Completely different codebase. Softimage|3D was a port from SGI (Alias Power Modeler/Power Animator was its competitor) Softimage|XSI was the next generation product to compete with Maya.
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Sebastien Sterling < [email protected]> wrote: > was there some kind of massive disparity between softimage 3D and > softimage XSI, ? > > > On 1 March 2014 00:07, Emilio Hernandez <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Exactly. I've been using Softimage since the first release from >> Microsoft I believe in 1994. So been around for so long that my memory >> starts to fade. >> >> But the thing is the Softimage was used in that feautre. >> >> >> >> >> 2014-02-28 17:02 GMT-06:00 Matt Lind <[email protected]>: >> >> Softimage|3D was available at that time (~v3.51), but Softimage|XSI did >>> not become available until May 2000. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Matt >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Emilio Hernandez >>> *Sent:* Friday, February 28, 2014 3:01 PM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> >>> *Subject:* Re: new upgrade policy >>> >>> >>> >>> When Dragonheart came out... Funny that came in out in 1996. So maybe >>> I was using some other thing and not Softimage 3D. As for Maya you are >>> right it was Alias|Wavefront >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 2014-02-28 16:10 GMT-06:00 Luc-Eric Rousseau <[email protected]>: >>> >>> Neither Maya nor Softimage|XSI existed at the time >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 4:25 PM, Emilio Hernandez <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Don't forget about Dragon Heart. I read the article on CG magazine >>> quiet a long time ago. >>> >>> They were supposed to end the whole feature in Maya. But then after >>> modeling, they just couldn't move the dragon. So they animated it in >>> Softimage. >>> >>> 2014-02-28 15:20 GMT-06:00 Sebastien Sterling < >>> [email protected]>: >>> >>> >>> >>> It's pretty much the software that wove the cinematic experiences of my >>> childhood and I never new: Casper, Joe's apartment, independence day, the >>> Matrix, MIB, Fight Club Jurassic Park, Titanic the Mask etc... >>> >>> It was responsible for several Academy Award Nominations let alone >>> community awards. >>> >>> Sony E, ILM, Weta ? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > -- -=T=-
