so, this is the beginning of the end of softimage. to me a really bad decision that makes me sad, but i have to live with it.
In the retrospective it was just a matter of time that one of the big three (maya, max & softimage) would die, because they operate on the same market... > Juhani Karlsson <[email protected]> hat am 4. März 2014 um 19:26 > geschrieben: > > If one has to decide between Bifrost or Houdini now - they must be pretty > dumb to go with Bifrost. Who knows when that will be terminated? ; ) > I hope most of the 3rd party developers will start to looking into FE and > Houdini. > > > On 4 March 2014 20:19, Francisco Criado <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi Lawrence, i used flame for almost 3 years, and have to agree with > > > you that is an excelent tool, but i was refering to the market in > > > general, with nuke on the market rules changed, and autodesk didn't do > > > anything about it? > > Combustion? dead > > Toxic? no thanks > > Flame? 140.000 dollars, yes i know it comes with the hardware, but if i > > have to make a new compositing department for a movie i wont spend that > > money foe each compositor, and you can say flare, but there are no users on > > market. > > So...autodesk bad decisions. > > > > > > On Tuesday, March 4, 2014, Lawrence Nimrichter < [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Flame is doing quite well and is considered high end > > > > > compositing. The new versions have garnered lots of excitement > > > > > from the flame artists around here. > > > > > > > > > On Mar 4, 2014, at 1:03 PM, Francisco Criado < [email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Its funny to see Autodesk failing over and over again, > > > > > > > they dissapeared from the high end compositing scenario > > > > > > > having great tools, and now this. > > > > I' m adquiring products from now on with The Foundry family, > > > > they just have one product for each area of post, and keep it simple. > > > > F. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, March 4, 2014, Chris Covelli < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Sorry if this question was answered > > > > > > > > > already, but does Autodesk plan on implementing any > > > > > > > > > of Softimage's features into Maya and Max? > > > > > > > > > > Chris Covelli > > > > > <http://www.polygonpusherinc.com/> > > > > > > > > > > <http://exocortex.com/products/species> > > > > > TurboSquid Models > > > > > <http://www.turbosquid.com/Search/Artists/Polygon-Pusher?referral=Polygon-Pusher> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Marc-Andre Carbonneau > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I would of expected Luc-Eric to come here and tell us > > > > > > how he and his team are making things better in Maya and that he’s > > > > > > putting his XSI experience to good use > > > > > > > > > > > > for Softimage users. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jens > > > > > > Lindgren > > > > > > Sent: 4 mars 2014 12:21 > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > Subject: Re: Softimage 2015 Last Release Announcement > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My thought exactly! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please note that the right to use the Softimage license > > > > > > will terminate at the end of the transition period if you are still > > > > > > on Subscription. You will be transitioned to the latest release of > > > > > > either 3ds Max or Maya depending on your initial choice. If you want > > > > > > to continue to use your Softimage license after Feb 1, 2016 you > > > > > > should not renew your Subscription contract for a period beyond that > > > > > > date. You will be able to continue to use Softimage but will forfeit > > > > > > any future updates to either 3ds Max or Maya. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So we can't use Softimage after Feb 1, 2016 and still > > > > > > be on some Autodesk Subscription. This make the choice pretty easy > > > > > > to not be an Autodesk customer anymore. What the hell are they > > > > > > thinking?!? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > /Jens > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Matt Morris > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > So if we decide to transition over to maya, in feb 2016 > > > > > > we will have no access to past projects? The only way that we can > > > > > > continue to work with older data is to end our subscription? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 4 March 2014 17:13, olivier jeannel > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > -- > Juhani Karlsson > 3D Artist/TD > > Talvi Digital Oy > Pursimiehenkatu 29-31 b 2krs. > 00150 Helsinki > +358 443443088 > [email protected] > <http://www.vimeo.com/talvi> >
