I have no idea how many licenses of XSI Animal Logic has but when the time comes to replace them I really hope they will not award that investment to Autodesk.
On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 3:07 AM, Sebastien Sterling < [email protected]> wrote: > Maybe such a documentary should be done within Animal Logic, the team that > brought you "the LEGO movie" highest grossing film of 2014... > > > On 5 March 2014 01:04, Sven Constable <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm *very* sure everyone on this list list will understand that. >> Softimage is not only a software or a tool but a spirit for an entire >> generation of artists or maybe two generations. What hits me really hard >> is not that it will be no longer developed, I could live with that. It's >> the intention by AD to make it not available to the industry within 3 weeks >> upon that announcement. A software defining 3D-animation for about 20 >> years, from the very beginning to the present. Well, that include >> Softimage|3D of course. XSI did well. Softimage (the company and all its >> people) did well. They brought it to new grounds, making new things >> possible and known things in a new and sophisticated way. >> >> I am thankful for all that work and love the developers of Softimage had >> spend over the years into the product. 3D never would have been the same >> without them. >> >> >> >> sven >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [ >> mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] >> *On Behalf Of *Emilio Hernandez >> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 05, 2014 1:02 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: Just lost a programming gig >> >> >> >> That is what Autodesk is doing us. Not only killing Softimage, is >> killing our way of life. And that is something many people does not >> understand yet. >> >> Sorry to hear that. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 2014-03-04 17:44 GMT-06:00 Sebastien Sterling < >> [email protected]>: >> >> Sorry to hear that Ben. >> >> My heart goes out to you, and all the other brave Devs and TD's. >> >> >> >> On 4 March 2014 23:37, Ben Rogall <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I was recently hired to write an interactive connection between Softimage >> and a nice 3rd-party tool. Anyway, when they saw today's Autodesk >> announcement, it got cancelled. >> >> Ben >> >> >> >> >> > >
