well... what happened here today?. Lot of panic!. I love Softimage and i dont think that will dissapear soon. But if they discontinue Softimage, well... is not a drama. I love Softimage, but I love more CGI. I will adapt to other softwares or I will continue with the last Softimage version. I think that in that point Softimage is a great application. Best wishes for all Softimage Users! Javier Vega www.zao3d.com Visita mi blog: http://blog.zao3d.com móvil: 616 64 73 57 08922-Santa Coloma de Gramenet (Barcelona) 2012/12/19 Alan Fregtman <[email protected]> But the apocalypse isn't until Friday! :p Negativity never helped anyone. Let's go easy on the rumours. Merry Christmas, softies and devs! On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Tim Marinov <[email protected]> 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.......
