o yeah devs hope you have seen this one by paul smith :) https://vimeo.com/23308401
I think a lot of negativity came because the future of softimage is so insecure. I sometimes have nightmares where softimage is gone. Not just from my pc, but everywhere except my head, i can find nothing about it. No mailing list, no forum, not on the autodesk site. 2013/8/21 Angus Davidson <[email protected]> > Hi Raffaele > > > > While I agree with your firstpoint, You cant really compare something that > is packaged vs something that is ongoing I do think your being a bit > sensitive about people expressing their frustrations Before coming to > education I worked as a developer in a big corporation (for south africa > anyway) and you need to be able to separate people venting from stuff that > is valid to what you are doing. That is what part of being a professional > developer is. It by default requires you to have a think skin and an > ability to see behind what that person is saying. > > > > Yes there is a fair amount of negativity around, but most of it has very > valid reasons for being there. Trying to turn that around is what the Devs > are trying to do. I really look forward to time when the vast majority of > the posts are more positive, but that will only come from > when REALISTIC expectations are considered to be met (I of course exclude > my unrealisttic expectaion of a mac version of XSI from that ;) > > > > Point is this is one of the few places people cant vent their frustrations > with hope of it being read and possibly acted on by the appropriate people. > In a lot of ways its valuable for them to see the scope of their task. The > good and the bad. > > > > Kind regards > > > > Angus > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Raffaele Fragapane [[email protected]] > *Sent:* 21 August 2013 09:35 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Softimage 2015 User Survey > > I was involved with that from inception (of its integration) to > launch and for future integration steps (coming CGPortfolio revamp GCS has > been talking about for a while). > > It's an offline rendering engine that pre-bakes a lot of stuff, that's > what it boils down to. > If you're willing to entertain the idea of having non-deforming characters > with channels limited to four entries into a single pixel shader rendering > offline for seconds to minutes before they can be orbited around, then you > could call it a viewport. Make sure you don't blow the polycount limit > either. > Me? I wouldn't call it that (a viewport). > > If you want to beg for anything beg for the VP2 ubershader (DX11 only) > that's in Maya, comparing Verold to a DCC viewport is apples and oranges. > > Please, could we have at least ONE thread spanning more than a handful of > e-mails at a time without using words like embarassing? Particularly one > where people wonder why developers are quiet on the list. > > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Mirko Jankovic <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> another one for survey.. >> >> http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=2&t=1119260&page=1&pp=15 >> >> now inside browser you can have better viewport than in SI. it is >> embarrassing to have to rely on 3d party small programs in order to see >> your work with all textures that are industry standard for years now. :) >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 7:45 AM, Chris Chia <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi Doeke, >>> This survey is posted here to seek for a bigger audience as it's result >>> would be useful for certain decision needed for Linux support. >>> Of course we do contact the users and sometimes we brought it offline >>> [out of mailinglist] and emailed users instead to collect more information. >>> >>> And lastly, please rest assured that many eyes are on this list. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Chris >>> >>> From: [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Doeke Wartena >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 3:19 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Softimage 2015 User Survey >>> >>> I wondered, are people that work on softimage ever active on the >>> mailinglist apart from asking for a survey? >>> In other words, how is the contact between the creators and the users? >>> >>> 2013/8/19 Rob Wuijster <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> >>> Just a friendly warning, this only works without issues on non-UEFI >>> machines. >>> Due to the UEFI 'Secure Boot' Wubi will not run, and could in some cases >>> destroy data on disk. >>> So if you recently bought a new (W8) pc, chances are it boots with UEFI. >>> So YMMV on these pc's with Ubuntu.... >>> >>> But yes, there are tricks to work around this if you want ;-) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Rob >>> >>> >>> >>> \/-------------\/----------------\/ >>> On 16-8-2013 19:29, Alan Fregtman wrote: >>> If anyone is new to Linux but wants to get their feet wet in the easiest >>> way possible, check out the Wubi installer: >>> http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer >>> >>> It will install as a program under Windows and will set up dual boot >>> perfectly for you without touching your partitions (using a file as a >>> virtual disk.) Because of this virtual disk thing, it's not recommended for >>> very serious use, but it's a great way to try things out... >>> >>> and if you don't like it, go to Windows, Control Panel, Uninstall >>> Programs, type in Wubi and that's it. >>> >>> If you do end up liking I suggest install Ubuntu with the install cd on >>> a real partition. Copying your settings is not hard, if you're worried >>> about that. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Andres Stephens <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> I'm curious about Linux. As.. the multiprocessor support would be >>> perfect for some machines we are thinking to buy as servers for a >>> renderfarm. >>> >>> I use Windows 7 and 8 a lot, and I use thirdparty apps for multidesktop >>> features, with the functions like the ones mentioned below. I am starting >>> to use free software, like GIMP, Blender and other suites for my needs, and >>> wondered what other pro's of Linux to consider the switch. It would be nice >>> to have Softimage as an easy package for Linux based renderfarm solutions >>> or alternative OS solutions. >>> >>> The last mail you wrote was good to know, other than the conflicting >>> intuous/bamboo driver conflict and multi user accounts logged in on >>> different monitors at the same time, I do do the same virtual desktop >>> system in Windows (Virtuawin or Dexpot) , and yes also, there are some >>> other great productivity tools I use in Windows I am sure I'd miss in >>> Linux. Many pro's and con's. >>> >>> If SI was an option for some kind of linux system, I would consider it >>> once I upgrade to new hardware that Windows couldn't take advantage of. >>> >>> Any "ease of use" and "compatibility" development is welcome. >>> >>> +1 >>> >>> >>> > Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:34:51 +0200 >>> > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>> > To: [email protected]<mailto: >>> [email protected]> >>> > Subject: Re: Softimage 2015 User Survey >>> > >>> > ...you do realize that i can make the exact same statement with a >>> search >>> > and replace for linux vs windows, do you? >>> > >>> > just sayin'... >>> > >>> > but joking aside: for me switching to linux brought a lot more >>> > advantages than staying with good old windows. >>> > >>> > first i don't miss any tools. i have softimage, mudbox, maya, >>> photoshop, >>> > inkscape and all our inhouse editors. they all work fine. secondly, the >>> > killerfeature of linux is its window managers. in my case mate desktop. >>> > its slick, fast and powerful. i can have as many virtual desktops as i >>> > want, keep several apps open in parallel (and not stacked up behind >>> each >>> > other), each screen is customized to my needs. sessions get saved, i >>> can >>> > switch and shuffle them around with a few keystrokes and i almost never >>> > reboot - updates happen in the background...i have two monitors chained >>> > to one desktop and another monitor on a second x session that kind of >>> > acts like a second computer with a shared mouse, keyboard and >>> > copy/paste-buffer for email etc.. it's the real life equivalent of >>> those >>> > funky hollywood-operating systems that we've all seen so many times >>> > before and it's boosting my day2day performance a LOT. >>> > >>> > oh, and i can switch between wacom intous and bamboo without >>> > deinstalling and installing drivers. try that with windows :) >>> > >>> > cheers! >>> > chris >>> > >>> > On 08/16/2013 06:05 PM, Mirko Jankovic wrote: >>> > > yea so far I also saw only problems with linux after trying to switch >>> > > couple times.... >>> > > fro missing so many other tools to making every day tasks a >>> nightmare. >>> > > sorry but if you don't have an Linux guru around then you will spend >>> more >>> > > time trying to do something on system instead of actually working on >>> your >>> > > job. >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Martin <[email protected]<mailto: >>> [email protected]>> wrote: >>> > > >>> > >> And why is that? What does make SI Linux better than Windows >>> version? From >>> > >> an artist point of view I see more cons than pros in switching from >>> Windows >>> > >> to Linux, apart from dealing with Linux based networks and farms. >>> > >> >>> > >> M.Yara >>> > >> Sent from my iPhone >>> > >> >>> > >> On 2013/08/17, at 0:43, Bruno-Pierre Jobin <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> > >> >>> > >>> Totally agree with Miquel. I'd switch to linux tomorrow if the >>> > >> installation process was easier. >>> > >> >>> > >>> >>> >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> >>> Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6587 - Release Date: >>> 08/18/13 >>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it > and let them flee like the dogs they are! > > This communication is intended for the addressee only. 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