You can't be seriously suggesting that the naysayers and doom merchants (of which there aren't really any) on this list are responsible for the steady decline we've seen SI fall into ?
It's a list for discussion, help and general softimage-ness. not a forum for mollycoddling the precious egos of those upon high. if every positive thread turns into frustrated rants it's because people are frustrated and want to vent. seems the perfect place for it On 30 September 2013 23:09, Gregory Ducatel <[email protected]> wrote: > Every AD developer do not "have" to take part of any discussion here... > You should in fact assume that they are reading your joyful messages as > many non active users (including myself), 3rd party developer, students... > All this generates more damage to Softimage than anything AD did or did > not do over the past years... > Also did you even try to contact AD representatives regarding your > "feelings"? > I did many times and they were always listening or providing me with > excellent feedback or comments... I will gladly recommend you to do the > same. > > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Stefan Kubicek <[email protected]>wrote: > >> ** >> I guess from a marketing point of view it makes sense for those who wrote >> those lines. When you look at the descriptions for Max and Maya >> you will agree that they sound very similar. If I were a sales person >> having to put such information together I'd try to distract customers away >> from the fact that they are about to pay money for what is essentially a >> package of three very similar programs (in terms of what you can do with >> it), hence the attempt to diversify them, even at the expense of >> information about what each package can actually do and is good at. >> >> >> >> Well finally, but this is the poor description of Softimage even with bad >> redaction, once you see what the creative suite includes: >> >> Softimage: >> Create effects with ICE and the Autodesk® Face Robot® facial animation >> toolset. >> >> Maya: >> Create 3D animation with production-proven tools for modeling, animation, >> visual effects, and rendering. >> >> 3ds MAX: >> Unleash your creativity with the production-proven package for 3D >> modeling, animation, effects, and rendering. >> >> So Softimage is described as only for creating ICE effects. And the way >> it is written, Face Robot is a facial animation toolset for also creating >> effects??? >> >> Welll now I see why Softimage is being relegated to just a few devs >> without promotion. AD has not understanded what kind of software Softimage >> is... They believe that ICE is only for doing special effects along with >> Face Robot.... >> >> And additionally, Softimage does not render... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 2013/9/30 Andres Stephens <[email protected]> >> >>> Yeah I see it, well at a glance: Procedural ICE modeling - in the >>> "features" tab! And.. it's third in the in list with the AD packages >>> included as part of "elitist" software! Much easier to know what SI is, now >>> if you're being a newbie to it. Kudos. >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> From: [email protected] >>> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 10:16:04 -0400 >>> Subject: Kudos AD - Soft gets some promotion >>> To: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> I was just on the AD site & decided to click on the link for the >>> Entertainment Creation Suites & found myself on this page: >>> >>> http://www.autodesk.com/suites/entertainment-creation-suite/overview >>> >>> I'm not sure if everyone gets the same page, but on the top of mine it >>> highlights Softimage ICE for visual effects. >>> >>> It's nice to see Softimage getting some promotion for a change. >>> >>> -Paul >>> >>> >>> -------------------------- To unsubscribe: mail >>> [email protected] with subject "unsubscribe" and >>> reply to the confirmation email. >>> >>> -------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe: mail [email protected] with >>> subject "unsubscribe" and reply to the confirmation email. >>> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------------- >> Stefan Kubicek >> ------------------------------------------- >> keyvis digital imagery >> Alfred Feierfeilstraße 3 >> A-2380 Perchtoldsdorf bei Wien >> Phone: +43/699/12614231 >> www.keyvis.at [email protected] >> -- This email and its attachments are -- >> --confidential and for the recipient only-- >> >> -------------------------- >> To unsubscribe: mail [email protected] with >> subject "unsubscribe" and reply to the confirmation email. >> > > > -------------------------- > To unsubscribe: mail [email protected] with subject > "unsubscribe" and reply to the confirmation email. > -- Jon Swindells [email protected]
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