the thing is that it will be really hard to fill the real hole that will left after SI in couple years - and that is to have truly generalist tool that is great for freelancers, small and medium studios not only huge bloatware stuff that works on ly in big studios with full programming department. workflow.....
On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 9:32 PM, Christian Gotzinger <[email protected]>wrote: > Of course, I will stick with SI for as long as possible. But in parallel > I'll have to look at the road ahead and figure out where I'll go. Ideally, > SideFX will realize that SI has left a gap and step up its game in the > areas that are lacking (modeling and animation from what I gather), so that > it does not need a companion app. > > > On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 7:23 PM, olivier jeannel > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I just wouldn't like to need 2 packages to suit my needs. It complicate >> the pipe, and in small small company it's a pain. Not all of us are doing >> supa-dupa vfx movies... >> Will stick to SI as long as possible (hold my breath). >> >> Le 01/03/2014 18:59, Christian Gotzinger a écrit : >> >> That's precisely what I intend to do. Mix Houdini with Modo for >> modeling and throw Fabric Splice on top, and I think you've got a pretty >> solid replacement for Soft. Of course I say all this without every having >> tried Houdini or Modo myself because I had had no need. >> >> If Autodesk kills Soft, I just hope that many, many users and studios >> switch to non-Autodesk software. Unfortunately, I believe that most will >> (have to) switch to Maya, which seems to be Autodesk's plan. This whole >> thing almost makes me angry. I see images of Charlton Heston in the sand, >> staring in disbelief at the statue of liberty. What have you done, Autodesk? >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Maurício PC <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I asked Arman Yahin from Main Road|Post and he said it was all Houdini >>> except modeling, which was done in Maya. Since we can easily switch Maya >>> modeling for Softimage or Modo modeling it's all good >>> >> >> >> >
