I think all parties points are valid and *really* non-contradictory
(nobody "right" or "wrong" mostly depending on each's situation)
For me (personally), if photoshop "officially" got retired (analogy not
used lightly)
it would absolutely remain my tool of choice,
knowing there wouldn't be anything like it by a mile apart for a while,
when cranking stuff out.
(making abstraction of my own personal preference when considering things)
While remaining confident that it would be a matter of time before
something came-up.
Autodesk officially declaring it as "dead", to me does not make it more
or less "dead" than it's been since October 23rd 2008.
On 03/06/14 7:12, Chris Marshall wrote:
Is there anything out there at all like ICE? I'm not a coder, but
understand the concepts as I used to code a long time ago, which is
what made ICE a great tool for someone like me.
On 6 March 2014 11:29, Eric Thivierge <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
ICE compounds get ported by converting them to scripts / nodes in
the other applications. Those who have built them should have the
chops to get it done since at its core, it is just math and logic.
I'm 100% behind Raf here. Unless you're working at a studio where
you need to continue to dev Softimage plugins in order to get
current or up coming jobs out the door it doesn't make sense to
continue to build plugins for Softimage only. Even in its prime,
the 3rd party tools market for Softimage is minimal.
If you can dev for multiple platforms at the same time that's
going to be helpful as well. Mootz and his early test with Fabric
is, in my opinion, the correct direction. Support your plugins for
Softimage but diversify to others are the same time.
For those who are replying and don't know how to script, I don't
believe Raf's comments were for you. Its for those who are
developers and TD's. It's a valid point that for these people to
make a living, they need to transition faster than most. We
already saw another thread where someone lost a dev job because
they announced the end of Softimage. This is just the beginning.
Fabric is one of the only options I see as a viable platform to
continue with. Splice works in Softimage and Maya currently with
Houdini and I believe Max coming within the year. This hybrid
approach allows you to keep your work relevant while having a
comfortable transition using Softimage during that time until
you're fully comfortable in say Maya.
I know it's not artistic friendly yet, but the only way to ensure
that is to get more developers on board to push it there asap.
Raf, myself, and many others have been hard core fans of Softimage
for years. It's not like we're are giving up on a solution that is
in its prime. It's on its last leg with a drop dead date of April
2016.
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Chris Marshall
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