Raff, from livelihood point of view , I strongly agree with you. Nobody should live in the dreamworld and cling to the idea that they can find employment as Soft TD in the coming years. Wheels have already started to turn I think in big studio since yesterday. I am sure during the past 24 hours, a lot of Tech Meetings must have been held at the studios using soft in their pipeline.
I stand with you in advocating "learn-new-earn-bread". Also one should try to be as diverse in their technical skills as possible in current state of our industry. Thing are changing quickly and there is a strong demand for people who can have multiple skills. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Raffaele Fragapane < [email protected]> wrote: > Then go for it. The guys who left the industry when Soft|3D was shut down > and both Lightwave users still writing in LScript will welcome you with > open arms :) > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Alok Gandhi <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Raff, Well I would like to humbly disagree with your 'corspe' analogy. >> People will still continue to use Soft. Maybe not big shops and huge >> pipelines but those small shops and lone artists that have been using it >> for many years. >> >> I think AD stopping development does not mean that it will not be used. I >> now for myself that I will use it to get some odd jobs done. For a few >> years, I was palnning to a do a personal animated short, I think now I will >> be starting on that project in a few months. It will be all soft. >> >> Of course, I have developed for Maya, Houdini and Nuke as well and will >> continue to do so. Fabric is awesome and I want to contribute there as >> well. But that does not mean I will abandon doing things in soft. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:48 AM, Raffaele Fragapane < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Can I humbly suggest TDs spend their time more productively instead, for >>> both themselves and the community, and start looking at other vendors? >>> >>> We can wish upon a star all we want, but, as hurtful as it might be, >>> Soft is dead and will not be brought back to life. You can tazer the corpse >>> until it spasms, but it won't be life. >>> >>> What you COULD do, however, for the sake of the same people that made >>> Soft what you loved as a software and as a community, is make good use of >>> your time to diversify your skills and give support to platforms such as >>> Fabric. >>> >>> Hopefully I won't get flamed or misunderstood for this, but honestly, >>> there'd be no worse thing to see than seeing people doing further damage to >>> themselves by clinging to a corpse after the damage done to the app and its >>> history. >>> Look at LW to see the depth of sadness this can get to. I'd rather the >>> people I've come to know and respect on this list don't devolve into what's >>> left of its userbase. >>> >>> You also get to make more of a difference for the future of industry and >>> vendors if you spend your time on a project that has a chance to live, and >>> you get to learn a lot of things that Soft is entirely too far behind on >>> for you to properly learn on. >>> >>> Sorry, might sound cold, but it's a helluva lot more practical. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Alok Gandhi >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Hey Guys, >>>> >>>> Calling out all the Soft Tool developers/ TDs out there. I know there >>>> are lots of awesome out there for Soft but let's create more tools for the >>>> community. >>>> >>>> >>>> I am willing to devote my time to develop more tools and will ask the >>>> same of other developers. >>>> >>>> If anyone has a request / idea for a Tool from Soft that they need, >>>> please post it here. >>>> >>>> Developers please feel free to take on this projects. >>>> >>>> If anyone likes this idea and can quickly setup a web page (like >>>> redmine ticket system), it will be great. >>>> >>>> Cheers ! >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it >>> and let them flee like the dogs they are! >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> > > > > -- > Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it > and let them flee like the dogs they are! > --
