I am not a blind Softimage fanatic. I have been using Maya for three years from now for other reasons. When I tried to switch entirley to Maya about 1 year ago, looking at this moment coming when last years rumors were just about the same, I just couldn't. The time I need to spend in Maya to get the job done was in a 2:1 ratio. And if I need to dig into the nodes sometimes a 4:1 ratio.
I work in the advertising industry where deadlines are critical compared to a film. I need to respond quick and be able to change stuff in no time. That is what Softimage allows me. So if sticking to a deadware still makes me give the kind of service my clients are expecting, I will not because I will give my right arm for Softimage, it is becuase it allows me to pay bills and education for my son and live a descent life. I would have switched to other DCC tool without hesitate if I already found one that will make me work as I do, or better. And I will when it comes out. Not before nor later. Cheers! ------------------------------------------------------- Emilio Hernández VFX & 3D animation. 2014-03-05 21:54 GMT-06:00 Martin Yara <[email protected]>: > I agree with Raffaele. I think it may be fine to complete your current > tool projects for SI, but starting new ones just doesn't make too much > sense. I'm not a TD (just a guy who script a little) but I'm planing to > finish and polish a few tools I have so I can use them meanwhile I have > some Softimage projects but that's it. > > I suggest to put your efforts in making Maya or whatever you chose, a > little Softimage like. That would be awesome. > > Personally I plan to increase my Maya scripting skills in the next months, > and hopefully try to make it less painful. > > Martin > > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 12:38 PM, 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! >> > >
