Hi Andi, Usual doom and gloom? who is your source ;)
On 19 June 2013 11:27, Andi Farhall <[email protected]> wrote: > have been going off again. Intimating the end of the line for soft. By > this I assume the end of supported development from Autodesk, but will that > make much difference? > > Isn't it the case that there has been no real development of any of the > three packages in years, excepting perhaps ice? It can't simply be that > maya will be the only software that people will end up using, there has to > be a next generation surely as things evolve. If not, then an unsuported > product is just as much use as a supported but unevolved one, right? > > I know lots of places that use soft, some of them exclusively so how long > can they carry on with an unsupported product? There must be years of life > left in soft and if places like MPC really are using ICE for crowd stuff > then this has to add to it's life expectancy. > > I'm not against learning a new package whatsoever, but it has to be an > improvement on what i've been using until now, and as somebody who spends > all day in either ICE or the render region and render passes i have to say > maya seems a backwards step, and if it is a backwards step then maya has > room for improvement or even replacement perhaps. > > They could call it Maxsi perhaps. I would learn that... > > or will we be left in a stagnatting software pool simply because a few > large studios are now backed into a corner? > > A> > > > > > > > > > ........................................................................... > > http://www.hackneyeffects.com/ > https://vimeo.com/user4174293 > http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andi-farhall/b/496/b21 > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lord_hackney/ > http://spylon.tumblr.com/ > > This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended > solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or > opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > represent those of Hackney Effects Ltd. > > If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take > any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. > > Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in > error. > ------------------------------------------------------------ >
